I completed W3D2 last night and it was an eventful run, to say the last. About 3/4 of a mile into the workout, I saw something moving from the grass into the street. I was about 15 feet away at this point and, since it was 11PM, I couldn't quite tell what it was at first glance. As I got a little closer I saw that it was a few feet in length and it almost looked grey like an opossum. At about a distance of 5 feet I was finally close enough to see what it actually was: an armadillo.
Since I was so close at this point and the creature decided to disrupt my running path I had a decision to make. I could continue on my way and hop over him, which would almost surely end badly, I could go wide left to the other side of the road and risk him/her rolling after me, or I could simply go wide right into the grass and be on about my way. Option 3 seemed like the wisest choice and so I quickly made the shift and turned my body slightly to head that way.
The feisty armadillo must have registered my change in movement because, without warning, the little bastard did a quick 180 and darted into the grass; nearly causing me to punt him into the street. I couldn't help but chuckle at the situation as I continued on down the road. As for the actual workout, it went a little bit better than D1. I went through almost the entirety of the first 3 minute run before wondering how much longer I had left. No more than 10 seconds later and the lady's voice came on the C25k app yelling at me to walk.
The 90 second interval came and went without any issue and then it was time for the second 3 minute interval. This one went pretty well. I had to alter my stride slightly and slow down just a little bit because my breathing went from very controlled at a breath out every 4 or 5 steps to a breath out ever 2 or 3. Once I slowed it down, the run was much more comfortable. Looking forward, the 5 minute runs next week seem a bit daunting but one great thing about this program is it gets you ready for each time the ante is upped. I'm looking forward to surpassing the 20 mile mark on Friday.
Hi! I've been reading your blog (busted). I joined RW's forums yesterday and joined the C25K one..a posse ad esse (latin) is my username. Anyways, just thought I'd comment on this to tell you how great of a job you're doing. The whole episode with the armadillo is hillarious and I can relate as we in South Mississippi have a ton of them. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks! It's nice, and a bit humbling, to know that people are actually reading this. As for the armadillo, I'm not sure if it's a few different rolling kamikazes or if I keep running into the same one but one thing's for sure: it is out for blood.
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