Sat: long run, 20 minutes! (and then an additional ten after a short walk)...it went well. My husband came with us and he held the leash so I was able to relax my shoulders more. This is something I've been working on: letting my shoulders relax/drop a fraction with each exhale. Otherwise I start to get stiff holding them up.
Sun: walk
Mon: 3 X 10 min again, with two minute breaks in between. I was taking just 1 minute, and then read that it should have been 3 minutes. Compromise is so simple when it's purely quantitative! Anyway, I hope to repeat this workout tomorrow, and also do resistance exercises afterward. I didn't do them today because I'm still kind of sore, partly from all the lunges and squats I did on Saturday. Wasn't the best timing but I really craved them.
I feel a lot better than I did last week! I will do the same workouts, but with an extra run, this week, culminating in the long run of 20 minutes (lol) and I might move to the next level of the program the week after that. I still have to decide.
Apart from relaxing my shoulders, I also concentrated on finding a better pace in prep for that next level: 30 min run. I have to slow down a bit, which I did today without aggravating my foot, and it wasn't a huge change but it was still surprisingly blah, easy without being relaxing. It was probably an off day; it wasn't like I was full of energy and really reining it in.
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I know it's none of my business, but it seems rather unorthodox that Matt puts a leash on you when you guys go running. But hey, if it helps your shoulders relax... heehee
Yes, when we run like that, everybody clears a path for us! haha
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