Week 2, Day 3

Week 2, Day 3 - complete!

Does anyone else have problems getting in to "the groove"?  I've noticed that I don't have a good running gait until about the 3rd run segment.  The first two have really short, quick strides and just feel really disjointed...  It def takes me a while to remember what I'm supposed to be doing!

I'm also afraid I may be developing shin splints... I was going to double do today and run the same day twice, but it felt like my left shin was bruised or something and kind of hurt when I run.  It's not extreme pain yet or anything, but it's certainly distracting.  I really don't want to have to go out and buy compression sleeves, but it may be in my future.  Like I said yesterday, running is expensive.  You think it's just you, the shoes, and the road - only to get started and realize you need better socks to keep those blisters at bay (I get them right on my instep!), a better sports bra to keep bouncing to a minimum, better shirts to wick away moisture for layering, better tights to keep you from freezing your buns off, compression sleeves to hold off shin splints, & a face mask to make the air breathable.  *Sigh*

Anywho, so I finally get in to a groove today and all the sudden I feel like I'm training for hurdles rather than a race!  I'm going, I'm going, I'm going, and then WHOA!  Poop in the trail!  Leap over the poo!  Not once, but three times!  And then the same three piles on the way back.  People - take the dog over to the side!  For the love....

PS - watching ducks trying to swim in about 3inces of water in the drainage canal is very entertaining!  Rather than a swim, it's much more of a gliding waddle :)