Late last week I read this article by Johnathan Fields about how exercising your body also makes your brain work better.

And I’ve been feeling a bit foggy (part of that is the thyroid crud I deal with…) and slow. I know something’s up because I used to write in my Idea Book at least once a week and spent an hour pouring out all the ideas I had collected during the week. I haven’t touched it in months.

So I finally decided it’s time to get moving again for the sake of my brain and my business as well as my own health.

Today I started the Couch-to-5k program using probably the best-designed C25k app I’ve seen. I used an “on the go” playlist and headed out the door.

I made it without puking (although I felt like it once), and I did 5 of the 8 running intervals and did the entire 30 minutes without stopping once. My hands are swollen and my face is still burning. But I count it a success. Wednesday I’ll see if I can make it all the way through.

I hesitated announcing this to the world because usually I give up on something like this after the first week. But I’m hoping the accountability thing will kick my arse enough to get me out there 3x a week.

…and the very last song on the playlist at the end of the first day? “Be Still My Beating Heart” by Sting.

It’s not healthy to run at this pace. Blood runs so red to my face

Yeah….

Photo by Ariel da Silva Parreira – http://www.sxc.hu/profile/arinas74