My body is telling me to slow down, I have grudgingly admitted this. It sucks. I’m a little peeved about it actually. My shins are sore, and so are my muscles (I thought that was a GOOD thing) According to the internet this is from pushing it too hard to fast (Really?! A mile? A mile is too hard too fast?) I’m debating if I want to do my mile tonight on the EM or if I want to take Louie out again and do some sprint/walking, maybe I can run two blocks this time? I don’t want to hurt myself, but I also don’t want to slow down…I did do triple my workout yesterday…maybe that was a little much.
Its brisk out. Brisk is a MN term for slightly uncomfortable cold, to the rest of the nation it is freezing. But if I’m going to do the Christmas 5k I need to get used to it.
Took the kids out for a stroll around the neighborhood in our 'new-to-us' double stroller. Dammit, that means that if I do my mile, which I will, I’ve already doubled my workout, so much for taking it easy. It was a pain, or maybe the pain was me wearing flip-flops. The flops don’t get retired until snow starts sticking to the ground, another MN thing.
The one (two) thing(s) I don’t want to hurt are my breasts (yay nursing moms!), as we can’t yet afford the right bra for me, I doubt it would fit me at this size anyway. I’ll keep trying the double up method with different bras until I find a suitable solution in the meantime.
Run Recap!
Took Louie for a jaunt around the neighborhood, ran 4.5 blocks, two of which were in a ROW! It was great having Louie along. He would occasionally pull me along a little bit when I would start to lag. I'm sure he just wanted to get to the squirrels faster, but it felt encouraging to me :) Running isn't getting easier, but it is getting less hard, make sense?
I'd really like to do a morning run and see how that goes, but it will have to wait until Miss Lady gets her feedings on a schedule. Nursing on demand is a little hard to schedule runs around, but so far so good.
I've been running in cheap cross trainers from Target so far, because I haven't been able to find my running shoes in our storage unit, but tomorrow, the hunt begins.
Love and good runs to all! Xoxoxox
I don't run, just walk, but have found mornings the only time to do it. I have to get out of bed and be out there by the time I'm awake. Given any time at all and I'll be able to come up with all kinds of excuses. Good for you! I'd just walk though. But that's me. I remember brisk! I know just what you mean! Getting cold just thinking about it. Anonymous JoAnn (who will one day figure this thing out) again.
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