This week, runs consist of two repetitions of 90 seconds running, 90 seconds walking, 3 minutes running, 3 minutes walking. I ran Monday, Wednesday and Friday and went bike riding with my husband Saturday. I lost some distance on my first 2 runs this week, but it was shark week so honestly I was just happy that I finished all my runs successfully and didn’t decide not to run just because I felt like crap. And I regained the lost mileage in my 3rd run so I’ve decided not to worry about it.
My pace is still consistently about 120 right footfalls in 90 seconds and slightly lower at 3 minutes (230-235 right footfalls). It wasn’t as easy to run 3 minutes as it was to run 90 seconds, but it wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be either. It was doable. I had to keep my internal dialogue of encouragement going, but it was doable.
I had some technical difficulties with Wednesday’s run. Apparently anything that pops up on my screen can interrupt my run and I had a pop up on my first 3 minute run and didn’t realize it until I had run 4.5 minutes. Once I realized it, I started walking and finished my run successfully so I ran too long during that one segment, but besides that my run was perfect.
I ran with Rory on Wednesday, which was pretty humbling. I was worried when I took her with me that she would slow me down, but it ended up the other way around. I wish I had her energy. I have energy envy. Wednesday’s run went so well with Rory that I actually took Izzy and Rory with me to run Friday and Friday’s run went even better than Wednesday’s with the exception of the brief pause when a lady told me how cute my kids were running with me. Knowing my kids were behind me (or at times one in front and one behind) was encouragement for me to push just a little harder and run just a little faster because they were watching and at times getting too far ahead of me for my comfort.
My shins and calves still scream at me when I run. My shoes don’t feel as stiff. I’m still sleeping too much in the day, but some of that was shark week related. I did feel better after I ran than before I ran though so there’s one more thing running helps — PMS.
I’m sort of dreading next week’s longer runs. It’s still work to run. It’s still hard. But I’m still looking forward to it. I’m running on and loving (almost) every minute of it.
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