Asthma Strikes Again

My asthma is acting up again, but this time it's all my fault. I let one of my crucial asthma meds run out, and I was without it all weekend. It goes to show how much good Advair does for me, because 3 days without it and I am a pathetic mess.

Regardless, whether through extreme devotion or sheer stupidity, I was determined to get out today and do something. I haven't run since last year (so long ago!) and now that everyone is back to work and school, I don't really having any excuses-not breathing doesn't count.

In part because of my breathing and in part because I felt like I never really recovered after my sickness in November, I decided to start the "Couch to 5K" program over again, about halfway through. I picked week 5, since it seemed doable, although I may have picked the wrong week since by the end of the week I'm supposed to be running 20 minutes without stopping. Sadly, that seems really hard right now!

Today was run 5 minutes and walk 3 minutes. I did a 3 minute warm up walk, then did the rotation 3 times for a total of 15 minutes of running. I then did a long cool down walk, mostly since I had the dog with me and wanted to give her some more time out. I was out for 31 minutes, which I was pleased with. I'm running about the same amount of time I was over the last few weeks, but I'm out and moving a whole bunch more. Plus when I got home, Moxie and I played in the backyard for a few minutes which bumped up my "work out" a bit more.

To be honest, I am disappointed by this setback. I wish I was able to run 30 minutes without stopping like I was (oh so briefly) a while ago. But I think my bad runs were really discouraging me, so much so that I went 4 days without running and really didn't care. That's not the attitude I want to have. I'll admit, today was tougher than I had hoped it would be, but I met the goal I set for myself and that feeling of satisfaction helped offset the disappointment of starting over.