On a total whim, I started my Couch to 5K today! I really wasn't planning on it because it is cloudy outside and also I wasn't sure if I was feeling 100% better. However, I'm so happy that I decided to do it!
We live in a condo complex so I kind of just jogged/walked all around it, which is nice because I wouldn't just run anywhere in my town. So it consisted of a 5 minute brisk walk warm up and cool down and then in between alternating running for 1 minute and walking for 1.5 minutes.
Whoever designed this was like spot on as far as endurance for first time runners, because about the last 10 seconds of the last run interval I was like, okay, I'm to the point where I need to slow down. But it ended up being the last circuit, so it worked out perfectly!
The best part was I DIDN'T GET SHIN SPLINTS!!! I seriously ALWAYS got them when I went to the gym if I walked/ran any higher than 2.5 speed on the treadmill and I got SO IRRITATED because I could have done so much more speed if not for that. Plus then my dad told me that you're not really supposed to train/run when you're having them. I'm just crossing my fingers that maybe it was something with the treadmill and hopefully running on the road now I'll be fine. I was using the same shoes too, so shoes couldn't have been the reason.
I honestly recommend this app to anyone who is a first time runner or trying to get into it. I just saw going through it today, it has the whole schedule planned out for you as far as days/weeks, and also it updates it completed and the date you completed it. I haven't looked beyond the first week, but the first week is 3 days, so that is totally do-able.
I'm going to update every day I run as a way to journal all of it. Hope everyone had a great Monday!
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