Couch to 5k W3D2

After a pretty long hiatus, I ran. I ran so far away. Then I came back. It was a good run.

And the break was a week! It felt like I didn't take an extra day off. My body responded well. I'd eaten pretty poorly over the past week (no food in the apartment but peanut butter and chicken...so I mixed them, naturally...yeah but it's delicious). As a result my body often told me that running was bad, I wouldn't enjoy it, and it wouldn't pay off in the end. I listened for the last 7 days. Tonight was different because I washed my clothes and knew that the cosmic hour (between 11-12 pm) would likely be wasted if I didn't run while my clothes dried.

WHAT WONDERFUL REASONING.

Here was my ROLLOUT:
UA Cold Gear Hoodie
UA Heat Gear (what?) Longsleeve
Some cheap Mervyns shorts
4 year old white socks
Nike shoes (they have quad suspension)
Hanes precision boxer shorts
JPL Watch for precision atomic timekeeping
Ipod touch for Jeff Rosenstock motivation tape
iArmbands armband
Sennheiser in-ear headphones model cx200
1 house key
1 paper towel
1 identification card

Total weight: 406 pounds

Well it was probably less than that. But I'm surprised that by itemizing my "accessories" I've discovered that I carry a lot of crap with me while I run. I depend on this stuff.

The run was fun. I was smiling at the beginning. The smile went away after a few minutes of running and was replaced by focus. The focus stayed with me and I felt great during the entire run. I took a new route. This gave my life additional meaning and I am now at peace with myself.

My BTMI! running mixtape (iTunes playlist) was super effective (insert Pokemon joke). I get really motivated by a lot of BTMI's lyrics. I'll post examples later. Maybe.

I got a stomach ache and minor shin cramps but it was negligible 15 minutes after the run. Just needed to walk it off. I'm excited to run Friday. I'm glad I didn't let this week lap! It would have been very disappointing to have missed more than a week of running when I made a pretty hard commitment to this plan.