Running update

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!

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 go break 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.