Later, that same evening

It's been awhile, I know. Been more or less keeping up with the training, and a lot of stuff happening, but not enough time to write. And as time went by, I kept going - but I can't write about that. I have to go back to where I left off.... Meaning I haven't restarted in like two weeks.

So - I'm going to blog for tonight and go back and try to catch up real quick. I'll have to post date entries or something.

We got home from the BBC yesterday, and it had been a very full day. By 8 I was ready to go to bed - sunburned as I was - and just laid there with the AC and ceiling fan on, watched some Walking Dead, and then went to bed.

Woke up this morning, and my quads were pretty stiff and sore. Went through the day and they felt okay, but never really loose. Had an audit tonight and came home and made dinner, and really felt like crapping out for the night. But I didn't. I got dressed, and made my way down to the gym. Really didn't feel like the run, and felt less like it when I realized that it was a big jump up from this weekend 5.2 (8 min run, 5 min walk, 8 min run) to a 20 minute straight run. Got up on the treadmill and took it slow - 3.5mph 5 minute warmup, followed by 5.5mph to start, dropped down to 5.0 after 5 minutes.

At ten minutes, I couldn't continue. So I dialed it back down to 3.5mph walk and told myself I would do that for 5 minutes. After 3 minutes, I was feeling pretty good - so I started again. Five mph seemed too slow, so I started at 5.3 and that was nice and easy ... for a while. After about 5 minutes, I took a 30 second breather and dialed it back down to 5mph. With a minute left, another 10 second pause and then finished up.

Not the greatest, the whole thing was like 2.5 miles in 34 minutes, and I was disappointed I couldn't stick with the program. But I realized I am now further than I was the last time I embarked on the C25K program. I also tried something different tonight: I just ran. I didn't carry the iPhone, I didn't jack in, I just set it on the treadmill ledge so I could easily see the clock, and worked on keeping my hands low and loose and being comfortable. This last weekend I realized I was running tight. My hands with the iPhone were high, my shoulders were tensed.... I caught myself and went - whoa - you're at the beach - relax! I dropped my arms, loosened my hands, and the strides came a little easier and I finished okay - it wasn't such a struggle. So I tried to carry through with that tonight, reinforced by a guy I saw running when I drove in. He was loose, arms low, running easy, looked like he was kinda having fun - like it wasn't torture. So I figured, well - let's try that.... And you know it wasn't too bad.

So, on to tomorrow. I plan on doing some swimming, I think - prolly bike down and swim and bike back, and prepare for a run on Wednesday before hanging out with Joe and Ryan....