Um yeah... not as cool this time

Can I just start off by saying how unfair it is that my body doesn't feel the true effects of any workout I do until at least 24 hours. Which is fine and dandy but if you workout every other day, there is no time to recover. Wednesday morning my legs were... well... sore. You know most days you just take for granted that your legs and other limbs are just connected to your body. You know they are there but you don't' really feel them. Yeah... i was very conscious of my legs all day Wednesday. They were screaming.... don't worry danielle... we won't let you forget the torture you put us through last night. You tortured us last tonight.... today we torture you. So, in thinking my legs were sore on Wednesday they would of started to recover and I wouldn't feel as bad Thursday... yeah right. But even with sore legs I was still looking forward to last night so I could try out my new run.

I told the hubby that it was the 5 minute warm-up that really killed my legs and he agreed.. well he actually suggested and I agreed that he would do the first half of the workout with his vest on so he could stay more down near my pace and then we would swing back near the house so he could drop off his vest and he could really push himself. We didn't do the full workout, it was just a regular cardio day for him so we stayed in our very flat, straight, and NO hills neighborhood. We did our warm-up and my slow-jog and then it was time to put my new found stride to the test. But this time... it wasn't as easy going. The first minute was alright but didn't feel as good. We went down to our fast-walk recovery and then we did the second minute burst. This section I could just feel myself running sloppy. I was very heavy, leading with the top part of my body, and could feel i was just just hitting the ground hard... just very sloppy. So I took a little bit more time to recover but when i started in on my third minute burst, my shins were beyond even a slow jog and I ended up walking the rest of our workout, minus the short sprint burst the hubby made me do at the end. But even after what I consider a bad run, I'm still optimistic and ready to get out there and try it again. I know this run was just bad... bad in form, my body wasn't' recovering so I'm optimistic knowing it wasn't my capabilities but attributes I could work on and improve. Its just not simply i can't do it, its I need to work on aspects that will make it easier.