Its about that time.
My daughter is 2 months old and I have not yet started to shed the extra weight that stuck around after her delivery.
Until yesterday.
I decided to start the couch to 5k program (c25k) from the beginning. It had been almost a year since I have been on the treadmill. I decided that I was going to kick up my run speed, so I set the walk portion at 3mph and the run at 5mph. When i was running before I conceived Z, I was only running 15 minute miles, but i could do 2 miles at once. I know, barely a run, right? So I thought if I started the program running 12 minute miles, I wouldn't have to kick up the speed as much later.
Worst. Mistake. Ever.
I only finished half of the workout. Not only that, but 20 minutes after I suffered thru the cool down, my lungs still burning, I schlepped into the shower, almost unable to stand.
The rest of the day, I got progressively more sore and unstable. I finally understood the term "over doing it".
Today, I'm still feeling rough. I love this program, and it's mistakes like this one that turn people off from running permanently.
I might need to start from square one next Monday.
A lot slower.
My husband woke me up this morning around 7:40 before he headed to work. I snuggled back under the covers for a few minutes and checked my Facebook. I admit, I'm totally addicted. Since I quit my job to stay home with the kiddos, it's my main means of communication with just about everyone. Anywho, I see on there that JP's school is closed today due to a water-main break. My heart sunk. I was so looking forward to the 2.5 hours of freedom after the day I had with the boy yesterday. If my life were a movie, this is the point where the scene would fade out, probably with some cheesy music, and the following would be in soft focus to further illustrate the flash-backiness. Yesterday was rough. JP was cranky pants from the getgo, screaming every time I said something that he didn't like, or gave an answer he didn't like. Everything was "WHY?!?!?!?!" Church felt awkward to me. I felt like all eyes were on me and my screaming kid....
do you have a link for what you are doing? congrats on starting it up..
ReplyDeletehttp://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/index.shtml
ReplyDeleteThere is also an app on the android market that dings when it's time to switch speed!