Thank goodness I was able to finish the 25 minute run on W7D2. It was a pretty normal and exhausting run, speed was 4.7, I finished 2 miles, developed a shin splint in each leg, and my legs went numb entirely after 15 minutes. After my last run that I couldn't complete I was just happy to finish W7D2, even if it was just barely.
Because of my last two runs I was convinced that I would have to do another day or two of the 25 minute runs as oppose to going onto week 8. But I surprised myself with the W7D3 run! Before I go into details let me just say that this was the single BEST run of my life!!!! I may have actually experienced a runners high!!! The first 15 minutes were hard, I wanted to quit because I had 2 shin splints and I was hungry. But then I discovered a small gray mark on the wall across the gym from where I was. As a side note my school gym is tiny but it is nice that they have a "cardio balcony" that overlooks the courts so you can watch the wrestlers and basket ball players and keep distracted while working out.
So back to the mark. I started staring at that mark and then a song came on my ipod that had a wonderful beat to it. I focused on a quieter instrument in that song that I had never notice before, stared at my dot, let my face and body go slack, and just ran. Then I raised the speed to 5.0mph and ran some more. Before I knew it I had 45 seconds left in my run so I finished strong. For the first time since I began the 25 minute runs I felt comfortable for the last portion and felt like I could continue to run. I completed half the run at 4.7mph and the other half at 5.0mph so I worked harder than ever! And offcourse the runners high that you get when the run is complete is fantastic!
Now the the injuries. I took an Ibuprofen about 1 1/2 hours before my run to see if that would help with the shin splints and to be honest I didn't notice a difference. Now I have my left leg iced down because on the way out of the gym I felt a small pain in my shin, higher up from where I get the pains usually, and it feels like a shin splint. I have never had a shin splint continue after running so I'm being careful and icing it. Hopefully that pain will subside with some massage and a days rest because I'm going to try for another runners high on Thursday!
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
W7D2 and W7D3
Thank goodness I was able to finish the 25 minute run on W7D2. It was a pretty normal and exhausting run, speed was 4.7, I finished 2 miles, developed a shin splint in each leg, and my legs went numb entirely after 15 minutes. After my last run that I couldn't complete I was just happy to finish W7D2, even if it was just barely.
Because of my last two runs I was convinced that I would have to do another day or two of the 25 minute runs as oppose to going onto week 8. But I surprised myself with the W7D3 run! Before I go into details let me just say that this was the single BEST run of my life!!!! I may have actually experienced a runners high!!! The first 15 minutes were hard, I wanted to quit because I had 2 shin splints and I was hungry. But then I discovered a small gray mark on the wall across the gym from where I was. As a side note my school gym is tiny but it is nice that they have a "cardio balcony" that overlooks the courts so you can watch the wrestlers and basket ball players and keep distracted while working out.
So back to the mark. I started staring at that mark and then a song came on my ipod that had a wonderful beat to it. I focused on a quieter instrument in that song that I had never notice before, stared at my dot, let my face and body go slack, and just ran. Then I raised the speed to 5.0mph and ran some more. Before I knew it I had 45 seconds left in my run so I finished strong. For the first time since I began the 25 minute runs I felt comfortable for the last portion and felt like I could continue to run. I completed half the run at 4.7mph and the other half at 5.0mph so I worked harder than ever! And offcourse the runners high that you get when the run is complete is fantastic!
Now the the injuries. I took an Ibuprofen about 1 1/2 hours before my run to see if that would help with the shin splints and to be honest I didn't notice a difference. Now I have my left leg iced down because on the way out of the gym I felt a small pain in my shin, higher up from where I get the pains usually, and it feels like a shin splint. I have never had a shin splint continue after running so I'm being careful and icing it. Hopefully that pain will subside with some massage and a days rest because I'm going to try for another runners high on Thursday!
Because of my last two runs I was convinced that I would have to do another day or two of the 25 minute runs as oppose to going onto week 8. But I surprised myself with the W7D3 run! Before I go into details let me just say that this was the single BEST run of my life!!!! I may have actually experienced a runners high!!! The first 15 minutes were hard, I wanted to quit because I had 2 shin splints and I was hungry. But then I discovered a small gray mark on the wall across the gym from where I was. As a side note my school gym is tiny but it is nice that they have a "cardio balcony" that overlooks the courts so you can watch the wrestlers and basket ball players and keep distracted while working out.
So back to the mark. I started staring at that mark and then a song came on my ipod that had a wonderful beat to it. I focused on a quieter instrument in that song that I had never notice before, stared at my dot, let my face and body go slack, and just ran. Then I raised the speed to 5.0mph and ran some more. Before I knew it I had 45 seconds left in my run so I finished strong. For the first time since I began the 25 minute runs I felt comfortable for the last portion and felt like I could continue to run. I completed half the run at 4.7mph and the other half at 5.0mph so I worked harder than ever! And offcourse the runners high that you get when the run is complete is fantastic!
Now the the injuries. I took an Ibuprofen about 1 1/2 hours before my run to see if that would help with the shin splints and to be honest I didn't notice a difference. Now I have my left leg iced down because on the way out of the gym I felt a small pain in my shin, higher up from where I get the pains usually, and it feels like a shin splint. I have never had a shin splint continue after running so I'm being careful and icing it. Hopefully that pain will subside with some massage and a days rest because I'm going to try for another runners high on Thursday!
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