Need some support/encouragement or a little push!

[postesf]

Hi All! I've just joined the WISH Biggest Loser (Black Team) to help w/ my motiviation.

My hubbby is very supportive of helping me excercise, but I HATE it!!! I thought one way to keep me motivated would be to sign up for the 5K Family Fun Race in AK on Jan 11, 2008 for Marathon weekend. DH would do it too.

Is it cheesy to just do the 5K??? I'd like to work up to maybe the 15K for Minnie Marathon Weekend in May of 08 and then do the full marathon in 2009. It just seems way to ambitious! I can't even run for more than 1 full minute right now. I am extremely out of shape and about 70lbs overweight...

What do you guys think? It's a lot of money to go to Disney for long-weekend just to walk a 5K.

Thanks!!!
GO BLACK TEAM!!!

 

[Geekerbell]

You know, I think if you want to, just do it! We were originally going to go to WDW on that weekend, and then didn't because of it being marathon weekend, decided to go the weekend before. And now that I have been trying to make my health and exercise a big commitment, I wish we had gone then and I had signed up for the 5K.

I know it seems very ambitious, but one of my goals is to run the 1/2 marathon in 2009. And right now I'm over 100 pounds overweight and can't even jog a minute.

So I understand how it feels like it may be too ambitious, too much to handle or work up to etc, but we have to start somewhere, right?
We can all do this with each other's support and enouragement! Go "Big Losers"!

 

[ohMom]

cheesy?? NO WAY!!

go for it!!

there are 5k training programs to help you prepare -- now what trainer would go through all that trouble if 'only' a 5k was cheesy!!

i'm not sure if John Bingham has one, but i like his training programs myself. There is an events board at the top of WISH if you want to find other WISHer that might be signed up for it.

GO FOR IT!! they are FUN!!!

 

[curiouser]

No way is that silly! It sounds like a great idea! The Couch to 5k program is 9weeks- there's plenty of time to accomplish the program before January! Even if you walk some, that's okay, too! At least you are out there!

SO and I are doing Race for the Cure in two weeks but we are just walking it, and that's okay! I think you'll find people of all fitness levels doing the 5k! Go for it!

 

[Zoesmama03]

Go for it!!! You can do it you got plenty of time.

I'd love to start participating in those marathons 1/2 marathons or 5 Ks.


I'm going to be starting the couch to 5k plan when the weather eases up a bit here. Its just way too hot to be outside running. I downloaded the podcasts that I heard about here so I will know when to jog/run and when to walk. Although I may end up fast walking/jogging over running because I just don't want to get injured and I too am 100 lbs overweight.

I started run/walk program when I was about 230 and it went great. I was able to get to 10 minutes of continuous running and I was sooooo proud and shocked that I could actually do it.

 

[postesf]

Do it zoesmama!!! You can do it! I think the 5K is attainable for me by Jan. It'd better be because I registered today!

Best of luck!

 

[Tiger Lily 03]

You CAN do it!

It is so not cheesy to go to WDW a place you like to be and try for something that you've never done before.

That is one thing that got me started. There were many of us here on WISH that wondered if we could do so.

When I started the journey for the forst WISH Walkers 2005 event, I could not jog from one mailbox to the next. It hurt when I would come home from those long walks and I was literally crawling from the car on days wondering if I would ever make this journey. It is history today, I am proof it can be done. If I can do this I KNOW anyone can. Don't give up.

Keep on keepin' on. You are doing the right thing and we are here to get you there.


PS: You do not have to run all or any. A fast-paced walk will do just as well.