Tricia and I completed Day Three of the Couch to 5K run tonight.. it's three days a week (for now I think) and as we were doing it I was good energy-wise... but a few hours after... FATIGUE! Not that I'm complaining... one of my favorite sayings after the cancer is "Pain lets you know you're still alive" :) So there you go.
I actually packed in TWO workouts today, believe it or not.. I did some arm work this morning, then the run tonight.. that might also explain my tiredness.. arms are hurting as well as the legs now :)
But let me tell you something.. tonight was the first night we brought Sam with us.. on his bike.. The first couple of runs (c25k patterning is walk, run, walk run, etc.) I took at a decent clip.. Tricia's knees were bugging her tonight, so I let her speed walk as I ran..
At the second to last run, Sam and I raced.. me running, him on his bike.. and for the first time in MANY years.. I really opened it up.. and for about thirty seconds (hey, I'm getting the endurance part down!) I BOOKED... and not only did I keep up with him.. I passed him.. And for just a few shining moments in what seems like many, many years... in slow motion.. I felt.. ALIVE. Hard to describe, but if that's what this is going to feel like, I'm all about that feeling.
Once I get the breathing down, and work through the ache, I might (wait for it) actually begin to ENJOY running... wait, did THOSE words just come out of my mouth? Who am I? :)
My weight is a source of frustration for me right now.. maybe it's because I'm weighing myself every morning.. some friends have suggested once a week.. we'll see what works.. I am certainly not seeing much change this week, especially for as much work as I've put into my exercise.. but I know it will start to happen. (Soon?) :)
Here's some pics of Tricia and I from BEFORE tonight's run.. next week (Week 2) instead of walk for 90, run for 60 - it becomes jog for 90, walk for 60, etc.
Hey, we're outside and off the couch, what more could you ask for?? (I know.. more running/workout outfits for Jeff you say? I have a couple of these shirts/shorts.. if I didn't you'd be able to smell me through the screen!... hey wait a second.. maybe you CAN!)
Here's tonight's run: LINK
And I think that's about it.. gonna hit the hay, busy day tomorrow - talk to you then!
-Pittle out.
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