From Nothing to Running

One of my goals this year is to take up running. The problem is I don’t really run. Like at all.. In fact, I run so badly that it is laughable. Yet, I am still going to attempt to do it. A part of my thinks I am losing my mind to think that at my age and physical fitness I can do this but I guess we will see.

So, why would I suddenly think it was a good idea to run. I haven’t the foggiest clue. I just thought, hey why not run. I knew this year was going to be the year that I really make an attempt to achieve my goals. I want to look back at the end of the year and tell y’all I did it. It isn’t going to be easy but well we will see.

None to Run

I found this program called None to Run that I am going to participate in. It is designed to help me go from nothing to running in twelve weeks. It is a pretty simple program where I run three days a week. A little at a time in order to build up running. I started this program on Monday of this week. So, I can’t tell you much about it other than I wasn’t able to do the full 25 minutes the first day. I managed twenty and I called that good. My legs also hurt like you would not believe for the next two days. Yesterday, was another run day and I am still in pain. Pain mostly from my arthritis I need to say.

Final Goal

My final goal with this is to be able to run the track that my brother runs when I go on vacation this summer. The last couple of times I went with him, I had to walk and they actually had to wait for me to finish. I don’t want that this year. I want to run that thing and either finish before him or at the least with him. I don’t want to feel like my lungs are going to explode and that maybe I need to press the emergency call button on the track. It is a track at the hospital and there are plenty of emergency buttons but I don’t want to have to use them because I can’t breath. At least not because I can’t breathe due to being so out of shape.

Keep You Updated

I do plan to keep y’all updated as I go. It may be monthly or it may be every couple of months. I will be letting you know how everything is going, if I am keeping it up, and where I have failed. I will be honest, some weeks may not happen the way I would like them to. Who knows, at some point I may find that I simply am not able of doing it but I am determined.

Do you run? Are you wanting to run this year? Tell me your thoughts in the comments below.