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Go girl!! You can do it..

Everyone is different from my studying. All the guides I read say run as slow as you possibly can. Build endurance and speed comes later. I know I'm a 6 foot tall man and my jog is 5.45mph with my walking phases at 2.9mph. I have a very short inseam. All I know is it's working for me. I don't gauge things on what the books say. If I can lift a little more or run 2 feet further than yesterday(ok, 2 days ago because I always take a rest day but it just doesn't sound as cool as "since yesterday"), I'm making forward progress and as long as you're making forward progress, you win. My doctor once told me "It took you over 40 years to get in the condition you're in. You can't expect to reverse that in 2 weeks". To sum it up. I say keep doing exactly what you're doing. If you make progress, WIN. Else you can re-evaluate and make adjustments as needed. I'm sure KellyAnn will weigh in with the voice of experience and wisdom. Mine are just thoughts from the overactive mind of a newbie.

I always do part of my lifting warmup. 10 forward leg swings(each leg), 10 sideways leg swings(Each leg), 10 fence steppers(Each Leg), 5 lunges(Each Leg), then begin my warmup walk.

Rose, I run in the morning, when the temp here is usually in the mid-30s (F). I find that just getting something that keeps the cold air off the skin is best. It doesn't need to be really think or bulky, or that just becomes restricting. Once you've gotten 10-15 minutes into you run, you'll be warmed up from the exercise anyway. A key for me is a hat to keep my head warm, and that's something that easy enough to carry for the remainder of your run if you become too warm.

What I do is just go into my music app, which is the Samsung music player (or sometimes Google Play Music app) and start the music from there while I'm stretching. Then I just open the C25K app and start the workout. I've never really done my music through the C25K app. On mine, it fades the music down while giving run/walk prompts then brings it back up.