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Okay, I'm abandoning the couch to 5K program, but only for a little while. My body hasn't seen any significant form of exercise in three years, and I'm trying to do too much. I'm going to start just walking. When I tried to run today I instantly felt pain in my back, so I walked only today. Sadly I still have pain in my arches, and the pain in my calves was significantly worse, but all of these just remind me that the reason it's hard is because I've been sedate for too long. I need to get to the point where I can walk for half an hour at a brisk pace before I can start trying to run, so that's my new goal.
I have also decided that I'm not going to push myself to the point of exhaustion or extreme pain. I firmly believe in the no pain no gain theory, but my fear of being uncomfortable is what causes me to give up. This is going to be a lifetime adjustment, and I will focus on the fact that even if it takes me a year to get to the point where I can walk a 5K, then at least I'll still be walking after a year. My Dad's influence on my upbringing is making me feel like this is a cop out, but I'm doing my best to remember that I'm not my dad, and I'm starting out much further away from my goal than he did. Baby steps, baby steps, baby steps.
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