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!…
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…