Last year I attempted a Couch to 5K that stopped abruptly in late May due to a knee injury.
I am trying it again this year.
LAST year I pushed myself too hard and tried to outpace the app that was helping me run. I’m an impatient guy, I don’t want to run 5K eventually, I want to be running it now.
Full disclosure: I have run a bunch of 5K runs in the past. I used to be quite good at long distance running… never fast, but steady, and I’ve run in lots of places back when I used to travel more extensively. But it has been a few years since I did a 5K, and much longer than that since I’ve run consistently, and at this point in my life it’s that consistency I’m looking for. I eat too many sweets to not be at least moderately active at all times… and since I hate the cold and going outside in the cold I have to squeeze every drop of activity I can out of the summer.
Today was my first day running for my new attempt. It went okay! Felt slow and awkward, but that’s par for the course. Much like editing the novel, I just gotta stick with it and it will get done!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!