Today I went for my first run in a LONG time. The main goal this training cycle is to build up slowly so that I do not get injured. I decided to start over completely and build up slowly, like a brand new runner. I'm using the training plan in The Runner's World Complete Book of Women's Running. Today was day one.
In six weeks the authors take you from sedentary, to running for 30 minutes straight. Each workout is 30 minutes. As prescribed in the book, I started with a 10 minute walk. For the middle 10 minutes I alternated 30 seconds of running with walking until rested. Then I walked the remaining 10 minutes. I went 1.73 miles in 30 minutes, and only actually ran about 2 minutes of the 30. It was humbling, because I actually felt like a newbie during my 30 second run intervals. I don't know if I could have run more than that at one time!
The goal by the end of this training week (from the book) is to work up to an interval of 2 minutes of straight running. In the interest of taking it slow and not getting injured, I have decided to listen to my body. If I'm not ready at the end of week 1 to move up to the week 2 workouts, then I'll stay at week 1 for a while longer. If it takes me longer than 6 weeks to get up to running 30 minutes at a time, that's okay. I'll get there eventually, and hopefully pain free.
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