Showing posts with label running. Show all posts
Showing posts with label running. Show all posts

11.22.2009

New low(s)

My life hit all kinds of new lows this weekend. Including: 3 hours of "Say Yes to the Dress", Taco Bell, leftover Sweet Ce-Ce's, DVRed Lifetime movies, TV alone in the dark. All on a Friday night. Ladies and gentlemen, I know you're jealous of my glamorous life. But seriously, I loved every second of it.

Sometimes I get going and never stop and forget what it's like to just sit back and collect myself. I love being around others and partying it up, don't get me wrong. But sometimes those nights in are just what the doctor ordered.

In other news, I signed up for the 5K! Lauryn's running with me and I can't even wait (well, I sort of can because I'm not finished training yet). Countdown: 13 days!

8.27.2009

Life Goals

I'm going to run a 5K.

Okay, I haven't decided precisely when this is going to happen, but it will. Perhaps when I'm 30. Ideally it would be before that, though. I've been doing really well with my general workout routine and quite enjoy a good gym visit. Suffice it to say that I am significantly more fit now than I have been in a good long while.

So what's the problem, you ask? Welp...I can currently run about 50 yards. Those 50 yards are shortly followed by overwhelming nausea, dehydration, jelly legs, and debilitating shortness of breath. THAT, you see, is the problem.

If this were a 5K of ellipticalling, I would straight up rock that! (Why hasn't anyone invented that yet?) Unfortunately it's not. I need some pointers on how to begin a running regimen. I've looked some stuff up and talked to my running-savvy friends, but still don't feel like I have any sort of concrete idea of how to begin.

Time for a little less talk and a lot more action. Let's do this.