Losing Weight with Couch to 5K
Day Two of the Couch to 5K program is my favorite out of the three. It falls on Sunday. My body and mind is rested from a day off of work and as I run my mind isn’t thinking about work issues waiting for me at the office. It’s a day filled with time spent with my family and recharging my batteries for another week. With thoughts like that it’s no wonder my pace is a little faster on C25K day 2.
My runs have ended with sore or cramps in my calves so the night before I was studying the topic of the ideal runners gait and thought maybe I was running too much on my toes. Landing on your toes rather than mid-sole, stresses the calf muscles. Sounds logical to me. So during my run each step was “don’t land on your toes, don’t land on your toes”. It seemed like it helped. My legs were sore, but the calf muscles weren’t cramping to the point that made me limp like the first couple of weeks.
Sunday is also weigh in day. One of the benefits that I hope to gain from completing the C25K program is to drop a few pounds. I’ve calculated what my daily calorie intake needs to be so that it’s at a deficit. I’m using the Ipod/Iphone app, LoseIt! to keep track of all the numbers and chart my progress. My efforts paid off with a three pound wight loss in a week. Sweeet!
