Yesterday I did my first couch to 5k training session. It was 5 minutes for warm up; then run 1 minute, walk 1.5 minutes (8 times); then walk for 5 minutes. Overall, I think it went well. My legs started to feel a little jelly like after my fifth 1 minute run, so runs 6-8 were shortened about 10 seconds or so. I'm okay with that...I'm listening to my body and I don't want to overdo it my first day(/week/month either).
Why did I choose this week to start running? Well, my niece and nephew lent us a book, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Running" (their first book about running)...in the book it said if you can walk a mile (which I can and then some), then you can start running. So, that's what I did.
I started reading the idiot's guide this past weekend...finished part 1 of the book. Very helpful and informative. It's given a bunch of ideas, including looking into the rails for trails (or something like that)...I wrote the URL down on a piece of paper. Looking forward to finding fun and different places to run in the area, rather than just the neighborhood. As a matter of fact, I'm going to see if I can find a place for my Saturday morning run...I'll keep you posted! Stay tuned for more running updates!
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