July 7 Run Report

Total Time: 40 minutes
Total Distance: 2.5 miles
Where: Treadmill
Plan -
Warmup: 3 minutes at 3.0 mph; 2 minutes at 3.3 mph - total of 5 minutes
Workout: Walk 2 min at 3.5 mph; Run 3 minutes at 4.5 mph -- total of 30 minutes
Cooldown: 2 minutes at 3.3 mph; 3 minutes at 3.o mph - total 5 minutes

General Thoughts and Observations:

I have to say that today's run really felt good. When I first got up this morning, my muscles were kind of achy and I wasn't sure if I should do my scheduled run or not. But once I got on the treadmill and got going, it went really, really well.

I really tried to concentrate on my form (ChiRunning.) While I'm not totally sure that I'm getting the lean right, I could see in the mirrors that my arms were doing the right motions. (Elbows going backwards instead of reaching forward or across with hands.) I really think that just making the arm motions was helpful in conserving energy.

After I finished my run, I did some stretching and felt pretty good. No real aches or pains.

However, a few hours later, I had a few alternating pains in my legs. Although I think that may be more due to how I was sitting than to my running. :D