W1D3

I did it! :-) I finished week one! Whooohooo go me!

Tobi is absolutely knackered. He's gone into his cage the moment he finished his doggie breakfast.

Run 4 was a b%$#^$ this time and run 1, 2 and 3 were a bit of a struggle also, but after that I was practically flying.
I had read up on correct running positions, because I felt bad about slamming my heel into the asphalt and then slamming all my body weight onto it as well. Poor heel.
I kept reading about chirunning. I tried to apply those principles today, and I suppose I didn't get it right(ish) till the sixth or so run, but it made a huge difference. Just the fact that I'm placing my feet underneath me and therefore behind my center of mass (and whoo quelle mass!), makes a big difference.
I felt I was no longer struggling against the road, but struggling along side with it. Just that mental shift makes a difference too, I suppose.
It seemed that today I didn't need the full 90 seconds of walking in between runs to recover. I could have done with about half and that would have been fine. I suppose that means I'm getting ready for the next level as well :-)

Oh and I didn't have any muscle ache from W1D2! I was so surprised! I had mentally prepared myself for 9+ weeks of sore muscles, but nothing. Perhaps it was because of the bananas I ate. Perhaps it was because I streched well? Or perhaps because my body is getting used to the running?
Here's to hoping that I won't have muscle aches from this run either!

So anyway - good run! Tobi was a little annoyed today that he didn't get to sniff all the leaves and twigs that desperately needed sniffing. I had to encourage him to run along quite a few times. I suppose the wheather wasn't as nice as during the previous runs. And I also suspect that a few female dogs are in heat, which means there are many hormones coursing through my little male doggie's body... ai ai.
It was funny, during run 6 a few dogs started barking from accross the lake and it startled him quite a bit. Then for run 7 I wanted to run the same path in the park again, because it was beautiful (and down hill LOL), so I turned around. Tobi was absolutely convinced that I was scared and tried to run away from the scary dogs. He became hyper alert and kept looking around him with lots of suspicion. I had to laugh so much! Maybe that helped me finish the run on a high note too :-)

I promised myself that for each level up I will reward myself. For week one it is one new song from Itunes to run to :-) So I'll have a look for that right now!
For finishing week 3 I'm going to get an armband or something similar for my iphone. For finishing week 6 I'm going to get something like the nike+ thingy. I'll think about my reward for week 2 as well :-) It's very much an Apple affair...tsk! Oh well :-)

Also, I read online that something that is hugely motivating to finish the whole program is to pick a race of 5k in your neighbourhood. Turns out that half way in june there is one! Eek! If I get past week 7, I'm going to perhaps do it. We'll see :-) It's terribly scary to think that one day I might be able to run for 45 minutes or so! The 90 seconds of week 2 are scaring me slightly already. Eek!

Anyway...yay! Finished week 1! Who would have thought! :-D

Weigh in: 97.8k