W5D1, weigh in, and picking up the peices

Alright so today was the beginning of week 5 on the couch to 5k running program. Woke up feeling pretty good despite knowing that my weigh in was going to be horrible. 208 lbs. Up 3 lbs. I'm sure some of it is salt, but at least a pound of it is probably real. I don't expect to make 200 by valentines but it's alright, I'll make 200 in time. If I didn't reach my weight goal at least I know I've improved the condition of my heart and lungs with all this running. And I probably needed the hard fall yesterday to kick me in the pants and set me straight again. My habits were steadily declining. I'm just glad I faced it and decided to keep going before I made any significant gains. I don't know how people can lose so much, gain it all back and more, and have the strength to try again, but I'm really amazed by them, if they can get it back together and do it all again I can too.

Anyway, hit a snag with Eva, she had a meeting at 10:30, so Vicky, Mario and I did the run with out her. I told her when she was available I'd go keep her company, ride my bike with her like I do when Vicky runs after I already have. So will have to see when she wants to go.

Week 5 is really different, each day is a different run. Today the reps were 5min warmup 5 min running 3 min walking 5 min running 3 min walking 5 minutes running 5min cooldown. Now I actually do a longer warm up and cool down because it takes longer than 5 minutes to walk to the track, but that's no problem. All for the better probably.

It went alright, surprisingly it didn't rain, sprinkled a bit now and then, not too too humid. I never thought I was going to quit or anything, but had to fight to breath right sometimes and my legs were getting tired. I'm sure day2 will be a challenge with its 8 minute runs but its day3 thats got me worried. A 20 minute run.

I'm also nervous about my interview tomorrow, but I'm super happy to have one. I suppose I should be practicing answering questions and printing off some nice copies of my resume.