After years (probably a good 30) of being unfit, I have finally bitten the bullet and started the Couch to 5K!!!!!!!
However, if it wasn't for the sheer determination and stubbornness of my 9 year old daughter, I would not be able to post this at all.
It was raining hard this morning and the plan was to drop OH off at work and run in local park. However, my daughter only had shorts so we went to Sports Direct to get her some running gear only to find out their card machine was not working and I had no cash on me!!! This was after waiting half an hour for it to open!
My daughter persuaded me to go to the park, despite her in football kit, only to try and synchronise our devices in vain. I nearly threw my iPhone in the pond!!!
After counting to more than 10, we eventually set off on Week One/Run 1 and I can't believe we did it - albeit with my daughter tapping me when to run and walk.
We finished with big grins on our faces and planning for the next instalment!
I have been so self conscious over the years and having zero confidence and never dreamed I would be able to take that first step!
I would like to also thank all of you who replied to my first post many months ago and who gave such good advice and encouragement! I also would like everyone who posts, that their successes and determination have helped enormously and hopefully it will be my turn to help the other new ones!
Ahh.. thanks for the support! Well done to you as well!!!! I know, we spend more of our lives thinking about doing things then actually going out there and achieving! We can do it and will do it!!!!
Hey, I have had 30 years of unfitness too! Did think I was a little bit fit as I walk a lot and have done yoga for 2 years but not run since school really. Hope your couch to 5k journey goes well!
Thanks farawaytree74! I thought I was ok - walking with family every weekend or so but today taught me I was sooo.. wrong! Strangely though, since getting home and sitting for a while, I have just now hoovered and mopped everywhere! My husband will think someones broken in and swapped me!
Good luck on your journey too! We will all have to support each other!!!
My daughter has nagged me for ages since I told her about Couch to 5K. She wants to run better at her primary school and be healthy! I might get to be that role model at last!!!
I think that the support on here is second to none! it really helps to read that other people have been in the same boat as well! I've also been trying to eat healthier too, following the basic principles of the 12 week plan.
Woot woot! Well done you! And kudos to your daughter for being your trainer - I can tell you that my 15 year-old can be a draconian leader, booting me out of bed at 6.30 a.m. for a run together, but we're both hooked now... Enjoy the journey!
Yes, I have got that to come! She is determined to get me out at 6am when I go back to work - no escape for me! Thankfully she is nothing like me in personality - she is courageous,focussed and finishes what she starts!
I have kept trying to make changes leading up to milestones i.e. 30,40 to no avail and now have realised I just have to start anytime! And then keep going...
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