Week 3 progress

This has been a great week.  I have decided that weekday runs will be on a treadmill until the weather cools off.  I am still going to still do my "long" runs outside.  I have also modified the schedule to be more effective for me.  I am changing the Sunday easy day to Mondays and leave Sunday for a rest\recovery day.   I have noticed that the Tuesday run is harder because there is has been to much recovery time.  After the training gets more intense I might change this back.  For me it is like a slow increase in the intensity.


Monday


This was a rest day.  I would call it a restless day.  I am getting used to getting up and run.  On Monday I got up but did nothing and this did not feel right.


Tuesday


I had a planned increase in distance for this day by 1 mile.  The weather had other ideas.  I started up and realized that something was not right.  I felt like I was running uphill against a wind,  but it was my normal route.  The air was so humid that it was like a wall of water you could not see.  I pushed on and was abled to run a third of the run but at around 2 miles I could not run any longer and cut the distance to 2.5 miles and walked that rest of the way.  During my cool down it started to rain.  Why could this not have occurred 30 minutes earlier it could have been a better run.


Wednesday


This is a cross training day.  I stayed with the elliptical.  This was a great work out.  I was able to easier for me.  I am going to increase the length on the next week.


Thursday


This was a great run.  Ok.  It was on a treadmill.  I have had enough of 89% humidity.  I was planning on a run 3 and walk 4 workout for 2 miles.  I have never used a treadmill.  I would rather run outside.  I started with a 5 minute walk and then increased the speed and started jogging.  I was very comfortable and did not see that I had been going for 4 minutes.  What!!  so I slowed back to the walk.  A minute later I started jogging again.  This pattern continued for a mile.  I then picked up the pace and went 3 minutes and then walked 2 minutes for the last mile.  I felt great at the end.  I forgot to stretch after the run.  For that matter have not ever stretched since I started this training.  I paid for it the next day.


Friday


This was supposed to be a rest day.  I hurt in very part of my legs.  Quads, Hamstring, Calves and feet were all very sore/tight.  This is when I learned that stretching after a run is VERY important.  By the end of the day only the calves were sore.  I have never had my calves sore.  Ever.


Saturday


I ran/walked the same route I have done the last 3 weeks.  It was a lot more humid.  Someone tell Mother Nature it is September.  I started with running after the warm up and my calves yelled "What are you doing?"  I ignored them and ran on.  After a few minutes, I had to walk.  I only walked for a few minutes and started running again.  This continued until about mile 2 when my calves said "Enough!!!!!", so I walked the remaining mile.  I kept trying but my legs said no. 


Sunday


I gave my legs the day off.  I moved the walk to Monday.  I was thinking about doing that anyway.