"Never let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do."
Wow, not sure what happened last night but I woke up so tired and my legs were just dead. Regardless, I knew I had to go run... giving up one day makes it too easy to give up the next day.
The 5-minute warm-up walk went well, and the first 3 minute run breezed by pretty quickly. After that though... I knew I was in trouble. The first 5-minute run interval was rough... I tried to talk myself into quitting about halfway through it but pushed through and finished the full 5-minutes.
The second 3rd minute run interval was soooo hard, and at the end of it I almost gave up for the day and went home. Thankfully, at that time, "Big Pimpin" by Jay-Z came on the iPod and motivated me to at least walk out the remaining time.
I just didn't have the last 5 minute run in me... my legs were dead today, I was physically exhausted going in and knew if I pushed too hard I was going to hurt something because I could feel my running form being altered by the soreness in my legs.
I know I'm entitled to bad days, and I'm not disheartened by it. I'm going to take an extra rest day tomorrow and not go to the gym at all. I plan on absolutely smashing W4D3 on Friday.
Side note: To the exceptionally beautiful girl who was on the elliptical when I went into the cardio room... Hi! :-)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
Week 3 Day 3
Thursday was an "off" (i.e. non-running) day, but I still hit the gym and put in two miles walking... I'm going to do this on Tuesdays and Thursdays and allow my body to rest over the weekends to prepare for the next week. I'm doing this for cross-training purposes and also to promote weight loss to make running even easier still.
Someone made a comment to me Thursday afternoon that I seemed to be walking better and my posture was more normal (I was slouching a bit compensating for a back I couldn't keep straight due to a pulled muscle). It hadn't dawned on me, but at some point on Thursday my back felt a lot better! It was a bit stiff this morning, but nothing terrible and it got worked lose within a few minutes of activity.
Soooo... week 3 day 3 met a 95% healthy me and didn't stand a Siamese cat's chance at a pitbull convention. Even after not finishing the full last interval on W3D2, I decided to go for it today... and my last 3 minute run I stretched into a 4 minute run.
I figured I'd try some of the advice I've given to some of the people I know who have picked up C25K now (I've got 8 friends I know of who have started this after I did... go friends!). The advice? If you slow down a little, you can run further. So, I slowed my roll just a bit and easily completed the 3-minute runs. The last run, as mentioned, I pushed a little harder and went 4 minutes.
I'll consider Week 3 in the books, ready to start smashing week 4 on Monday!
My big announcement for the week? I accepted a position with my company in another one of our call centers in Monroe, Louisiana. My last day in Hot Springs will be 10/2 and I will report to Monroe on 10/5. The Spa 5K is November 21st (not the 28th as I previously thought) and I will still be coming back for it.
Another positive... there are several 5Ks and other running events in the Monroe area per year and only one in Hot Springs.
Someone made a comment to me Thursday afternoon that I seemed to be walking better and my posture was more normal (I was slouching a bit compensating for a back I couldn't keep straight due to a pulled muscle). It hadn't dawned on me, but at some point on Thursday my back felt a lot better! It was a bit stiff this morning, but nothing terrible and it got worked lose within a few minutes of activity.
Soooo... week 3 day 3 met a 95% healthy me and didn't stand a Siamese cat's chance at a pitbull convention. Even after not finishing the full last interval on W3D2, I decided to go for it today... and my last 3 minute run I stretched into a 4 minute run.
I figured I'd try some of the advice I've given to some of the people I know who have picked up C25K now (I've got 8 friends I know of who have started this after I did... go friends!). The advice? If you slow down a little, you can run further. So, I slowed my roll just a bit and easily completed the 3-minute runs. The last run, as mentioned, I pushed a little harder and went 4 minutes.
I'll consider Week 3 in the books, ready to start smashing week 4 on Monday!
My big announcement for the week? I accepted a position with my company in another one of our call centers in Monroe, Louisiana. My last day in Hot Springs will be 10/2 and I will report to Monroe on 10/5. The Spa 5K is November 21st (not the 28th as I previously thought) and I will still be coming back for it.
Another positive... there are several 5Ks and other running events in the Monroe area per year and only one in Hot Springs.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Week 3 Day 2
I've had a couple of runs since my last update.
A slight setback over the weekend. On Saturday I was helping some friends move and at one point felt something pull between my shoulder blades (my unprofessional opinion is it is a pulled muscle). It's been hurting ever since, especially if I sit still for any period of time more than 5 minutes.
My runs this week go as follows: 5 minute warm-up walk, 90 second jog/90 second walk, 3 minute jog/3 minute walk, 90/90, 3/3, cool-down walk.
Monday I managed to finish, the cardio was a little stretched at the end of the second 3 minute jog, but the legs felt fine. What has hurt is my back up where the (presumably) pulled muscle is.
This morning it hurt bad enough I couldn't finish the 2nd 3 minute run and had to finish the last minute and a half walking (though I did keep a brisk 4.2mph pace while walking).
It's frustrating to know that my legs and cardio are okay to handle it, but there's another injury which is keeping me from accomplishing my goal for the week.
I'm considering taking Friday off from running (would just do a brisk walk instead) and giving myself over the weekend to hopefully heal. I'll make that call on Friday depending on how my back feels when I wake up.
A slight setback over the weekend. On Saturday I was helping some friends move and at one point felt something pull between my shoulder blades (my unprofessional opinion is it is a pulled muscle). It's been hurting ever since, especially if I sit still for any period of time more than 5 minutes.
My runs this week go as follows: 5 minute warm-up walk, 90 second jog/90 second walk, 3 minute jog/3 minute walk, 90/90, 3/3, cool-down walk.
Monday I managed to finish, the cardio was a little stretched at the end of the second 3 minute jog, but the legs felt fine. What has hurt is my back up where the (presumably) pulled muscle is.
This morning it hurt bad enough I couldn't finish the 2nd 3 minute run and had to finish the last minute and a half walking (though I did keep a brisk 4.2mph pace while walking).
It's frustrating to know that my legs and cardio are okay to handle it, but there's another injury which is keeping me from accomplishing my goal for the week.
I'm considering taking Friday off from running (would just do a brisk walk instead) and giving myself over the weekend to hopefully heal. I'll make that call on Friday depending on how my back feels when I wake up.
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