C25K Run #7

I'm still here and still alive! The run did not kill me! I just had a minor hiatus due to scheduling. *groan* Thing #2 was sick. Husband was working a lot. I was out of commission for a couple days. Crazy crazy. Glad to be up and running again (literally).

The run was actually on Saturday (the 25th). so it had been eight days between runs. Far too long! I was itching to get out there again (never thought I'd say that)! I contemplated repeating run #6's intervals one more time since it had been so long. In fact, I had selected that day on my app. For whatever reason, though, I changed it last minute back to #7. Why, oh why?

It was rough to say the absolute least. The intervals are now two sets of 90 sec run/90 sec walk and 3 min run/3 min walk. Doing that after not running (or doing much of any exercise whatsoever) for eight days? Brutal. But I did it! I ran the whole time for each interval! I did NOT stop! Granted, by the end of it, I was running like a wounded animal, but still--I ran the whole time! During the first 3 min interval, I almost pulled out my phone to see how much time was left. But I stopped myself. I knew that I was just looking for an out. "Oh, I made it 2 minutes, that's enough for this time." I stopped my brain from making excuses and made the choice to either run until I fell over or until the timer dinged. Well, the timer dinged, and if I had any spare breath, I would have yelled "Thank you, God!" But I had no breath, haha. I tell you what, my calves were NOT happy after that interval. They were screaming at me. If I had been a smidge dehydrated or had a bit less nutrition, I'm very certain my run would have stopped right then and there because of massive cramps.

For the second 3 min interval, my feet were barely coming off the ground, and I was going ridiculously slowly. But I was going. I didn't stop. I didn't give up. And I didn't trip over the flat ground. ;) I pushed through because I knew that was the last running interval and that I'd be only walking after that. My calves weren't nearly as angry after this one, but my tibialis anterior are still pretty sore (three days later).

Because the intervals changed, the workout was about 3 minutes shorter than previously. That combined with the fact that it had been 8 days since the last run, and that 1/3 of the run was uphill AND against strong winds means that my distance and pace were lacking compared to before.

Time: 28:20 (-3:17)
Distance: 1.74 mi (-0.31 mi)
Pace: 16:19 (-0:52)

The stats actually aren't that bad, especially considering the circumstance. I am more focused on the fact that, as I've stated numerous times already, I did it, and I didn't quit. I'm fully prepared to run again on Thursday (praying nothing gets in the way again!). Also, I am going to start walking between runs just to help stay moving. The big change with this run was that it completely wiped me out. In the past, I have craved nothing but carbs after my runs. This time, though, I was just out of commission. I ran in the mid-afternoon, and I had enough energy to keep the boys from tearing apart the house and to make sandwiches for dinner, and that was about it. I sat down with my snack when I got done running, and I tried to let my body relax. Yeah, bad idea. Instead of melting into the chair, my body tried to lay down.