Couch to 5K

Mike and I have decided to begin the Couch to 5K running program! Yay! We've never been very good runners (I dreaded the 10 minute run in middle school PE) so we thought this looked like a good plan to get us in the habit of doing so.

Basically, it is a 9 week program designed to ease you into becoming a regular runner. You run 3 days a week (though you can do more!) and each week you do different amounts of brisk walking and jogging. For example, this evening was our first night so we had a 5 minute warm up walk then alternated between 1 minute jogging and 1 1/2 minutes walking then ended with a 5 minute cool down walk. We will do the same thing both of our other nights this week and if we choose to do more than the required 3 in a week, we just repeat the same pattern until the new week begins.

My favourite part about this is the app for Iphone! You pick which work out you are on (Week 1, Day 1) then it keeps track of the times for you! You can even listen to your music and it will interrupt to tell you when to jog and walk. It also tracks how far you went.

 

The best part about this is that Mike and I are doing it together! The biggest reason exercise has failed me in the past is that I enjoy it best when I have someone to do it with. Before we left for our first run this evening, we each wrote down reasons why we want to run. My list included wanting to be healthy, look good in my wedding dress when I wear it again in October for more photos, and make my body future baby ready. We taped them up so if one of us is not up to running, we can remind each other why we need and want to do it. It's nice knowing I'm more accountable because someone is expecting me to join them and that we can give each other encouragement along the way.

I'm proud of us!

I'm also hoping to get back into yoga (something I did for a few years at the end of and after college) and also taking advantage of my Wii Zumba! All I have to do is remember how good I feel afterwards and that it will be worth it! Who knows? Maybe I can join KM in the Disney Half Marathon this year!

"Just go. Getting out the door is always the hardest part!" ~ Found on Pinterest :)