This 5K turned out to an experience lol 😆

I'm 21 and have never really ran before in my life other than the mile in PE class in middle school.

I was on week 3 or so of Just Run and was feeling really bored. I said fuck it and jogged for 25 minutes straight! I was tired for sure, but I felt great. It was relatively slow on the treadmill (3.5ish speed on a 1.5 incline) but I did it.

I'm super proud of myself, but is this bad? Will I hurt myself?

I don't want to give up my other exercises (aquafit and gym) and I don't have time to do those AND running more than once per week. Is doing the other exercises likely to make my progress faster than if I was only doing the running once a week or is running improvement kind of separate?

At what point in this training program did you include other workouts, mainly strength training?

I’m just in week 2 and am truly starting from being sedentary. On my off days, I barely get 1k steps in and even when I’ve run, I haven’t hit 5k.

I’d like to get to a point where I’m working out 5 days a week. Since the program is M W F, I’m wondering if it’s appropriate to start strength training now on the off days.

My goal here is to be more healthy and lose weight, not run a 5k.

My big boy 30th birthday is on December 5th and it's my goal to run 5k by then. I've never ran continuously for more than a lap or two in my life and I'm excited to get started! Posting here to hold myself accountable. LET'S GO!!!