Ok, so I will admit I am not doing the 5k entirely by myself, but I am training to do it with the help of a Droid application called Couch 2 5K (C25K) I am not a runner, but I have always wanted to be a runner, and to run the Boilermaker, which is a pretty large road race in town near me. A friend of mine started the program and really likes it, so I figured that I would give it a shot. Today was day one, and boy do I have news.
For one, I think I am going to buy the full version and not the lite (free) version. Simply because it won't run in the background of my phone, and let me do other things while I am running/walking. Because of this, I really didn't do today's routine, instead I was accidentally doing week 4, and I was REALLY not ready for it! So I will be trying again tomorrow, and hoping that I will be able to do it easily three times a week. The first week is kind of easy (considering that I was able to do most of week 4 without dying) it's a 5 minute warm-up walk followed by the running routine which is alternating 90 second runs with 60 second walks. The whole thing runs for about 20 minutes, and it is something that I definitely can do after today's little mishap.
So minus the pains in my legs from too strong of a run, I am roaring and ready to get to work on this program. Come tomorrow morning when the pain REALLY hits, I am sure my mind will change a bit, but lets hope not. It would be really great if I could drop a few pounds during this, but with the holidays coming I am doubting it, regardless, come July of next year, I will be running the 5k version of the Boilermaker!
No comments:
Post a Comment