IonRod
Level 5 Valued Member
So today I ran a 5k at our city charity run for the first time in my life. I never did jogging, I hate running (and most LSD training except rucking which I do 2-4 times a month) and I did not prepare for today's event. My background is that I was a couch potato for a long time, then I started doing "random acts of variety" and only last year I finally started a more serious approach by doing S&S. I achieved Simple in December and I did a cycle of RoP with 16kg. That is all I did before today's run.
I somehow managed to catch some bug this week, I had a sore throat on Thursday and a running nose Friday and Saturday. When I woke up today, I actually couldn't breathe through my nose from all the build up.
I was sceptical if I would be able to even finish the race running, I thought I would walk for the most part of the last stretch, but I managed to maintain the run (at a slow pace, but still). And it is absolutely due to kettlebell training and StrongFirst principles. I know that it is not an impressive feat, but I think that's what WTH moments are - they are not awe inspiring, but they do surprise you as you never train for them and they just work. Zero running to 5k with only kettlebell GPP is a testament to the real-life versatility of this training.
I somehow managed to catch some bug this week, I had a sore throat on Thursday and a running nose Friday and Saturday. When I woke up today, I actually couldn't breathe through my nose from all the build up.
I was sceptical if I would be able to even finish the race running, I thought I would walk for the most part of the last stretch, but I managed to maintain the run (at a slow pace, but still). And it is absolutely due to kettlebell training and StrongFirst principles. I know that it is not an impressive feat, but I think that's what WTH moments are - they are not awe inspiring, but they do surprise you as you never train for them and they just work. Zero running to 5k with only kettlebell GPP is a testament to the real-life versatility of this training.