C25K Progress Week 1 (X2)

I realized this morning that I'm going to forget the progress I've made on C25K if I don't log it. I want to remember every agonizing 'I can NOT do this!' moment and be able to see that I pushed through and went on.

Brisk five-minute warm-up walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.

W1D1 - June 1
Just doing the 5 minute warm-up walk made me huff & puff and my legs were cramping and burning. I almost managed to do the 60-second running intervals (about 45-50 seconds) but I thought I was going to pass out. I couldn't breathe. I only made it out 15 minutes, instead of the full 20, because I was worried I was going to die before I could make it home. I hurt all day.

W1D2 - June 3
About the same as D1, though the 'I'm gonna die' feeling had subsided a teensy bit.

W1D3 - June 5
I felt much more energized and looser on the 5 minute warm-up walk. The running intervals were torture but doable. Still had trouble breathing. Made it out the whole 20 minutes and didn't feel like an overheated quivering blob when I got home. I felt much less achey.

W1D1(2) - June 8
I didn't feel confident about how I finished W1 so I decided to repeat it. I felt a lot more flexible while stretching out. A week previously I could barely grab my ankle to do the quad stretch and now it was easy. I felt energized instead of depleted by the 5 minute warm-up. The intervals seemed almost easy, my breathing was much better, and my legs didn't feel crampy.

W1D2(2) - June 10
Oh yeah baby...I rocked it! I felt like a runner! Woot!

W1D3(2) - June 13
A lesson in why exercise is almost impossible when you're sleep deprived and dehydrated. Not good. And my left knee started to hurt about halfway through, a kinna twingy ache. After, it felt hot and swollen (but looked fine) and hurt to bend and straighten. It felt stiff and twingy all day.