Initiate Phase II

Quite proud of myself, didn't gain any of the weight back this weekend.  I was actually concerned about this because I am not quite as active on the weekend as I am during the work week.  When I'm at work and I'm bored I go on a 5 minute walk to get some fresh air and clear my head.  At home, not so much.  But, I won that little battle.

One thing I did do to break the boredom on Saturday was simply got out of the house.  Brodie, Buddy (my white German Shepard), and I went out to Garden Canyon out here in Sierra Vista and enjoyed the wonderful weather.  We ate a little lunch and played in the small creek.  Brodie threw rocks and Buddy splashed about while I took pictures and enjoyed the moment.  Here are some pictures!

On to today!  Started the second phase of my road to running and it went pretty well.  I'm going to discuss issues I had last time I tried this (two weeks ago) versus today.  I think the good week and a half of daily 30 minute walks really helped this go a lot more smoothly and painless(ish).

• Wind was an issue as always along with half of the run being uphill into said wind.  Arizona is nothing but hills down here so that is to be expected.
•  Last time both feet went super numb and this time only my left foot went sorta-mostly-numb, so, improvement there.  The sensation came back a lot quicker this time around as well.
• Previously, during the run I hurt almost the entire time and was dead when I was done.  This time I had a little calf pain and sore knees at the get go, but, that soon passed once my muscles became properly warmed up.  I felt great at the end of the 30 minutes which was a definite improvement over feeling like I was going to collapse.  

Granted I'm only running for 5 minutes total and that run is incredibly slow (an "Airborne Shuffle" if you're privy).  It felt good, never-the-less, and I look forward to Wednesday's run.

Here is my run report for today, a bit slower than I have been doing before.  Numb feet kinda throw me off a bit.

Monday - 7May12

Time: 30:18

Distance: 1.90 miles

Pace: 15:54 min/mi

Thanks again for reading and I look forward to your always wonderful and motivating comments.  Until next time.

- Louie