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i am in SO MUCH PAIN. my shins are screaming at me. i don’t think i’ve run since high school and it is painfully (no pun intended) obvious. but hey, i’m pretty damn proud of myself for running two days in a row. no yoga for me today bc im way too sore. instead i’ll do yoga tomorrow, since i’m going to take a break from running.

August 29th - 5k Runner - Week 5: Day 1 Oh man, I made it to week five! I can't believe it! And man it was so hard. I think I was severely dehydrated and my calves started tightening so bad but I pushed through, gonna be rolling out my calves for tonight and tomorrow just to minimize the damage. I had such an awful weekend fitness and nutrition wise. Car trip 5 hours away to visit family means really really really bad food choices and little to no walking or exercise. I've put off my weekly weigh in until tomorrow morning just to hopefully let my body process all the awful salts I took in this weekend and drop some water weight. Still, not a bad run! Can't wait for day 2.

August 26th - 5k Runner - Week 4: Day 3 (Repeat #3!) So this ends the week of repeating week four, day three. I actually skipped Wednesday's run due to sore hips but I came out pretty strong today. Planning on starting Week 5: Day 1 on Monday. Excited and scared all at once! Can't wait!

August 22nd - 5k Runner : Week 4: Day 3 (Round 2!) So I decided that because this last day of the week workout kicked my ass last week that I'd redo it 3 times more this week before moving on to the Week 5 runs. And boy am I glad I did. I found I was running pretty decently the first half, but I quickly developed a pain in my left calf that had me running a bit slower near the end. Got home after finishing the run and now that I'm rolling out my calves I can feel a huge honking knot in the side of my left calf. Gonna have fun working this thing out the next couple of days!

I would say this is week 8 day 2 but a mutha sucka landscaper stopped me to ask a question, which effed up my stride AND I somehow hit back on the app and restarted the run! I'm so mad at myself. I'm not sure how long I had been running before I hit back (I'm thinking close to 10 but I don't know) so I did 20 minutes when it restarted just to be safe (plus it was getting hot and Gavin has PT soon). Dan is convinced I did 30 minutes (which was the workout) but I have no idea. Stupid landscaper! This was a tough run - my first outside run in a while, no stroller (Dan is home). Plus it felt like 90, not 70! Regardless of my time it was still a run. I'll probably try this workout again next time, see how I feel at 30 and then just go to 35... We'll see. My goal is to finish this program by the end of the weekend (or Monday).