Another Tough One

I did not want to run last night. I was still sore from Monday and I just didn't have the drive or motivation to go. However, I have other people that I'm running with and I knew they were going to be there and I didn't want to let anyone down, or have anyone ask why I wasn't coming. I honestly didn't have a good excuse, and I couldn't imagine any of them being okay with any sad excuse that I may have tried to use.

So I went.

I did W3D2 and it was as difficult as Monday's run, but I did a MUCH better job than W3D1. Here's a chart of my progression thus far:

When I look at the progress from run to run, I notice that while I've always through that Monday was my best running day, it's the slowest, I am very surprised to see that last night's run was my fastest running pace so far. 

Last night it was just me, Lesley, and Stacey. It was W3D1 for Lesley, and she and Stacey ran together. For the most part, the three of us stayed together through the entire run, but the last 3 minute run is where they took a big lead on me. I pushed through and didn't stop or cheat, but they were faster.

Here's something that I really love about running this time- I love that it's getting cooler and not hotter. :-) When we started out our run, I was actually a bit chilly. Obviously, when we finished I felt like I was on fire, but it was so nice to run and feel a cool breeze and not sweltering heat.

I got home and got in the shower and crashed into bed. When Steve got me up this morning at 6:20, I was out cold. It took all that I had in me to get out of bed. I could have slept for another few hours.

I wasn't sure what I'll do about tomorrow, since no one is planning on running at 8pm, but I think I'll take Gus and Hugh in the double (after Gus gets home from school), and do my run with them. It's only 30 minutes and I *think* I can do it. If I need to walk, I'll walk, but I don't want to not do anything and I don't want to go tomorrow night alone.

I'm quite sore this morning. My calf hurts. I think I pulled something in my calves because both Monday and yesterday, they've hurt after running. 

I will say that I'm proud of myself. When I ran last year, for whatever reason, I only ended up running twice a week with Pilar and Christy. This year, I've been running for three weeks and three days a week. Even without any major running, I'm still doing more exercise now than I have in a really long time. I just wish my scale would reflect my hard work. Still no changes and still says I've gained a few instead of losing.

To all my loyal readers (hahahaha), thanks for your continued support. I always have these grandiose thoughts about running 5ks when I'm not running. It's when I'm actually running, that I think, "What the heck am I doing?!? How can I actually do a 5k?!?!" It'll be interesting for sure. 

Until next time...
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