In February of this year, I made 5 running goals when deciding to re-attempt the Couch to 5K program I had failed twice at. I’m proud to announce that I can check off two more goals: completing a 5k nonstop and 5 miles nonstop run! Here’s a snippet of the 5 running goals I made for this year: My running goals in order of completion: 1. Finish a 5K non-stop run 2. Run 5 miles in under 1 hour 3….
Welcome to my March 2021 updates! If you are new here, every month I post the progress I’ve made on paying off my student loans and on my savings. I’ve done this since I first started paying down my loans in July 2017 and it has been so worth it. Student debt paid this month: $880.77 Student debt remaining: $43,945.22 I house every month’s debt progress from the very beginning here if you want to check out the progress so…
I don’t like to toot my own horn, but I really do think I have great intuition. Call it a hunch, woman’s intuition, whatever you may, I think I have it. Honestly though, I’m just trying to look on the bright side of things to make myself feel better because I had a pretty devastating day today. This whole week, I couldn’t get the nagging feeling that everything in my life was going great, too great, and that something was…
About 2 weeks ago, I wrote about my goal of restarting and finishing the Couch to 5K program. Along with that goal, I posted 4 other goals in relation to running that I made for 2021. Well, it’s surprising how making your goals public can really boost accountability. And how some things come when you least expect it. I surprised myself in my “long run” today by finishing my 5 mile run in 1 hour and therefore finishing goal #2!…
The last time I wrote about the Couch to 5K program was back in 2019. I had shockingly just passed the dreaded Week 5 Day 3 where the program goes from alternative walking/running to a complete 20 minute run. Now, I’m sad to announce I’m restarting C25K all over again. I am almost ashamed to say that post was made in August of 2019. As of today, I have yet to actually complete a 5K. I say almost because I…
Anyone who has ever tried or is currently doing the C25K (Couch to 5K) program will understand the title of this post and why Week 5 Day 3 deserves its own dedicated post. The C25K program (link is the free app I use on my iPhone) is well known for getting people to run their first 5K from scratch in 8 weeks and I thought in the midst of my summertime sadness, I’d give fitness a try to increase my…
About a month ago, I wrote about how I was feeling apathetic and sad… basically I was depressed. There, I said the d word. One of my resolutions to combat this bout of apathy was to start exercising, in particular running more. I made a goal of running 5k nonstop and even downloaded a couch to 5k app. At first I was cynical. Coming from a girl who exercised once a month… and only when dragged to the gym by…