Day 20 and My Goals

Today’s workout...another 25 minute run with a 5 minute warmup and 5 minute cool down. It felt pretty good! Once I work through the phase at the beginning where the front of my lower legs stop feeling tired and I relax my body and my breathing, I’m generally feeling like I can do this. 😊

Something that has really been helping is when I listen to Coach Bennett’s podcasts on Nike Run. He encourages and inspires me as well as keeping me focused on the positives instead of the discomforts that I feel during the run. He makes me think while I run and that definitely helps pass the time more quickly.

One of the things that he talks about today was setting all kinds of different goals...short term and long term. So here goes:

Short term:

Stay faithful and regular with my running

Eat well

Work on form

Stretch and core regularly to stay injury free

Go to bed early and sleep well

Cook in a healthy way with new recipes for myself and my family

Shower regularly and take better care of myself and my appearance

Gradually lose weight

Use exercise to manage my depression/anxiety

Long term:

Run a 5K

Be able to go on 5-6 miles runs like it’s no big deal

Run a 10K

Run a half marathon 

Keep running for a very very long time and enjoy it