Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Getting there!

Today was week 5, workout #1 in my "Couch to 5K" program! I thought it was going to be tough, but I breezed right through it :) It was bitterly cold with a windchill of -35, but I've been lucky enough to convince a couple of friends to come to the gym with me, and one has a car!! Very useful.

Sunday is the scary workout of running 20 minutes without walking! Should be an interesting workout... Even last summer I was only going 15 minutes before having to walk. But I'm hoping this program has enabled me to take on the challenge better than just winging it LOL

Here is a picture of Cody looking like he's possessed, but he's really just ready to pounce on the camera!

3 comments:

Love2Run said...

Cody looks scary! 1/2 way there on the running plan is great. Once you push to your limit it gets that much easier the next time. I still remember the 1st time I ran for an hour. It made me realize that the biggest barrier was mental not physical. You can do it!

love2garden said...

Hi Steph, I finally made a blog so I can make some comments! Good Luck on your challenging run :)

Steph said...

Thanks guys! Fridays workout was tough. I was fine the first 8 min interval, but only got 6 minutes on the second one because I couldn't keep running with the horrible side stitch that wouldn't go away! It was a bit dissappointing, but hopefully tomorrow's workout will go better! I haven't had a side cramp like that before, so I'm crossing my fingers it won't happen next time LOL BTW the shoes are working great!!