Wow! Was that ever sucky!
I really thought I was deluding myself but here I am, recapping the first painful, awful, baby step.
Can you dig it?
I just finished the first couch to 5k experience. I neither ran five kilometers nor actually traveled five kilometers. It’s just the first step. The app had me walk for three minutes then run for one minute, and repeat that process six times. I am pretty sure I died during the second run, and then died again during each of the remaining runs. I was planning on going to the movie theater parking lot but when push came to shove I just stayed in the neighborhood and went around the block a bunch of times, ignoring the fact that I was really insecure about all of my neighbors staring out their windows watching me the entire time, which I am 100% sure was happening at each and every house on the street.
What did I learn from this experience?
- I learned that the coach the app has chirping in your ear the whole time is an annoying person.
- I learned that jogging is a whole ton more difficult than yogging.
- I learned that, while I don’t have nearly the loose skin issue I expected I would have a year after gastric bypass, there is loose skin in my world right now and when you start actually running for real, that loose skin literally jiggles and it’s a slightly disturbing experience.
- I learned that running fucking sucks. I mean I only ran for six minutes but WOW did it suck.
Couch to 5k workout number two will take place on Thursday. Wish me luck.
On a slightly related note, I did make a friend out on the road this morning.
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