tired legs

[mb_kayak]

Turns out that walking seven miles on "cross-training day" does unpleasant things to the next day's run. I always feel like hell for the first mile or so of a run, but today it just never got better. It didn't help that the rain caused me to overdress (even at 45 and rainy, pants were uncomfortably warm), but ... bleh. Worn out. I'm debating

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[gudenna]

What is your training schedule?

I've finally learned to not overdress and just deal with the cold/rain. I'm finding that I like it better than being overheated or even really running in the heat.

[gudenna]

Also I just saw this: http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/whattowear/

[mb_kayak]

That's a cool link! It told me for Saturday I should have worn long sleeves, a vest, and shorts. The vest would have been overkill, but I think I would have been fine with the long sleeves if I'd worn shorts. The problem was that at that temperature I expected the rain to make it damp and chillier, but it actually made it kind of muggy and warmer. Weird

[gudenna]

Ahh you could have fit into the next group instead of beginners!

Now what does R and W mean? Like R2W1? Are they still making you take walk breaks?

[gudenna]

Hmmm well the 40 minutes of running in the first week wouldn't have made me happy.

[mb_kayak]

The longest I've ever run was the 5K (which took me around 37 minutes and was fairly tough by the end), so, yeah, 40-minute runs in the first week would probably have killed me already.

"R" is run and "W" is walk, so R2W1, for example, would mean run for 2 minutes, walk for 1. I missed last week's group run (oops), but they have walk breaks through the end of the schedule, so I assume they took them then and will also do them this week. :(

[mb_kayak]

Not really related to running (or to this post at all), but being in the pool last week for roll practice made me think how much I miss swimming. :(

[mb_kayak]

Oh, and my schedule is the one for the beginner group.