I did it and it went well.
I am sure the running and walking I’ve been doing the past month helped. I am not sure that this is for a true couch potato, though. If you have never been active in your life, this could be a major challenge for you. If it were me, I would want to work up to 30 minutes of brisk walking before taking this program on. Also, a trip to the doctor to make sure you are good to go wouldn’t hurt either.
Here is the link again for Couch to 5K and for some reason I always mess up typing it so from here on out it will be C25K on my blog.
On that link you will find C25K podcasts. I listened to Robert Ullrey’s MP3 Podcasts and it was a huge help. The podcast lets you know when to walk, when to run, etc. The guy talking is very encouraging and the music has a good beat to move to.
You are supposed to rest a day, do it again, rinse and repeat. The following weeks, I will be doing that. This week, however, I won’t for a couple reasons.
- I know I can do week one without much challenge so I am comfortable mixing it up one day.
- the running class I took all through June has it’s last class on Monday. (This class was supposed to be for beginners, but I guess maybe I was below beginner status? kidding, it just happens that all but 2 or 3 of the people have ran long distances before or are current runners.) I don’t want to miss the last class, though, as I committed to finishing it and am determined to do so. I will tailor our run for the day as best I can to the C25K-wk1 as I can.
The class as a whole is running a 5K on the Friday the 10th in a small festival the next town over. I want to finish strong in that race, even if that is finishing last. So after Monday, I will move on to week two of C25K on Wednesday and might even listen to my podcast and follow the plan during my race on Friday. One week from my first ever race and I am excited to start and then cross that finish line!
Oops, the link for C25K isn’t working.
link fixed…thanks for the heads up!