Mission Accomplished.

Couch to 5k week 5 is officially on the books, and ladies I must say I am LOVING working out in the morning! While my spurts of energy after workouts aren't lasting as long as I would like (perhaps because I am not eating right, or perhaps because I go and sit for five hours straight) but its so nice to have my evenings free, and to be ABLE to go to bed at a reasonable time. Not that that has happened, but the potential is there you know?

Its so nice to get to work feeling refreshed though! :)

Weekly Stats: 

Day 1  
5 minute warm-up, Jog for 5 mins, Walk for 3 mins, Jog for 5 mins, Walk for 3 mins, Jog for 5 minutes
2.46 miles @ 12:31 per mile  


Day 2 
5 minute warm-up, Jog for 8 mins, Walk for 5 mins, Jog for 8 mins
2.43 miles @ 12:34 per mile  


Day 3 
5 minute warm-up, Jog for 20 mins
2.59 miles @ 11:33 per mile 


At this point, I want to publicly apologize to all those joggers I made fun of over the years, for going so slowly, for not really working out, etc.. I was wrong. Way wrong. I was naive, I had no idea how hard it really is. Please except my humble apologies and I bow to your greatness.

We have a couple more days of interval training then they are sending us out to pound pavement for the full time. I didn't even run the whole 20 minutes this morning, throwing in two minutes of walking before jogging the remaining time. For the first time in.. ever.. I actually felt I was going to throw up right before it told us to walk again. Guess that will teach me not to eat/drink anything (little) before I dash out of the house!

This week I really want to focus on eating a more balanced diet. I believe I've blogged about my sporadic eating habits before, now adding a calorie burning, exercise and my bad habits are catching up with me. More veggies (gag), more fruit less processed. No soda.

Wish me luck?

I'll need it!

C25K- Week 2 [COMPLETE]

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Wooo! Week 2 is on the books people, as hard as the last run was, I'm really happy to have completed two weeks of this. This week, we had more life obstacles to navigate around, our church's VBS was all week, which meant our runs were later, we had to change days twice, and we even added another person to our group. 
This week, I was able to force myself into bed quicker, but still found myself wide awake (...♫ ♬ yeah I was in the dark, and i was falling hard, wtih an open heart....♫ ♬) around 1AM. I wish I were up to running in the morning. Maybe this week we can try a "bit" earlier in the day. Maybe running buddy?? 



Week 2 
Brisk 5 minute warm-up walk. Alternate 1 1/2 minutes of jogging and 2 minutes of walking for a total of 21 minutes.


Week 2 Day 1 - Walk/Run

Duration00:31:00Pace00:13:49  Distance 2.22 miles 

Great run. Back at my parents house, added a friend for this one, so we weren't going as fast. 

Week 2 Day 2 - Walk/ Run 

Duration00:31:00Pace00:13:49  Distance 2.22 miles 

Recently we had a veteran's cemetery built about a mile down the road, So my amazing friend(s) thought, flat paved area = great running place. I don't get spooked easily about things, but I can admit running at 10:30PM in a cemetery didn't make me feel warm and fuzzy inside. Sure there were four of us in all but.. Anywho. I felt really good after this run, despite being sore from sprinting around BARE FOOT during a game of capture the flag at VBS the previous day. I can honestly say, running shoes are worth their weight in gold.  

Week 2 Day 3 - Walk/Run

Duration 00:31:00   Pace 00:13:21  Distance 2.29 miles 

Horrible horrible run. I don't know if its because we ate right before running, or what but jogging/running was incredibly difficult this night. I felt as if I'd never run anywhere before, gasping for breath, cramping 

This week we learned: 

• Never eat more than an hour before a run !! 
• Have things lined up to get in bed immediately upon returning home.
• Perhaps find some exercise to do on off days.

C25K - Week 1 [COMPLETE]

Week One in our couch to 5K training is complete.
In some ways I can't believe I actually did it.

The lazy person in my mind, is screaming at me to stop. I think even she's surprised I've gotten up off the couch (or computer chair in my case) and am actually working out. She really doesn't believe that I can keep this up, but that's the exact reason I have a running partner.

Week 1 Day 2

2.08 miles @ 14:20 per mile
Walk/Ran in my parents neighborhood. Was such a nice change from lapping our cul-de-sac. I don't know if we'll ever be able to run here at home, unless we have absolutely no time.

Week 1 Day 3

2.23miles @ 13:23 per mile
Walk/Ran at a local soccor field w/track it was ridiculously humid tonight and very hard to breathe.. not to mention the bugs that can running into us. NOT fun at all, but still felt fine afterwards.

Major Lesson Learned this week?

Never run in the daytime.
Also don't look ahead in your training regime, that 20 minute run in three weeks, might be enough to convince you to stop. You can't stop Erin. You're seeing this one 'til the end. 
Also find some sort of exercise to do on the off days.
Work on eating more "good foods".