Day 2…

saw this on facebook today:

It’s exactly what I needed to see today. March 2, 2015 was my “day 1” – which is why this post, on March 3, is called “Day 2.” I’m not sure how many “day 1s” I’ve had but I know it’s been a lot. But I know that having one more is better than not having another one at all.

I’m back to being close to my heaviest weight in recent memory and haven’t run in ages (3.25 km on February 11 in case you’re interested). My mid-February half in New Hampshire was postponed and I will DNS Around the Bay at the end of March. Both these things actually make me sad so I figured maybe I actually like this running thing (despite thinking that running is stupid) BUT the thought of jumping back in where I left off was way out of the question.

I thought about what my main goal is – and it’s to become healthier. And to do that I have to stop, uhm, stopping. So I thought I’d go back, way back, to the beginning. Start small in order to build the consistency; to make this a true habit. It’s always been a chore and I want to see if I can finally stop being my usual lazy self. I dug out the learn to run plan I did aeons ago but then realised that I’d do better if it was easier to follow (the plan I have is on a word document chart I made up in 2007 or something). Everyone always recommends the Couch to 5K program to new runners so I downloaded that. And did Week 1 Day 1 today 😀

My plan is to never go more than 2 days without running and to finish the whole program before our trip on May 3. It should be doable. I’ll let you know!