So my friends have decided to run a 5k. I wanted to attempt this last year before I knew I was pregnant. So I said “sure.”
Let me tell you a little about myself…
I’m 5’9” and 135 pounds. I have the littlest amount of muscle I could possibly have. I’m just fat and bones. (Back in the day I was skin and bones.) I’ve never been an athlete. In junior high, my coach wanted me to be a runner because of my long legs, but I was consistently in the back of the pack with the overweight girls huffing and puffing. My senior year of high school we discovered that my sternum was turned in so badly that my heart was only working at 60% capacity. The doctor actually said it was a good thing I wasn’t an athlete! That was good news for me! I finally had an excuse! But after a couple of surgeries (you can look up the Nuss Procedure if you want), in 2007 I was cleared to work out and my heart was at 100%. Dangit!
I’ve hardly done anything since, so I know this will not be an easy task for me. I went running today (day 1) with Ethan. Yeah, I almost died! Let’s just say I was in the shower before my 25 (5 min warm up + 20 workout) timer was done. But I’m not going to give up! Well, not just yet anyway ;)
P.S. We’re using the Couch 2 5K plan (C25K).
