I am one run away from finishing the Couch to 5K program. This week is 30 minute runs. Remember back in my last C25K post me saying 3 and 8 minute runs seemed impossible? Well, the 30 minutes are hard but I’m loving them. Never in a million years would I have thought of myself as a runner. Now I am in LOVE with running. My next goal is a 10K that I will run in August and then after that I hope to run a half marathon in January 2013. 9 weeks ago I would have thought this crazy, now I know I can do it.
I’ve been telling people that there are no excuses. I have tried my best to live this during my journey with the Couch to 5K training. I have ran in rain, snow, high winds, cold and heat. I’ve run uphill against the wind, on days that I didn’t get much sleep and on days I felt like I didn’t have time. I told myself it’s only 30 minutes and then I’m done, I can relax.
I wanted to share a funny story about today too-
Would I recommend the Couch to 5K program? YES! But you need to be committed, you need to get rid of the excuses in your life and you need give yourself a goal. Running is hard when starting out, you’re going to dread it at first but if you’re truly committed you’ll get stronger and better.
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Also want to ask if any of you reading are able to help with sponsoring/donating to my 5K run event that takes place May 26th. You can read more here. I’m still in need of water bottles, pedometers and a poster of my “before” photo. I would also be interested in any other health/fitness product you think would be perfect for the swag bags. THANK YOU.
And I want to invite you all to attend if you are able to. It takes place in Waterloo, ON.(please email me for address.) For those of you who can’t make it I will be blogging about the event, posting a video of my talk and hosting a giveaway to allow one of you a chance to win one of the swag bags the guests will be getting.
