Starting Out

A crazy friend (Jenny W) thought it would be a great idea to work at running a half-marathon and she had an even crazier idea in that her and I should do that together. Now, I'm not a runner, I've never been a runner, and am not sure I can ever be a runner, but for some reason after some thinking and talking, I agreed to work towards the goal of running a half-marathon in a year.

That was the beginning part of May. I have to say I have been completely un-active for quite some time, I'm not at an ideal weight, and like I said before, I've never been a runner. I was a sprinter in high school for a reason...I never wanted to run longer than the 400m warm-up lap we had to do every day.

I had a lot of support from my facebook friends and got some ideas on where to start. I also did some searching online and found a beginners run/walk program at runnersworld.com. The first week went fine, I was tired, but was definitely motivated. When I hit week 2, I was finding it nearly impossible and my calves were on FIRE! After talking to others, I decided that program was a bit aggressive for my inactive lifestyle. So back online I went. I found the Couch to 5k program and I started at week 2 on that. I'm so glad I did!! It has been great so far. Thanks to all who have been supportive in this short time, I couldn't have made it this far without you!