Couch to 5K in 8 weeks - week 1
So, last Saturday my friend C gave me the following birthday gift: the race fee to any 5K race of my choice. Great gift - except I don't run. Haven't run for 2 years. Or should I say I don't run yet. So I nicely said thank you for the gift, and I'll get back to you with a race date.
Next day, Sunday was a sunny day with some spring feeling in the air. So I decided to find a beginner's training program and found Coach to 5K in 8 weeks on the runningbug webpage. First run was to be on a Tuesday, but I thought - what the heck - carpe diem - and I started on the Sunday. A 2 day head-start as I see it! Felt very good afterwards. Well, at least in my head and heart. Shins and hips were rather confused about this new activity.
Tuesday came around and I did the first run of the program (which was my own 2nd run - great to be ahead of the game). What a difference to run in the dark instead of on a sunny Sunday. I decided that as the starts were out, I'd enjoy looking at them and forgetting about the dark around me. The run went well.
Thursday run never materialised. I didn't feel 100% and decided to go to bed early instead of putting my running shoes on. Seeing as I was one run ahead, this felt okay.
Today is Saturday and I went for my 3rd walk/run on the training program. You are supposed to do this run on Sundays but as I have found a good yoga class Sunday afternoons, I want to keep going to that and thus weekend run is now on Saturdays.
Sunny weather but only +0.9C and very windy (13m/s or 47km/h winds) made for a challenge walk/run. I tried to be smart and run with the wind in my back or to my side. Which meant I ended up with a 15minute walk in strong headwind in order to get home! But it was worth it.
After the first week of this learning-to-run program I feel very good - mostly about the fact that I am actually trying to get fit and get back into running. 1 week down and 7 to go. Considering signing up for the Vår Ruset 5K race in Malmö on May 2 - to have a goal to work towards. I have run that race once before (way back in 2005 I think, and my time was 34-35 minutes I think). Depending upon how my training goes in the next 7 weeks - I may aim to beat that time :-)
Next day, Sunday was a sunny day with some spring feeling in the air. So I decided to find a beginner's training program and found Coach to 5K in 8 weeks on the runningbug webpage. First run was to be on a Tuesday, but I thought - what the heck - carpe diem - and I started on the Sunday. A 2 day head-start as I see it! Felt very good afterwards. Well, at least in my head and heart. Shins and hips were rather confused about this new activity.
Tuesday came around and I did the first run of the program (which was my own 2nd run - great to be ahead of the game). What a difference to run in the dark instead of on a sunny Sunday. I decided that as the starts were out, I'd enjoy looking at them and forgetting about the dark around me. The run went well.
Thursday run never materialised. I didn't feel 100% and decided to go to bed early instead of putting my running shoes on. Seeing as I was one run ahead, this felt okay.
Today is Saturday and I went for my 3rd walk/run on the training program. You are supposed to do this run on Sundays but as I have found a good yoga class Sunday afternoons, I want to keep going to that and thus weekend run is now on Saturdays.
Sunny weather but only +0.9C and very windy (13m/s or 47km/h winds) made for a challenge walk/run. I tried to be smart and run with the wind in my back or to my side. Which meant I ended up with a 15minute walk in strong headwind in order to get home! But it was worth it.
After the first week of this learning-to-run program I feel very good - mostly about the fact that I am actually trying to get fit and get back into running. 1 week down and 7 to go. Considering signing up for the Vår Ruset 5K race in Malmö on May 2 - to have a goal to work towards. I have run that race once before (way back in 2005 I think, and my time was 34-35 minutes I think). Depending upon how my training goes in the next 7 weeks - I may aim to beat that time :-)
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