week four day two

I decided to run after school today, instead of at night. That probably wasn’t the best idea. I went out at four o’clock when it was still hot. It is much easier to breathe when I go out at seven o’clock and it’s much cooler out. I like to blame my breathing problems on my parents smoking but today I couldn’t keep going for a run. I finished three minutes of the run and walked for a minute and a half. That was fine. When it came to running for five minutes, I only ran three and a half minutes of it and had to stop. I began to feel very light headed and couldn’t breathe very well at all. It’s disgusting to me that I can’t even run for five minutes without feeling like I’m going to pass out because I can barely breathe.

I decided instead of going along with this program, I’m going to go at my own pace. Since my sister gave up on going with me, I’m going to continue week three’s program and get very comfortable with it and then move onto what should be week four so I can actually complete it. I was really disappointed in myself today. I wish I was able to finish it. I’m not going to let what happened today stop me all together. I like running and I like the way I feel when I’m done running. I like getting a good night sleep too.