This week was definitely a bit more difficult than last. Not only because the program was more difficult, but just because I was tired beyond tired most of the time. Everyone in the house has been battling some weird funk lately and I think I started it early in the week. Then, both kids ended up pretty bad over the weekend and my final day was pushed a bit. I finished though and am ready to start next week.
Week 2, Day 1: Today I did NOT want to get out of bed. Yet, I did and here we are. I am definitely glad I did. Despite the fact that I do not run far or for an exceptional amount of time (9 minutes total this week), I can see where the term "runner's high" comes from. I definitely had it at the end of this workout. I also had some achy legs. For the first time since starting this, my legs actually hurt. Not my shins, but my legs themselves. I am guessing it is because of the slightly longer time of each run interval. It was 90 seconds running and 2 minutes walking alternating for 21 minutes. The first interval was pretty easy. I thought, "Great! I can do this!" By interval #4 (of 6), I was doubting myself. I did finish and my distance was slightly longer than any day yet, but it wasn't easy. It was also the warmest day so far that I have done this. It was 61 degrees outside when I left the house and about 1/2 way through, I wished I had chosen to not wear my jacket. I'm looking forward to Day 2 though and seeing how my stamina changes.
Week 2, Day 2: Ugh. This one sort of got away from me. I could have gone Thursday, but Wednesday morning I woke up with a terrible headache that lasted ALL DAY LONG and put me in no mood to get up early on Thursday. Then, I was going to get up early on Friday and my darling son decided it was the perfect day to wake up before the sun. He started off and on fussing in his bed about 4:45 and at 5:30 when I should have been starting my warm up walk, I was instead sitting on the couch holding him. He didn't eat hardly anything the night before so we think he was hungry. Good news. Friday, he ate just fine. He practically had some of everything in the house. Thank goodness for leftovers. Such is the life of a mom though. Sometimes you have to sacrifice what you want to do for the betterment of them. As it turned out though, Steven had to come home early on Friday because we had dentist appointments so we went to the park near our house afterwards. The park has a 1 mile (okay, it might be about 0.9 mile) loop around a lake. I ended up doing the program while Steven walked with the kids. In the 31 minutes, I went about 2 miles. It was brutal though! I definitely prefer to run in the morning when I feel fresh. I was so tired and after the first 90 seconds, I thought I wasn't going to make it. I pushed through, however, and finished all 6 running intervals. I was BEAT though. I was quite red in the face for a pretty long time afterwards. My legs hurts too but I didn't have shin splints so I am calling it a win! One more day in this week and I am wondering if I might end up needing to repeat this week for a day or two to make sure I am able to handle it. I will see how I do after my next day to see if I still feel that way.
Week 2, Day 3: Oops. I was supposed to do this day on Sunday. Then, I decided to hold off so that I could sleep in a bit since we were at Disney the day before. As it turned out, both kids ended up quite sick on Sunday and I was exhausted after dealing with that all day. So, I set my alarm for Monday morning and when Will started fussing at 5am, I turned it off figuring that I would be up with him. He fussed for about 15 minutes and I waited him out. Then he fell back asleep... and I did too. So, that morning went out the window. I guess I shouldn't have turned off my alarm but I hated to have it go off and wake up Steven when it was likely that I wasn't even going to go because I thought Will needed me. As it turned out, when we finally got both kids in bed and Steven finished his nightly walk (we couldn't go together because of dance but he is determined to keep up his streak of hitting his 10,000 step goal every day), I decided I had enough of sitting around the house for the last 2 days with sick kids and I had some energy to get out so I went. It wasn't as difficult as it was the last day. I think partially because it was dark and cooler, but it wasn't easy. I also ended up reversing my route. I did this for two reasons. The first is that if I reverse it, I end up running on the opposite side of the road so it changes my view a bit and the other way was getting monotonous. Second, was that I tend to do this annoying thing where I determine how far I can run in a single interval by using landmarks. I was finding that run intervals were appearing longer for me because I knew about where I should stop running and that made it seem longer. Weird, but true... so I reversed it. I still found myself doing it, but it wasn't as bad because I didn't already have an idea of where I would stop so I wasn't specifically waiting for a landmark. The downfall to reversing the route was that there is this steep incline that I typically end up running down, well today, I should have run up it. Not happening. I ended up only running about 60 seconds of the final interval (instead of 90) due to walking up that hill and then waiting for a car to turn in front of me. I still did it though and while I thought I might repeat this day, I think I am good to try Week 3 in a couple of days. =)
So, bring on Week 3!!
