day four, knocked 10 minutes off!

running day.

i woke up at 10 am. no work today because it's new years day. my only plan for the day was to hang out with alex, but that involved some mimosas, so as i was contemplating actually getting out of bed i realized that if i didn't run, right then and there, it wouldn't happen.

so i did.

i got up, got dressed, turned on the tunes and went!

the difference today is that i tried the best i could to follow katie's advice for breathing, which was to get into a pattern with breaths and steps which included two inhales and two exhales. what a difference that made!! aside from warm up and cool down, i actually ran more than walked! wow. that is such a huge success for me. i also didn't feel like i was going to throw up when i was done.

i did the same route as the first day (to the partk, around, and back= 2.4 miles/45 min) and actually cut off TEN MINUTES! i want to say that i feel more confident about doing this, but i'll wait until i do some longer runs.

my legs are ridiculously sore, but at least i know i did something, right?

if i had actually started the real schedule, i would have 2 long runs this weekend, but i'm just trying to make it up to three miles first. once i do that, then i'll start adding on per the schedule. it needs to happen really soon though, i've only got 10 weeks. so instead, i'll rest again tomorrow, especially since i'm still so sore, and then do a little longer on sunday.

that is all for now.

p.s. alex and katie are friends of mine and we work together, they are also the girls i'll be doing the half marathon with. katie is my inspiration, she completed the san francisco half marathon last year with no prior running experience.