Remember that Couch to 5K program I started WAY back when?
Well, the couch won. Ok, not the couch, but I decided I am not a runner. Don't like it AT ALL. In fact, can't stand it. I don't like the bouncy, bouncy of running. I don't like the breathing part. And my knees hate the whole stinking idea.
No worries. I haven't stopped exercising, I've just decided that running a 5K is not in my near future. Maybe I'll explore it again down the road, but for now I'm happy mixing up my cardio with different levels and speeds on the elliptical.
As a friend recently explained, "I'm certainly not a gazelle when I run."
Me neither, sister. Some would argue I more closely resemble an elephant running...for sure!
Showing posts with label c25K. Show all posts
Showing posts with label c25K. Show all posts
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Morning runner
You'd never know it by my blog or my schedule, but I did manage to complete the first week of C25K training and I discovered something very important about myself - I can't run at night.
Squeezing in a piddly 3 days at the gym last week was almost impossible. Power outages. Holidays. Weather. You name it, it all seemed to get in my way. But I did manage to do it and the day of the power outage I realized I should never, ever run at the end of my day.
By the time I hit the gym at 8:00 p.m. on April Fools (what a joke!) I was tired, full, and not at all in the mind set to try and walk/jog/walk/jog/walk/jog. About 10 minutes in I was ready to shout obsenities and jump off the treadmill.
Then I realized something else, I don't follow directions very well.
Where does it say "increase your incline" in the C25K book? No where. So why did I do it that night? Don't know.
I think because I've been doing the elliptical for so long at a higher Level, and when I did incorporate "speed walking" to my routine I always increased the incline to feel a better burn, I figured it was all the same with this program...but this jogging thing is a whole new adventure and pushing the button to a 3 incline was stupid.
So on day 3 of week 1 I kept the incline at the lowest possible option. I felt in control. I jogged more than I walked. I jogged longer than the suggested 20 minutes. I jogged at a pace of 5.0! It was also in the morning and apparently my tired, over 40 year old legs like that much better than trying to jog so close to my old lady bed time.
Tomorrow - day 1 of week 2!
Squeezing in a piddly 3 days at the gym last week was almost impossible. Power outages. Holidays. Weather. You name it, it all seemed to get in my way. But I did manage to do it and the day of the power outage I realized I should never, ever run at the end of my day.
By the time I hit the gym at 8:00 p.m. on April Fools (what a joke!) I was tired, full, and not at all in the mind set to try and walk/jog/walk/jog/walk/jog. About 10 minutes in I was ready to shout obsenities and jump off the treadmill.
Then I realized something else, I don't follow directions very well.
Where does it say "increase your incline" in the C25K book? No where. So why did I do it that night? Don't know.
I think because I've been doing the elliptical for so long at a higher Level, and when I did incorporate "speed walking" to my routine I always increased the incline to feel a better burn, I figured it was all the same with this program...but this jogging thing is a whole new adventure and pushing the button to a 3 incline was stupid.
So on day 3 of week 1 I kept the incline at the lowest possible option. I felt in control. I jogged more than I walked. I jogged longer than the suggested 20 minutes. I jogged at a pace of 5.0! It was also in the morning and apparently my tired, over 40 year old legs like that much better than trying to jog so close to my old lady bed time.
Tomorrow - day 1 of week 2!
Monday, March 29, 2010
I run, therefore I am.
I can say that now, right? I mean I'm starting to run and so that counts.
This lovely lady got me thinking. Then this one got me thinking some more. And now it's all I think about. I've actually had vivid dreams of running where I am breathing properly, keeping a good pace and then I take flight and can't get back down to earth so I wake myself up. Flying like a bird is scary, man.
But I'm not going to be scared off and I'm really gonna give it a go. What better gift to myself for my birthday than to try and get a little more fit this year and gobreak out on a limb and try to turn myself from an "elipticaler" to a 5K "runner"?
Day One: I used the Couch to 5K plan as guidance and already screwed it up. Instead of 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking, I did it the other way.
I'll try to track my progress during the week. I'm supposed to go 3 times a week with a little break in between. My next possible day at the gym is Thursday morning - I got my roots colored today and I'll be damned if I sweat with my pretty, straight, silky locks. I need to enjoy a couple days without the frizz.
This lovely lady got me thinking. Then this one got me thinking some more. And now it's all I think about. I've actually had vivid dreams of running where I am breathing properly, keeping a good pace and then I take flight and can't get back down to earth so I wake myself up. Flying like a bird is scary, man.
But I'm not going to be scared off and I'm really gonna give it a go. What better gift to myself for my birthday than to try and get a little more fit this year and go
Day One: I used the Couch to 5K plan as guidance and already screwed it up. Instead of 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking, I did it the other way.
I'll try to track my progress during the week. I'm supposed to go 3 times a week with a little break in between. My next possible day at the gym is Thursday morning - I got my roots colored today and I'll be damned if I sweat with my pretty, straight, silky locks. I need to enjoy a couple days without the frizz.
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