C25K W4D3

I honestly didn't want to run this day. I wanted to stay inside, and sit on my butt, and feel sorry for my slightly injured knee.

I think I strained a muscle near my left knee. It constantly feels like it needs to pop but never does, and I feel a twinge of pain when walking down stairs.

I went out there and I did my run. And my knee didn't give me any trouble at all. My thighs, however, were burning the whole time. My ankles are feeling much better - I think my legs are getting used to the new shoes. But even though my legs were tired, D3 was EASIER than D1 this week. It definitely was. I'm actually looking forward to W5D1 tomorrow. Three 5-minute intervals of running with 3-minute walking periods between them. That's not hard! That's less running than I was doing yesterday, just rearranged differently. Friday is a tad more difficult, however. 8-minute jog, 5-minute walk, 8-minute jog. But even that isn't SO bad. Week 4 was 8-minute jogs, just with 90 seconds to break it up.

What scares me right now is doing the 20-minute jog for W5D3. It's intimidating! I've never ran that long in my whole life! I know I said that during the first week regarding running for two minutes, but it's different four weeks later.

It's a lot different. Because I'm no longer "OMG I CAN'T DO THAT!!!!" to, "20 minutes? Oh jeez. Gonna be tough, but I know I can do it."

And I will do it. I have complete faith in myself and in this program's ability to turn me into a runner.

Did you know? The majority of C25K drop-outs quit right around Weeks 4 and 5. Well. I have no intention of quitting! That's for sure :)