I've been running since last year (proof), and I've long thought about posting my overactive-imagination complimentary plan to Couch-to-5k. In fact, I thought I had already posted about my crazy-person addition to the C25k program.
Here's the basics of C25k:
- Be new to running
- Download an app (if you want to)
- Load up some music
- Hit the pavement 3 days a week for 9 weeks, and the end of which you can run for 30 minutes straight, and (in theory) finish a 5k
It's pretty awesome on it's own, but for extra motivation I have always:
- Pretended to run from zombies
That's an oversimplification, but the basics are to pick something to signify zombies (on my running route, zombies = people walking dogs). When you see them, run faster or further than your brain was telling you to. Then, there are other survivors you need to outlast (for me: other runners); you must realign your stance, breathe a little better, go a little faster, or in some way keep pace with them to successfully outwit the zombies.
That's how I motivate myself on my runs: it's all about survival for when the dead actually rise. And more importantly, it becomes a distracting game.
But then someone went out and made my idea 20-bazillion times better! Check this out: ZOMBIES, RUN!
Okay, so it's still in the works and looking for funding. I won't tell you how to spend your money, but they do have rewards for $10+ donations (if you're interested, you can check out the site).
And once you're really in the zombie-survival running spirit, you can up the challenge by participating in a Zombie Obstacle 5k! Run For Your Lives!!! Starting Oct 22, this 5k obstacle course (with actual zombie-chasing-you action) is coming to Baltimore. Then Atlanta, Boston, Indianapolis, Seattle/Portland, San Diego/Los Angeles, and finally Austin.
I'm so glad that the running world understands how important it is to prepare for the pending zombie apocalypse.
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