Week 1 Day 5

Today took a lot for me to get out and run, but I went anyway. My goal was to run 30 sec and walk 30 for 15 intervals, however I ended up completing 17! I am starting to enjoy running and I look forward to my runs now.

I will be away all weekend at a skating competition and I am still planning on running, so we will see what happens and I will update Friday, Saturday and Sunday when I return late Sunday night.

Week 1 Day 4

I started my new job tonight and I was tired from information overload! After going for dinner, doing laundry and other general procrastinating activities I decided to go for a walk. I didnt run, I just enjoyed my music and the outdoors and it felt just as good as running!

Week 1 Day 3

Well I went out today and did my running homework. I did 15 intervals at 30 seconds each and did not stop once! When I finished it I was so proud of myself! I am tired and sweaty now but hey that comes with the territory. I found that choosing the right songs kept me motivated to continue on, thank goodness for my iPOD!! During my cool down walk, I was so happy that I reached my goal that I found a good song and started singing out loud and I didnt care who heard me!

Week 1 Day 2

Today I woke to find that every muscle in my legs and arms and back ache. I have chosen not to go for a run today, because when I go back to work it wont be in my regular routine. So Monday's are going to be core strengthening days. Can't you see my excitement? HA HA.
I have 8 exercises from the running clinic and a few from my doctor for my ankle that I will be focusing on today.
Even though I am not actually running, I will be excersising.

Week 1 Day 1

Today was my first day at my running clinic. I was nervous as I have never really ran before. I was the kid in gym class who found every excuse in the book not to run and if I was made to, I found a short cut. This is not to say that I was never athletic, because I was. For 20 years I was a figure skater. The difference between running and skating is that I can stop skating when tired and still keep moving!
However, I found today to be good and actually fun! We started out with a 5 min warm up walk, then alternated running and walking at 30 second intervals each for a total of 15 cycled (we ran 15 times and walked 15 times). I ended up walking during some of the running cycles, but I am going to train hard all week and make sure that I do all 15 with no problem!

At the clinic we were each given a running log book to keep track of our runs which I know will help me a lot.
So here it is folks, the official online log book for my ups and my downs during my training. The TC 10K is in April, that is only 14 weeks away!
Please feel free to leave comments and even advice for me! I will need it in the weeks to come!