First off, I'd like to get my hellos out of the way. I haven't been on for a few months (I haven't gained much weight in my absence, luckily
) and I'm sure there are a BUNCH of fresh faces here that I haven't met. So, um, HI CHICKIES!
Now for the topic at hand. I did my first day of C25K yesterday... and it destroyed me
My walking speed started at 3.0 and I decided it was too easy and went up to 3.5. My running speed was at 5.0.
By the 15 minute mark, I was like whoa! This is as easy as PIE!
By the 20 minute mark, I was tired, annoyed, I had that pain in my side that you get when running, it was hard to breath, and I wanted to throw in the towel. I had to lower my walking back down to 3.0 and I ended up lowering my running down to 4.4. I couldn't run the full 60 seconds after that point, but I think I got to about 40 seconds before I had to slow down to my walk. So I don't feel like I properly did Day 1 as I cheated toward the end.
Now I don't know if I should scrap that Day 1 and redo it again tomorrow, or just learn from my mistakes and move on to Day 2 tomorrow. I'm also really sore (though not in the same way as I expected I would be. I'm more used to the soreness you get from lifting weights, not running!) I'm NOT looking forward to running tomorrow, but hopefully I'll be less sore by then.
Could you guys give me a little advice? Should I move forward? And would you all mind sharing your W1D1 experiences with me? I'd like to know if anyone else had a very hard time. I'm also interested in knowing if and when it gets any easier