This weeks question: What are your New Year Resolutions? Or, what goals have you set for yourself in 2013.
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I don’t really like to make resolutions. I usually don’t follow through and feel like a failure. This year I’m going to though.
My goal is to run a 5K by the end of 2013. Really my goal is to endure any type of cardio activity for 30 minutes without wheezing to death but a friend sent me the app for The Couch-to-5K Running Plan. It alternates walking and running – increasing the running time over 9 weeks. I’m up to week 3 already and it is getting easier. I still wheeze and gasp but I finish each workout (without cheating) and my recovery time is getting faster.
I’m a fairly healthy person. I eat well and I’m active but for some reason my cardio endurance sucks! I have an elliptical machine and getting to 10 minutes kills me. I really want to be able to do this.
How about you? Any goals or resolutions for the new year?
Go you :D I just can't stand running, my knee starts to hurt in the end. I guess I will just walk instead ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd that is my goal, I must do it every day. Even when I am busy, 30 min is enough
I hate it too. I hate anything that involves raising my heart rate lol
DeleteI walk with my husband a lot and I do yoga but I think I need to be able to participate in an activity for more than 3 minutes without gasping for air. We'll see if I can actually do it.
Late last summer, I started riding bikes with my husband. It was more fun than I thought and good exercise. I continued through the fall, right up until it got too cold.
ReplyDeleteA resolution for next year: Get my own bike. (I was borrowing my daughter's.) Build up my stamina for distance over the spring, summer, and fall.
That's fantastic! I had a bike - it got rusty lol
DeleteMaybe if I can do this 5k thing though I can give it another try.
I live in FL so winter is my time to get outdoors. It's too hot in the summer.
Good luck with that ...I want to run 13 miles :) You can do it and I know you are totally healthy eating xoxoxo
ReplyDeleteYay for working on health and endurance! This is the first year that I've ever started working out and I can do over an hour of cardio without dying, finally!
ReplyDeleteI've heard really good things about Couch to 5K. My sister has done it and she's run a couple races, too. Sounds like you're doing great, so keep up the good work!
I'm so jealous. I've been working out for years and I can barely make 30 minutes. I get so discouraged when people can hop on a treadmill or elliptical for 30 minutes right off the bat.
DeleteThe Couch to 5K seems to be working for me. Maybe I just needed it broken way down into manageable increments.
This is FANTASTIC! I am soooo excited for you! I started running about 3 months ago. I lost a ton of weight this year (from morbidly obese to overweight YAY lol), and could not even run more than a few steps, and now, after 3 months of running, I can run 7 miles without stopping. YOU CAN DO IT! I promise you 100% you can do it! Keep me posted on your running goals - I'm so excited for you. I used to hate all physical activity, and now I'm in love with running.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your comment. First all CONGRATULATIONS! That's amazing and I'm so happy for you.
DeleteIt's nice to hear that other people struggle. I seem to be surrounded by people who can go 30 minutes right away and it's so demoralizing when i can't. This app is working for me because it breaks in down into these little bursts of running. I'm only competing against myself.
I am at the point where I want to do it so that's a start.
Great goal! And, I know how you feel about not following through. It's my largest obstacle! I do have quite a few resolutions that I'll be posting on New Year's Day that I think will help me learn to follow through. :D Good luck on your goal!
ReplyDeleteI find that when I post something on my blog I follow through better. I guess because people start bugging me lol
DeleteThat's a great goal Karen and you've already started working on it! Go you!
ReplyDeleteThat's really a wonderful goal, Karen! You need to find a way to send up a blog bat-signal when you need some cheering on. Maybe hang a little pair of running shoes in the sidebar? :)
ReplyDeleteMine's the same goal I have every year which probably says something. lol I want to be more organized. I'm the kind of person who spends 5 hours at Staples buying pretty organization supplies, then another 5 hours at home putting everything in it and setting up a system, then 5 weeks freaking out because I can't find a good way to make everything work the way I want it to and the rest of the year being a disorganized mess. Last year the day planner plus Outlook calendar nearly worked so this year I'm adding a few new things. :D
You just described me! I was perusing the organization section this morning lol
DeleteI set up this really pretty folder filing system this year. It's all nice and organized but I couldn't find a thing. It seems that my brain doesn't work that way. Somehow my scattered post-it note system works for me.
I do use a weekly/monthly planner for blogging and that helps. Mostly....
I should make running goal blog button! I tweet my elliptical angst all the time.
Go, Karen! I did the C25K a couple of years ago and I am not and never have been a runner. I could walk for days but I suck at running. So I was surprised when I made it to the end of week 7 and jogged/ran for 20 minutes straight. Life got in the way after that and I moved onto P90X (the plyo workout is great cardio if you want to try that) and now I do Jillian's 30 Day Shred (also great work outs!)
ReplyDeleteI hope you get to do your 5K - YOU CAN DO IT!
I need to be more pro-active this year, I find it so easy to be lazy about so many things but I need to keep pushing myself :)
p.s added you to our blogroll xox
DeleteThat gives me hope! It seems so unachievable to me lol
DeleteI do the 30 Day shred too and I barely make it through - I must do this!
And thank you for the blogroll add :-)
That is s great goal! I have been dedicated to exercise for so many years, but really slacked off this past year. My goal is 30 minutes a day also
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Ooo I hadn't heard of that app before! That's one of my New Year's resolutions too! I've never, ever been a runner and I'd like to start being more active. Have you heard of this apocalyptic zombie app that turns your running/walking into a zombie story, like they're chasing you?! haha I need to check that one out too! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy 2013 Karen
Yes! I've done that one! I almost got hit by a car though because I was too busy trying to run away from zombies instead of watching where I was going. lol I need to find a wide open field to do that in.
ReplyDeleteIt was so much fun.
You should give the app a try. It's the only thing that has worked for me. It breaks in down into doable increments.
Good luck! Did my first 5k this year and I had a blast! I plan to beat my time by 2 mins this year. Cardio exercises are fun and really challenging but once you got the groove, it's exhilirating. I started mine to help me quit smoking so I know wheezing LOL. I gradually worked on my endurance for a year and still working on it.
ReplyDeleteCheers to our health! Happy New Year!
Cardio...fun?? I can't imagine I'll EVER get to that point but I am already getting the runner's high after so that helps.
DeleteCongrats on completing the 5K. I hope I can run a few in 2013.
that's a great goal!! good luck!!
ReplyDeleteI am still debating making resolutions for 2013...guess I have about 8 hours left to decide! Good luck with yours...it's a great goal!
ReplyDeleteI don't usually make any. Too much pressure. I started this before the end of 2012 so it's more of a continuation of a goal lol
DeleteThose are awesome goals - I'll be cheering for you! I never thought I would like running-EVER-but I finished two 5ks last year! I'm training for a half marathon (walking) now and never thought I would do that either. Have a great 2013!
ReplyDeleteYOu guys are really helping to keep me focused. It's great to hear from other people who struggled but made it.
DeleteI need to eat healthier and I'd also like to start running again. I wrecked my knee skiing, but if I run slowly and don't overdo it, I'm happy. Also I need to stick with the yoga - not my favorite but I need the stretching.
ReplyDeleteAnd I just want to be braver about a few things. It's a work in progress!
I love yoga - I'm very good at the sedentary exercising lol
DeleteYou and me both about being braver. I've come a loooong way but I still have to keep at it. We can do it!