#couch25k

Been a bit MIA recently but I finally finished Couch to 5k!!!!!!! 💪😭🎉🎉

I really, really wanted to finish on a high, and after killing the second to last run I couldn’t help wanting to go even faster and further for the final one. The weather’s been so insanely hot that I ended up getting up at 5.45am to sneak out before the heat could make it too difficult and it totally worked!! The crazy part is that the first 30 minutes felt pretty tough, but as soon as I passed the 30 minute mark I felt invincible, and I managed to hit 40+ minutes non stop running!

We did it! Week 1 Run 2!

Same as Tuesday, this is a 5min warm up walk then 60secs of running (read jogging slightly faster than walking) then a 90s “brisk” walk (Read heavy panting and walking as slow as I can manage without Pat telling me to keep up) and repeat 7 times. 5min cool down walk and we’re done. 8minutes of “running” in total. Roll on more of the same on Saturday! 😫

It was a different route because we had to drop my car off in town (Steph’s poorly 🚙🤒) so we decided to take the opportunity and run back....I always wonder what went through my head during planning when I’m running!

Pat’s shins were hurting him today :( so I was running behind him and we went at a slightly slower pace, and I found it okay. Well, by ok, I actually mean I was severely out of breath every minute we ran, but didn’t die! We have now started toe and heel lifts to make sure his shins are happier. 🦵

I know I said I’d explain how this is week 1 but we started 2 weeks ago....but this is long enough already. Next time!

Went for a “run” (first day of couch to 5k! yeah!) and decided to tag myself for the selfie/urban dictionary definition of my name because the definition was so nice I wondered if someone knew I was having a bad day.

Alma

Altruism Looks Meaningless Alone Alma is basically the most adorable girl you’ll ever meet. She is so amazing in the way she accepts everyone. She is insecure about her body, and is always berating herself. She exists solely to make other people’s lives a little brighter and is bomb at her job. You will def crush on Alma and probably look like a fucking tomato every time she smiles at you. Everyone like Alma, but you definitely like her more. Also a synonym for perfectFriend: Stop staring at Alma, you look like a paint sample for the fire department You: But she’s so alma!#amazing#perfect#body image#self confidence#lgbt#bisexual#love#crush#tomato

This is the challenge that @fatmaninalittlesuit is holding at the moment.

I really struggle with running, and not just because my lungs are like an asthmatic hamsters (according to the fiancé.) But because I just struggle with cardio in general.

Give me a wall/pole to climb, I'll do it. Give me yoga or gymnastics. I'm your girl.

Tell me to run for 10 minutes and I will be a hot mess by the end of the 1st minute.

I'd really like to try and test myself this year, get out there and really improve my endurence and get much better at cardio. So I guess this is my incentive.

Wish me luck.

It’s been about a year since I tried to run a 5k!

I set a realistic goal of under 45min and a aggressive goal of under 40. I didn’t quite make the under 40 but still happy!!!

I wanted to test out my beginning time for @fatmaninalittlesuit ‘s summer couch25k.

I’m on week2day1. I started a week early because I know I’ll have to repeat week 2 😬