Day 23 - Back to 2 mile

No run yesterday.
I was teaching at church in the evening and had not time to run. I am making Wednesday my rest day as I am teaching in the evenings.

I was glad to have a rest as my legs were quite sore and stiff after the 5km run on Tuesday. I think I took on too much.

Good:
1) I ran my target distance.(5km)( edit. Not quite...it was 3 miles but only 4.8km)
2) I felt good

Bad:
1) Don't think my body was ready to increase the distance to 5km. Should have stuck to running a few more 3km as I originally planned.
2) I am needing recovery time. I feel dehydrated and after yesterday's teaching was feeling pretty tired.
3) Got to look at this as a slow, long term thing and not a get-fit-quick program!

Weigh in yesterday was 83.7km.
We had a family round for supper after church, so that meant I ate more than I normally would have done, but still the weight loss (or lack of it) is slightly discouraging. I have lost 100g since starting. That is terrible!!
The strange thing is I think I have lost weight on my my stomach and my face, and I feel a lot better.

I must write 100 times...."This is a long term, slow run to fitness and weight loss"
God willing, Summer 2009 is my target to be 77kg and below.

Tonight I had 2 meetings arranged, so I thought I would not get a run in...but one meeting was cancelled so I was able to get out for a run after getting my son from school.

5pm was the earliest I have run and it was a beautiful night, and very warm in the 70's...so it was the hottest night so far for a run.

To be honest I decided 3km was the maximum for this run, and my legs felt far better than at any other time...however it just felt a struggle the whole way round.
When I got back, I had to climb the 4 flights of stairs to our apartment...and no-one opened the door. That was a terrible feeling. When you get home , you just want to get in and get relaxed and warm down....I started to feel worse. When my wife eventually opened the door, I was not feeling too good. Not sick, just a little empty stomached and weak. I saw a packet of crisps and ate them, feeling better almost immediately.
No doubt putting on more calories in one minute than I lost in the whole run. :-(

Still, I ran, and I believe it is doing me good.

Time was slower than last time, but still under 10 minutes a mile.
19 minutes 38 seconds.

Think I need to keep at 3km for at least another week.