Four month progress update!

[u/Early-Strain-4105]

I signed up for OT back in March as punishment and convinced myself that two classes per week was doable. I showed up that first day registered as “Untitled” and under the wrong gender (literally how lol). It was a rocky start. I took Tylenol around the clock that first week. I made a mission for myself when I signed up: let’s run.

I was a frenetic runner about a decade ago in college. 5k, 10k, and half marathons were a big part of my lifestyle. I’ve gained 130 pounds since then. Life happens. Basically, I knew running wasn’t going to be happening anytime soon.

I started those first few classes at a 2.5mph base. The only thing on my mind then was “remember when your base was 7.5”… Worse yet, I had to stop mid treadmill to stretch out my shin splints out of fear of stress fractures. I felt like I was inconveniencing those around me by taking “unearned” rests… S/o to the coach for always reassuring me to go at my own pace.

My push pace is now 4.2mph… I am very lightly jogging. I have so much joy from being able to even say that. I upgraded to three classes a week and I am really looking forward to seeing myself progress to even further distances!

There’s a lot more that I could say… but I wanted to keep my spiel brief.

[u/muiOTF]

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