That's right people I did the very first day of the c25k program. I got up early this morning and put on my runningish shoes and packed up the dogs and out I went into the dark (cause I don't want anyone seeing me run just yet). To prepare myself I splurged and bought an ipod shuffle and downloaded a podcast (Robert Ullrey). I looked pretty awkward out there but I'll be damn if I didn't finish the entire thing. That means I walked for 5 minutes then did 8 repetitions of 60 sec running and 90 second walking and finished it off with a 5 minute cool down walk.

I was pretty dog tired when I got back. Hell, the dogs were dog tired too. I need to get a longer leash though since it got a little hairy trying to run and handle a leash.

And to give myself a little reward I took myself for a short walk during my lunch break and then ran up 3 flights of stairs...okay maybe not much running but it was definitely much faster than walking!!

I will probably do each week twice (if not more) for a while just to really ease myself into this whole concept of running outside. I don't really want to rely on the treadmill too much as its too cumbersome to try and run like a fat girl and push those damn buttons.

Yay!