[0:01] it's Sunday and we just finished all of
[0:04] week
[0:05] two thank
[0:12] God hello everyone Welcome to our
[0:15] Channel I'm Lonnie and today I'm going
[0:17] to be sharing my running Journey with
[0:19] you all just a note if I seem to be
[0:21] looking down on my phone a lot I've just
[0:23] written down some notes that I've sort
[0:25] of summarized because obviously this
[0:28] journey has been going on on for a
[0:30] number of weeks so I've had to rewatch
[0:32] some of the footage and just also
[0:34] document along the way how I sort of
[0:36] felt so before I started this program I
[0:39] was a beginner Runner or technically a
[0:41] non-runner so being a non-runner I had
[0:44] to start off with the very first program
[0:46] which is a couch to 5K program so that's
[0:50] the one that I'm going to be talking
[0:52] about and sharing my experiences today
[0:55] so before I started this program I was
[0:59] definitely itely not a runner I couldn't
[1:03] even Run 2 km without dying or having to
[1:06] stop like it was really bad my
[1:08] cardiovascular fitness was terrible so I
[1:12] started to see a lot of running videos
[1:15] as everyone probably knows running this
[1:18] year and last year has sort of become a
[1:20] trend so I started seeing a lot of Tik
[1:22] toks and YouTube videos and YouTubers I
[1:25] follow starting to get into running and
[1:28] I just found it really inspiring and I
[1:31] just thought it was crazy the distances
[1:34] that some people could smash and I just
[1:36] thought it would be pretty cool if I
[1:38] would be able to do that but I don't
[1:40] know I was a bit hesitant but then
[1:41] Michael and I One Day decided to join up
[1:45] for a Half Marathon this year which is
[1:47] pretty crazy so yeah one day we were
[1:50] like should we just sign up for a half
[1:52] marathon which seemed crazy since we
[1:55] weren't Runners well I wasn't a runner
[1:58] at all I was a non-runner and to sign up
[2:01] for a half marathon without having any
[2:03] training was crazy but yeah seems stupid
[2:07] a non-runner signing up for a 21 km run
[2:10] who couldn't even Run 2
[2:12] km but here I am today I've finished the
[2:16] program the couch to 5K program Michael
[2:19] already was a lot furter than me but he
[2:22] came along on this journey to support me
[2:26] and just do it with me help me document
[2:28] my journey so
[2:30] thanks Michael credit to him being my
[2:33] videographer while I was dying most of
[2:35] the time so week one the beginning of
[2:38] the couch to 5K program I just remember
[2:41] being quite uncomfortable it definitely
[2:44] was a beginner course and obviously
[2:47] being the first week and the first day
[2:49] it was quite maintainable it just sort
[2:52] of got you in an uncomfortable State
[2:56] your heart rate yeah so it was in
[2:58] intervals you would walk walk for a
[3:00] certain amount of time then run for a
[3:02] certain amount of time so it wasn't too
[3:03] bad it being the first week you weren't
[3:06] having to do a strenuous amount of
[3:09] running and by the time you did start to
[3:11] get puffed it would go back to the
[3:13] walking and then you'd obviously catch
[3:14] your breath which was great before you
[3:16] had to run again but yeah the intervals
[3:18] were good because obviously being a
[3:21] firsttime runner it was really hard so
[3:24] having the walking Brakes in between
[3:26] really helped but yeah it was good
[3:28] because running for the first time time
[3:30] well not for the first time obviously
[3:32] but trying to smash long distances it
[3:35] was hard and running for those amounts
[3:37] of time so having the breaks and the
[3:39] intervals in between to catch my breath
[3:42] was really good so weeks 2 to 4 were
[3:45] similar obviously to the first week they
[3:48] were interval sessions but they were
[3:50] focusing on running for longer and
[3:53] having shorter rest breaks so as the
[3:56] days and weeks went on into weeks 2 to
[3:59] before they were running longer
