On Easter Sunday, faced with a beautiful day and nothing to do, the six year old and I put on our sneakers and headed to the high school track. It was my version of rebirth – the kick-off to my Couch to 5K - which, you may recall, is on my list of things to do before I turn fifty.
I didn’t really want to take the girl, but she really wanted to come, and as soon as we got there, she took off, iPod and all (she has a hand-me-down Shuffle, the tiny one, which I populated with songs of my choosing, as it is my prerogative to shape her musical education). Meanwhile, I cued up my C25K app, and set off at a brisk walk, half an oval behind the girl. To her credit, she went around and around - frontwards, backwards, dancing, skipping, singing – for the first 25 minutes of my 30 minute workout. And then she climbed up the bleachers to watch the tennis players doing their thwomp, thwomp, thwomp.
I walked and jogged and walked and jogged and danced a little while walking and jogged and made it through Week 1 Day 1 without falling over. And I did it again Tuesday, and Saturday, and again yesterday. With luck, I’ll be running that whole five kilometers sometime in June.
13 April 2010
Rebirth
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Good for you. I've been trying to do this too, although my gimpy feet make the running part hard. I didn't know about the app. I'll have to look for that.
Bravo! (Or, I guess, brava!) I know how hard it is to get these things going.
Good for you! Thanks for the reminder that I really need to get a run/walk in this afternoon.
You. Go. Girl!
YAY! Good for you. And do you feel good? Keep at it!
You go girl!!
Good for you! I really need to do something like that. Last summer my son did a 5k and I swore I'd be able to do it with him the next time. but so far I have done exactly nothing.
Way to go! I can rock a pretty good sun salutation, but running scares me.
This is awesome, i love the idea of you dancing around while walking. Run, girl, run!
That is great!!
YES! You can DO it! I'm back on the horse after my tattoo heals and I love it. ROCK ON.
You GO girl. Keep it up. xoh
feels good to be working toward that goal, doesn't it?
You rock!!!
I need to do this. I do this walk/run thing but it never goes anywhere.
Rock on!!!
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