Well, I didn't get my new cross trainers until this morning, so I made a ride out of the whole deal, and extended it past just a ride to the store and back. I covered about 15 km, and I did it at my normal, comfortable pace, because my legs needed a break after yesterday's gruelling intervals. Starting to get more air through the lungs now, I think... I found my normal pace just that SLIGHT bit easier, and noticed I was breathing a little deeper than usual during my ride.
New crosstrainers are actually one of those weird happenings of life... I was at SportChek looking at some of the higher end, name brand stuff, but none of them really fit my wide, arched feet at all well... so I scooted on down to WalMart, of all places, tried on a pair of cross trainers there that were $30 vs the $70 of the ones at SportChek, and blissful day, they fit like a second skin on my feet. I'm not trying to cheap out on good shoes, but when you find a pair that fit that well, you don't even question if it's a good buy. They are extremely comfortable, and handle me jogging (I took a quick bounce around the block when I got home) very well, so I'm happy with them.
So... tomorrow morning, probably around 9 am, my first 4 km jog/walk begins. I plan on the first KM to be slowly building up speed while walking, then I'm going to try to keep a steady jog for at least 2 km and then come down off it slowly, so I get a nice bell curve for my cardio. I'm not going to push it, however. Tomorrow is just learning about comfort, getting my body used to steady fast movement and getting my lungs and cardio ready for when I actually start into marathon training.
That's it for today, just sipping on a half glass of recovery drink today, didn't push hard at all so I don't think I need the full meal deal. Still, I love that almost ALL the powders for mixing come with a french vanilla flavor... nummy ^_^
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