I was runnin'!

On Monday of this week, my lovely husband and I began something I've been wanting to try for awhile, a Couch to 5K running program. Let me start by saying, I am not a runner nor have I ever been a runner. I don't have the body for it, nor the stamina. This is exactly why I want to be a runner. I want to prove to myself that even though it's hard and I've never liked it, I can learn to love it! Thankfully, I have a patient and supportive husband who is willing to take this journey with me at my speed.

This week we are doing the following (Monday, Wednesday, Saturday):
Walk: 5 mins. for warm-up
Run: 1 min.
Walk: 1:30 mins.
Repeat the Run/Walk 7 more times for a total of 20 mins.

The first day we took the puppy thinking it would be excellent exercise for him. It was. But halfway through he started to peter out. When we would do the running pieces, he was starting to lag and wrap himself around mailboxes and such, which became a bit of a hazard. So, we ended up only doing 5 cycles and walking the rest.

Today, we took him for the 5 minute warm-up walk and 1 cycle of Run/Walk before returning him home so we could finish the rest. It was a good combination. I nearly didn't make the last two cycles, but I'm proud to say I did. There might have been more than 1:30 of walk time in between, but dang it, I ran for 8 minutes this morning! That's 8 more than any other day this year. :)