I've never Followed a Recipe

I always have to muck about with things. Make my own twists. It usually works out, but I never know how I made the success or remember what to avoid the next time when I have a failure. I'm also no good at reading instructions or following a plan. But I've got a plan to actually follow (and complete) the 5k running training program. Today was day one: I had my very cute and slightly weird purple, Coolibar rash-guard sun protection shirt (which, with this extra weight kind of makes me look like Barney), I had the interval app on my phone that prompted me after 60 seconds of running to Walk. Walk. Walk. And after 90 seconds of walking to Run. Run. Run. And I had the monster headache that comes after a sleepless night, but I got up anyway. Day one is pretty easy, nice to know that I can do 8 minutes of running spread across 20. Its confirmed though, these 10 extra pounds that 2013 stress and anxiety has given me are not in the form of strong lean muscle in my legs to power me through the sidewalks of Chicago.