Week 3 Day 2

Today I completed week 3 day 2 - and I have to say, that it was not as easy as on Tuesday, even though the program was the same. That had me questioning, what I have done differently from last time.

One thought was, that maybe I haven't hydrated well enough last night. I ran this morning and didn't have a lot to drink before heading out - only about a half liter but there wouldn't have been time for it to get around my system - and that was after 10 hours without any water.

So my tip for today is, that if you run in the morning make sure that you drink plenty of water the evening before so you're not to dehydrated the next morning, when it's time to hit the streets for your run.

Two Milestones

I have reached what I like to think of as two milestones within a few days. First I was supposed to complete week 2 on Saturday - but before I got out of the house we got a call from family, that we don't see often enough, and they asked us to lunch. Naturally we accepted but that meant postponing my run to Sunday. And I did run Sunday which was a huge accomplishment for me - I give the credit to the C25K program for making it easy.

The second milestone was passed today when I finished the first week 3 run - I had dreaded it a bit, thinking it would be really rough graduating to the 3 minutes runs - but it wasn't actually too bad. My breathing was controlled and the muscle burn in my legs were tolerable and manageable.

So this is me, giving myself a big pat on the shoulder for work well done - especially, since I got up at 4.15 am to make sure I got my run in today.

Becoming a runner

So...I've decided to become a runner. Question is, how do one go about it? Well, this blog will follow my journey.

A long time ago I downloaded the C25K podcast from runningintoshape.com but I never really got around to use it - but then I had a meltdown about a week ago when the scale read 69,9 kilo...that is minimum 10 kilos too much on my 158 centimetres...in height not wide that is!

I decided then and there that running was to be a part of my life and out came the running gear including the podcast.

Tuesday I did the first run and Today I completed the first week of 3 training days. I have to say I'm proud of myself.