Back to the current situation though. This weeks intervals feel like they are very close to the edge of being too much, but this could also be the weather today. Tuesday night was cool and cloudy and I felt amazing as I ran. Today, I still felt amazing but it was about fifteen degrees warmer and sooo humid and balmy feeling. It didn't really wreck my pace but it still was not as awesome as Tuesday; it was off by about twenty seconds per mile. I guess I should elaborate on the intervals; this week is five minute brisk walk warm up, 90 seconds of jogging/90 seconds of brisk walking followed by three minutes jogging/three minutes brisk walking. This is repeated twice. I found I feel best doing the 90/90 split. The three minutes is really close to my limit, and then the three minute walking is kind of blah for me.
Last week I really found that I felt great doing the 90/90 split and wanted to keep going beyond the thirty one minutes designated for the workout (on C25K). Next week will get more intense with the intervals. After the warm up it's jog for three then walk for 90 seconds, jog for FIVE and then walk for two and a half, jog for three and then walk another 90 before finally jogging for five, falling into a ditch and dying... Okay, dramatic, yes. I know.
I really want to see how much I can handle without going beyond the point of safety, so I am going to give week four a try and see how I feel. For the long term goal of getting my distance up for a half I think I will stick to a 90/90 or maybe two minutes jogging to 90 seconds walking.. We shall see.
Work was a little rough this week, but that is my lot being in the customer service world. Anyone who is working or has worked in this realm can understand; my job is to help my customers get there shit done, on time. When corporate politics start to interfere with that I get a little ragey. Some eff bombs were dropped (not to anyone in particular, just while venting to teammates).
The thing that helped me make it through today, which was the roughest of the week, was this face:
Knowing that this little goofball is waiting for me to come pick her up from "school" each day is all I need to keep going. This was from our dollar store dress up "party" we had this past weekend. She loves her wings and to wear costumes. She is definitely ours.
This morning before we left she found her ducky. It kills me, when she "quacks" she sounds French. She's walking around swinging the duck saying, "Qua' qua'." Her vocabulary and word association is amazing for her age. Yet another reason her teachers tend to forget she is barely a year and a half old. Most of her classmates are two.
Oh, so I got my official Myers Briggs test results. I am a rare bird indeed. I tested as an INTJ, but barely. I was only one point over the line from INFJ as I had tested as before. The administrator believes that I must have felt more Thinking than Feeling the day I took the test. Also, since I took it at work that could have had some bearing on it as well. Regardless which side of the line I fall on with that specific preference I fall into a group of people who make up 1.4 to 2.4% of the world's population. Kind of nuts, right?
Now that I have a more professional explanation of the types, I can see how I go back and forth between thinking and feeling.
I for introvert; I charge my batteries by being alone and doing my own thing. Too much social interaction is draining.
N for iNtuition; I take in data and analyze it by looking at the big picture rather than just the single instance presented to me. I take this one thing, down here and I explode it into the whole cycle.
T for Thinking and F for Feeling; with the thinking I make decisions based on logic and facts presented to me whereas the feeling part of me makes decisions based on emotional reaction and other people's thoughts and opinions. (I can totally see how I may vacillate {love that word} between the two preferences depending on situation}.
J for Judging; the most misunderstood preference. In fact I think I may have described this incorrectly in my last post. This preference is based on how I like to complete a task once I have taken in the data and made a decision; I am a list person. I know, I know, for anyone who knows me this is no shock. I like lists and check lists and schedules and timelines. Prime example; I am off work tomorrow and have HUGE list of tasks I want to complete while the wee one is at school. I'm a planner; I will use any tool I can to make sure I get shit done. Lists are a key tool for me.
Now to start re-watching Amnesia. It's an interesting twelve episode anime series I stumbled upon on Crunchyroll. It is one that leaves you thinking so I want to re-watch it to see if I catch more things the second time around.
I'm thinking it's time for a new layout. I think I will be working on a new design this weekend. (the design currently in the background is not mine) OOOOOOO!!! I think I have an idea... Stay tuned!
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