My Little Pony hair.
In case anyone just starting out is wondering what the c25k can do for you, even if you consider yourself a beast or a cow or lardass or whatever your personal self-deprecating of the moment is, and even if your slower-than-shit pace of around 19:00/mile makes you feel decidedly un-runner-like, here's a before and after shot of me after about 4 months and 30lbs. And this is only at week 6.
So yeah, don't be afraid to be slow. Just be persistent.
2011 Goals:
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. | my running blog | upcoming races
Professional Noob
Roads were made for journeys...
Thanks, I'm still getting used to the fact that I'm actually being active and stuff. I've never been athletic at all. But is is wicked cool to see the changes happen, gradual as they are
Plus, I'm pretty sure I'm the most unusual runner in my little town. It's a pretty quiet place (except for tonight, where the morons across the street are freaking out my animals with fireworks), so seeing some chick with black hair, a septum piercing, her chest brightly tattooed and stretched earlobes out for a morning run must give the little old biddies I usually see on the path a bit of a start. So far no one has crossed to the other side to get away, like people would do when I had purple hair, but this lazy place needs some fun in it.
Baby bean!
Goals:Finish C25K
I'm slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter, but I run.
You Are Beautiful.
A.MAZ.ING.
Do you have a 'final' goal? Wow! How awesome!
My Storygraph
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop. Confucius Be patient and tough, some day this pain will be useful to you. Ovid
You'll learn to let things go.
A.MAZ.ING. Do you have a 'final' goal? Wow! How awesome!
My initial goal was 30lbs, because it's easier for me to think "I'm going to lose 30lbs" than "I'm going to lose 50lbs." I figured that if I could lose 30lbs, then it wouldn't be difficult for me to try to lose 40, or 50, or whatever, because I can just trick myself into a "I'm just going to lose 10lbs" mentality.
As for final goal, while I'd love to get down to what my license says I weigh - 135lbs, my high school weight when I first started driving - I'll be perfectly content to get to whatever weight I feel happiest and healthiest at. If that's 150 or 160 or hell, even 170, then so be it. At this point, 135lbs doesn't seem like a huge stretch for me, since I'm already a third of the way there if you consider where I started at. And as a treat for this achievement, my lovely hubby has told me I can buy myself a GOOD running skirt next week, since I was sadly disappointed that our local Walmart didn't have any that weren't utter crap. Break out the sunscreen and the Body Glide, Crystal's going to bare her legs for the first time this century.
I would suggest you contact Zoom-zoom for advice on purchasing a running skirt. If you drop her a line by the message feature I'm sure she'd be happy to discuss shopping for running attire!
As Eddie can attest to, I sat at my desk yesterday for about 4 hours reading reviews for all different brands. At this point I'm going to get myself one from RunningSkirts.com because they've got a decent amount of them on sale at the moment, and if I find the shorts are too short then I'll shell out the cash for one from Atalanta or skirtsports.com or suck it up, buy some with the spankies, and slather myself in more Body Glide