Watching the Rain Fall

ok. So, now step back. Look at it, it was my birthday but my body didn’t care. Very glad I didn’t gain weight this week. Gonna be very good this week and stay within my points each day. I’ve finished today at 20 points, my goal is 19+ the 2.5 I gained from exercise.

Gonna keep up C25K, which I am now realizing I haven’t mentioned. Ok so searching around Peertrainer I found a Team called Couch to 5K this summer. They are following the couch to 5k plan that is done by Coolrunnings.com a site that caters to runners and specifically marathoners. I joined and started. I know that running is really good for your fitness and I’m young and I should be able to run much longer than I can. So I’ve done week 1 but am repeating it so I’m starting with everyone else in the group this week. The first week is run 60 seconds, walk 90 seconds and repeat for 20 minutes. Ok, so you are only running 2/5 of the time and for a total of 8 minutes of the 20 but that is 8 minutes more than I was running before. And it’s within my grasp while still pushing me to do something I wouldn’t do. It’s also perfect if I start at the top of the hill and run down to the village, around the pond twice and then I have my walk back for cool down (10 min). Eventually I want to be able to run the entire way from the top of the hill down to the village around the pond however many times then back through the country to where I started at the top of the hill (much easier approach from the village side than from the way I come). I also would like to do a 5K race sometime this summer or beginning of the fall. I’m feeling ready to move it up to the next week, but I’m gonna just leave it at week 1 for this week.