Holy shit Jacob’s Ladder is intense
Tag: exercise cw
Side note, I discovered the magic of going to the gym and just walking on the treadmill or an hour or so(which I totally recommend, I tend to get really unhealthy attitudes about working out but also get really depressed if I don’t have movement) and I’m open to recommendations of things I can watch while I do that! I’d love to maybe specifically try a new anime if any of y’all have any you like (preferably that are on Netflix or Hulu), because they tend to make me feel energetic ahaha
When they say every kiss begins with k, are they referring to the 5k I just ran or my 401k savings plan? Either way I am ready 😘😘
One day left of c25k!!
My best friend came over to run with me today, and it was so great because
a) it’s actually really fun to run with someone, I’ve gone to the gym with a buddy but I haven’t *ran* with someone in what we figured was six years, since he was the only person I ever ran with back home.
b) he has a REAL smartphone, not an iPod that likes to pretend, and an ap that can track you as you run and tell you your pace, and since today’s c25k run was 10 min run, 3 walk, 10 run, he turned it on for the last 10, and our average pace was 8:21 for a mile! Which is not an outstanding time in general but for me!! It’s great!! (And we were a little faster on the first leg I think, but he didn’t think to turn the app on.) I’ve been a little worried this whole time I’ve been going slower than the program’s assumption of 10 minute miles. And even if I pushed a little more because he was there (which let’s be real, I didn’t do it consciously but I did definitely do it) I’m still definitely going a little faster. And that feels so good! (8 minute miles are generally my in-good-shape pace, the summer in highschool I ran every day that was where I got to, and when I was consistent about the gym in college I would hit that pace on the treadmill. Also I have never in my life managed to hit 7:30 or lower)
IT’S 88°F BUT I’VE MADE IT HALFWAY THROUGH C25K
Week 3 day 1 complete, but more importantly, I passed a little girl who pumped her fist and cheered for me to “KEEEEP GOIN!!” and I love the world so much right now
Today’s run was also my first time wearing shorts in public since I stopped shaving, and somehow the world didn’t end?? It’s absurd but that’s the one thing I still feel is a valid reason to boot me out of womanhood.
Day 2 of C25K done! I figure being self-congratulatory can only help. (Especially since these first days don’t feel as easy as I want them to. I’M BARELY RUNNING AND YET. But hey, I’m doing it.)
And now I’ll be catching up on replies and doing my last prompt and also FOOD. Definitely food.
Posting just to make it official to myself– I’ve started c25k. I’ve been wanting to for awhile, because I do like exercise and can’t afford a gym membership right now, but I get really self-conscious about exercising in public (not that my school gym wasn’t public, but I worked myself up to using it and not caring, and running on the sidewalk around my neighborhood feels much more exposed) but!! today I made myself do it!! And it feels good and I’m gonna make myself keep at it.
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