Starting today I am following this 5K Run - 7 Week Training Schedule:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/images/pdfs/fsm14_5K_run.pdf

Having come to lowcarb from the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, I didn't get the beginner's whoooosh weight loss that many experience. However, as I have a fairly haphazard relationship with the gym and a very sedentary job, I'm stepping up the regular exercise to try and speed things up and get into the 140s.

I'm running on a treadmill rather than outdoors as I find it easier to keep track of statistics on a machine, especially when the schedule calls for the run/walk exercise.

Day 1
Walk/Run 30 minutes
Level 5/20, Random setting, Speed 5 - 7



I managed 3 and a half kilometers in 30 mins + 5 mins cooldown. For this first week, the program says to run for 15 seconds and walk for 45 seconds but it was soon apparent this can't be done on a treadmill! Instead I ran for 1 - 2 minute bursts and made sure I did this for a quarter of the time (8 minutes in total out of the 30).

It was quite easy. The worst part was hauling myself out of bed to get to the gym!

See you tomorrow!