Week 2, Day 1: Today I did NOT want to get out of bed. Yet, I did and here we are. I am definitely glad I did. Despite the fact that I do not run far or for an exceptional amount of time (9 minutes total this week), I can see where the term "runner's high" comes from. I definitely had it at the end of this workout. I also had some achy legs. For the first time since starting this, my legs actually hurt. Not my shins, but my legs themselves. I am guessing it is because of the slightly longer time of each run interval. It was 90 seconds running and 2 minutes walking alternating for 21 minutes. The first interval was pretty easy. I thought, "Great! I can do this!" By interval #4 (of 6), I was doubting myself. I did finish and my distance was slightly longer than any day yet, but it wasn't easy. It was also the warmest day so far that I have done this. It was 61 degrees outside when I left the house and about 1/2 way through, I wished I had chosen to not wear my jacket. I'm looking forward to Day 2 though and seeing how my stamina changes.
Week 2, Day 2: Ugh. This one sort of got away from me. I could have gone Thursday, but Wednesday morning I woke up with a terrible headache that lasted ALL DAY LONG and put me in no mood to get up early on Thursday. Then, I was going to get up early on Friday and my darling son decided it was the perfect day to wake up before the sun. He started off and on fussing in his bed about 4:45 and at 5:30 when I should have been starting my warm up walk, I was instead sitting on the couch holding him. He didn't eat hardly anything the night before so we think he was hungry. Good news. Friday, he ate just fine. He practically had some of everything in the house. Thank goodness for leftovers. Such is the life of a mom though. Sometimes you have to sacrifice what you want to do for the betterment of them. As it turned out though, Steven had to come home early on Friday because we had dentist appointments so we went to the park near our house afterwards. The park has a 1 mile (okay, it might be about 0.9 mile) loop around a lake. I ended up doing the program while Steven walked with the kids. In the 31 minutes, I went about 2 miles. It was brutal though! I definitely prefer to run in the morning when I feel fresh. I was so tired and after the first 90 seconds, I thought I wasn't going to make it. I pushed through, however, and finished all 6 running intervals. I was BEAT though. I was quite red in the face for a pretty long time afterwards. My legs hurts too but I didn't have shin splints so I am calling it a win! One more day in this week and I am wondering if I might end up needing to repeat this week for a day or two to make sure I am able to handle it. I will see how I do after my next day to see if I still feel that way.
Week 2, Day 3: Oops. I was supposed to do this day on Sunday. Then, I decided to hold off so that I could sleep in a bit since we were at Disney the day before. As it turned out, both kids ended up quite sick on Sunday and I was exhausted after dealing with that all day. So, I set my alarm for Monday morning and when Will started fussing at 5am, I turned it off figuring that I would be up with him. He fussed for about 15 minutes and I waited him out. Then he fell back asleep... and I did too. So, that morning went out the window. I guess I shouldn't have turned off my alarm but I hated to have it go off and wake up Steven when it was likely that I wasn't even going to go because I thought Will needed me. As it turned out, when we finally got both kids in bed and Steven finished his nightly walk (we couldn't go together because of dance but he is determined to keep up his streak of hitting his 10,000 step goal every day), I decided I had enough of sitting around the house for the last 2 days with sick kids and I had some energy to get out so I went. It wasn't as difficult as it was the last day. I think partially because it was dark and cooler, but it wasn't easy. I also ended up reversing my route. I did this for two reasons. The first is that if I reverse it, I end up running on the opposite side of the road so it changes my view a bit and the other way was getting monotonous. Second, was that I tend to do this annoying thing where I determine how far I can run in a single interval by using landmarks. I was finding that run intervals were appearing longer for me because I knew about where I should stop running and that made it seem longer. Weird, but true... so I reversed it. I still found myself doing it, but it wasn't as bad because I didn't already have an idea of where I would stop so I wasn't specifically waiting for a landmark. The downfall to reversing the route was that there is this steep incline that I typically end up running down, well today, I should have run up it. Not happening. I ended up only running about 60 seconds of the final interval (instead of 90) due to walking up that hill and then waiting for a car to turn in front of me. I still did it though and while I thought I might repeat this day, I think I am good to try Week 3 in a couple of days. =)
So, bring on Week 3!!
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