Let the training begin!

Today was day 1 of my marathon training.
According to my training schedule I need to be walking 3 miles 3 times a week, whatever I can do in 40 minutes 1 day, and 5 - 6 miles 1 day.

Sounds easy enough right? I am sure that it will get easier as I go. Today Don dropped me off at the gym, too cold and snowy outside right now, I had an hour to do 3 miles. Some of you are probably laughing about this because it sounds SOOO simple!

I started out on one of the treadmills with very little frills. I load up my IPod to my Hip/Hop/Rap section and I am on my way. I get bored at the 1.5 mile marker, no matter how much booty shaking music I listen to to motivate me. I did the first mile and half in 29 minutes.
I rode the stationary bike for 2.5 miles and then decided I would take on the beast of a treadmill in the back of the room, it looked like it would be fun to use, and it was. It has a reverse incline function - So I would raise it to a 3 incline for .10 miles and then lower it to 0 for .10 and then lower it to neg. 3 for .10 miles. This helps with 2 things, simulating the hills in SF and then helping me keep my attention span. I finished on that tread mill doing another .9 miles. So I didn't reach my 3 mile walking goal in 1 hour, but I did almost 2.5 and I road a bike for 2.5. I feel good about it. Considering this is the first real physical activity that I have had in months.