AUTOVLOG: Total Couch Potato (ME) Starts 12 Week Running 101 Program

http://rununiversity.com/couchtok.html
First autovlog of 2009. In this autovlog, I'm talking about a program that I started to take me from total couch potato to being able to run a 10K marathon in about 12 weeks. And, I'm trying to lose 40 pounds. God help me! LOL

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• CountryComesToTown
• CCTT
• autovlog
• couch
• potato
• running
• jogging
• exercise
• marathon
• weight
• loss

[BandwagonBabe]

hey jim good for u! that's awesome. but now that u've put urself out there, i'm gonna be checkin up on ya! it's hard to staty consistent and we all fall short now and then, but i'll be with u every step of the way!

[CountryComesToTown]

Hey BandwagonBabe. So far so good. I would kill for a cheeseburger and a piece of pie right now but have resisted. LOL Thanks for watching! -Jim

[fehquig]

When I was a teen I took up running. I got up to ten miles a day in three months. I lost all the chubbiness and became lean and mean. I would think of doing it again, only back then I ran on sidewalks and totally wrecked my knees...

Hopefully, the surface you run on has a lot of give...

[CountryComesToTown]

Hey Andy. Yeah I haven't run since I was in my late teen either. This track I run on has one of those ground up rubber padding surfaces on top of the asphalt so it's not as bad as just concrete or pavement. But, I do worry about the knees so I'll be careful. Good to see you today! -Jim

[2TheLeftOfNoWhere]

Jim that's great! 

I'd like to see your set up for autovloging too. What did you end up with?

[CountryComesToTown]

Thanks Dave. I have a little suction cup monopod designed for the car window and I mounted that to a round weighted, no slip thing that sits on top of the car dashboard. That piece is really designed for GPS devices. Anyway, the two together sit there securely on the dash and I don't have to worry about my heavier camcorder falling from the window and breaking. I had used just the suction cup part in the past and it works great for just a small point and shoot. Also a gorilla tripod works.

[alanbingham]

Wondering how last years running went, did you make it?

[pochilds]

Hey Man, hows the whole Jog thing comin along, I check ya vlogs and see where you're at . Cheers

[fehquig]

Nowadays I'm more worried about my heart :) If I were to take up running again, I doubt that I could get up to ten miles a day in three months again. Two miles would be enough to get me high... Yes, I remember those runners' highs...

You know me: I try to watch everything. Dropping by was my pleasure, Jim.

[CountryComesToTown]

LMAO at that last bit Danny! I'm still working on it and adding just a little each week. If I can do it, Lord knows anyone can. LOL Good to see you. Thanks for watching. -Jim