Today was similar to Monday. I did the 5 minute warm up, stretched, and commenced with the 60 second run, 90 second walk routine. There were 8 total sets of 60/90 followed by a 5 minute cool down. I maintained the same pace as Monday for a total of 2.4 or so miles in 30 minutes. I had no unusual pain and felt like I could do several more sets without completely exhausting myself. I guess I'm not as bad off as I thought I was.
I started out with some soreness left over from Monday's run. That's mostly limited to my lower shins. Precursor to shin splints? I hope not. It's not intense pain and goes away when I start running, so I'm not too worried about it. I'm hoping it's just my body getting used to being used again.
I concentrated on posture today, too. Monday, I had some pain between my shoulders about halfway through. Lauren thinks it's probably due to poor posture. I had little to no pain today, so she's probably right. That's something I'll have to force myself to think about from now on. It certainly doesn't come naturally.
I've not been completely out of breath during a run yet. I think this is due at least in part to reading up on proper breathing techniques. When I tried this before, I didn't have a pattern, I just breathed. I'm using the two in three out technique now: breathe in for two steps and out for three. I've not had any stitches in my side nor have I been out of breath.
I sweat like there's no tomorrow, though. Even after a long cold shower, I sweat profusely. It's a minor annoyance.
I had hoped to run outside today but realized I had no way of keeping track of how long I'd been running other than a stop watch on my cell phone, which I didn't want to have to carry with me. I'll have to add a simple watch to the shopping list.
Speaking of shopping, I picked up an Under Armour shirt for running in. I wore it for this morning's run and was impressed with the improvement in comfort over the cotton T I had been wearing. I was skeptical that a different shirt could make that much difference, but I've been proven wrong. I noticed when I first put it on that I was cooler with it on than I was with no shirt at all. That was an odd sensation, but probably to be expected given the heat and humidity that come with living in the southeast.
That's it until Friday.
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