jogging: the plan

if you've been around here any time at all, you know that we love to support a healthy life style here at PCAH...but i hate running! that's a problem.

i need to run. i need to lose that extra belly flab. but i hate running.
then i discovered an actual plan that i could do...to get me off the couch and jogging in a way that i could achieve something and not get stressed out.

no more sitting around planning my jog and not doing it...it's actual action!

enter couch to 5k
my miracle...they have a full plan devised {HERE} to take you literally from doing nothing {thus the couch} to running a 5k in 9 weeks.

i love it!

first, i can actually achieve the goals that are set before me...and i feel like i can do more and jump ahead...but don't, bc then you get a pain in your leg and you feel bad and well, just stick to the plan!!!

the plan takes 20-30 minutes 3 days a week...and well, me and hubs have been doing it after all the little girlies are in bed and we have a sitter...it's short and we can get it done...and it's talking time with hubs too!!!

you can even buy a calendar add on tot remind you of what you need to do {hello, type a's} and then track your progress {HERE}.

so grab your shoes and pull out the stops and get jogging...and then, let me know how you are doing...because i am trying really hard here!!!
danyele @ a thorn among roses

runners...unite!

confession: i am a runner wanna be. it's true.

one of my friends {and former high school students} trained for a team run...and they stinking got 4th place!!!! go campus crusade!!!!! {jenn...you stinking rock my face off}

anyway, jenn was not a planned runner {just a rec runner and jogger} prior to signing up for the team run. jenn and i had coffee and now, i'm uber inspired to get my booty in the running mode...and RunThere makes it super easy.

RunThere uses google maps to allow you to make routes and view others routes.

you start at any address or point of interest. you can save your start points and name a variety of routes too!

you can also compare routes that you have saved or that others have saved on RunThere.

and you can do an exercise log to keep track of all your on and off running days.

no matter what i do, something is better than nothing right? so if i run 1/2 mile and then walk 2 miles and then run again, it's exercise. so i'm keeping track now and you can too!

danyele @ a thorn among roses

Meet my $400 dust catcher...

About a year ago, I announced to my husband it was time we got in shape. We had the space for a treadmill, and my reasoning was that if we had it easily accessible, there would be no excuses. So, with this mentality, I convinced him we did indeed need to buy a treadmill. We searched Craigs List and found a nice quality treadmill for $400. It was a lot of money, but as I told my husband, "There is no price you can put on good health."


We brought the treadmill home and put it to good use for about 6 weeks. We were on a roll! Then, one day no one got on the treadmill. One day passed into a week, which morphed into months, until now it is one year later. There were a few sporadic jogs and walks here and there, but we quickly fell out of a good routine. I kept saying that I would get right back 'in the saddle again', or on the treadmill as the case would be.
As I tend to do though, I found more excuses not to get on the treadmill...it was too cold in the basement...the beds needed to be made... I think I need to go to the grocery store...I'll excercise as soon as I am done taking the kids to this or that...I better make that phone call first. You get the idea. After awhile I stopped with the excuses and just didn't exercise, period.

The shoes sat, and so did I.

Fast forward an entire year...the treadmill is collecting dust, no one is using it, and I have been regretting the $400 purchase. Here she sits...lonely, empty, and ready to run...


The other day, I realized that I could keep making excuses, or adopt Nike's slogan and "Just Do It!" Excuses surely aren't going to get me moving. So a few days ago I told myself that I would get up at 5 a.m. and exercise for an hour. There are no excuses at 5 a.m. No phones ringing, no activities to drive children to, no beds to make because everyone is still in them, no meals to prepare, etc...

So for the past 6 days, I have been on the treadmill at 5 a.m. and it wasn't pretty...I was slow, and tired, and broke a sweat with a fast walk. Today though, I felt good. I jogged more than I walked, and felt energized when I was done. Early in the morning, there is time for squats and lunges, sit ups, and push ups, and lots of stretching. There is no rushing that early, only a dark sky and lots of time.

Finally, the old dust collecting treadmill is coming back to life, and so am I.

Are you exercising? What motivates you to keep going? If you aren't exercising, what do you think prevents you from doing so? We need to get moving ladies, won't you join me?

Written by Denise at Koffords in Colorado :-)