My second attempt at week 6 day 3 turned out much better than my first attempt. All signs of knee pain and IT band pain are gone. My calf is still a little sore from Wednesday's run but it didn't get any worse during today's run, so I'm chalking it up to residual muscle soreness.
Starting out I wasn't sure I'd make it 10 minutes, much less 25. I had trouble regulating my breathing and I just felt tired. Things never came together the way I had hoped they would, but my breathing eventually evened out and I just ran. I made it to my turn around point well before the halfway point according to my watch. I was simultaneously pleased and bummed. I knew that I'd have to run past the point where I'm normally stopping and was already feeling like I'd like to just walk for awhile. I motivated myself to keep running and just lost myself in random thought until there were about 4 minutes left. I'm pretty sure I got progressively slower until the last couple of minutes when I made a conscious effort to pick up the pace ever so slightly. I was glad when the watch showed 25 minutes because I was at the base of a fairly steep hill that I really didn't want to have to run up. I ran longer and farther than ever before this morning, and I'm glad I got out and did it.
Today's stats:
I did 2.8 miles in 31:32 for a pace of 11:16/mile! I'm pretty pleased with that. If I can manage that pace on Thursday I'll finish in somewhere around 35 minutes. I would be happy with that time.
Next up: Week 7 Day 1. Week 7 is uncharted territory for me, but the whole week is 25 minute runs, which I know I can do because I did it today. I'm hoping to do day 1 Monday morning and then take Tuesday and Wednesday off before the 5K on Thursday.
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