I enrolled my kids in track for the summer, and their first day was yesterday. The coach gave us parents a good oreintation to the program as well as a pep talk encouraging us to make sure we're exercising to stay healthy (you can imagine, the whole "You need to be around for these kids!" spiel). So I got inspired to get back into walking and jogging - it's been a while, but I found a good "Couch to 5K" training workout program online and decided to give it a shot. Since I tend to wake up before most of my family on most mornings, that seemed like an ideal time to go out, and yesterday I did the first day of the workout.

The workouts start easy - 60 seconds of jogging alternated with 90 seconds of walking. No big deal, I thought.

OUCH!

By the end of the day yesterday, my leg muscles were starting to feel tight, and by this morning, my thighs and shins were in full-blown pain. Both sitting down and getting back up are hard enough, but it was torture to carry baskets full of laundry downstairs this afternoon!

But I'm doing it for my own good ... and for my kids, right? And sitting down with the laptop on my lap feels pretty good (until I have to get up to put laundry in the dryer.)