Running

OK... So last week I decided that I, plus size Jen wants to be a runner... right!

This decision came as I searched the net on 5K's coming up in the next few months in the Baltimore area, and my Big Boss doing a triathlon... Needless to say transitioning from a walker on the treadmill to a runner didn't go so smoothly! So equipped with the app on my iPhone couch to 5K I knew I was well on my way to tackle the necessary 8- 1 minute running session... Boy was I wrong! My body began to rebel against me the second 1 minute run I began and didn't relent until I was standing still rubbing my aching shins. Man this was going to be harder than I thought... So this week I have sworn off the elliptical machine, the source of some of my thigh pain, and began to build up my endurance slower this time on the treadmill. I will not give up, I will not give in! I will be a runner and all I need is 9 weeks... :) slow and steady distance is what I am looking for not short and fast...