DAY 19

Greetings,

This morning's run was horrible.

Again, the weather was hot and humid, however more bearable than Wednesday. I planned to run another 20-min run/1-min walk/7-min run session, but 18 minutes in, I was ready to stop. I felt tired and winded, but I kept going. I walked for 2 minutes instead of 1 and I still struggled through the last 6-min run. This was the first time my legs actually felt tired. No weird knee issues or pain. Just plain tired. I REALLY wanted to stop, but I didn't. I pushed through, but it wasn't fun.

Maybe it was the weather, maybe I'm over-training, or maybe it was just a bad training day. Whatever the case may be, tomorrow is my rest day and this will be the first rest day I am actually looking forward to. I may even take Sunday off too, depending how I'm feeling. I really want to get back out there and push onward. But I must take the advice of many of my new running buddies to listen to my body. I'd rather take another day off and come back strong, than to keep pushing and have another bad run.



Listening closely (to my body and to advice from experienced runners),

Almost Thirty