Interesting run tonight.
Week 4 looks like this:
- 5 min warm up walk
- Run 3 minutes
- Walk 90 seconds
- Run 5 minutes
- Walk 2-1/2 minutes
- Run 3 minutes
- Walk 90 seconds
- Run 5 minutes
- 5 min cool down walk
I started off feeling perky--excited to be out of the house and running. The first 3 min run I was cranking along at a pace that way faster than my norm which meant that I was huffing and puffing during my 90 sec walk and then still not feeling capable by my 5 min run. Phooey. Not the way to start off the week. 3 min into the 5 min run I had to stop and walk. My legs were killing me. I had slowed down to my normal pace but it was too late. Grrr. I picked up the run again and that's when the shin pain started on the right. WTH? I stopped again, it went away. Started again, it came back. All right fine! I stopped during the first 2.5 min walk and took off my pool shoes and socks. Ran the 3 min with no pain, walked 90 seconds and ran 5 minutes--no pain and no problems. YAY!
Barefoot was when I realized that my foot strike was slightly off with the shoes. It went back to normal when I was barefoot. Fascinating. Also cool: I ran 2/3 of my run barefoot without the bottoms of my feet feeling sore! Another YAY!
I am really enjoying reading your blog! I have very recently started to transition to barefoot/minimalist running and it is encouraging to read about someone else doing the same thing. I hadn't been following the couch to 5k plan, but I am thinking that I may start to do that. Happy running! :-)
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