Week 1
I'm going to track my training for my first 5K run here. I'm going to follow Jeff Galloway's 15 week 5K training schedule -
http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/5k.html.
A friend and I are going to do the Palo Alto moonlight run, which I think will be Oct. 2, 2009 (doesn't look like their website is up-to-date yet.) She did it another year and says it's really fun, they give you lots of freebies and the money goes to South Bay charities.
I'm also becoming tighter with my diet, really cutting out oil and junk foods. I'm having mostly roots/tubers or beans for my starches, occasionally rye bread, pasta, brown rice, sometimes white if that's all that's available (like I'm eating out.) I also want to add more fruits because I like them.
This is the first week. Technically I started a bit last week because I walked/jogged/ran 10 minutes on the treadmill and have been swimming, biking, and had a yoga class also to cross train and stretch. I belong to the YMCA which is great because there's a pool, treadmills, and lots of yoga classes I can drop into to stretch out.
I haven't done actual running since Friday because I've been busy, but today I start up again. Yesterday was a cross training day because I biked to work and then took a long walk last night too. It was a little cool, but a nice night.
Wish me luck!