Accomplishment

I DID IT!!!

Earlier this year I was introduced to Couch to 5K.  I had grand intentions of getting out every day and becoming a runner.  I have always wanted to love running, but I just don't.  I loved the idea of gradually conditioning myself to be able to run 30 minutes straight.  Right now I get winded just walking up the stairs in my house.  And if I have to carry something up the stairs, it takes me awhile to recover.  It's a little bit ridiculous really.

The idea of the program is 30 minutes 3 days a week.  Every day you alternate walking and running, increasing the running time each week until you're up to 30 straight minutes of running.  Simple.

But not easy.

When I first started, I went gung ho and thought I didn't need to take a day off between runs.  Boy was I ever wrong.  By the fourth day my calves were so incredibly shot I couldn't even move.  I could barely walk and definitely couldn't run.  So I took a little break and started over.

Every other day I drag myself onto my treadmill and try to run 60 seconds at a time... and FAIL.  Only 60 seconds.  And I couldn't do it.

Until today.

I DID IT!!!

I did the whole workout without having to stop early or slow to a walk before it was time.  I'm only on the first week - my second week of trying to do the first week schedule - but I am so incredibly happy that I am really doing it!  I am conditioning myself to be a runner.  I am doing something hard and succeeding.  I can do this.