Week 2 of C210K

So week 2 didn't actually happen the 2nd week.  Yup, you guessed it.  I got lazy.  I took two weeks off.  I have all kinds of wonderful excuses (soccer games, baseball games, getting the house ready to sell.....) but the truth is I am just lazy.  Sigh.  Forcing myself to get back into it.  So here is week 2.  I'll just update this post for the week.

Week 2  (On treadmill at 2% incline)

*Session 1 - 31 min. Run 1 minute. Walk 2 minutes. Do this 7 times. Completed! Ran at 4.5, Walked at 3.4.  Seeing as how I took two weeks off this was surprisingly easy.  It helps that we moved the treadmill to the basement and I able to watch tv while I run,  makes the time go by faster.  The hardest part was that I chose to run while the baby was awake.  He thought it was hi-larry-us to run at the treadmill and give me many small heartattacks.  I had my 8 yr old try to restrain him but little Houdini kept escaping her grip.  I think I might have to try either while he is napping or otherwise preoccupied.


*Session 2 - 34 min. Run 2 minutes. Walk 2 minutes. Do this 6 times. Completed! Ran at 4.5 Walked at 3.4.  My plan to run while the baby was sleeping didn't happen.  I forgot that I need him sleeping while I go back to being a brunette.  So I did my run with my 5yr old chasing him down.  I had to start over several times, so I know I ran more than I was supposed to.  At one point he fell and bumped his head and for one of my 2 min. walks I carried an extra 25 lbs.  Extra workout right?  Still not that bad of a workout.  I debating either increasing my speed or increasing the incline.

The Couch to 10 attempt

Wow!  I am so much of a slacker I can't even keep up with my new blog. haha

Anyway, three weeks ago  after seeing many of my friends do the Couch to 5k program.  They all did well and to top it off they seem to enjoy it.  So I thought what the heck, I’ll throw my hat into the ring.  But being the overachiever I wanted to do more than Couch to 5k, I wanted to do Couch to 10k. My biggest obstacle (besides being lazy) is when to run.  Staying home with 5 rambunctious kids leaves little time to go running by myself.  I needed a treadmill program that I could do while the kids are home.  I started my internet search.  I found a program that seemed to my speed.  It was a log like this from a woman who also ran on the treadmill and she documented speeds.  That was exactly what I was looking for.  But the program took 13 weeks.  In addition to being a lazy overachiever I am also impatient.  I wanted to do this a little quicker and decided to do the program 4 times a week instead of 3.  I also like to distance bike but can only do that on the weekend when my husband is around to wrangle the munchkins.  What follows is my journey.

Coach to 10K Training program
(All workouts done on treadmill)

Week 1  (treadmill at incline of 2)

*Session 1 - 24 min. Run 1 minute. Walk 2 minutes. Do this 8 times. Completed! Ran at 4, walked at 3.0. Very wimpy, I know. But I wasn’t sure I could do more and its what the other lady started at.  I think I can run at 4.5 next time, I might keep the walk at 3 though for recuperation.  I felt good though, legs were a little rubbery after but still it seems a doable program. Then I rewarded myself with a small Frosty from Wendys.  Probably not what the program included.

*Session 2 - 28 min. Run 1 minute. Walk 2 minutes. Do this 6 times. Completed! Ran at 4.5, walked at 3.0.  Still not so bad.  I even got up at 6:30 am and did this.  That is unheard of!  I’m blaming the fact that I got kicked out of bed by kid overcrowding more so than my desire to run.

*Session 3 - 31 min. Run 1 minute. Walk 2 minutes. Do this 7 times. Completed! Ran at 4.5, walked at 3.3. Not as motivated today but I did it. For some reason I was a little more tired.

*Session 4 - 38 min. Run 2 minutes. Walk 2 minutes. Do this 7 times. Completed! Ran at 4.5, Walked at 3.3.  Still not too bad.  I can totally do this!

The Attempts

I really do have good intentions to complete projects.  I hear all kinds of cool and interesting things that my friends are doing and think I could totally do that.  But I don't want to do just what they are doing I want to do better.  It never happens.

Here are some of my attempts

I wanted to read the Bible in one year.  Went out and got a One Year Bible.  You know the kind that has the Bible broken down into daily reading for you.  It has a little bit of the Old Testament, a little bit of the New Testament, some Proverbs and some Psalms everyday.  The first week I read everyday.  The second week maybe 4 times, but I tried to catch up and read several days at a time.  The next week I had to read the whole weeks worth in one setting cause I forgot.  Then I think another week and a half passed.  Oops, time to catch up again, but it broken down in 4 parts everyday was confusing me.  I kept forgetting which part I was reading and wondering who Mary in the Old Testament was.  Finally in Feb. I gave up.

My on-line friends started a group for 365 photo blogs.  The premise is to take one picture everyday for one year (365 days, get it?), then post the picture on the blog.  It could be more than one picture but at least one. I wanted photos following my kids.  Family and friends that live far away could keep up with the family.    I tried it.  Again did well for one week.  Then took a picture everyday the next week but didn't post them until the end of the week.  It continued this way for 100 days.  I would take the pictures but end up posting a months worth at once.  Finally after 103 days, I gave up.  I tried the next year and thought I would do a 52 blog.  Surely I could post at least once a week, right?  Made it 3 weeks, I gave up.  This year (2010) I tried again.  Didn't even make it a whole week.  Sigh.

At school and church I see these moms who look so put together.  Their hair and makeup always look perfect.  They must have it down to some science.  My look is the "Roll-out-of-bed-realize-we-need-to-be-somewhere-in-15-min-get-everyone-dressed-and-in-the-car-forget-to-comb-my-hair-and-forget-shoes" look.  Its very attractive.  I am just happy I remember to put on pants.  So I decided I was going to learn how to put on make-up.  Went to a Mary Kay party, spent $250 on make-up, still didn't learn how to put it on and don't wear it.  I might put on lip stick if we are going somewhere and if I am feeling really fancy some eye liner.  Still need to figure this out.

Still trying to look nice and feminine, I see some friends that can dress up jeans and a t-shirt by wearing jewelry.  Hey, I can do that right?  I host a jewelry party.  I earn more than $300 worth of jewelry.  Not bad for only have to provide some food and have a party for friends.  Even when we go out to dinner I still forget to wear jewelry.  At least I didn't spend a lot of money on it.

Scrap booking is something I enjoy doing but don't have the time.  I try to go once a month to the crop held by my Creative Memories consultant Cheri.  The books done by the ladies there are spectacular.  I decided that I was going to do a birth-one year book, a one year through 5 year book, a k-8 book and a high school book for each child.  On top of that I was going to do a family album for each year.  It started out alright.  I have a birth-one year book for each of the 5 kids.  A book for 2003, 2004,2005 and part of 2006.  So now I am 4 years behind in the family books, 3 books behind in the kids books.  Not sure how to catch up.  Especially since I took 2 years off from scrapping.

Don't even get me started on all the exercise programs and diets I start and quit after a week or so.

So the purpose of this blog is to chronicle my attempts  and hopefully knowing there are witnesses it will embarrass myself into actually completing something.  And prove I can do something.  Maybe even give some inspiration to other slackers out there to complete their projects.   Feel free to leave feedback and encouragement.