Week 1 Day 1

Saturday. 5-minute warm-up walk, then alternating between 60 seconds of running and 2 minutes of walking for a total of 30 minutes.


I set out for my very first adventure on the "C25k" program. I had my best workout clothes on, and new running shoes to complete the outfit. I plugged in my headphones, started up my music, and began the program. The voice told me to begin the 5-minute warm-up walk. "Here goes nothing..." I said to myself, and took my first step.
It didn't take long for me to notice how hot and humid it was outside. But I wasn't going to let it bother me, and I kept going.
Five minutes later, the voice came back and said "begin running." 60 seconds of running...I can handle this. My cousin Linda gave me some good advice for this program and suggested that I run slower than I think I should. Like so slow, it feels silly. I remembered that as I was running. I literally had been walking faster than I was running, but I was doing it.
60 seconds went by faster than I thought, because before I knew it, the voice was back saying, "start walking." OK, two minutes of walking...so far so good. I was feeling good, although I was really feeling the heat outside. I cycled through a few more rounds of running and walking, and started to turn around and head home. At one point, the voice came on and said "you are at the half-way point!" UGH! I thought. Hearing that, I decided to head to the park across the street from my house where I could run in the shade. That felt a little better, so I ended up doing about 4 more laps around the park and soon, the voice came on and said, "Begin cool-down."
I made it! I thought to myself. I did one more lap around the park, and waited for the voice to say "workout completed." I breathed a sigh of relief and headed for my front door. I had done it. Day 1 is in the books. Looking forward to Day 2!