Hey pals, how are you doing?
One of my resolutions this year was to run 5k or
do a couch to 5k program.
I guess the point of this video is to try and hold
myself accountable so that I actually do it.
I'm not entirely sure how I'm going
to format it yet, whether or not I do weekly ones or a month one or just the
entire thing,
but this is the first one,
the first installment, the first
introduction to my journey to running 5k.
I was kind of inspired by Hannah Witton
actually, to do this because she has a video series on her channel -
I'm steaming up, I'm steaming up -
I think it was called surgery to 5k, and it just made me think
"I'm six weeks post-op I can do it, if she can do it,
I'm strong.... and yeah"
I thought I'd share
with you my plan and the things that I'm gonna use in order to reach this goal,
this isn't to say that you need all of these things to run,
you don't
I just need to motivate myself somehow.
Firstly, to document this I'm gonna try and use my new camera that I got for
Christmas from my brother, because he was really kind and got me a fancy camera.
We'll see how that goes.. yeah bear with me while I kind of get
the hang of it.
The first main thing that I'm using is the app couch to 5k.
It's nine weeks of training and then on the tenth week you do your 5k,
but it's three
days a week and you kind of log what you've done.
I'm gonna start the first
week tomorrow, hopefully... if I can manage it, which I'm sure I'll be able to I just
need to get up and do it.
But it consists of a five-minute warm-up walk,
60 seconds run, 90 seconds walk, repeat that seven times, run for 60 seconds and then walk
for five minutes.
There's five people that you can choose
from to talk to you about when to run and when to walk, so you don't have to keep
checking your phone and I've picked Jo Whiley so yeah,
this is starting to sound
like a sponsorship it's not, I'm sorry, I'll put that down now,
In order to
listen to that I have my headphones which are kind of wireless they just go
around your neck and they're good.
I feel much more motivated to run if I'm
listening to something.
But it can be really difficult to find music that
makes you want to run to the same beat is it so I might make my own playlist,
and put that on behind the app, so that I can feel good while I run.
Clothing wise, I have my trainers that I've had for quite some time now and they're
a little bit damaged but that's okay.
These are the ultra boost from adidas I think,
But they're like recycled ocean stuff and I got them a few years ago and
I have ran 5 K in them and they have been great and they're really comfy and everything.
I feel like the second most vital part of running clothes is wearing
chafe pants.
If you're bigger like me, you might know the pain of not having chafe
pants and just ending up with really sore legs.
They're basically just really
tight cycling shots that are like stretchy and they stop your thighs from
rubbing together,
which I know it's a really wonderful picture.
It also has like a little pouch at the back for keeping your phone in if you don't have
pockets and any of your other clothes that you wear, but I wear like shorts on
top of that, and that helps a lot.
On top of that I've just got running shorts and
a running top.
I think this is from ASOS and I got this a few years ago.
Yeah, I think this was in a sale and I got it for a couple pounds,
and then these shorts that
I found in a sale as well, so go me, I'm making savings.
Like I said before you don't necessarily need everything apart from trainers to
go running.
So I guess I'll take you along with me I think I might do like
week by week updates but I'm not quite sure yet.
I'll figure it out.
But yeah if you fancy doing this with me then that's great.
The app I will leave
in the description and I will also probably leave a few of the other things
in the description if you're interested in checking them out.
But really, all you need is some comfy clothes and some trainers.
I feel like my
goal is to do a park run at some point this year.
I'm not putting loads of pressure on myself to hit a certain date or anything
because life happens I'm gonna be really busy with uni and everything, but I want
to run 5k this year and if I can do that sooner rather than later then that's
great, but no pressure I'm just gonna try my best.
I want to thank Sol, Mark, Jess, Bex and Oliver for supporting me on Patreon -
Thanks so much, you're the best.
I hope everyone is doing well I hope you're
having a great day a great week and a great month, and a great everything, and I
will speak to you soon.
Bye.