Hey, anyone here know anything about running? Or jogging? I'm considering starting an adaptation of the Couch-to-5k program in January. Is this craziness?
I know that it sucks and I hate it.
On a more constructive note, it's not craziness. 5K is a very doable goal. Start with intervals (walk for a certain number of steps, then run for a certain number). I like a ratio of 1 running segment to 3 walking segments at first, and then after a couple days of that, 2-to-2, and then 3-to-1 (this is going for 20 minutes, not worrying about distance) as my get-my-ass-in-gear routine. Other folks recommend 10 minutes walking to 2 minutes running and working up from there.
Breathe well, from your abs. And heel-toe your steps. Both those things will make it hurt much less.
juliana's the real go-to person on running, though.
Just got back from the store. Mal can sit in the shopping cart now - YAY!!! This makes things SO much easier. And he had a great time. He especially loved the escalator-ramps that the carts lock onto to go between floors.
(psst, vw...why are you awake?)
Kat can also help you with running questions, Fay, but with both your schedules, you'll probably never catch up.
I started the program, and it was great. Nice and gradual, but effective -- you can feel stuff get easier.
As for running as a whole, it does suck. Ah, well.
Also, if your instructor is thusly inclined
and
any good, you don't need to be prepare your fitness to start a martial arts program. You can make the martial arts part (or all) of your fitness program.
(psst, vw...why are you awake?)
Um...because it's almost 8am. And I have homework due today.
Wally Report! Wally, against all the odds, has become a creature of refinement and taste, at least until the full moon. I have been writing to women! Well, to two-dimensional representations of women. They include: a violinist, an alternative music and film devotee and a sci-fi geek. (The letter to the alt.girl was titled "Let's all band together to stop the spread of country music".) I'm less inclined to take a scatter-gun approach now, I'm developing more of a picture of what I need to hold my interest.
Anyway, we'll find out if any of them are likewise inclined. They need a little attention. They need a little tenderness. They need a little Wally.
I like a ratio of 1 running segment to 3 walking segments at first, and then after a couple days of that, 2-to-2, and then 3-to-1
What Raq said. 5K is very doable. I would stay at the 1/3 ratio for longer than a couple days though. And go you!
Um...because it's almost 8am
Of course it is...I counted the wrong way from board time. So the real question is, why is ita awake?
So...anybody have any suggestions for travelling in Munich? To xpost from my LJ: Finalizing vacation plans today. Of the 5 people going, one wants to visit King Ludwig II sites, following the trail of Gabriel Knight in "The Beast Within." He keeps referring to Ludwig as "Our Big Gay Werewolf King." Another wants to track down the fabled Wolpertinger. A third is just going to get out of Moldova for a bit. A fourth is all about the luge and bobsled potential (that would be Mallory). I would love to see marmots, but December, not such a good time to spot hibernating mammals.
you don't need to be prepare your fitness to start a martial arts program. You can make the martial arts part (or all) of your fitness program.
Hmm. The thing is that in Egypt, I don't know how many good Martial Arts teachers we have. I mean, there are lots of karate instructors, but they seem to be largely macho Egyptians who terrorise the kids. So I probably wouldn't be looking at starting a martial arts program in the immediate future. Probably.
Also, I really do need to prepare my fitness - psychologically and emotionally, if not physically. I've
never,
at least since I started Junior school at 7 years of age and promptly piled on some weight (very stupid response to being picked on, but there you are), felt confident about my physical appearance or abilities. All the cliches about being the last kid picked for the team blah blah blah - my body image is just this awful, painful issue that I try to ignore and not care about simply because it feels so humiliating and hopeless. I have more respect and admiration than I can readily express for your own ethos and athleticism, and I realise that I may well be coming across as a whining idiot, but I know how I tick. I've got a lifetime of NO positive associations with exercise. (And this whole thing of being fuckedup about physical control and abilities extends even to something as non-athletic as singing - I just expect to humiliate myself when it's a case of trying to build/use/demonstrate physical competence & skills in front of other people. I KNOW it's insane, but I've got all this baggage that I have to work through.)
Er. So in short, I think that I need to build up a lot more confidence and belief in my own strength, flexibility and abilities and so forth, because otherwise I'll either flee or default to my Incapable Clown Girl setting (if I'm laughing at myself first, and not taking it seriously, then I can't be truly gutted when I screw up, and the Other People can't belittle me if I've already got there first), rather than daring to take it seriously.
