Week 3 day 1 of c25k

So Thursday night I started week 3 day 1 of c25k. It was rough, I only got thru a little more than half of it but there were some outside factors why I decided to cut it short. First of all I went alone down to the school track with Max at nearly 9pm. it was completely dark and quiet, so with my ipod plugged into one ear off I went. My dog Max was my faithful running companion and he was totally freaking me out! every 5 or so feet he would look behind him like someone was following us, he was jumpy (and is NEVER like this) and was freaking himself out and in turn freaked me out, so 3/4 mile into it I decided to just can it and head home try again another day. It was a rough run for me anyways so I gave up easily. However as soon as I decided to leave the track my nose started bleeding, and I had already had a good nose bleed earlier that day. Lucky for me I was wearing a tank top under my shirt. I balanced Max and whipped off my shirt to cover my bleeding face. Made it home covered and I do mean covered in blood. So that just topped off my sucky run. I have been having a rough time with my allergies lately and that has been affecting my running. But tonight I'm going to redo day 1 of week 3 and give it a better go on the treadmill. I have found I do better on it then running outside, it has a little more give in my strides so impact isn't as rough on my joints and i find I can go a little farther that way. My shin splints are still KILLING me, I know for a fact that it they weren't bothering me I could totally go farther and rock at this. I feel they are really slowing me down. I've tried tiger balm, icy hot, a running ban that is charges with negative ions (whatever that means) and supper stretching. The only thing that helps a little is if I really take my time stretching and do a good job of it. However I find I forget sometimes because I'm so focused on getting going.

Also on the weight side of things. I seem to be hovering at the same weight right now, not up nor down from what it has been for the past month. So I guess matainign is good, but I know I need to kick it up a little. But on my off nights from running i have been going for good walks or finding something else to do. I've been a little stressed latley with a change to my life, looks like the kids are going to be staying. And work has been really stressful for me latley. But all in all I'm feeling really good and have been getting my energy level back up and staying positive.

So I think that is all for now. Talk to you soon.