Couch to 5k - Week 1 - Complete!

I have completed the first week of the Couch to 5k program! 

I'm going to be brutally honest here, when I did the week 1 podcast which involved: 
- 5 min walk (warm up) 
- 8 x 60 seconds jogging followed by 90 second of walking 
- 5 min walk (cool down) 
the first time, I thought it was easy peasy (despite getting up at 6am, so it was completely dark and of course it was raining)! I have just finished my last one, and I honestly felt like the one today was harder than the first one? 

Obviously it wasn't in that it was still 60 seconds of jogging followed by 90 seconds of walking, but I tried to do it all a bit faster. In fact I was hoping to do my usual loop three times instead of my usual two! Error - I still only did two loops, and was close to tears by the end. 

My lesson, when Laura (podcast voice person) says to pace yourself so that you can complete, do as you are told and don't try to show off! 

I'm really pleased to have finished my week 1 of the program and looking forward to week 2!

I think I may have recruited both of my sisters to start doing the Couch to 5k program, and I even think my partner Alex is considering it! Although we won't actually be doing the runs together - my sisters aren't in the same city, let alone country as me! I believe Alex will be doing his runs in the afternoon/evening, whilst I will continue to do mine in the early hours of the morning! Its still fun to know you're all in it together!