Tomorrow I’m going to start the C25K. Week one, day one. I’ll report back on the C25K page either later in the day tomorrow or on Tuesday. We’ve been so busy (9am-?pm) every day this weekend doing stuff around the house, and tomorrow is going to be no different (unless we finish early). I’m planning on doing the workout mid- to late-morning sometime, when there’s a half hour to take a break for it (or just do it really early). I’ll have more energy than I’d have if I waited until the afternoon. I’m still trying to decide on which podcast I want to use for this. The podcasts tell me when to walk and when to run in the workout so I don’t have to time it myself. Each has different music, and they’re both okay, but this is going to carry me through 9 weeks, but if I decide I don’t like the one I chose, I can always switch. I’d just like to start and end with the same one.
Okay, I’ll be back tomorrow or Tuesday with the report and how much I loved it or hated it. Either way, I’m going to keep going.
I can’t wait to get started. I’d have started yesterday, but the schedule would have been off. I’m planning on doing Monday, Wednesday and Friday (or Saturday), and starting on a Thursday would have gotten confusing in terms of keeping track of the weeks, not to mention completely messing up the days that work best for me with this program. I don’t want to start off on the wrong foot!
For now, I’ll just have to continue reading the forums to make sure I know what not to do and how to do things right, other people’s experiences, etc. so that I don’t form bad habits that will cause me injury. I want this to work out, and it’s exciting to me that I will be able to run for 30 minutes at the end of this program.
Have a great weekend everybody! We’re busy from now through Monday, so I might not have a chance to post. I’ll report back on Monday’s workout, the first one!
This is my first post here. Mainly, my motivation to start the blog has been to stay accountable and report my progress in my attempts to begin a running program called C25K, or Couch to 5K. I’ve decided to start the C25K program on Monday, 9/1/08. I’m going to track my progress here, as well as on a personal running log online.
I have dedicated a separate page on the blog (see upper corner) on which I will track my progress and all the aches and pains that might come along the way. Whether anyone reads this, ever, isn’t the question, but the challenge is to keep at it – the program and the blog – to the end of the 9 weeks and hopefully beyond.
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