Week Zero of My Training Program

So how do you get a week zero, you ask? By not quite being ready to jump into week one, that's how!

This week I decided to ease into the C25K training. The first week of the program you are officially supposed to walk 5 mins, then alternate running for 60 seconds and walking for 90secs until you have 20 mins of walk/run in. I had difficulties doing that on the treadmill at first, so I alternated the workout to give me a week 0! I think most of my difficulties came from the learning curve on the treadmill, because after the third time on the treadmill I was fine and really could have pushed harder.

So, here is a summary of my Week 0:

W0D1: Tried to do the regular W1 workout, but failed miserably as I kept wandering all over the treadmill! Ended up walking for 5 min, jogging for 1 min, walking for an unknown time, jogging for 30ish seconds, walking for unknown time, jogging for maybe a minute, then just walking and playing with the treadmill.

W0D2: Walked about 2.5 miles with Trish. I think I jogged for two 60 second sets, but mostly walked. Umm, and talked a lot!

W0D3: Walked 3.5ish miles in somewhere between 45-50 mins. No jogging was even tried ... ended up with painful feet!!!

Edit: apparently I did try to jog - I just read Sat's entry. Must not have tried hard though, cause I don't remember ... either that or I was in such a food coma I lost memory :)

W0D4: Bought new shoes and tried them -- ahhhh! Walked 2.5ish miles in about 45 mins. (I think) did not try to run, but man I should have because I felt hardly even "stressed" by that walk.

W0D5: Feeling much more confident on the treadmill now! Shoes are comfy. walked 10 mins, (took that long to get my ipod set, and then I had to do my 5 minute warm-up!) then did 20 minutes of alternating: jog 60 seconds walk 2 mins. I was listening to the raido on my ipod, and it was easier to use whole numbers for my walking/running start time than it was to use 30 sec intervals. I was going to use the pod-runner podcasts, but I was listening to an interesting story on NPR and just wanted to finish it. It did help time go by quite quickly!!

Tomorrow I meet Trish (we are both feeling the need to re-motivate and reinvigorate our workouts - in a slump!) up there and I think I shall jump into week one officially.