Runner 5, are you with me?

hello friends!

i have decided that i 100% want to transition away from eating meat

first step - no more red meat! :)

I seem to have broken my toe (micro fracture and strain) somehow and it has made me really sad and depressed. I can’t run or crossfit 😭

There goes RCJANUARY! I really hope I can run by the weekend

the hot, dry air of jakku, making mirages of old memories just outside the shell of her AT-AT. the desert so quiet that you can hear sand sliding down the dunes, in soft silky layers. rey, scraping crumbs off her plate with her fingertips, pressing her droid with more questions. what’s naboo? what’s a forest? how big is a forest? what’s a tree? how many trees are there? (no one else tells her about these things. no one else talks to her.) the droids go everywhere, she realizes. they see everything and keep everything, scavengers of memory and information, of events and people and ideas. she learns binary until she gets good enough to detach the comm screen and just listen; during the day she quietly practices binary to herself, whistling each beep and tone as she hikes the dunes to the star destroyers, her calves aching. when she gets home, the droid greets her with a happy beep. for a few months, it feels nice, strange, hopeful. it feels odd to have someone waiting for her. refreshing, almost. 

and then one day rey comes home and the astromech droid doesn’t beep, no whistle of greeting. the light in its glassy round eye is dark. the fuel cells are dead. her heart sinks. she searches the star destroyer endlessly for another working fuel cell, tries to trade for them at niima outpost, but to no avail: the model is too old, and any fuel cells that could work are all being used for other things. that night she wears her x-wing helmet and sniffs, watching the stars, wrestling with hope and despair in equal measure; in the morning she drags the droid to unkar plutt and trades its parts for twelve portions. the first portion is bitter and tasteless, more so than usual, but it’s alright, rey thinks. her friend even fed her.

So I am planning on starting the Couch to 5k running plan on Monday, but thought I would throw the info out there if anyone else wants to get involved with this challenge. 

Train for 8-12 weeks to go from Couch, non runner, to being able to run 5k, by building up your stamina and endurance, running 3 times a week. 

A few Questions

8-12 Weeks isn’t very long? Short runs very often will help build up your running skills. if you think you need more time to get with it then simply repeat days or even whole weeks till you are ready to move on to the next week. I do this all the time, do not worry, just repeat, repeat till you feel the bite to move on.

I am obese / injured / unfit / disabled- take your time, know your strengths and weaknesses, as above, repeat weeks until you are ready to move on, if at all. 

How do I know what to do? Well there are a million free apps that will help you do this, I am going to be using Zombies Run 5k, but Zenlabs also do one. You could also download podcasts that tell you when to run /walk and give you tips. Or you could simply use a piece of paper. There are dozens of options so please have a look at what looks fun and would be the best for you

Can I start a different day? Which days do I do? YES!! Start whenever works for you, and work on the says that are best for you. Its very flexible

THIS IS NOT A COMPETITION!  We are not competing against each other, this is just for fun, should you want to share your journey and progress you can.

You are now in the squad.