Couch to 5K Update

It has been one week since I began the Couch to 5K program and I just completed my 4th "run". And, let me tell you, it was H-A-R-D! But it was wonderful at the same time. :-) There is nothing like doing something that you really thought you couldn't do!

Today's workout increased the running time from 60 second intervals to 90 second intervals. (Oh, and by the way, Couch to 5K calls this "jogging" - which I refuse to do. ;-) This is hard. It is running. And I want credit where credit is due!)

The thing that I am noticing about running is that it is really so much harder than walking or doing aerobics. I am also noticing that I am not in as good a shape as I thought I was! Yes, I know I need to loose a few pounds (Actually at my short stature, I need to lose more than a few! ;-) But, more important to me than what the scale says, is the condition of my heart (physically and spiritually). I can walk all day and I can do aerobics for quite awhile without getting too winded, but running? It is really challenging. But you know...I've always loved a good challenge! :-)

Life

"Let me but live my life from

year to year,

With forward face and

unreluctant soul;

Not hurrying to, nor turning

from, the goal;

Not mourning for the things

that disappear

In the dim past, nor holding

back in fear

from what the future veils;

but with a whole

And happy heart, that pays its toll

To Youth and Age, and

travels on with cheer.

So let the way wind up the

hill or down,

O'er rough or smooth, the

journey will be joy:

Still seeking what I sought

when but a boy,

New friendship, high adventure,

and a crown,

My heart will keep the courage

of the quest,

And hope the road's last turn

will be the best."

~Henry Van Dyke

"Look not mournfully into the Past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the Present. It is thine. Go fourth to meet the shadowy Future, without fear, and with a manly heart."

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"...let us run with patience

the race that is set before us,
looking unto Jesus

the author and finisher of our faith..."

Hebrews 12:1-2