I completed my first week of my running challenge! See below for my daily recap - please comment and let me know any advice you may have for the upcoming weeks :)
Week 1:
Monday - Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. + Stretch
~ Yay I did it! Finished my first run! A little awkward at first... I was running on my tippy toes like a first grader (figures!) But this was a very easy start up and didn't scare me at all. I didn't bring water and I had to roll my keys up in my socks. Unfortunately I got a huge blister yesterday which sucks, but bottom line I'm feeling good and can't wait to progress on Wednesday!
Tuesday - Take a 30 minute walk
~ Decided to make this a 30 minute stretch since I am so sore already! What the heck! Guess there are a lot of running muscles that I haven't used in 20 years haha. Stretch felt good, glad I had a day break before the next run.
Wednesday - Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. + Stretch
~ Felt good going out this morning. I'm running on The High Line, which is less scary for me to run on than the streets for right now haha. It's empty in the morning and beautiful. As for the running, I feel like... heavy footed when I run. Hard to describe. Just feel like I'm pounding the pavement. Don't want to kill my joints or anything. But the alternating 60 secs run and 90 secs walk is feeling good and easy enough not to scare me away :)
Thursday - Take a 30 minute walk
~ Made this a 30 minute stretch as well. My right heel is KILLING ME. I talked to my sister and she suggested that since I have flat feet I should get gel inserts for my sneakers to comfort my feet. Stretching felt great and hopefully my heel is feeling better by tomorrow. I'm not in this to get hurt and I won't run through the pain haha I have zero pain tolerance (why I don't play sports...)
Friday - Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. + Stretch
~ Woo feeling good! Feel accomplished that I finished this week. Although my heel is killing me, the gel inserts definitely helped to cushion my flat feet (from years of wearing sandals). I don't run until Tuesday morning next week, so I'll have time to heal and stretch. I'm still walking 2+ miles around the city every day, so I'm looking forward to seeing how I progress next week!
This quote sums up my week:
"Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical." -- Yogi Berra
~ More than half the battle for me was getting out of my head and just hitting the street and giving it a try. I'm happy I sucked it up and finished this week. There is no better feeling than getting closer to achieving a goal!
- Stephanie
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Sounds like you are doing Couch to 5k! I'm at Week 7 Day 3 of it, keep it up, it's amazing at how it cranks up your endurance. At Week 1 Day 1 I was huffing and puffing with the 1 minute runs, and now I'm running 25 minutes and 2.5 miles straight. It's awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteAh! Great to hear it works! I know starting off slowly with 1 minute runs was my best bet to keep going! Now I just have to deal with the pain in my heel, but hopefully those gel inserts will work and I won't be in much pain next week. Thanks for the encouragement from week 7!! - Stephanie
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