30/01/2012 - a new start - day 1

Today i've decided to run again. I've notice a few months ago that my heart rate was incredibly high. For this reason I decided to see a cardiologist, who told me, after some tests, that there's nothing wrong with my heart and it just needs some conditioning. He recommended two weeks just fast walking around 3,5km a day, every day... Told me that it should be enough to feel confortable to start running.

I'm anxious and rarely can stick to a walking plan so I always start to run while I'm still not ready, which gives me some minor injuries in just a few runs. But now I'm determined to do it properly. To be honest I think walking very boring but if it's necessary let's move on.

Today I walked/ran for 35 minutes on a treadmill, doing like this:
- 8 minutes walking, starting at 5.5 and increasing 0.1 every minute
- 2 minutes running at 8.5
Repeated three times and finishing with a 5 minutes walk.

I felt very good and no short of breath at anytime and no major muscular pain. Quite happy with the result.
More to come tomorrow!