Getting Started: my journey to C25K and Week 1, Day 1

Everyone has to start somewhere right? For me, Couch to 5K is a way to get stronger, convince my body that I am in charge. So although I am admitting at the outset that this is not going to be the promised 9 week journey to running a 5 k, its likely going to be decently longer if not doubled, i will get there. I am a little more overweight that i want to be (ok, a lot more), but have been making an effort to attend exercise classes and get a lot of walking in - minus the walk that ended up with a torn ligament. That one set me back a month and is part of what led me to decide to do this. I mean really, who falls and tears a ligament walking on pavement? The other factor was my schedule - its hard to make too many classes a week with a schedule thats all over the place so it made more sense for me to find things i could do at home. This is yoga, couch to 5k, and possibly, once i get adjusted to this, the drop 10 workout. We will see how i feel about that once i become more used to this whole idea of running for the first time in forever.

So i dont come to this without challenges. Asthma. Fibromyalgia (!). A recently torn ankle ligament that is not completely healed. A general laziness. A hatred of running - I thank a gym teacher in 8th grade for that, i was fine with it before him. A belief that i look REALLY silly running. A desire to do this anyways which I am hoping is ultimately going to be what gets me though.

But I am also setting this up to be smart in the beginning. I found an app for my phone that does the music thing, beeps when i need to change pace, tells me when im halfway done, etc, the whole nine yards. its , and although im only on the free trial part now, and part of it is paid, I will see how it works out. I may change. I also enlisted the help and support of some friends to kick my butt into moving when i dont want to. I hope.

So yesterday was the first day - and I did survive. I was sweaty, out of breath, but i did do all the running intervals and the walking ones as well. There wasn't a lot of difference in my pace, just my exertion level, which im ok with. Today, I am sore, some of which is in the weirdest places (I think my sports bra is not nearly supportive enough for one), and I may take some advil but I am still walking and depending on weather, considering if not attempting to do it all again today, at least going for a good long, push myself walk to try and get some of this stretched out.

Wish me luck!