Running

I've been thinking on taking up running for sometime now.  Though every time I start I cannot follow through.  Alex tries to "motivate" me, but it only makes me feel inadequate.  He seems to think that someone who has never taken up running in their life should just push themselves to exhaustion and the fact that running flat out for a single minute makes me feel like my heart is going to leap out of my chest is not good enough.  This mentality is going to make me not want to run ever or give me an injury.  Neither of these is something that I want.  So, I've been doing some internet research.

This is what I have found:

Running form:

A beginners running schedule:

Week                            Run/Walk Plan                    Total Duration

1                       1 min run, 2 min walk (7x)                21 minutes

2                       2 min run, 2 min walk (5x)               20 minutes

3                       3 min run, 2 min walk (4x)               20 minutes

4                       5 min run, 2 min, walk (3x)              21 minutes

5                      6 min run, 90 sec walk (3x)              20 minutes 

6                      8 min run, 90 sec walk (2x)              18 minutes 

7                    10 min run, 90 sec walk, (2x)             23 minutes 

8                  12 min run, 1 min walk, 8 min run         21 minutes 

9                 15 min run, 1 min walk, 5 min run          21 minutes 

10                    run 20 minutes continuously                20 minutes 

Then we move on to the next program, but we'll see if I can even stick to this one.