"Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely."
This is the weekly breakdown for my Weight Watchers Walk It Challenge:
Week 2
Run Walk Repeat
Day 1: 3 min 3 min 4 x
Day 2 Rest
Day 3 3 3 4 x
Day 4 Rest
Day 5 5 3 3 x
Day 6 5 3 2 x
Day 7 Rest
So I got my ipod together, got my new shoes on and was all ready to go and begin week 2. I went outside because it's freaking beautiful out all warm and sunny and was super excited. I started down the street to another neighborhood that I know is pretty flat.
I started out great. Did my 5 min warm up, then I did my first 3x3. Geared up for my second 3x3 and was excited, I was halfway done already. Then the third 3x3 came along. I had a small hill to go up (nothing obnoxious or anything) and the sun was pounding down. My head started pounding and I knew it was a bad sign. I could feel that my BP was starting to go up.
I made it up the hill and done with that 3 min. I was beat. I had to walk 3 more, then just one more 3x3 and 5 min cool down. I could do it... I knew I could do it... But could I? No. When it came time to run again, I started, and instantly my head felt as though it was going to explode. So I kept walking. I walked back towards my house so now I've walked 6 minutes and I thought I for sure I could get another 3 out... So I tried.. I'm on my street, just going to go up and down it, and it's flat. I start out and my head is pounding (if you've had a blood pressure headache, you know the feeling) and I got a minute in and I knew that's all I could do... So I semi-completed W2D1. I don't plan on repeating it. I will just go ahead and do w2d3.
So in my head, I failed. I couldn't do it. But, because my husband is wonderful - he reminded me this is the first time I've actually done this outside, I am very much a treadmill-loving girl. And secondly - I did this one a lot faster than I've done the ones in the past. The pace was much faster, so if I had been going my normal treadmill, controlled pace - maybe I could have finished...
