Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Couch to 5k : W1D1

Today was the first day of my program (which I've actually started 3 times but never made it to day 2). But you guys are going to motivate me right? Or ridicule me and make fun of me if I never update this again, right?

No, really. PLEASE DO.

Here is what week 1 entails. I do this 3 times (I'm picking Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) and then next week, it gets a tiny bit more challenging.

Brisk five-minute warm-up walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

I did today's work-out at the gym on the treadmill, which was actually okay! For a long time, I refused to do it at the gym for various lame reasons. My gym is always packed and I didn't want people waiting for a treadmill with me walking, running, walking, running, etc. I also have a fear of falling! Well, I'm over that and it was actually, dare I say, FUN! It really helped that I downloaded this guy's podcast to my iPod. It told me when I needed to walk and when I needed to run and had some music behind it. Made the time go by quick!

1 comment:

  1. This is your friendly message from Internet, "You can do it! You can do it!"

    I've heard about the walk and run method. It is supposed to be better for your heart and lungs, especially if you sprint during the running.

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