Couch to 5K

Last week, I completed Week #1, Days 1-3. I completed Week #2, Day #1 yesterday, and it feels great! The first week, we alternated 90 seconds of walking with 60 seconds of running. Week #2 is alternating 90 seconds of running with two minutes of walking. I thought it wouldn't be that much harder, but it was! I feel good though after completing it. It was perfect outside yesterday, and Autumn slept almost the whole time in her stroller! I also got a cute pink helmet for her at Vitesse, but she doesn't like it so much yet.

I found some cool articles on the Couch to 5K plan all over the internet...I didn't know it was so popular among beginner runners. There are also a few free Couch to 5K podcasts on iTunes, but I haven't had the chance to listen to them yet.

It is kind of hard to keep track of the time to start and stop running because it's such short intervals, but once we get to running for a long amount of time, it will be nice to be able to listen to music for motivation!

On Friday, Adam watched our niece, Ellen, for a little bit while Melissa was out of town and then I had Autumn and Ellen while Adam and John went out for a few beers and to pick up pizza for dinner. We went for a walk outside and here are a few cute pictures!

Ellen giving Auttie a hug outside after the walk:

They ganged up on me and started tickling! They were so cute saying, "tickle, tickle, tickle!"