Journey to 5K
At the start of the year I set goals and created plans to reach those goals. But what is like without its hiccups. More and more I understand that plans simply change and so do we.
Anywho. In the beginning of February I decided to make it into a cardio challenge. No real goal in mind. Just run. After talking to my friends about what’s new in life and mentioning I was kinda sorta doing a run challenge.
She teased that I should run a 5K with her, I say teased but she’s serious about it and I guess I am too.
Today was my first official training run. Moving forward I’ll be using the C25K app to track my runs. See yall on the other side. 😘
#trackyourjourney #trackprogress #c25k #bodytransformation #5ktraining
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