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Does it count as running if you stay in one place?
I don't think I've ever mentioned here (though it's all over Facebook), but I started attempting a couch to 5k about 2 years ago. Or perhaps the better terminology is started, then restarted, again and again and again. Something clicked in January though (perhaps the terror of hitting 40?) and I've stuck with it for 9 months. I did my first 5k in June, and my second last week, which was a cross-country trail run, and I'm debating signing up for a third that will be Canadian Thanksgiving.
I'm not fast, I'll never be fast. I'm not thin, and if I'm ever thin you'll know I'm ill with something horrible, but I'm running, and right now that's awesome. Below is the pic Derek took of me at the finish of last weekend's cross country, the Pace for the Donkey's in support of the Guelph Donkey Sanctuary. You can't tell from the picture, but that is a nasty uphill, and I'm only running because I could see Derek had the camera pointed at me. :)
I'm not fast, I'll never be fast. I'm not thin, and if I'm ever thin you'll know I'm ill with something horrible, but I'm running, and right now that's awesome. Below is the pic Derek took of me at the finish of last weekend's cross country, the Pace for the Donkey's in support of the Guelph Donkey Sanctuary. You can't tell from the picture, but that is a nasty uphill, and I'm only running because I could see Derek had the camera pointed at me. :)
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And keep going with it! Many years ago when I first started walking for exercise, I would go out for half an hour and wouldn't even make it a mile. Now, I routinely do a 15 minute mile (still walking... I have one leg longer than the other just can't get a good gait for running), occasionally doing as well as a 14 minute mile!
And it doesn't seem like that long ago that I did my first 5K (but I think it was probably about seven years ago), so nervous that I'd be able to finish, but finding out it wasn't as tough as I thought it would be. Then two years ago, I bit the bullet and did my first 10k... and once again, it wasn't as bad as I feared it would be! And last year, I did my first 12k (in particular, a race I remember my mom doing when I was a kid that I never dreamed I would be capable of doing) and crossing that finish line was possibly one of the biggest thrills of my life... probably even better than just few weeks ago, when I did my first half-marathon. I'm still in just a bit of shock that I actually managed it, but so very happy I went for it.
I guess what I'm saying is that every step of the way, I thought it was impossible. It was a slow build, getting to the point where I could manage it, but I just kept at it and took the risk and it was so incredibly worth it.
So I say, sign up for that next 5K! I'll warn you, though, if you ever decide to bite the bullet yourself and try a 10K, they usually give out medals to all the participants... and those medals are addictive! :-)
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Way to go!
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I took three tries myself to actually make it all the way to the end of the program, much motivated by the deal I struck with Husband that if I didn't make it all the way through the program he was to forbid me from buying the Kenwood mixer that I really wanted. Totally worked and the mixer is awesome. Felt so accomplished when we bought it. :)
Currently starting up again and have got to week 4.
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I pay myself $1 for every workout I do, with the intention of buying new shoes and workout gear.
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