C25K UPDATE!

Remember this:

Well, I started the C25K program on June 29th....it is a nine week program that gets you off the couch and then successfully running a 5K by the time you complete it!  The program guides you through running/walking exercises three times a week with gradual increases in the running segments.

Let's just say I haven't quite kept up the pace the program had intended!  (Friday will be Week 4 Day 3 and I started almost two months ago.  Don't judge me!!)  But I have kept at it.....at a turtle's pace mind you. (But remember who wins the race!)

I still felt like I was doing okay -- the program started out with 1 minute runs that were sooooo hard at the beginning.  Then I progressed to 3 minute runs that nearly killed me.  Currently I am trying my best to conquer 5 minute runs without passing out and falling off the treadmill (which I did today -- hip, hip hurray).  No -- I didn't fall off the treadmill -- I made it through the 5 minute runs!!

Okay you joggers out there....quite laughing.  I know that 5 minute runs are pathetic to you -- but you've got to remember that there are those of us that just aren't built to run!!*!!

The ultimate reality check was when a friend of mine (Sharon, you know who you are!!!!), who started a week after me, told me that she was making it through the 20 minute runs already!  WHAT?  But that can't be true -- I started before her! 

Oh well, I'm still happy with my small (pitiful) success this morning!  Here's hoping I will be able to complete Week 4 Day 3 on Friday.  If not, I can keep repeating it until I've mastered that 5 minute run! 

I may be pokey.....but I AM DETERMINED!!  Come on and join me with C25K -- I'm sure it won't take you long to pass me up.  I dare you to!

READY, SET, GOOOOOO!

Okay, I am committing to something here.  I'm going public in hopes that it helps me succeed.  Let me just preface it to say, that the only way I can continue to eat my way through Dubai, (and I don't want to stop that -- the food is simply way too delicious!) is if I commit to some sort of exercise program. 

A friend of mine started leaving funny posts on Facebook every few days.  I finally asked her what the heck she was doing and she told me: C25K.  It stands for "Couch to 5K".  She said she has never been a runner, however, she is having fun with this program. 

Okay, so a download later and I'm at the gym  on Sunday on the treadmill for a test run.  Thirty-one minutes later I am dripping wet, but feeling pretty darn good!

So, I am committed!  You use this program three times a week for nine weeks, and then you complete a 30 minute run (yikes) and then a 45 minute run (OMG!).  Then you graduate with honors!

All righty then!  Let's just say I've been seen on a couch a lot more often in my lifetime than I've been seen running.  Teddy and I walked for an hour or more every day during the winter here in Dubai.  But walking now is strictly forbidden.  (Just kidding -- but it's just too darn hot to walk anymore!)  So treadmill, here I come!

I'll be posting my progress on Facebook -- just to keep me honest!  (If I can figure out how to do it!)  And I'll post here every once in awhile -- wish me luck!  Hey, why don't you download C25K and do it with me?

READY, SET, GOOOOOOO!!*!!