Is it normal to hit the wall after two minutes of running?

My wife is coming down with a cold so she was unable to run with me this morning. This lead to me out in the cold air and strong wind wishing I was at home in my warm bed while my wife was wishing she was out in the cold air and strong wind while she was at home in my warm bed.


Being out alone inspired me to challenge myself. I walked to the running path and jogged to the first bench and stretched, per normal. I did a few short jog mixed with walking, per normal. I then decided that I wanted to see if I could jog for a full 5 minutes without stopping.


My doubts started with my ankles. They were the first to respond to this endeavor by sending signals to my brain that they were tired and this was not possible. This feeling grew from my ankles up the front of my shins to my knees. My thighs were not as traitorous and continued to tell me this was possible throughout the attempt; they shall be rewarded for their loyalty. My hips, on the other hand, were just as unhelpful as my knees and ankles. True they held out longer, but by 2 minutes in to my five minutes I had the majority of my lower body telling me that this could not be done.


My upperbody did not give up, so much as cave from the lack of support from my mutinous lower half. I was no longer standing up straight, so much as leaning and slumping over. My hips had decided that since I wasn't going to give up the running challenge it would save energy by not supporting my upper body. This made breathing a little more challenging and my lungs begged me to give in to my hips demands. But I had one minute and thirty seconds to go, I would not quit.


I am proud that I made it the full five minutes, but I am not gonna lie: It was neither pleasant nor fun and I felt like shit when I finished. But I was not finished, I walked to cool off, and then timed how long it took me to run a half mile. 1 min 30 seconds. I was impressed. I think that is a good time (though it makes me question the mile markers on this trail) and I was happy to see that my lower body has a little more faith in me after our success of the five minute run. I did not feel nearly as crappy at the end of that run.