[4:02] distances walking shorter distances so
[4:05] it was getting yourself used to running
[4:07] for longer without the brakes or at
[4:09] least without super long braks and just
[4:12] cutting them even shorter every single
[4:14] time so it was hard because as the weeks
[4:17] went on it sort of didn't feel like it
[4:20] was ever getting easier because the days
[4:22] and weeks are constantly just getting
[4:25] slightly harder so you never really feel
[4:28] like you're progressing much because
[4:30] it's just constantly hard well that's
[4:32] how I F I found it anyway so week five
[4:35] of day three is where it started to sort
[4:38] of get serious it was the first
[4:40] non-interval session and it had me
[4:43] running a 20 minute jog which was which
[4:47] which was crazy to me because as you
[4:49] know I said I couldn't even Run 2 km
[4:51] which is not even 10 to 15 minutes so to
[4:55] have to run consecutively without
[4:57] stopping for 20 minutes I was stressed
[5:01] and I found it really hard but it was
[5:03] more I was trying to focus on jogging so
[5:07] they recommend running at a reasonable
[5:10] Pace where you can hold a conversation
[5:12] so it's not a Flatout Sprint run it's
[5:15] more like a comfortable run jogging slow
[5:18] enough so that you can hold a
[5:19] conversation so yeah the 20-minute jog
[5:22] at the time felt like eternity and some
[5:25] days I honestly just wanted to give up
[5:27] but I wanted to keep going I knew that
[5:31] not long 3 weeks and I would be able to
[5:34] attempt a 5 km run so I stuck to it but
[5:38] yeah every single time that I thought
[5:40] about not completing the program or not
[5:43] going for a run I just thought about why
[5:46] I wanted to do it in the first place and
[5:48] that I wanted to progress I wanted to be
[5:51] that person that is able to smash a 5 or
[5:54] 10 km run and I also had signed up for
[5:58] the half marathon so I knew that every
[6:00] single day and every single week counted
[6:03] towards the training for the half
[6:05] marathon so for the last 3 weeks of the
[6:08] program so weeks 6 7 and 8 they were
[6:11] definitely the hardest weeks there were
[6:13] interval sessions mixed in with
[6:16] consecutive running sessions so
[6:19] obviously the interval sessions were
[6:20] really hard you were running for long
[6:23] periods of time and only having really
[6:26] short rests in between and then the
[6:29] consecutive running sessions got really
[6:31] long so they were between 20 to 25
[6:34] minutes to 30 to 35 minutes long so
[6:37] that's consecutive jogging with no
[6:40] breaks
[6:41] which I struggled with it was probably
[6:44] the worst time as well to start this
[6:46] program cuz as you know we live in the
[6:48] Northern Territory and when we decided
[6:50] to start this program it was the middle
[6:52] of the buildup in the wet season so it
[6:54] was the hottest time and we were running
[6:59] in the heat and it was just crazy hot so
[7:02] we finished the last run of the program
[7:04] on a Saturday morning and I think we
[7:06] went at about 7 7:30 in the morning
[7:09] which was already crazy humid and hot
[7:12] even though it was very early so it was
[7:15] an interval session the last interval
[7:17] session and it was I think 5 minutes on
[7:20] 2 minutes off just repeating for just
[7:23] over an hour and I think we did about
[7:26] 6.8 I think 6.8 km yeah so almost 7 km
[7:31] of just interval running um for over an
[7:35] hour so that was the last session and I
[7:37] remember it being really hot and I
[7:39] remember looking at my watch after and I
[7:41] was like to my I burned so many calories
[7:43] like that was the longest and hardest
[7:46] interval session we've ever done which
[7:47] makes sense because it was the last day
[7:50] of the program so after finishing the
[7:52] program I felt really good I don't think
[7:56] I've ever stuck to anything so well than
[7:59] I have during this program for 8 weeks
[8:03] no skipping no missing always showing up
