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Fitness Update
Sep. 1st, 2012 05:24 pm( Cut for specific talk of weight )
Decided to (finally) start training for this race in November, and have thus downloaded a C25K app from RunDouble. I had tried, twice, just going out and jogging, and it was pretty miserable both times. And the first time, my quadriceps were horribly sore for days afterwards. Not the most fun. But after two days of Couch to 5k running, I feel pretty good. Running isn't, and I doubt it will ever be, my favorite thing. But I made a promise, and dammit, I'm going to follow through!
Also, according to a customer who is a physical trainer, anything high-impact burns more calories than low-impact activities like biking and elliptical. So, despite my elliptical telling me that half an hour burns five hundred calories while RunDouble tells me that it only burns 300 calories, I'll stick it out with the running.
Though I'm going to need new running shoes shortly. Mine are 5 years old, and I'd like to NOT give myself knee problems from old shoes. So, soon. Probably next weekend.
That's all for now!
Decided to (finally) start training for this race in November, and have thus downloaded a C25K app from RunDouble. I had tried, twice, just going out and jogging, and it was pretty miserable both times. And the first time, my quadriceps were horribly sore for days afterwards. Not the most fun. But after two days of Couch to 5k running, I feel pretty good. Running isn't, and I doubt it will ever be, my favorite thing. But I made a promise, and dammit, I'm going to follow through!
Also, according to a customer who is a physical trainer, anything high-impact burns more calories than low-impact activities like biking and elliptical. So, despite my elliptical telling me that half an hour burns five hundred calories while RunDouble tells me that it only burns 300 calories, I'll stick it out with the running.
Though I'm going to need new running shoes shortly. Mine are 5 years old, and I'd like to NOT give myself knee problems from old shoes. So, soon. Probably next weekend.
That's all for now!
