My boyfriend Brian and I have decided to run a half marathon. I often sign up for these sorts of things but don't end up completing them (Marin 100K bike ride? That's a story for another time...). It's not the enthusiasm I lack, it's the motivation to train. Brian is a great training partner, though. Neither of us has ever taken running very seriously, but we have been keeping up with a training program (Hal Higdon's novice program) for the last 3 weeks. This is quite surprising to me, and it feels great! We're up to 5-mile runs so far, and we'll keep on chuggin'. But wait, there's more!
Being the ambitious man that he is, Brian is also determined to complete the P90X program. We have both tried doing this program before, but never with much success (too lazy/tired to do it every day). Brian is going to do the classic program, and I am going to do the lean program - the lean program has more cardio and less weight training than the classic program and is designed to make you...lean.
Yesterday was the first day of P90x. Chest & Back for Brian, Core Synergystics for me. Brian did his before our 3.5 mile run, and I did ours after. Not a very good decision, because I was way to tired to roll around on the floor doing chest/ab/back exercises. It really does work the core though. Next time around I will give it my all!
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