| Week 1 Day 2 | Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. |
Another early morning run in the dark. I oddly love them. (When I'm not fearing for my life every time I pass a dark corner!) there's something beautiful about wandering the empty streets while everyone is all tucked up in bed, the eerie peace and quiet that is completely non-existent here during the day. Of course there's also the factor that nobody can see me haul my unfit arse around! That's always a bonus ;)
As I said in my previous entry, my knee was playing up big time yesterday andmy shins were giving me some worrying twinges, so I was hesitant about running on it for that reason (I'm aware this is pathetic, but I'm unfit and overweight, so my body is probably freaking out from the sudden stress) but surprisingly I ran and my knee gave me no trouble at all! It may be one of those injuries that fades as soon as you've warmed your body up. The only thing I can report was that my calves were burning a bit and my left shin is still twinging on and off (while I'm sat down about an hour after working out) so I'll have to keep an eye on that. I did ice it vaguely and stretched a bit, but I don't really know what I'm doing haha. So perhaps I should look into that!
The workout itself was nice, well, I mean it was fine. I tried to take it a little easier today, thinking of my knee and shins and, dare I say, I enjoyed it? I didn't even feel that winded (until the end where I was running the last minute up the hill, I got a little puffy). I know it's early days yet but I'm feeling hopeful about this programme. I hope my shin stops giving me these little scares though. I want scare-free, hassle-free runs please. I don't think I could live with the embarrassment of having to take time off the programme for getting shin splints in the first week!
Anyway, that's it for now. Week 1, day 2 of C25k is officially complete!
- Nova x
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