But yesterday I decided to start the Runner's World five week 5K training schedule. Yes, I realize that I have six weeks to train, so I'm doing week 1 this week and next week, then starting week 2 on the 22nd, week three on the 29th, etc. Yesterday I decided to kill two birds with one stone: I had to go to Target to pick up a few things so I walked there. It's about 2 miles round trip, so I ended up walking (quickly- I was sweating!) for half an hour.
Then today I was supposed to run for 10 minutes. Turns out that being sedentary for three months means you can't run 10 minutes straight through. I did a 5-minute warm-up walk, then ran for 4 mins, walked for 2 mins, ran for 3 mins, walked for 2 mins, ran 3 more mins and walked the last 5 mins home as a cool-down. The whole trip was about a mile and a half, and although I'm embarrassed to say that I can't run 10 consecutive minutes anymore, I did manage to run 10 minutes total and walked briskly in between, so it wasn't a total failure!
Tomorrow is another 20-minute walk. I plan to follow it with some weight training so I can build my strength back up. Finally I've gotten motivated and finally my plan is underway!
