Week 1, Day 1

In 2007, I successfully made my way through the Couch to 5K program. I've never ever been an athlete. In fact, I've spent most of my life in varying degrees of overweighted and out of shapedness. There were a lot of ups and downs during that first encounter with Couch to 5K, but I eventually made it to Week 9, D3. After much joy and celebration I never ran another day in my life :)

Now I'm five years older and more than a few pounds heavier, but I'm ready to do it again. I'll mainly use this blog to post my highs and lows through the Cto5K program, but this will also be a space for me to talk about my overall health and fitness. I've recently started a Zumba class, and I've been weighing myself weekly in the hopes of gradually losing a little weight.  All of that will find it's way to these pages.

So, week 1, day 1. If I had any doubts about just how out of shape I am, they were erased with this first outing. My side started aching during the second 60 second stretch of jogging, and I started to get lightheaded shortly after that. I won't give myself credit for successfully completing a day of the program if I have to walk during any of the jogging sections, and I ended up walking the last 60 second stretch of jogging so this first day will have to repeated my next time out. I'm okay with that and confident a retake of day one will be a success.

I've also discovered the iPhone app for Couch to 5K, and I can tell from just one outing that it's going to make a huge difference.  The first time around, I had to make all of my own very specific playlists all timed out to the exact right length of songs so I'd know when to switch from jogging to walking.  With the app, I can just make a kick-ass playlist of all the songs I'm in the mood for, and the magic voice on my phone will tell me when to job. Thanks you iPhone.