Week One, Day Two

Physically, today wasn't any easier than the first day.  Mentally, however, it was much easier to get out and do my Couch to 5k training.  There was no fear of the unknown, and no worries that I wouldn't be able to do it.  I eased into the interval timing and before I knew it, the 20 minutes were up.

Disclosure:  that short little 20 minutes of training actually takes about 40 minutes if you include stretching, a five-minute brisk warmup walk, the 20 minutes of run/walking, a five-minute cooldown and then more stretching.  Even so, 40 minutes is really nothing compared to driving to the gym, changing, warming up and then working out and driving home.  I'm actually saving time by training this way!  And, it's free (sort of, if you already have shoes and other gear).  Running is probably the most effective and cost-effective way to get in shape. 

I have found however, that my biggest barriers are self-imposed through assumptions about what running would be like for me based on my past experiences, and limiting beliefs about my body and its capabilities.  When assumptions are challenged and limiting beliefs silenced, the energy starts flowing again in a forward movement.  It's this energy that is the basis of all postitive change. 

 

That's me, number 52, in the Missoula Blue Mountain Clinic Fun Run in 2002, the first and last 5k I ran.