Goal #1 - The first few steps

Today I went to the university rec center to run for the first time in months. Over the spring and summer I had taken up the Couch to 5K program with my friend Pete. We had made a lot of progress on it and I had been feeling really good. Since the start of the school year I had not been running - at all. And with my lower back issues, the thought of running just didn't seem appealing.

So now that my lower back is under control, I made the effort to get to Lied (the rec center) and run. I decided to get back to basics and run C25K Day 1 and I'm glad I did. I could really tell it had been a while since I had run with any effort. After 30 minutes, I had conquered Day 1 and it felt good. Well, not good in the "OMG I just ran a feel freakin fabulous" way, but in the "hey, I just ran again and I'm not dead" way. :-)

My next scheduled day to run is on Wednesday, but I am planning to get to Lied on Monday to do some work on the eliptical machine. Every journey begins with a first step and this first day of running were the first steps on my journey.