Week Two of Couch to 5K

When you are so used to sitting down all the time, throughout the week and especially on weekends, your body tends to reject any sort of exercise. Knowing that the pain is inevitable it is easier to avoid exercising, and just cozy up on the couch or with the Playstation instead. However, my husband and I both have been pleasantly surprised with our results and determination this go round.

I can't tell you the amount of times we have discussed doing something together. Even now, the mountain bikes have yet to be taken down a trail. In our defense, rain and other unforeseen incidences have been working against us, but it still doesn't look good. But there is something about pounding out that pavement together that continues to draw us back in each day we run.

My husband does not have the tiniest frame on the planet, and he has suffered from high blood pressure for years. Suffice to say, it is not the easiest for him to continue with a scheduled plan that may not have been written up for someone like him. Regardless, he has stuck it out best he can. There have been break days in between harder sessions, such as increasing running time. But, I have also seen him push himself, and encourage me to endure when I wanted to quit.

That's a funny thing about marriage, or many relationship forms, I guess. When one is ready to hang up the running shoes and toss out those compression pants, the other is usually there to motivate you again. I have seen us develop together more, than I think we would have going it alone. And while I could stand to increase my running time, or even go twice a day, there is something about doing this together.

We haven't lost weight, we haven't increased our run time past 2 minutes. Yet we have learned to push ourselves and encourage one another. Through error we have learned which kind of foot support we need, and that our diving watches make better and easier timers than phone apps. To always remember our compression pants, less we suffer in the morning. That stretching is best done before you start your session, as well as after. But we are pleased with our results, especially in breathing.