Or should I say, micro-preemie steps. I wanted to go for a run yesterday night, but K was exhausted and decided that he was going to bed at 10pm. He decreed that it was “not safe” for me to go running alone – not sure whether he was worried I would collapse after 100 metres or about unsavoury characters in the neighbourhood – so I ended up sitting in front of Glee and stitching until midnight after reading up about how to get started on a running routine for fitness.
This morning, he informs me that we will start tonight, but that I will “walk 1 minute, run 1 minute” and do seven repetitions of that.
“So only 14 minutes?”
“Hello!!! You are a try-athlete at this point.”
Excuuuuuuse me. It’s not like I have never run in my life – at one point I was running the 100m, 200m, 400m and their relays in school ya know. And I’ve been going for lunchtime exercise classes at work, so I definitely can make it through at least one hour of a moderate to high intensity work out. It’s just that I am currently rather – ok, very – unfit compared to my pre-K and pre-baby state, and need to start slow where running is concerned. But since K is definitely more athletic than me and reads up a lot on sports performance because he wants to beat his 40-year old booty into submission, I guess I shall listen to him and run/walk for 14 minutes tonight.
I think I will have roti prata for lunch as a reward for even thinking about this.
If there was a “like” option on this post, I would definitely click it :p
Oh, I like that “try-athlete”. Good one.
Though you might want to rethink the roti prata “reward”…
“cheat meal” might be a alternative view
What he’s describing is the Couch to 5K program that I’ve begun. It’s a great way to get going! Listen to the man. He knows what he’s talking about!
I also got a Nike+ sensor and joined the online community. If you guys are on it, please find me!!