So, 1st 'run' of C25k and I have learnt the following:-
- I am very unfit
- my local field requires a trek through a sea of mud to get to
- my local field has more of an incline than I thought
- the only place to keep my front door key is down my bra
- if I 'run' in a beanie and gloves although it look so silly the local horses laugh at me, I do at least stop my ears and fingers hurting from the cold (have Raynaulds disease)
- wearing a long sleeve t-shirt and a thick fleece might be a bit too much
- I need to make sure I only have 1 week of the MP3 on my Walkman at a time because I am more technologically incompetent than I realised
- I can jog easily for 15 mins at home in bare feet, bra and knickers (curtains closed of course) but outside it is so much harder
- it would be very easy to give up
Only read on if you feel like something a tad more serious
- I did actually manage to jog....and the reason this is so huge for me is that I have just recovered from a TVT operation and the last time I ran I wet myself very publicly. It was awful and the most embararasing thing in my life as it was the mothers race at my youngest childs last ever primary school sports day, at which my ex husband, his new wife [his ex other woman and my ex friend] were at with their new baby in tow. But 2 large babies had left my insides in a mess with a torn and shifted bladder. My bladder has now been patched so no more blood in my urine, and it has been put back into its proper place. No matter how crap I am at doing this, and no matter how daft I look, that I can actually manage to be out walking and jogging for nearly 30 mins is a miracle....and not a wet patch in sight.
My youngest is off to Uni this year so I have not been able to exercise in public for a very long time, and I have not been able to have the op until now because there was no one else to do the school run; long time lone parent!
I am not looking for a pat on the back but I do think I want to try and keep a sort of diary on here to keep me motivated. Hope that is OK and apologies for the long post.