I didn't really tell anyone I was starting but after the first "run" I posted a few instagram pictures and now I feel like it's on all of my social media so why not this one too. I wrote a little post after each day so here are the first two weeks! I plan to continue the plan and the posts weekly so check back next week I guess.
WEEK ONE - 5 MINUTE WARM UP WALK, 60 SECONDS RUNNING & 90 SECONDS WALKING FOR 20 MINUTES, 5 MINUTE COOL DOWN WALK
W1R1 13/01/15
The idea of taking on the challenge was scary but I just left the house as soon as my running shoes were delivered and I think I will continue from here! It was hard and it hurt but I don't think it was as hard as I expected. My brisk walks weren't very brisk by the end and for one of the runs I just didn't so I will need to build that up but otherwise a success! Didn't tell anyone I was doing it but I felt so proud for having done it that I did put a little something on instagram. Probably for next time I should eat breakfast before I go and remember to use Runkeeper and take sunglasses/water. Feeling good.
W1R2 15/01/15
Went at 9:30 ish, as soon as I got up. I feel like this is gonna have to be how iIdo it in order to keep motivation levels up. Cold and rain = difficult running. I don't ...enjoy.... it? But I don't hate it? I felt like I might die but I'm just proud of myself for keeping it up. I managed to run on all the parts I should have but the brisk walking ended up the opposite of brisk, but at least I didn't stop. In Spain I will need to go before the sun gets hot and always have water or I will die. Used Runkeeper for the first time on this one! In 30 minutes I did 1.84 miles or 2.96k. My route is a bit rubbish but as a beginner I don't want to go all over the place and go too far and have to slowly walk back. 5/7 happiness.
W1R3 17/01/15
I was meant to go as soon as I got up this morning but the rents dragged me to spoons and through the shops then my grandparents visited and then we went to my sister's house so I wasn't free until 4pm (almost sunset) so I was gonna put it off and go tomorrow but decided to suck it up and just go. SO SO COLD. I found it easier than the last two but still got a stitch 20 minutes in. It's so weird cos I'd forgotten getting stitches was even a thing, shows how long it's been! I completed all the runs and didn't stop but once again the brisk walk wasn't very brisk by the end. This is definitely going to take a while. Definitely prefer going in the morning, there were some chavs out and they kept looking at me and I felt quite intimated but it's okay. Ended up being able to do a bit further than the previous two days as i'd finished my normal route before the podcast ended so I think I probably did over 3k this time. Couldn't use Runkeeper as my phone was dead and I couldn't run that and the podcast and Spotify for half an hour! Happy to have completed the week 8/10 happiness/pride.
WEEK TWO - 5 MINUTE WARM UP WALK, 90 SECONDS RUNNING & 2 MINUTES WALKING FOR 20 MINUTES, 5 MINUTE COOL DOWN WALK
W2R1 19/01/2015
First run of week 2 meant upping to 90 seconds of running with 120 seconds of walking. Woke up at like 9 but went at 10. Probs should have gone at 9 because it started hailing as I was doing my 5 minute warm up walk and hasn't stopped since... it's now half 3 in the afternoon. I didn't enjoy running in the rain but felt more like I'd achieved something so I dont know. Going with my new running playlist really helped because it's full of fast songs. However I feel like fast songs get slower while I'm running which doesn't help. I didn't mind the increase in running time at all, I was happy with that. Plus I went 3.2k in a hailstorm so I'm proud. As if I've done 4 already! In the space of a week. KB supergirl woohoo.
W2R2 21/01/2015
First Spanish run! I wanted to go early in the morning but I had an exam so came home first and ended up so knackered that I didn't want to go at all. I made some pasta ready to come home to and decided to just get out and stop being a pansy. I just went along the path opposite the beach because I don't have a field to run around here but it was surprisingly nice. There was a mishap in that Runkeeper made the volume on the c25k app turn off so I missed when to stop running and ended up running for like 3 1/2 mins which wasn't ideal although still a good thing I guess. Also during one of the walking bits I pressed pause on the podcast by accident so all my timings were screwed but it just meant I ran a bit more than I should, again a good thing I suppose. In the end I did 4k in 40mins and I'm very happy. I like running in the sun more than the hail.
W2R3 23/01/2015
Genuinely can't believe I've got through two weeks of this programme. 2/9 makes the other 7 seem so achievable. Today's run I think was more difficult than Wednesday's because I went out at the sun's highest point around 1pm rather than the afternoon, and I was wearing a hoodie so I struggled with the heat. Next time, no hoodie! Looking forward to next week but also scared. There are only 4 runs: it goes 90 secs running, 90 secs walking, 3 mins running, 3 mins walking, then repeat that again. But I didn't die last week and I didn't die this week so I won't die next week. Been looking more and more into getting some decent shoes but they're so expensive and I don't trust the Spanish postal system so I don't know. I keep putting it off but I feel like spending €100 in the JD Sports in Plaza Mar is inevitable. I've ordered a little phone armband thingy because carrying my phone is so off-putting. I feel way better about life so I'm finally posting about it on my blog yaaaay!
So there we go! Honestly don't think I could recommend C25K more - I am probably the most unfit person I know but I have survived 6 runs! 2015 seems to be a good year so far so may as well do something good with it. I've figured out that ridiculous goals motivate me: last year it was a year off coke and this year I am working towards doing the GNR in 2016 so I have just less than 18 months to train.
Until next time, hasta luego
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