Week 4 run 2 and I think I am officially addicted...

[Cheshiregal]

So it is freezing, slippy and sleeting today and my local park is closed on mondays (off season) so I ran this morning on the treadmill at the gym at a slight incline.

The first 3 mins was fine

The first 5 mins were spent starting at the word "fit" on a "how fit are you?" poster in front of me and thinking about the possibility of actually being fit.

The second 3 mins I started to feel it in my legs and breathing so I put the speed down a bit and changed my stride slightly to run in my toes more as my calves were aching.

The last 5 mins were hard until about 3 mins in when I seemed to hit a point when I could do it. Really do it

So I gradually increased speed until I was sprinting and everything seemed to make sense.

I seriously considered just keeping on running...

...until my iphone fell off the treadmill at 40 secs to go, scooted merrily across the gym floor and rested face down by the ellipticals.

I finished the 5 mins then thought best to stop and retrieve the (unsmashed) little blighter before it got trodden on.

Then I walked home and storted at a little voice in my head that said I should stop at aldi en route for some chocolate.

Yay!!!

[Atalaya Graduate]

Yay indeed! I'm at the same stage as you and also a little bit addicted.

I normally find run 1 of the week a bit hard because I don't know quite what to expect. Run 2 is better because I know I can definitely do it because I did Run 1. Run 3 I sometimes actually enjoy because I know that once it's done I've survived another whole week and I'm onto the next. I also love deleting the podcast at the end of the week and downloading the next one.

Here's to W4R3 for both of us and then onto W5!