I’ve never been much of a runner, but I’ve always wished I was. When I got my iPod Nano, I picked up the Nike+ iPod Sports Kit with the intent to start running. When we first moved to Naperville I started off pretty strong and started the Couch to 5k running plan but when winter struck I became too big of a wimp to run outside.

But now that it’s summer again and we have access to treadmills in our apartment’s fitness center, I’ve been wanting to start running again. So tonight I decided to start it up. So I armed myself with Robert Ullrey’s Podcast for Running and headed out.

The Couch to 5k program is designed to be run 3 times a week and it increases in difficulty each week. The first week starts out extremely easy with a five minute walk at the beginning and then switching between running 60 seconds and walking 90 seconds. I ended up going two miles and it felt pretty good. Only thing I didn’t think about was the fact that running near a body of water at 8:30 on a July night would be extremely buggy.

Nevertheless, I’m going to try to keep this going, you are all my witnesses.