Progress

C25K

Week 2 day one is in the bag!  90 Seconds of running followed by 2 minutes of walking for 20 minutes.  It totals 7 1/2 minutes of running, which is not that much but is way better than none.  I'll do this again on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday.  And then I move onto week 3 which is more running for longer periods of time.  I'm so glad this is working out!

One Week Down

C25K week one is toast!

I've decided to stretch C25Kout just a little this time instead of interminably.  The plan is designed for 3 running workouts a week.  I'd rather do it every other day, which will have me going 3 times some weeks and 4 times others.  That's one change.  The other is that I will be doing at least 4 workouts for each "week" rather than 3.  Overall this will add 8 workouts to the plan (assuming I don't have to slow down further) taking it to a 10 week plan.  This is just a minor precaution on my part to keep me from going to fast and hurting my feet (again).  So far my feet feel perfectly fine, but I can definitely tell that the foot exercises and calf stretches are necessary for them to stay that way. 

My grandiose plan

I am hoping/planning to run a 5K on May 21st in SLC.  That's the day before my 39th birthday, which falls on a Sunday this year.  A friend from work (Hi Adriana) said she run it with me, which is awesome!  If I can manage a 5K in May I hope to do a 10 K in November in Hawaii.  That would be super awesome!  As we all probably know by now my plans tend to get dashed on a regular basis, but this one feels pretty solid.

Prehab

By perpetualplum

One way or another....

I'm going to have to deal with my physical limitations.  A light bulb totally went off over my head when I read on another runner's blog that you can either do prehab or rehab.  I have had several over-use injuries over the years (Metatarsalgia, Achilles Tendinitis, Patellofemoral pain syndrome, IT band tightness).  I could wait until my running aggravates each one of these conditions, or I can can accept that I need to work on the muscle weakness and tightness issues preemptively and perhaps even get rid of the problems.  So I have been doing my rehab exercises in the morning after I walk or run and it seems to be working.  I've done C25K week 1 day 2 and my feet feel fine.  I was a bit worried after day 1 when my foot was a tad tender, but foam rolling my very tight calf muscles seems to have done the trick.


Bodies are complicated!

Couch to 5K!

I have begun!

The best laid plans often go awry.  I've been trying to loose about 3 lbs before I started to run again, and my body is stubbornly plodding along in a weight-loss plateau at 203 lbs.  The weather is getting nicer and nicer and I've been itching to run, so this morning I decided to just go ahead and start.  If I wait for the perfect conditions I'll never get back to running.

I did the Couch to 5K week one workout, which is warm up and then run for 1 minute and walk for 1 1/2 minutes for 20 minutes.  I think I did a total of 7 minutes of running.  I did preemptively use my inhaler, but I'm glad that I wasn't sucking wind on this level.  That last time I started I couldn't run for a full minute so I hacked it don to 30 seconds and counted each one down desperately until I could walk again.  I'm not going to be fanatically about following the time line of the training plan.  At least at the beginning I'm planning on spending more time than a week at each level - possibly even doubling the time to two weeks per level.  I want to avoid foot injuries this summer - they suck!

Inspiration

I bought this necklace at the Winter Outdoor Retailer Show from Tarma.  This is my goal for this year, and I really like wearing it as a reminder around my neck.  By December I want to have registered and run in at least one 5K race.  Ideally, I'd like to run in one is SLC, and one in Hawaii when Round Hiker and I go there this November.  The journey of 3.1 miles starts with 7 minutes of running, apparently.