Nine degrees celsius at 6:30 this morning. Finally warm enough for me to officially restart the C25K, this time with our dog, Jazz. I got dressed, put on my new running shoes, got the IPod set to the C25K podcast and headed out the door. The five minute warmup walk was more like ten minutes as I have to give Jazz time to do all her jobs. As long as we are running Jazz(who I have to keep on a leash or she'll be gone) does well. During the walks she wants to keep stopping to sniff and pee a little more, so I have to give her a good pull now and then.
Shin splint pain started about half way through, but I concentrated on other things like not falling over the dog when she veers in the direction she thinks we'll go next. I'll have to do some stretching in that area a few times a day. The shoes felt good. I have run very short sprints now and then over the winter and I've kept up the floor hockey so this first week won't be difficult (8-60 second runs interspersed with 90 second walks). I thought about skipping to Week 2, but decided I need the easy week to settle in with the dog and have that sense of accomplishment. Jazz still had lots of energy at the end so that shouldn't be a concern. Now hoping the weather stays warm and we don't get the predicted rain on Wednesday morning!
Dave
Week 1 finished. No problems.
ReplyDeleteI hate shin splint pain. Thankfully I haven't had to endure much of that the last time I did a lot of running. For me, it's the stomach cramps that I'll get and need to push through. As for running with Jazz--Yuck! Trying to train a dog is not my idea of fun. I guess it'll work better in 10 weeks once you are running 5k without the walk breaks :)
ReplyDeleteWe've also had quite a bit of rain which is my excuse for not running. It's been wet and muddy and I live on dirt roads. But I know it is an excuse and not a valid reason. Keep on running.