tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245196700871022022.post8779850252859178018..comments2023-06-10T08:11:43.197-07:00Comments on The Pieceful Ewe: Weeble WobbleJuliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07325703551591281508noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8245196700871022022.post-26423335077778467782010-10-11T09:29:57.374-07:002010-10-11T09:29:57.374-07:00You probably will be able to get through a 5K -- a...You probably <i>will</i> be able to get through a 5K -- at <i>least</i> with some combination of run/walking -- but the question is, what for, and why? And <i>how</i> do you want to get through it and how do you want to feel about it how you got through it afterward? Do you want to finish just to finish any old way you can? Do you want to do it a certain way and look back and see you accomplished what you wanted to?<br><br>You are most likely going to do a 5K some day, because progress <i>will</i> come if you stick with it as consistently as you have been, so does it <i>have</i> to be this one, and if so, why?<br><br>A couple of times in my life, I used an event as something to help motivate me to get out there and train. On the one hand, it keeps you on schedule to know you have an event as a goal, but on the other hand, it puts pressure and time limits on what you are trying to achieve.<br><br>At least two times those pressures and time limits caused me to advance sooner than I should have and I ended up with injury issues that set me back big time.<br><br>Each person has to figure out his/her own body and what it is ready for. Sometimes just going ahead and trying it and seeing what happens is part of gaining experience. Sometimes there is no way to "know" until after the fact.<br><br>Whatever you decide, I'll be rooting for you!Avocational Singerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322495001387001602noreply@blogger.com