Training Day's 3 and 4

Training Day 3 (26 February 2013)

My 3^rd day of training took place on Tuesday 26 February. I decided on a much longer walking route. Everything went ok; I felt good and strong.  But, like I said, it was a long walk. In hind sight I think it was maybe a bit too long. I really need to balance things. I also had a longer than usual run in between the walking. The run was good. Although I was running very slowly, I didn’t feel uncomfortable. To give you some idea of how long the run was; I normally run the distance between 2 lamp poles, on this day I ran the distance between 6 lamp poles.

Anyway, as good as I felt that day, the next day really brought me back down to earth with a unceremonious crash. When I got out of bed, I could not stand on my right foot. I experienced excruciating pain in my right heel. Now, I have had this pain at times over the past 2 or 3 months eve before I started exercising, so I’m not too sure if the exercise had much to do with it. To be honest, I’m not too sure what the problem is. Anyway, the pain lasted for about half of that day. Needless to say, I rested for the rest of that week (my second week of training).

Training Day 4 (04 March 2013)

My 4^th training day was good after the extended rest. I continued with my walk/run program. I tried to take it easy after what happened last week. I walked the same route as my first 2 sessions and ran a short distance on my return. Felt a bit heavy during the running with slight discomfort at my shins. The running part was again the distance between 6 lamp poles. I’m really gonna have to find out exactly what that distance is as I hate that description, lol. Anyone have any ideas?

Well, I woke up this morning feeling good. No pain in the right heel. The only pain I’m feeling is slight pain in my thighs. I believe this is normal delayed onset of muscle soreness due to the exercise. I love this kinda pain. In fact, I realised now that it is one of the things that I have missed during years of inactivity. Is that strange? I have always been this way. I enjoy the physical pain that goes with exercise. Even when you’ve trained with weights and the next day you have to bring your face to facecloth because you can’t lift your arm up. Lol. It’s so sore, you’re not sure whether to laugh or cry. Have you ever felt that? Anyway, I’m not that sore today, but it feels good to be sore from the effort that I’ve put into something positive.

Keep checking in on my progress and feel free to comment and advise. Have a great day guys and keep moving…