I promise to never complain about joggers not smiling again.
I've now completed two days of my c25k challenge as part of my taking up jogging for November and I will be the first to admit I haven't been smiling while I do it.
The concept of c25k is pretty simple. It's a program which promises to have you up from the couch and running 5km in nine weeks - that's NINE weeks. The best bit I like about the program is you only have to jog three days per week and undertake the set program on each day.
I've decided my jogging days are Monday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon and Saturday morning. Far enough apart so I don't collapse in a heap the next time I go to do it, yet close enough that my muscles and joints don't get too relaxed.
I started on the Wednesday just gone with the week 1 program: 5 min walk to warm-up then 60 seconds jogging followed by 90 seconds of walking for 20 minutes in total. I'm pleased to say I found it ok. Not easy going but I wasn't bent over dry-retching at the end. After a shower to recover I sat on the futon and couldn't move from sheer exhaustion. Hubby came home to find me looking zombie-like asking him to cook tea because it was to hard to move.
I'm pleased to say I snapped out of it about an hour later and returned to normal but by Thursday my legs were aching and so were - oddly - my hips. I felt like I needed a double hip replacement.
This morning was day 2 of week 1 and I was surprised at how much harder I found it to complete. I think my body was suffering PTSD and knew how much hurt it felt last time. Still, I completed it and this time didn't feel like bunking down in bed for 4 hours afterwards.
I can see how people enjoy jogging, but I'm not sure I'm at that stage yet. Still, I've got three and a half weeks to get used to it :-)
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