Is anybody out there?

I don't know if anyone is still clicking by every now and again, but if you are, I'm impressed. If you aren't ... I don't blame you one bit. Hopefully I will be able to get some of you back and some new readers as well. I can use all the advice and encouragement I can get.

I've been keeping tabs on all of you and kicking myself for dropping the running.

But I'm starting over. Again. It's a little embarassing to be starting from square 1 again ... but I've lost everything I gained.

Anyway - if you don't know me, I'm Lisa. I'm a graduate student in Exercise Physiology. Some joke that I'm not in good shape at all - except, not such a funny joke. But, the point is - I know all about running, what it does to you physiologically, etc. But I'm not good at mentally - and feasibly. So that's where you all come in, hopefully.

Last time, I had a bit of a problem starting out slow, which I think ended up causing me a lot of pain. So this time around, I'm sticking to my schedule and not doing too much, too soon.

Here's the plan:
Week 1 - (run 1, walk 2) x 10
Week 2 - (run 1, walk 1) x 15
Week 3 - (run 2, walk 1) x 10
Week 4 - (run 3, walk 1) x 8
Week 5 - (run 4, walk 1) x 6
Week 6 - (run 6, walk 1) x 5
Week 7 - (run 9, walk 1) x 3
Week 8 - (run 12, walk 1) x 2, then run 6
Week 9 - (run 15, walk 1) x 2
Week 10 - run 30!

comments?
Let me know if you think this is doable - or if I should maybe change it somehow.

For now I'm doing my runs on the treadmill at my apartment complex. I only have to get up 40 minutes earlier than usual and I can watch the news while I'm doing it if I feel like it. Plus, I think it will help with my pace so that I don't go faster than I should be. I don't know what an ideal pace is to start out. I did the minutes this morning at 5.5mph (~11 minute pace). This seems slow to my legs, but I don't think faster right now would be good for my breathing, etc. But what do you think? Too fast? Too slow?


Finally, some longish-term goals (by the begginning of Spring - March 21st):
run 30 minutes w/o walk breaks
run 3 miles w/o walk breaks
hopefully do these two things at one time: (10min/mile pace for 3 miles)
then, run my first 5K sometime in April