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Today (the 18th) was the first day of my cardio workout plan. I had intended to start on the 17th but ran into some problems with getting my heart rate monitor working and had to delay it by one day.

So, I got up really early today and headed to the treadmill. I actually felt pretty good throughout it. I carried with me:
-A bottle of gatorade
-A towel
-iPod nano

With my current fitness level, the 2-hours on the treadmill are really not that difficult, it's really more about making myself comfortable on it and then just putting one foot in front of the other, repeat ad naseum. For some reaon, I find the final 30 minutes to be incredibly borring - not taxing, just boring. Still have to look into getting myself a video iPod to catch up on some TV shows or something cause music alone isn't going to cut it.

It's about 2 hours later right now and I'm feeling OK. My knees are only slightly sore and my feet are fine. I'm using some comfortable sandals to massage them, but otherwise, I'm fine. We'll see how I feel tommorrow morning when it comes time to do it all over again

I forgot to post about my nutrition. I didn't have as much fruit on-hand as I would have liked, but I did use a Clif bar. I had half before the workout and the other half immediately afterwards. My stomach responds favorably to Clif bars and it provides enough quick sugar to get me going and for recovery.

My first week of this new program is now over and I'm feeling OK. This was the schedule for the past week:

Monday - 2hrs on treadmill
Tuesday - 2hrs on treadmill
Weds - Rest
Thurs - 1hr on treadmill, 1hr on the road with running club
Friday - Core-training, ab work and push-ups (2 variations)

Saturday I will be doing some cross-training and Sunday I have a 5-mile running race that I aim to finish in under 45 minutes.

While I'm not getting the hours on the treadmill that I'd like, this is mostly due to my desire to ease into this because I don't want to risk any injuries. The treadmill is good, but it's not as forgiving on the knees as I'd like. I had a shorter workout today, but I'm really working on my chest & abs, so I blasted them today and feel pretty good about it.

Also, with this new program, I'll be reserving the weekends for my races/events. I have some running & cycling events coming up and that will help with the fat burn.

My diet was still pretty good. I eat very clean and have good discipline about it. I'm focusing mostly on protein and while I'm not depriving myself of carbs, I'm definitely limiting them.

Overall, a good week. Still getting used to being on the treadmill for so long, but that's only a matter of time.