Day 1 of Week 1

So, today officially starts my 15K training. I'm curious to see how this all turns out because as it is, it's everything I've got to run a 5K. Hopefully it gets easier. Today's task was to strengthen and stretch for 30 minutes. I did a Yoga & Pilates workout. Louise Solomon Yogalates dvd workout. Went fine. I'm kinda shaky on some of those poses and stretches. Louise tells me that if I do her dvd workout 3x a week for 3 months that I'll have the body I've always dreamed of. I don't think I can stand it though, it's relaxing, but boring.

A few start out things to note, that I hope to be able to compare later. I am 126.6 right now. Hormone and vitamin levels all read normal. My cholesterol levels all read within the normal range, but they could be better. Blood sugar normal too. My sister and husband tell me kindly that my fatigue is in my head. That means something is wrong with my head! I have added a goal to my physical exercise training goal of running the 15k and that is to read the whole Book of Mormon by March 12th (Date of River Run). So, adding a spiritual goal too. (My religion reads the Bible too, for those who might not know, the Book of Mormon is another testament of Jesus Christ- this record is "of God's dealings with the ancient inhabitants of the Americas and contains, as does the Bible, the fulness of the everlasting gospel." - taken from introduction. Going to exercise spiritually and physically the best I can for the next 3 months and see how I feel afterwards. I'm also starting out with a little bit of pain in my right knee. Hoping to strengthen that knee too...it's from an old HS injury that resulted in arthroscopic surgery to remove torn cartilage. I'll get it checked out if it gets worse, but over the years, when it starts to hurt it responds to strengthening those muscles around the knee, so I'm going to give that a shot first.