I realized today that I'm almost a third of the way to the five kilometer run ( Read more... )

I finished another week. The routine is really helpful. I know there's a run scheduled, so I just do it. And when I start to think I might not get through the daily plan, I know that (although I can repeat a day if I have to) it's not asking too much from me. The slow progress of C25K is both a strength and a weakness. It feels ridiculous to be ( Read more... )

I will make this one quick ( Read more... )

I am kicking it up the proverbial notch! It's a new week, so I am on to the next set of exercises: five minutes walking, followed by 6 repetitions of alternating 90 seconds running / 2 minutes walking, finished off with another 5 minute walk: A total of 31 minutes ( Read more... )

I finished out the first week ( Read more... )

This morning I did Week 1, Day 2 of the Couch-to-5K program. Day 2 has the same goal as Day 1: five minute warmup walk, then 60 seconds of running followed by 90 seconds of walking (repeated 8 times), and then 5 minutes of cooldown walking. It was the same goal, but my experience was totally different. It was so much easier this time! I have heard ( Read more... )

I produced No Provenance for FringeNYC, and I was working on that show for the past 14 months. It closed on Saturday; now I've got more free time than I'm used to. One thing I'd like to do with that time is get into shape, because I've gained a lot of weight since college. I decided to use this space to write about it, rather than bug people on ( Read more... )