exercise regularly

Because the main focus of this goal at the moment is the C25K plan, I decided to join a more specific 43T goal. It’s more inspiring to have your posts in between other people who are trying to accomplish the same thing.

I will keep this goal up too, because that’s the long term goal. After I completed the C25K, I’ll still have to find my way towards a exercise routine that is good for me. And I also have to add some other stuff, like crunches.

I had to stop running for 2 whole months, because of a problem with my left foot. Things were looking much better the last few weeks, and this morning I finally went for run again :D I decided to step back down to week 4, and I was afraid that I had fallen back further than that, but it was okay. I’m really not on week 5 level yet right now, but week 4 went okay.

Well, day one went just fine. On the podcast, I really liked how Robert seemed to address 3 different people this time (“Day 3, you’re done, everybody else, keep going!”) and I imagined three little me’s running along, one for each day, and when I slowed down for a walk, they kept on running :) And then I imagined more little me’s running along, from the first few weeks! What a difference already! I’m still a big scared about the 20 minute run which I’m supposed to be doing on Saturday already (Yaiks!), but today went well enough :)

I did several more week 4 sessions during the last few weeks, and the last 3 or 4 sessions were completely “sting-free” and although I still feel tired afterwards (which is okay, after all, it is exercise), it got easier every time. After today’s session I really felt ready to move on, so next time I’ll be doing week 5 :D

I can’t seem to get this regular exercising thing into my system… The flu and holidays are external circumstances of course, but still. After the last post I tried week 4 once, then I went on my holidays. Unfortunately I came back with a huuuge blister under my foot, so although I really wanted to go jogging immediately, I wasn’t able to for a week. Today I finally could again, and I did another week 4. This is a real challenge, and I almost gave up during the last run, but I made it!

After my last post I got the flu, and then I somehow didn’t really get started again. After the flu I did a few more week 3 sessions, but things weren’t okay in other areas, which influenced my sleep, which influenced my exercise, etc etc… I did a week 3 session this morning though. I’ve got two small holidays coming up, but before I go I want to try one week 4 session, to see if I can do that yet. Just to know where to start from when I get back…

I started week 3 this morning and although both 3 minute runs were longer than I expected, I did well. I even felt like I could have done another repetition (I don’t know if I really could have managed that, but it’s great that I wasn’t completely exhausted at all!). Last night I felt almost giddy that I was going to start on week 3 the next morning :)

After the last post I had a bit of a rough week, and didn’t run anymore. But Friday and this morning I did another week 2 session. On Friday it was still pretty tough, but this morning (in the drizzling rain, I’m so cool…) I felt a definite improvement. I didn’t get any stings in my side, and only the last 2 runs felt heavier. (As compared to Friday: stings during the 3rd run, and getting out of breath at the 4th.) I hope that next session goes the same way or better, but if necessary I’ll just repeat week 2 a bit longer. There’s no rush…

This morning I did the first session of week 2 of C25K. I was a bit disappointed that I had more trouble completing it than I had expected. I though I had gotten quite a bit fitter over the last few months, but apparently not… But that’s okay, I guess, because I’m following a program that’s meant for people like me :)

I got an mp3 player for my birthday (woohoo!) and this morning I ran with a Couch-to-5K podcast for the first time. I enjoyed the music, and I especially loved the fact that I didn’t have to keep track of the time at all! I started over from week 1, although I think I can handle a bit more, but let’s just take it easy. Goal for now: Mo/We/Fri, and moving up every week.