And so it begins... Week 1, Day 1

So I have another blog (bethanyrobbins.blogspot.com) that I explained this on, but because I am bored and procrastinating, I decided to create an entirely separate blog to chronicle myself trying to start running.  It all started a few days ago when my friend Jenny posted on Facebook that she is doing an all-girls half marathon in December and wants someone to train with.  Well, I've been thinking about trying to start running for a while, but I'm a very goal-oriented person, so it just hasn't happened yet.  So I thought... hmm... I might could do that, it's 9+ months away... Now I haven't committed to the half-marathon or anything crazy like that yet, but I am starting to run and I'm just going to see how it goes.  I got an iPhone app that will talk to me over my music to tell me when to walk and when to run.  Right now I am starting a "4 Weeks to 1 Mile" plan.  It has 4 cycles of 45 seconds of running followed by 2 minutes of walking (in addition to 5 min warm-up and cool-down)... and wow am I out of shape.  Those 45 seconds were killer and the 2 minutes were never long enough.  I'm supposed to run 3 days a week during these 4 weeks (and I may repeat a week if I feel like I need to).  I'm proud of myself for starting this and I'm really going to try to keep it up.  Wish me luck!