There is good news and bad news in week 2 of the Couch-2-5K program. First, the good news. She-Who-Must-Be-Adored expressed an interest in becoming more active. She further expressed an interest in joining me in the doing the C25K program. This is exciting to me because she had never expressed any interest in doing any form of jogging/running. Definitely good news to start my week. But, this also leads to the bad news.
As I have mentioned before, my plan was to negotiate my self-measured 5k course three times a week as I did the C25K program. Two recent experiences have caused me to rethink this decision. The first was the wintery weather we had in our area last week, which delayed my return. There was no way for me to complete my run prior to darkness. I do not like running after dark unless someone is chasing me. Additionally, since She-Who-Must-Be-Adored is going to start the C25K program, I needed an alternate venue to do the program with her.
I have returned to my former workout facility Total Fitness. This facility is also the workout facility of the students and athletic teams of Piedmont College. It houses an indoor 3-lane running track, which requires 11 circuits to complete 1 mile. Other amenities include more exercise machines than I want to use and some exercise classes.
On Monday, I sampled one of those exercise classes. It was called Body Fitness and was advertised as a “low-impact cardio workout” and that it was “great for beginners”. I’m glad I spent a little time in the Marine Corps because I had to low crawl as I left the class an hour later. The only good thing to come out of the class, besides my tired tail, was that the blue-haired ladies were encouraged that they could do all the moves and exercises while I could not. I was again reminds that one does not mess with the blue-haired ladies because they are very experienced in getting their way.
I completed Week 2 this morning and am looking foward to Week 3. In week 3 the routine, after the 5 minute warm up, is a 90-second jog, then a 90-second walk. This is followed by a 3-minute jog and a 3-minute walk. This is then repeated. Total jog time is 9 minutes and walk time is 9 minutes. I am already looking forward to those 3-minute walks.
My nephew, Mark, and I are planning on doing the Spartan 5K next Saturday (2/13) at the Athens Academy in Athens Georgia.
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I hope the weather gets better for your 5K!
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