Training 2

Yesterday was my day of rest and I took it seriously! My muscles were quite tired, esecially my left calf (the former injury) and for some reason a muscle along the right side of my abdomen. I was quite worried that hitting the road again would be very difficult for my body, but, much to my suprise, it wasn't.

If anything my body feels a little bit stronger today. My legs wanted to take the deeper strides (which my muscles must remember from my running a few years ago) and my ab muscles wanted to take a bit more responsibility for holding my core strength. In fact, today I didn't feel like Mrs Potato Head at all. I did feel stronger. My knees weren't ready for the larger strides, I think because I have about 5kg of extra weight on my frame (which for my short body is quite a lot), but I didn't feel as exhausted as I did two days ago.

My verdict about the day of rest is that something is still going on even if I'm not exercising. My mind was awash with thoughts and I could feel my muscles sorting themselves out. I also definitely noticed a difference in my training today. I still walked for one minute, ran for one minute, but I wanted to try and run a little longer than that (which is good because Thursday's training is run for two minutes, walk for four repeated five times). That will be interesting because it also increases the actual running part of my training by ten minutes. I'm stretching at the beginning and end of my sessions which I'm sure is helping too. Today I ended with ten minutes of yoga.

Tomorrow is another day of rest and I will follow what my muscles are telling me, although I do think I'll do some yoga just to try and keep my muscles relaxed and stretched ready for Thursday.

All in all my feeling after today's training is one of excitement. I felt healthier today.