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Week 1 - Run 1, Weighing in

Posted in From Couch to 5K
Post date: August 20, 2007

Now that both myself and my fiance are healthy again and have overcome the flu we could *FINALLY* start our Couch to 5K running plan.

So today before I started, I decided to weigh myself before starting all of this. I don’t expect to lose a lot of weight but to rather shift it around. I weighed in at around 93kg.

The idea behind this whole plan is obviously to get fit but whats great about it is the idea isn’t to set out and run 5K on day one because obviously for us Programmer Geeks that’s a bit tough ;) The idea is to either run for time or distance. We decided to go for time instead because the idea of 5Km is unbearable.

We started off with a brisk 5minute walk, we then proceeded to jog for 60 seconds and walk for 90 seconds. We did this for about 2.6km. I did honestly not expect to make it so far we it worked quite well!

As for a side note, remember to stretch properly before starting out. I kinda forgot this part and my back is currently killing me. This is the only I’ll learn I suppose. Check out more for this plan here: http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

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From Couch to 5K - Week 0 Walk 1

Posted in From Couch to 5K
Post date: July 24, 2007

So my fiance and I decided to walk 3 different routes this week in preparation for our 5Km challenge. We walking at a very quick pace and we tried route 1 last night.

By the end of the walk we were both fine but I didn’t expected us to be exhausted. We going to walk again on wednesday night and try another route. Should prove interesting.

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