W4D2

Tuesday night I completed W4D2 of the program. It wasn't much different from W4D1. The 3 minute runs went well and the 5 minutes were still tough but not quite as much as they were on Sunday night. When doing the 5 minute intervals, at least without any music, they seem to drag on quite a bit. Part of that could be due to me running later than I planned on the last few nights which inevitably leads to nothing going on outside.

My body is beginning to get used to those intervals but the muscles are still developing. As I ran the second 5 minute interval, I began to feel like it had been more than 5 minutes so I did something I've done a good job of not doing lately: look at the timer on my iPhone. Lo and behold, there were 3 minutes left. I'm willing to bet that, had I taken part in an out of body experience at that exact moment, the look on my face would have screamed 'WTF?'

I soldiered on, though, and told my body to quit complaining. One thing I told myself going into this was that I wouldn't be stopping mid-run unless my body quit on me. That may mean I have to slow down a little more than I'm comfortable with, but it's going to take more than a little muscle fatigue to bring me to a halt.

At any rate, I'm making good progress with the program and I should be completing Week 4 on Thursday evening. I'm nearing the halfway point and I'm excited to see how the rest of the program shapes up.