Life Line

Just finished week 2 day 1 of #C25K with @c25kfree! #everymomentcounts #run #running #health #fitness

I am starting to feel like a mini-runner. Emphasis on mini. :-) I thought for sure that the first day of the new week would kill me. I was nervous.

Now for the first week, I did Sa Mo We. And I did a ton of house cleaning and furniture moving and whatnot last week. I hit a manic stride, didn't get quite enough rest, and wore myself out. (Plum wore out.) The weekend was busy, so I decided to do Mo We Fri this week for C25K week 2. DH was home so I went by myself to the Y Monday after school time for the boys. I was so tired. I got to the Y, sat in the parking lot. I just could not bring myself to go in.

And you know what, it's okay. I wasn't quitting, I just took the time I needed. There is no deadline for healthy--except for the obvious one, and you cannot plan for DEAD. For healthy there is only a Life Line. There is only progress.

There I sat out in the car and made appointments, returned emails and messages. I got a few things checked off of my to-do list. And I returned home refreshed. I'll take it!

So, on the Wednesday, I had double booked a play date on Wednesday morning, and when I realized it, I called my friend and rescheduled. I Wanted to get to the gym today. I needed to. I went to my upbeat, joyous morning Zumba class and then scooted over to the treadmill.

It went great. I even added a point to my walking and running speeds. It was 3.0 & 4.2, with 5.0 on the last run.  Today I bumped it up to 3.1 and 4.3 with 5.0 on the last. Which nearly killed me. But I forced myself to smile the whole last 90 seconds of running while chanting endings to plural pronouns in Latin. I'm doing this. I'm FLYing, I'm running, I am being the change.

Hold on to your Life Line with all that you are, y'all. God meets us where we are.

One foot in front of the other

Just finished week 1 day 1 of #C25K with @c25kfree! #everymomentcounts #run #running #health #fitness

C25K Week One

Running.

I am quite certain I never thought of myself as a runner. But from today on, I will. I am not in shape, I am a shape - round. And I might need to repeat the first weeks in order to not hurt myself. But I need goals. I need something that is cheap and available at different times of the day. Something I can do without getting in the car. I need to get fit. Get fit or risk getting so overweight that there will be no return!

I have friends who run and they love it. I have heard plenty about the C25K program and I am going to do it. This means "Couch to 5K" - about three miles in 30 minutes at the end of 9 weeks.

I might not make it in nine weeks. I did my first session today, and alternating 1 min jogging to 1 1/2 walking was a bit much, so I lengthened the walking to two minutes. I am plenty sore tonight, so I think I will continue with that this week and decide at the start of next week whether I should move straight to week 2 or do a redo on week with the correct time. That's the great thing about the C25K program - it's flexible. The MOST important part is the committment. 3X a week. Keep on going. Be the fit mama I long to be.

Next run on Tuesday! Tomorrow will be House Fitness - laundry, floor sweeping and mopping, raking. Plenty of time for listening to Latinum, the Latin learning podcast!