The Time I Tried The Couch To 5K App

So this week I decided to try the Couch to 5K App.  

 

For those not in the know, it’s an app that you whack on your phone and if you follow it correctly in 8 weeks you’ll have gone from couch sloth to fully fledged marathon runner.  

 

Well ok, maybe I slightly exaggerated with that last bit, but you know me…never let the facts get in the way of a good story!

 

 

My first week of using the Couch to 5 K App has basically involved a combination of walking and running for a solid 30 minutes each day and I can now confirm that RUNNING SUCKS.  

 

But I’m determined to stick with it, because all the skinny people in my life are runners so it must work!  Just quietly, those skinny friends of mine could all do with sitting on a couch and inhaling a mars bar every now and again.  You know, to make us lazy couch lovers feel a bit better about ourselves, but no.  They’re all dedicated to this annoying, painful thing called running.  And actually enjoy it.  I know.  I don’t get it either.  

 

Tuesday was a running rest day (thank god), so I put in a solid 6.5 hours on the couch.  Ha.  As if.  It was more like 3.5 but that was after I visited the dentist for my first filling in over 20 years.  Yes, I have superior teeth that can withstand copious amounts of sugar without decaying.  Everybody has a talent.

 

On Wednesday I ran again.  And half way through, decided I’m far too old for this fitness sh*t, but I stuck with it and finished day two of what seems like 4,387 days of running.  I also colour co-ordinated an entire bookshelf, which oddly enough lowered my heart rate considerably and made me feel quite Martha Stewart like.  

 

In other totally unrelated news, I think I need to get out more.

 

Thursday I whipped up to Carindale for a bit of a power shop (aka bought presents for the 372 birthday parties the kids are going to in the next few weeks.  Seriously, what is with my kids having a better social life than me?)  I hope you’re sitting down when you read this, because I bought nothing for myself.  I know.  I don’t know who I am anymore either. Although I did spy these awesome tea towels in typo which are only $5 each with any purchase.  I was so tempted to buy the fork one, but decided against it as I’m not sure how I’d explain the meaning of it to the 8 and 12 year old.

 

 

And that brings us to today, Friday.  I’m starting the day with another running session, before heading to the dietitian for a quick chat about my silly thyroid that continues to behave in a way that is entirely unacceptable.  But really, when you think about, with all this running, dietitian visits and general healthy living, I’m practically Cathy Freeman.  

 

 

Yep, I look just like that when I’m running.  Blink and you’ll totally miss me.