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February 23, 2010#

Back on the Fitness wagon. C25K W1

It’s been 4 months since I have posted a fitness related activity. I haven’t really done anything fitness related and fell back into old habits. At the peak of my fitness activities back in October, I was one run short of finishing W4 of the Couch to 5K program. and was down to 180lbs. Fast forward 4 months. I am back up to 195lbs, and once again, not eating properly.

I’ve decided to start the C25K program again (for the third time) and this time run it to completion. To ensure that, I have set myself a goal and signed up for the Forest City Road Road Race (5K) on May 2nd.

This time around, I have a couple of new things in my arsenal.

Due to the winter weather, and that I will be running in the snow, I received a pair of traction aids for my shoes over the holidays from my wife.

I also purchased the internet scale from Withings.  A geeky purchase, but will allow me to track my progress.  It works with RunKeeper and Weightbot for my iPhone.  Withings also allows some great API access that I plan on using in the near future.

Week 1 Breakdown:


Starting weight: 195.0 lbs
Ending weight: 192.4 lbs
KMs run: 11.3KM

C25K – W1D1

C25K – W1D2

C25K – W1D3

Taking 4 weeks off has truly brought me back to Week 1. I found myself getting winded in the 60 second running portions. A far way off running 5 mins straight that I was doing last October.

August 18, 2009#

Couch to 5k – Week 1

This past Saturday, I completed Week 1 of the Couch to 5K running program. The week started out very rough but ended nicely and left me feeling good about accomplishing something towards better health.

I blogged after my first day (read post) and a couple of things have changed since the post. I am not using the Couch25K iPhone app anymore, as I have discovered RunKeeper.  Runkeeper is like Nike+ but more enhanced with the geeky tech goodness that I like.  I have programmed the C25K program into Runkeeper, so now I don’t have much use for the C25k app anymore, only to track my progress.

I’ve also been using the LiveStrong Calorie Tracker (iTunes Link) to track my daily eating habits, and weightbot to log my weekly weigh ins.

Here is the breakdown of my week:
Starting weight: ?? (Forgot to weigh in)
Ending weight: 198lbs

Couch 2 5k Week 1 Day 1:
No tracking data available as I wasn’t using Runkeeper pro yet.  During my first run, I thought I was going to die.  I was really struggling to get through the running portion after 10 minutes.  Around the 25 min mark, I literally wanted to die.  For the next 2 days, I hobbled around the house like an 80 yr old man because my legs were so sore.

Couch 2 5k Week 1 Day 2:
Had to put this off for 1 day to recoup from my first run.  I didn’t have total downtime as I did a 3K walk with Tracey a day before this run.  No major problems, was getting winded around the 20 min mark.


Couch 2 5k Week 1 Day 3:

I really feel that I accomplished something by starting, I know that it is the first week, but I’ve been lazy for so long, it feels good to start something.

It may seem overkill that I’m blogging/tweeting my progress on this, but I figure that if I put it out there, then I’m responsible for following up.