[8:07] so I felt really really good after I had
[8:09] finished this program I felt
[8:11] accomplished I felt I had really
[8:13] improved in my fitness so yeah I was
[8:16] really eager to test my 5 km run um so
[8:20] we went the very next day on the Sunday
[8:23] afternoon to test out my 5 km so Michael
[8:27] came with me on my test run on the
[8:30] Sunday the 5 km we didn't film it but I
[8:33] did include a snippet at the end on how
[8:36] I felt finishing it and I'll also
[8:39] include my Apple Fitness time but I ran
[8:43] the 5 km in 36 minutes and 58 seconds so
[8:48] with an average pace of
[8:51] 723 per kilm that was my Pace 723
[8:55] roughly I'm still getting the running
[8:56] lingo guys so we just came back with we
[8:59] did our 5K since we finished the program
[9:03] yesterday I am so dead my hands are
[9:07] shaking I definitely couldn't have done
[9:10] it without Michael pushing me I really
[9:12] struggled even after 2 and 1/2k I was
[9:16] just my mouth was dry my legs were
[9:19] burning but I did 5K in 36 minutes and
[9:25] 58 seconds with an average pace of 7
[9:30] 3 723 km per
[9:33] hour how do you read those pce 7 Minutes
[9:36] 23 per kilometer yeah which is this very
[9:41] it's very good for Lani like she did not
[9:43] think she could do 5K continuous so the
[9:47] fact that she did it very proud of her
[9:49] she did a very good job I honestly
[9:52] thanks honey water oh thank
[9:57] God my mouth just gets so dry I'm sort
[10:01] of still learning how to breathe
[10:02] properly running but I did not think I
[10:06] could do that and I definitely don't
[10:07] think I could have done it by myself
[10:09] without Michael pushing me but we've
[10:12] done it so that is my first 5k ever
[10:17] running
[10:18] nonstop so I'm super proud I didn't stop
[10:23] which was good it was definitely still
[10:25] challenging um even though I'd done 8
[10:28] weeks of the program and I was able to
[10:30] do the 5 km I felt like I really needed
[10:33] Michael there to push me because there
[10:36] were times I think probably hitting the
[10:39] 3 and 1/2 4 km mark and it was hot and I
[10:43] just really was starting to struggle a
[10:46] bit but he was motivating me and like
[10:48] you've trained so hard for this you're
[10:50] almost there and it really got me
[10:52] through it and so when I finished I felt
[10:55] like I was almost going to throw up but
[10:57] I also felt really really good and I
[11:00] just couldn't believe that I had done it
[11:03] and it just goes to show if you show up
[11:07] consistently for that amount of time you
[11:10] can make happen so I had gone from
[11:13] a couch potato to running a 5 km run
[11:18] which I'm very proud of that pace for
[11:21] some people might be really slow or
[11:24] people's slow pace but for my very first
[11:26] 5 km run I was very proud that I just
[11:30] didn't stop and I got it done even if it
[11:33] was a slow pace um for me it's a big
[11:36] achievement so if you're sitting on the
[11:38] couch right now watching this and
[11:40] dreaming of becoming a runner let me
[11:42] tell you this just do it it won't be
[11:45] easy but you just got to make a start
[11:48] get yourself some comfortable running
[11:50] shoes buy yourself some cute running
[11:52] clothes and just take that first step
[11:55] you'll be surprised at what you can
[11:57] achieve when you just show up and and
[11:59] get it done so after the couch to 5 km
[12:02] program Michael and I went straight into
[12:05] the 5 to 10 km program which is the next
[12:08] program yes it's been even more
[12:11] challenging but I'm going to do a
[12:13] separate video on that one so if you
[12:16] want to keep up to date with my
[12:18] realistic running journey of being a
[12:21] non-runner attempting to run a half
[12:23] marathon so make sure you guys
[12:25] definitely subscribe if you want to
[12:27] follow my realistic Journey of going
[12:29] from being a non-runner to running a
[12:31] half
[12:32] marathon bye
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