C25K

One week ago I started a running program called C25K. It stands for couch to five k. This program is for people like me who do not exercise regularly and are not in shape. The program calls for three days a week, but my sister and I are doing five days instead. We enjoy going together and getting a nice run and walk in. The first week started with a five minute walk, with sixty seconds of running and then ninety seconds of walking for a total of twenty minutes. At first this was a lot for me. I really noticed how out of shape I was! By the fifth day I knew I could go for the nine weeks. Tonight, I started my second week, adding an extra thirty seconds to the walk and thirty seconds to the running. I thought it would be easier now that I finished the first week and was able to do that, but this was much harder. I finished it though. It helps that my sister is doing it with me. She gives me more motivation to push myself and go that extra step especially when I feel like giving up. I’m not looking forward to tomorrow, but I know all I want to do is make it to the end of the nine weeks and be able to say I completed this task. I want to be in better shape and I want to finally be able to run for thirty minutes straight or run 3 miles.