Sound Body

I started the Couch-to-5k running schedule about a month ago, and did really well with the first week, then little by little, I placed other things higher on the list of priorities. I won't go into what, but most of it didn't belong on the list at all, much less placed above my physical well-being.

Today I'm back on schedule, and Week 2, Day 1 dictates: Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes, plus stretching and cooling down. The following playlist will be my stopwatch, telling me when to run and walk:

1. Take Me To The River - Talking Heads: 5:03 (warmup)
   
2. Distance Equals Rate Times Time - Pixies: 1:24
3. No Brakes - The Offspring: 2:04
4. Blacklight - Misfits: 1:28
5. California Sun - The Ramones: 2:03
6. You Gotta Feel It - Spoon: 1:29
7. We Who Wait - The Adverts: 2:02
8. Scopes - Bauhaus: 1:29
9. Rock N Roll Vacation In L.A. - Youth Gone Mad: 2:02
10. In The Street Today - The Jam: 1:33
11. Song 2 - Blur: 2:01
12. She's Automatic - Rancid: 1: 35
13. Love Me - The Cramps: 2:00
14. Final Solution - Pere Ubu: 5:00 (cool-down/stretch)

I'm determined to take control over that which I can. Job or no job, personal problems or none, I do have the final say in this. I have the technology. I can rebuild me.


With any luck, this will be Melissa and me in the not-too-distant future!