Not Giving Up! Not Backing Down!

Yesterday, I went for one of my first participation's in a longer distance run. 6.4km Be a Runner Be A Giver. (Previously, the Jog for Hope was 3km)

And since I am purely honest in this blog, I would say I was quite disappointed and upset in myself, and I felt the worst I have ever felt after a run. I felt a kind of down, I haven't felt in a long time that I went home and cried.

Trying to push myself made the sharp pain in my foot come back, and it came back full blast, the pain was excruciating. And being yelled at to run and not walk when you have an excruciating pain in your foot, not the best experience.  Further more, taking part in it made me realize I am so far behind, and I've got such a long way to go. My friends are way up there, and I felt I will never be able to get there. It probably got to me more because I was doing it alone. It upset me quite a bit, and I felt extremely demotivated yesterday, and wanted to give up on participating in these events, till I am actually ready. I wanted to scratch the 7km PJ Marathon and the 5km Putrajaya Night Run.Because yesterday, I just felt like I really can't do it. Emotional and mental pain.

BUT, after I spoke to a few friends and I did some proper thinking, and watched the Shay Carl video again. I changed my mind and I have decided to not give up.

If I think I can't I never will be able to. The power of the mind.

So,I changed my perception and decided to suck it up. Yesterday I did 6.4km, even though it be slow, the fact is , I did it. I got up in the morning and did it. I lapped everyone who was in bed that morning. It IS something.

And I should be happy that I have actually gotten that far. I  have to remind myself, Small Steps. I mean, that is the title of my blog.

There is no fast road to achieving my ultimate goal. I just have to suck it up and keep going.

So I am doing the PJ and the Putrajaya, even though I suck! I will do it, I will keep going, to the extent my foot allows me to.

I should be happy and proud that I got up and did it, because I can. When I first started this, doing 4kms. I thought that was my limit. Now,my daily workouts are 6.5kms. Slow progress, but its progress non the less.

So, I had a bad day. It has to not stop me. It should never stop you. Yes, I had some irrational thinking. But now with my head clearer, I will not let it pull me down.

I will have one big challenge to overcome, which is the pain in my foot, but I will do something about it, and it should not stop me. And I will keep going.

Some pictures from yesterday. My favourite colour as well.

Thank you Wils, for making me do this. And Thank you Hanna for telling me to not let it discourage me. And thank you Hariz and Sam for making me feel better. :)

Small distance it is. But , I did it. And I will keep on trying. 

P.S, as of today, I've lost 13 KG! =)

July Goal

Today I am happy!  Why? Well because of the following pictures ( see the dates and the highlighted parts) :

Small steps!! It just takes time, today I reached July's goal of 5km in under an hour! Yay!

Yesterday, I clocked in at 59m 33s, and today 57m49s!! It makes me feel happy, yes I know it's a tiny improvement, but  yay!

Now I just have to try and maintain this for a while before I take a step closer to decreasing the timing even more. Wils says it's too fast too soon. I kinda do agree with him. I need to pace myself and take it slower, I have been doing more running intervals trying to get my feet used to the feeling. It's just so tempting to beat my previous time with this endomondo thing. But yes,I dont want to get any serious injuries either, so for July I will just work on maintaining these numbers. I need to pop back into doing 6kms as well, but I don't know which to focus on. Do I aim for running a faster 5km or completion of 6km. Wils said I should do both, which I haven't tried out yet, maybe I shall try so tomorrow. Wednesday is doctor appointment day!

Oh,I am taking part in the Jog for Hope on the 15th of July, but just the small one of 3km. It shall be my first fun run. I hope that I wont be slow in doing it. Completion hopefully shouldn't be a problem as it's 3km, but it's just that I just don't want to be super slow because I know I cant continuously jog the 3km, my feet don't allow that yet but I shall try my best!

On a different note, my friend Sam has provided me with exercises I should try and do aside from running as below (Thank you  so much Sam for the help!!!) :

Round 1
10 x pushups on knees
10 x crunches
10 x starjumps
10 x squats
60 seconds rest
Round 2
10 x pushups on knees
10 x crunches
10 x starjumps
10 x squats
120 seconds rest
Round 3
10 x pushups on knees
10 x crunches
10 x starjumps
10 x squats


I shall start doing these as well for the month of July. A must do completion!! Keep going!! Gotta keep going!! Small steps!!!