Progress, Triumph, and Joy

I did W4D1 of C25K today. It was off-the-hook amazing. Absolutely the best day so far. The intervals were easy. 5 minute run? No problem. When Chubby Jones on my podcast would say an interval run was done, I thought, "Already?"

When I had completed the full routine, I wasn't ready to quit. I switched my MP3 player over to a couple songs, and did ANOTHER INTERVAL of 3-minute walk/3-minute run. And even then I could have kept going. Unbelievable.

Compare that to...

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.