2nd C25K run

The original plan was to alternate WiiFit workouts with C25K, but yesterday was just too busy, so it was this week's day off. Today I did the second run, from my house to Graceda Park, sort of a figure 8 around Graceda and Enslen Parks, then home. If you saw the Dr. Phil episode with that tragic 18yo girl who ran off with her high school teacher, this park is where they were. Just another joy of living in Modesto, lol.

I expected to be almost too sore to walk after the first workout. The last two days were ones where I had to hurry across campus a few times to take classes to the computer lab, so I got some walking in at work and had a moment to take stock of sore spots. Seems like the places where my fat jiggles it jiggles the muscles below and causes a bit of soreness. Weird but true. Just enough soreness that it reminds me I exercised, which kind of makes me happy, but not sore enough to complain.

The biggest battles I'm fighting are between my ears. I thought about making dinner before heading out, folding the laundry, playing some Bejeweled, there's a million just-another-minute things, and I ignored them and went out FIRST. Definitely a lot more energy spent coming up with reasons not to run than it actually took to just do it.



I'll try to post a video now and then...I'm hoping there will be a little bit of physical difference to document. http://youtu.be/GwmBOgTDISk

Couch to 5K begins today...

After reading the posts of several people who have had great success with C25K, including several who didn't seem like natural athletes, I decided to try it out. I'm planning on alternating C25K 1/2 hour workouts every other day with Wii Fit 1/2 hour workouts, with one day off per week. Today was the first run. I spent a lot more energy being concerned about it than I did actually doing it. It was hard, but the hardest part was in my head. I wasn't happy with the sensation of heat radiating from within me, at times it was almost unbearable, and a couple times one muscle in my back felt like it might give me trouble, but I kept going. That's mostly what it took, just the thoughtless one-foot-other-foot and ignoring the pestering voice telling me to stop. I didn't have any nausea or side "stitch" like has sometimes stopped me from exercising. Wii Fit tomorrow and we'll see how the running goes the next day.

The scale says 176.4lbs today, that's down from a high of 187 about a year ago (not counting pregnancies, that high would be more like 215), but up from something like 159 six months ago or so. I'd love to see 145 again, 135 would be even better. It would also be nice to keep up with my five year old daughter a little better. I'm using the Ullrey podcasts that have the prompts in them, with sorta trance music. I like that I just have to put the earbuds in and go, no timing or measuring distance, so I can change paths at a moments notice without getting messed up on the distance. The music works for me, kinda like I'm working up to going disco dancing...