I AM NOT A RUNNER.
I never have been and honestly never thought I would be (although it is still safe to say that I am still not a runner). I'm not sure where this desire to do a 5K came from. My only guess is that is came directly from the Lord, trying to encourage His child to take care of the body He has given me. Part of me wants to do this to lose weight but really mostly I just want to be in better shape.
Couch to 5K is a training schedule/podcast that basically tells you when to run and when to walk (briskly). It's a 9 week training, three times a week that by the end of we should be ready to run a 5K. I'm being completely honest when I say that I'm pretty positive I could not finish a measly one mile with the shape I am in now. I'm going into this knowing that it is going to be tough,
I mean really tough but having Courtney there to run with me/encourage me (once a week) and my husband to run with me the other two days and encourage me when I want to quit (which will probably be every day).
Courtney and I are still trying to find an actual 5K to be a part of at the end of August but if we can't find one we are planning on making our own race where our husbands and friends will be at the mile markers cheering us on. Of course if you enter an actual race you get a t-shirt which is one of the thing that makes us excited about doing this so if we build our own race we will for sure be making t-shirts of our own to receive at the end of the race!
Anyway, I just wanted to fill you all in on something that I feel is pretty huge in my life and in case I write multiple times on here about wanting to quit I'm hoping I will receive encouragement from all of you to keep pressing on.
Couch to 5K is a training schedule/podcast that basically tells you when to run and when to walk (briskly). It's a 9 week training, three times a week that by the end of we should be ready to run a 5K. I'm being completely honest when I say that I'm pretty positive I could not finish a measly one mile with the shape I am in now. I'm going into this knowing that it is going to be tough,
I mean really tough but having Courtney there to run with me/encourage me (once a week) and my husband to run with me the other two days and encourage me when I want to quit (which will probably be every day).
Courtney and I are still trying to find an actual 5K to be a part of at the end of August but if we can't find one we are planning on making our own race where our husbands and friends will be at the mile markers cheering us on. Of course if you enter an actual race you get a t-shirt which is one of the thing that makes us excited about doing this so if we build our own race we will for sure be making t-shirts of our own to receive at the end of the race!
Anyway, I just wanted to fill you all in on something that I feel is pretty huge in my life and in case I write multiple times on here about wanting to quit I'm hoping I will receive encouragement from all of you to keep pressing on.
4 comments:
Oh Tanna... I'm totally behind you! I wish I could join you. I wanted to start running after I had Bella but never did... and now, running just sounds so uncomfortable at 3.5 mos pregnant. I'll be watching this journey of yours and if YOU can do it, I (who also am NOT a runner!) will aim to do the same thing after this next babe is born.
P.S. My in-laws are in town and I just haven' had any time to sit down and brainstorm for this gun thing of yours! I'll try...
Tanna this is SO funny that you wrote this today. I ran this morning for the first time because I am going to do a triathalon on the 25th! I also don't know where I came up with this since I HATE running too. I just want to do something to keep in shape and for something to challenge me! I didn't make it too far this morning and if someone were watching me they'd be laughing. But I got up and did it and I hope that tomorrow morning I can make it just a little farther than the time before. Good luck! We need a phone date soon:)
Jenny, when I think about running I think about when you and I had decided we would run together during college and instead we would hang out at your place...we never ran a single time together :) I will hold you to doing this after you have your little babe.
Sondra, I'm so proud of you for doing it! And that you are going to do a triathlon is amazing! where is it at? Are you doing it with anyone? Oh and I know if someone were watching me yesterday while I was running they would be on the ground laughing. What do you do with the boys while you are running? And yes we really do need a phone date soon!
that is super great! it's not easy to start running at this point in life, but i did it too! it's not always fun doing it, but you feel great for having done it! proud of you!
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