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All 3 sessions for week 1 of couch to 5k are done. I don’t really feel any fitter though I suppose it will take some time before the benefits appear. I did feel like quitting 3/4 of the way through this session due to my ankle hurting a lot but once the chimes went to tell me to run again the pain subsided.

Wish the fivefingers would arrive sooner, trainers are carving my heels up.

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A couple weeks ago I found out about c25k, or couch to 5k. I had been meaning to try it but in my usual lazy fashion I didn’t.

Until now. Just did the first part of week 1, alternating running and jogging for 60 and 90 seconds respectively. Not really a massive workout but for a lazy git like me it is more than enough to get the heart going.

Along with the program I am using Podrunner: Intervals which is a set of mixes of some form of electronic/house music with different BPMs for the different parts. Not my ideal music by a long shot but it seems to suit running (wonder how running to Patient Zero’s Rocketballs would work…)

Last time I went for a run, my lungs burned. This time, it is my ankles that hurt. Pain is going down now though. I think it is due to me being on my toes for the running which is something my body is not used to.

Want to get the fivefingers as soon as I can, ditch the trainers that are dying on me.

Damn I feel good.

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Just back from my first swim in a few years. First time in the local pool for about a decade as well. It was good to get my body completely immersed an possibly scare a few folk with my unfit body (I will go for a run soon). Perth pool is pretty dull though, they have cut back a lot of the features like the water cannons and the rapids. The slides were a lot more violent than I remember, pushed from side to side.

Even without the cannons and rapids it was still pretty good. Got to chat with my friend Katie, discussed going round the Hermatage which should be a good walk. Also want to go camping again.

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Just been for a run. Lungs hurt. I don’t think they like the winter air.

Didn’t run much, just did 3 circuits of the local park, but its a start. The key is to keep it up.