50 5ks In 50 Days

I have really been LAZY when it comes to my work outs. By that, I mean I haven’t been. I was experiencing a lot of pain in my left hip for quite some time, and I just felt like babying it. That somehow rolled into doing nothing at all, with the exception of my run last Monday. I’m not sure if it is the 55 degree weather we have in our forecast for today or what, but I am in the mood to run! I have 50 days until my first 5k of the season, and I have this crazy idea to do 50 5k’s in 50 days. That is 3.1 miles every day, leading up to the first 5k my hubby and girlfriends, and hopefully a large part of our community, will participate (note I did not say run ;) ) in on April 9th.

No, I do not plan on RUNNING every day. I am going to mix it up on a day to day basis. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I will complete with a steady state run. Tuesday and Thursday, I will HIIT it with a run walk, run walk cadence. Saturday and Sunday I will walk at a nice fat burning pace (for me, about 4.4 mph with a 3% incline on the treadmill). I’m pretty sure I’ve shared this before, but cardio is a stress reducer for me. I enjoy it. It helps my oxygen circulate. It helps with the fluff I feel when I’m not working out. It just feels good to me. It is restorative.

Am I trading in cardio for weights? Nope. I plan on weight training Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday – mainly to preserve my muscle. It seems like stressors would like to crouch in on every side, right about now. So I am going to be proactive and do what I know to do to keep being overwhelmed at bay. This is just ONE of my tactics, one I learned the hard way.