The Plan

It's been a little while, but fear not! I haven't abandoned this blog or my plan, I've just been really busy with uni work for a big deadline. But that's out of the way for now giving me a few weeks to completely focus on my fitness goals.
So without further ado, here is the plan:

I want to be a runner.

I think running appeals to me because it accommodates my incredibly limited space and budget. I live in a tiny second floor flat with my boyfriend and two flatmates, so working out at home is kinda difficult, both in terms of space and noise. And I would never join a gym, I just can't justify paying for something you can do for free. Plus the whole idea of my horribly unfit self trying to work out in front of all those gym bunnies turns my stomach.
So from tomorrow I'm going to be starting this NHS Couch to 5K running plan, which aims to get complete beginners running 5K in 30 minutes in 9 weeks. It starts off with a combination of running and walking, and slowly builds up speed and stamina over the 9 weeks. You can download podcasts with music and a coach who tells you when to run and when to walk, so you don't have to worry about keeping time.
Now, total honesty time, I am not a total stranger to this running plan. In fact this will be the fourth time I have started it. However in the past I have never made it past the second week, always finding excuses, failing to make the time, putting off runs and then falling off the bandwagon completely. It might seem that this means it obviously doesn't work for me and that I should try something else, but I really think that it's my attitude and not the programme that was holding me back, and that this time I can make all the way through to the 9th week. Plus knowing that I can do the first two weeks, because I've done them before, gives me a little bit of confidence.
But this time I want to push myself harder. The programme recommends running 3 times a week, with a rest day in between each running day. But I'm young and resilient and think that at least in the early stages I can push myself enough to run 6 days a week. Along with this I'm going to be doing some yoga, and after a few weeks when I have increased my general fitness level I want to introduce some strength training, but more on that later.

So, I will post tomorrow about how my first run went, wish me luck (: