(AKA: How to tell it is time to move on to Week 2 of C25K)
So yesterday I did Week 1 Day 1 of Couch to 5K. Which, for those of you who don't know, you do a five minute warm up walk and a five minute cool down walk with 1 minute of running and 1.5 minutes of walking in between (for a total cycle of 9 runs). In total this takes 31 minutes. In theory it sounds relatively easy, until you consider the fact that actual running for a minute over and over again is rather hard.
Way #1 I am Crazy: After two runs, I think "Hmm, sort of easy" and I bump up the incline.
Way #2 I am Crazy: With two runs left, I think "Hmm, still sort of easy" and I bump up the speed.
Way #3 I am Crazy: As the last cool down nears I start thinking, "I could keep going if I had the time."
Day 1: I feel like dying.
Day 3: Hm, bored, I will keep kicking it up a notch.
I didn't even want to go to the gym that day. I had talked myself out of it because I needed to run by Hobby Lobby (still do) and Walmart and you know, anything else I could think of to get out of it. I didn't feel well, allergies were starting to hit after all. Then, some switch in my brain flipped and I decided, "Nope, I'm going to at least try." I mean, if I didn't feel well enough to finish, that's cool, but I could at least put forth my effort. And not only did I put forth the effort, I freaking KILLED it.
I can't wait for Week 2 Day 1 to kill me next week!
So yesterday I did Week 1 Day 1 of Couch to 5K. Which, for those of you who don't know, you do a five minute warm up walk and a five minute cool down walk with 1 minute of running and 1.5 minutes of walking in between (for a total cycle of 9 runs). In total this takes 31 minutes. In theory it sounds relatively easy, until you consider the fact that actual running for a minute over and over again is rather hard.
Way #1 I am Crazy: After two runs, I think "Hmm, sort of easy" and I bump up the incline.
Way #2 I am Crazy: With two runs left, I think "Hmm, still sort of easy" and I bump up the speed.
Way #3 I am Crazy: As the last cool down nears I start thinking, "I could keep going if I had the time."
Day 1: I feel like dying.
Day 3: Hm, bored, I will keep kicking it up a notch.
I didn't even want to go to the gym that day. I had talked myself out of it because I needed to run by Hobby Lobby (still do) and Walmart and you know, anything else I could think of to get out of it. I didn't feel well, allergies were starting to hit after all. Then, some switch in my brain flipped and I decided, "Nope, I'm going to at least try." I mean, if I didn't feel well enough to finish, that's cool, but I could at least put forth my effort. And not only did I put forth the effort, I freaking KILLED it.
I can't wait for Week 2 Day 1 to kill me next week!
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