Week 2: Runs 4 & 5

Ooops! Missed a day of posting. Oh well. Could have done it yesterday...it was a rest day.

This week I'm repeating week 1's runs in Get Running (that's the app I'm using). Week 1 is 5 minutes of warming up; 1 minute running to 1.5 minutes walking (repeat 8 times); and 5 minutes of cool down.

Run 4: I felt great afterwards. It was a little later than I would have liked to run, but that's okay...there was enough light. Definitely going to need to find a treadmill...don't want to run when it's pitch black outside in the winter.

Run 5: I tried a new route, since every where says to change up your route and I've been running the same route, so far. It was a little rough...lots of uneven sidewalks, not the kind you trip on, the kind that makes one leg go lower than the other (unnaturally) when running. If I do this route again, I'll be taken to the streets, except the busy road (I think I'll run the grass there (it's wide enough). I think I'm starting my runs too fast...so runs 1, 2, maybe 3 are a little faster than runs 4-8. So, I think I need to slow down on runs 1 and 2 definitely...I feel winded after those 2 runs. I think it's the second one that makes me realize my running pace is too fast and then from there on I slow it down. I'll learn what works for me soon enough. :) That's what this learning to run stuff is all about, isn't it? :D

Overall, running is going well. I'm sticking to 1400 calories or less. Monday is weigh-in day, which I missed blogging about this week. So, I'll report that I'm down 2 lbs. since beginning this running program...16% towards my goal of 15 lbs by Thanksgiving Day.

Weight training tomorrow and Run 6 on Friday. Can't wait!