My first time C25K, my first time running since... well, a long time!
I got up this morning, granted, not at 6am. I overslept. But I did get up at 7.30, which is still a feat for me. Walked to the park I selected for running (it's beautiful, see for yourself).
It took me about 20 minutes to get there and I was relieved to see that it was quite deserted when I got there. The first few segments of running were ok. While I was pretty out of breath my breathing normalised swiftly once the 60 segment was over. Granted, my walk wasn't exactly a brisk walk, I did what I felt comfortable with.The last 2 running segments kicked my ass though. The fat me screamed for me to stop, but the fit me cheered me on, and I made it through the whole thing.
Now, I'm knackered, but at the same time I feel like I've achieved something. I'm excited to see the progress I will make although I expect it to take me at least 4 months to get to week 2 of C25K :D
And now I must do some studying.
yay! you popped your cherry and nothing bad happened! take your time, take joy and pride in your (often very hard-won) achievements! you can do this!
ReplyDeleteI knew you could do it!
ReplyDeleteThanks you two!!!
ReplyDeleteI actually can't wait to run again, and see if it goes better/worse.
Wondering if there's any rule against running more often than 3 times a week? Too much strain on the knees maybe?! I could testdrive it I guess....