Ok, so it's been a few days now, but last week on thursday, I finally got back on the road.  I went out there thinking... ok, self...you can do it.  Just jog for 5 minutes at a time...take as many rests as you need... it's been a while so it's ok if you lost it.  And guess what... I jogged for a full 12 minutes before taking a 2 minute break, then for 8 minutes!  After about 3 weeks off of jogging at all.  So I felt a lot better about things, and hopefully it will help me to get back into the jogging until the 5k...

I have found out a few things about myself during this training.  First of all... 4 and a half months is WAY too long of a time to train for a 5K, because it's not terribly long so once you get up to jogging that much you don't feel like you need to do much more.

Secondly, I HATE to jog or run.  In the beginning I had planned to do some swimming instead of some of my workouts, but it was suggested that I do that in addition to my workouts.  Well, there's just no way that I'm going to spend that kind of time working out.  I already have to get all changed into my jogging gear 3 times a week, do a very uncomfortable jog, then shower and not plan to do anything else for the evening... I was not about to add one more time per week.  Some people are passionate about being active and they love it... but then there are the rest of us who only do it because we don't want to keel over early in life. 

Well, anyways, I should have just thrown out one jog per week to do a workout I might actually enjoy.  I love aerobic workouts like swimming, or aerobic videos... or turbo kick boxing at the gym, but I guess I felt like training for this didn't give me any chance to do any workout I actually liked.  I can't even eat the same lunch two days in a row, let alone do the same boring workout two days in a row, but I guess I feel pushed into just doing the same thing over and over again...which meant that at some point I pretty much gave up.  I have learned that I just won't do that in the future. 

There is no specific plan that will work for me... if I am going to be successful I need to do the workout that I want to do...otherwise I get super frustrated and bored and I give up.  Not to mention, Jogging is very uncomfortable for some people because of the way we are built and it's definitely just not my thing. That's why I like to swim.  I don't come home with deep cutting red marks from the bra that I have to wear to keep anything in place during a run.  I don't have to worry about ogglers.  I don't have to be so uncomfortable.  I don't have to be so hot.  I don't need a bunch of different workout clothes because they get all sweaty every day.  It's just more my style.

So, even if this program hasn't made a jogger out of me, I think at least it has made me reflect on what might actually work for me.  

In the end, I consider that a success.

Oh, and can I add... freaking weird.  I've lost 5 pounds since I STOPPED jogging.  Why is the world such a weird place?  (I know...I know...metabolism...fat to muscle ratios..etc... but really... lost no poundage while jogging and now 5 pounds?  Doesn't seem right)