… and all seven of my faithful blog followers read it, I’m committed, right?
(Thanks for stopping by, Melissa.)
I am a goal-oriented person. (One does not reach half their life expectancy without gaining some self-understanding unless they are trying really hard to avoid themselves.)
The notion of climbing on the treadmill simply because it is virtuous and healthy and might provide me with a smaller badonkadonk is not enough motivation for me. I need a goal.
So I went to http://buffalorunners.com/calendar_2011.htm and selected a 5k race during the month of March. It is advertised as “fast and flat” which of course makes me chuckle, knowing that for me this equates to “may be able to sustain jog-like shuffle without breaking to a walk and/or vomiting.”
I’ve found a little interval workout that seems to be manageable — x minutes walking with the incline set at maximum (10%), then the same number of minutes jogging/shuffling with the incline reduced to 1%. Quick one minute recovery, then back to the intervals.
This leaves me huffing and puffing and sweaty but I find that I am already able to increase the duration of my intervals and my speed (incrementally) and that I catch my breath more quickly during my recovery minute.
Despite my hefty personage, I’m not having any issues with any aches or pains or joints that bother me, beyond the usual 40-something variety of owies.
And I have a whole new appreciation for my horses’ hill fitness!
I found this handy little article http://www.active.com/running/Articles/How-to-Train-for-Your-First-5K.htm?page=3
… which assures me that I, too, can do a 5k.
So, anyone with me?
–Patti