As Matt was working today - rarely the case on a Saturday - I was laying around, doing things on the computer, watching too many episodes of Intervention, and just not being very productive. Not to say that all days need to be productive, but I like to have purpose to my day. Lately, I have been thinking about starting to jog. The weather has been very nice, cool with sunshine, just the way I like it. I should preface this with the fact that from time to time I will have these dreams where I will be running and running and running, and it is all completely effortless. It's almost like I just glide on the pavement, and when this is happening I am thinking okay this seems like something I would like to do! Well, then I wake up, and the dream does feel like a reality. In the past when I have decided to jog, after one of obviously fictional dreams, I feel somewhat defeated after the difficulty I have with endurance. I can't usually jog for very long before I need to stop. I realize that building that endurance/stamina is a process, not something that can be achieved in a week. But, I think my problem is that I want to see instant results.
So back to my original thought of starting to jog again... I am a very structured person, and I like schedules, or some kind of routine - which made me think that there must be other people out there like me, so I googled "jogging plan." In doing this, I found a 5k jogging plan. Hmm... I thought..Could this be the motivation that I need? If I know how much I need to jog/walk each day, could I eventually have the strength and endurance to run a 5k at the end of 8 weeks? This is more ambitious than I have been in the past when it came to exercise, but what a better time than now to change my thoughts.
Which brings me back to today when I decided to begin THE PLAN. It seems very doable.
Week 1: Walk for 6 minutes, jog for 1 minute, repeat 3 times. - 3 sessions per week.
Alright, so today was a success, I kind of deviated from the times a little by doing 15 minutes of walking, and 10 minutes of jogging. Tomorrow or Monday I will stick to what it says.
I also signed up for a daily e-mail that will give me the 5k workout plan.
I really want to stick to this, and make exercising a daily habit.
I figured that if I put this on my blog, I will look forward to updating my progress, and having others hold me accountable. I'm excited!!
Kristin
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you could totally do it. make sure you get some good sneaks. I've wanted to tell you, I am getting southern living magazine and they talk about cool place....like your town. they're articles about boutiques & fun diners, I wonder if you have gone to them? hope you're doing well.
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I believe in you! I have been trying to get in shape too. I'm not really doing so well on it.
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