Day 2 - 21 days to run 30 minutes

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I actually woke up 50 minutes before the alarm. I had set my alarm to 5:50 a.m but was wide awake by 5:00. The following helped:
1. I was in bed and ready to sleep by 9:40
2. There is daylight by 5:00 a.m in London nowdays
3. I have been running /walking at least a mile for the past few days and hence find it easier to drop off to sleep
4. 1.5 glasses of red wine with dinner :-)
5. Had a very restful long weekend and hence body was fresh
6. A light dinner yesterday ( only 2 small parathas with carrot sabzi) - in fact I woke up in the morning drooling!! ( ok I was dreaming of buttered toast!!).

Anyways, as per plan, I was all ready and out of the house by 5:50 and started my day 2 of running to a schedule. It was the same as yesterday - 1 min run and 1 min walk..done 10 times. I managed to complete it, but was really pushing myself for the last 3 rounds.In fact as I got into office today, my thought was that I hope that the programme has a rest day tomorrow as I was worried about hitting day 3.
Called up from office to check if the mail had come in with tomorrow's schedule ( yeah, I cannot access private mails from office) and yippee!! tomorrow is a rest day.
However, I have to plan some activity for tomorrow morning ,to keep up the momentum, and the habit of getting out of the house at 6:00.
Some options I am considering are:1. A 2 mile leisurely walk in Lampton Park ( that's 2 rounds of the park)2. A few core exercises ( crunches, sit ups, push ups etc..)- Thanks to http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1608/is_1_19/ai_95632130/pg_2/?tag=content;col1
WORKOUT
EXERCISE SETS REPS
Body-weight squat 2 15Side-to-side lunge 2 10 *Inverted push-up 2 10Push-up 2 10Close-grip push-up 2 10Lying torso raise 2 10Weightless concentration curl 2 10Crunch 2 15
* Each side
3. Take a simple jog around the tennis court and then bang out serves for 20 - 30 mins.
4. Try to set a simple 20 minute Yoga routine ( thanks to - http://www.yoga-for-beginners-a-practical-guide.com/yoga-for-runners.html)Vrikshasana, Trikonasana, Shalabh Asana, Sarvangasana, Sirshasana ( If possible!!)Bhujangasana, Dhanurasana, Downward Dog Pose Butterfly Pose. Sukhasana, Shavasana,

5. stick to a simple schedule of 5 mins walk - 1 min run X 4 reps



Weight check : 85.5 kgs

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