Week 2 Day 1

Welcome to week two!!!! Pleasure to Get ready for a new challenge that awaits us. Pushing ourselves to and through week 2 will be a sinch.....i say this now BUT i need this. YOU need this. Unfortunate timing as well for week 2 falls on the holiday. So my long weekend passed and i suffered a huge insomnia fit last night. There for the Tuesday run idea is now shot. that leaves Weds- Sunday to do three runs. So Weds Morning,Fri Morning and Sunday Morning are all run days Now instead of my Monday, Wednesday ,Friday Mornings i wanted to routine. But we are flexible little runners aren't we. small things like broken schedule's cannot stop us. Planning must make room for improvise. Now. On ward to Week Two! Run Starts at 6:45 am Tomorrow morning.

Week 1 Days 5-7 (( Easter/Ostara ))

I would have wrote but it was a holiday and sometimes a girls gotta be entitled to celebrate it. Now i am much to old for O.Ding on chocolate ((but did anyways)) and i  enjoyed my extra long weekend. alas i did good. and on SATURDAY- i ran my last bit of Week One away. I still huffed and puffed a little and it wasn't too bad. but i feel good after week one. i feel like i did well and i accomplished something. I did accomplish something i should say. and if you ran week one you did too! We just started our journey!

On Overview: Week 1 Training. (Done 3 times a week)

5 Mins of Brisk Walking to Warm Up
60 Seconds of Running
90 Seconds of Brisk Walk
( For 15 Minutes On And Off Running )
5 Mins of Brisk Walking For Cool Down
 Total Time of Approx 25 Mins


Notes:

Stretch Before AND after a run.

Jog=Run. DO NOT sprinting, take your speed walk and jog that speed. Run only the speed comfortable to you.

Spaced Out. Do Training Every Other day. Allow rest days

Week 1 Day 4

I didn't actually jog today although i did run. i was catching up with my father and he had to drop someone off. so i ran down the street and found it surprisingly easy!!! My Week 2 training is soon coming up and as it quickly approaches I must quickly find alternative route to my jog. Just today a woman said she didn't want me running on her grass. i can see that being a valid case if in fact it were HER lawn i was running on. the curb isn't her grass.

This Picture Is Found Via Flickr

So Keeping this to my self i pondered on it. I think i have it though. After supper Kye and i went for a walk to listen to birds. (ahhh spring) we went to the one quiet spot to hear them. The cemetery. Now the cemetery near us is on the smaller side in comparison to some but has 1 lane roads. its safe from traffic and nosy people. i heard lots of people find safe havens (no pun intended) in a cemetery. no April fools! I think my new running hot spot is a cemetery!

Tomorrow is a holiday and yet i will still run. not at 6:30 though. Last day of training week 1 and yet i might just run again on sat or Sunday. one more day...why not?

Week 1 Day 3

Run Day.

It was FREEZING out this morning. but today i pulled myself out of my warm bed and got into gear. I wore a green capri/sweat pant and a black hooded shirt to keep the cold out.

I tell you It sucked! I was cold and wheezing, i challenged myself to a good sprint at the end of it for aqn extra 45 seconds on top of my Program. At that time i thought i might die. but as i sit and enjoy my morning coffee and oatmeal(which never tasted so good) i feel energized and well.

Hurrah! Day 3 is over!
I might Run tomorrow even if it is a rest day due to tonight being Pasta night. I know every diet says Pasta= Bad but baby, its cheap and oh so tasty.

Week 1 Day 2

Today Is a rest day. Its vital for you to have rest days due to the new found exercises you are doing to your body. So today is my usual. Wake up, struggle to get footing for day pack lunch (spinach salad and rasp. dressing), did my school stuff and now am going to volunteer at a dog grooming place and head home at around 7pm. ANYWAYS! Message for you C25K beginners (like me) out there is to rest up! Tonight as i get ready for bed i will look at myself and say "Tomorrow I am going to run".




As for some discouragement...Simply stated, my program calls for at the 3ed week we celebrate 3...minutes of straight running that is. I had a hard time running the minute straight on week one! But that’s one day ago!!! I hope that by week 3 I can look back at this and say *pah! One minute! Watch me conquer 3 minutes with perfect hair!*

Week 1 Day 1

Mornin'!
I was supposed to do my 1st run on Sunday but the weather flushed me out. I woke at 6 am this morning despite my laziness and crawled out of bed 45 mins later. It was cold in our home which is completely normal. I pulled my my iPod and stretched to the sound of joy division, turn on my iPod and ran to a podcast of couch to 5k (there are a few good ones you really should look into it) The basis of the run this morning is to get you started. So its 5 mins of brisk walk fallowed by 60 sec run-90 sec brisk walk-1 min run-90 sec brisk walk-60 sec of run-90 brisk walk. Until 30 mins is achieved.
key is when i say run i mean the jog motif. Basically its a tad bit faster then your brisk walk so you don't over tire yourself. run so it is comfortable.

I am so glad i didn't end up too bad, i wheezed my way through today and all i can think of is hopefully its better tomorrow.

Be proud Day 1 is over!

Training Log

This is exciting as my start day is Tomorrow ( a Sunday )! For those of you who just started reading this is the beginning of the Couch to 5k training, then we are moving to 5k to 10k. I have challenged myself t complete it in one year so March of Next year this challenge will be completed. I Hope to use as much detail as possible so maybe some of you ladies will will to try what i have some time. I would LOVE too post pictures of my "drastic" changes but I have heard horror stories about girls pictures being stolen and used for diet pill/weight loss miracle Ads.
I am going to take my time now to speak about Training Logs as i will be using my blog to do so, you can simply use a notebook, word processor, your own blogs or calendars. Whatever works for you and is simple enough to not be a chore.

Q:Why Training Logs?

A:So you can track your injury's, your time of running and your meals you had before and post your run. Thus making it simpler for you to realize what works for you. It Keeps you on Schedule and motivated!

Q:What Do I Put Into The Log?

A:Where did you run? What time did you run? What did you eat? Any discomfort? Injury? Where Did you go?

Remember to K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple...Sweetie. (something I will have a load of trouble doing!)