Run For You Life!

I've always admired those people who are dedicated enough to don the work out gear and hit the streets running.  Literally.  I admire them as I drive by them in my car.  I secretly wish I could be one of them.  I like that idea of becoming a jogger like I like the idea of becoming a wine drinker.  I don't know what it is about those two things, but I long to be able to consider myself one of them.  Except, I can't get past how disgusting wine tastes to me and how painful and daunting jogging is. 

I've even heard that jogging is simple.  If you know how to walk, then you should be able to figure out how to jog right?   You put one foot in front of the other to walk, with jogging you just put one foot in front of the other faster.  Eric loves to jog, so it would be cool to master it enough that we could go running together and he wouldn't get frustrated with me and all my stopping.

So since I've done gone and signed up for this Zombie 5K race in September I guess now is a good a time as any to attempt to figure out this hurdle I face.  How do I get through the pain of running?  How do I run farther than 4 houses up my street before I need to 'walk it out'?  Well I'm turning to the phenomenon of the Couch to 5K program everyone is raving about these days. 

After reading through the proposed schedule it appealed to me because it follows my way of thinking.  I assumed one got decent at running by taking it slow (the irony is not lost on me).  Walk for a bit, run for a bit, walk for a bit, run for a bit.  And eventually lengthen the amount of running and lower the amount of walking.  Makes sense to me.  Doesn't make sense to Eric, but that's why I wasn't successful with his coaching.  He just thought I should run and push myself through it.  Not possible.  I'm too stubborn (not one of my more endearing character traits, I know). 
So this weekend, I'm will be shopping for proper running shoes (I'll need them for the run in September anyway, Converse Chucks probably aren't going to cut it while I'm running for my life) and a proper sports bra (gotta keep these girls contained so they don't distract me and convince me to stop running).  I am going to attempt to figure out my Ipod too.  If I can figure out why it doesn't seem to be compatable on my new computer then I can upload some appropriate 'running' songs on to it.  I hear music helps with the passing of time.  And then I'll be all set to get started.  By then I'm going to need to come up with yet another excuse to delay the onset of this program.