During training you do shorter runs during the week. This week we had to change up our schedule a little bit. Normally Tuesday would be a 3 mile run, but Wednesday morning we were going to help a lady who had just had a baby so we switched the days.
Well last time we had run it was Thursday which was 5 days before...man! It felt like we were starting from the beginning again! But the important thing was, is that we finished our race!
The training schedule is set up so that your body not only gets used to the long distances that are required for a marathon, but that your body learns to fight through tired legs. We all have those days where it seems like our bodies are still asleep, and they just won't move correctly. Well that's how it felt! We walked a lot during our run, but we kept moving! Our pace was slow but we never stopped!
It wasn't our best run at all! But the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) guidelines for exercising is to have 150 minutes a week be involved with cardio. There are many studies that have shown that as long as you are moving it is benefiting you. There are guidelines about your heart rate and how the harder you work during your exercise it benefits your bod more.
However, like I said in the last post is that as long as you get out and going there is no such thing as a bad run. There is something energizing about just begin outside. So today get outside and get moving! If that means walking around the building at work for a short break or putting the kids in the stroller and walking up and down the street! Every step matters!
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