Week 3, Day 1.....AGAIN!

Are you confused? Good..me too! :)

After Saturday's run, I decide to take Sunday off to give my knees another break (which was supposed to be the start of Week 4 for us) Mandy and Lisa went ahead and ran Day 1 of Week 4.

This is (was?) the plan for the Week 4:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:
Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds)
Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
Walk 1/4 mile (or 2-1/2 minutes)
Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)

The 5 minute run combined with the 100 degree weather proved to me a bit too much to handle . They reported back to me and let me know that it was much harder this week then in the past and they found themselves really pushing to run the entire 5 minutes and ended up walking alot longer in between runs then they were supposed to.

I give them props though..because the 3 minutes is hard for me, and even worse when my knees decide to give out half way through the run. :(

We came to the consensous that maybe we'd ease into Week 4 next week, and repeat Week 3 again. They felt like that was pretty much what they ended up running/walking anyway.

So, that's the plan!

Tuesday Night we ran (my day 1, their day 2) of Week 3 again. Thank goodness it rained and cooled down to around 80 degrees, otherwise we were seriously considering just taking turns running on the treadmill at Lisa's after their experience on Sunday night.

I'm telling you, I think this weather has had a really negative impact on my running.

Not that I was much of a runner to begin with, but it's really freaking my legs/knees out!!

It's hard to explain, but I have pain in my knees that is making it uncomfortable to run, but my biggest problem is that I feel like my legs do not/can not move when I run. Like they are stiffing up in protest and are unable to bend. But it's not really 'cramping' feeling...just like they don't work...like they are refusing to work.

And it's starting to really piss me off.

And it's starting to become very frustrating for me.

I'm not too tired to run...at least I don't feel tired...maybe a bit 'winded' but I feel like I can keep running, but my legs are like cement and I cannot pick them up off the ground.

Why? :(

Tonight there is a clinic at one of the local Super Sports Stores (say that 10 times fast!) here in town. There are going to be PT's there from the Orthopedic Hospital doing stride analysis' for people and fitting them for proper running shoes. I'm planning on attending that. Hopefully they can help.

On a side note, the running shoes I posted about yesterday are on sale today AND I have another $10 off coupon for the store they are at (BONUS!)...so I'm thinking of maybe running (no pun intended) out and getting them after work and then taking them with me tonight to the Super Sports Store to see if they are a good fit for me.

I'm sure the Super Sports Store would like for me to buy a $100 pair of shoes from them...but it ain't gonna happen...Unless they are SUPER CUTE....Unless I win the lottery.

I'll report back on what they tell me.

Hopefully I'll be ready for Week 3, Day 2 (again) tomorrow.