end of week 3

i'm a day behind schedule, so i just finished week 3 last night. I was supposed to do it sunday, but honestly, the rain was just pouring down and i didn't have it in me. anyway, i'm running today and to get myself back on track. i may regret this slightly, since you're supposed to leave a day between runs for recovery...and today, with the start of week 4, the runs increase from 1.5 and 3 minutes to 3 and 5 minutes. we'll see how i feel tonight!

my last week3 run went really well actually. my knees hurt a bit at the beginning, which i hadn't felt before. but at the end i definately felt like i could at least do another round of running, and the last 3 minutes went by quite quickly. and i'm really liking the longer intervals because it makes the 30 minutes go so much more quickly than zillions of short intervals.

christa had a BRILLIANT idea that will be fun for you and much more affordable for me: anyone who wants to run the 8k in july with me will get a tiara to run in!!! you all know how much i LOOOOVE tiaras!! so that will be so great and fun! thanks christa!! i'll do some trial runs as we get closer to see if the tiara should be just in our hair, or if we should maybe pin it to a hat or something. i'm so excited!

making my own playlist continues to be so helpful! i love running to music i love! some people on the c25k message board i frequent are fancy enough to make their own ullry-style podcast with their favorite music but still the verbal cues when to run...i have no clue how to do this! so i'm just going to stick with picking songs that are the right length to match the intervals. it's working so far.

a few questions: do you have particular things that must be in place for the run? for example, i HAVE to make sure to apply chapstick and a fresh piece of chewing gum. that and i have to be intentional about which underwear i have on...matters more than i would have guessed!

oh, and i've temporarily solved the pant-dilemma. it's a bit unique and somewhat embarrassing solution...when i was pregnant i got this "bella band" that is designed to allow you to wear non-maternity clothes longer by keeping your pants unbuttoned or wearing maternity gear earlier by keeping them more snug...does this make sense? it's this stretch fabric tube that you wear around your waistband. anyway, i wore that with my running pants and VIOLA, no sliding down! hopefully as my body becomes more of a "runners body" this will be less of a problem. if not, i'll always have the bella band!

some of you haven't started yet....i just really want to encourage you to get going! it's way easier to start than you're telling yourself! and if you're like me, your brain is making it worse than it really is...just go out, do week1day1 and you'll see! this is the most overused phrase on earth, but honestly, if i can do it, you certainly can!

since i LOVE giving prizes to motivate people, let's do this: if you have yet to start and you DO start this week and complete week 1, i'll take you to coffee!! hooray! just leave a note letting me know...

for the more seasoned runners...are you feeling left out? i don't know what kind of blog candy to offer you, but i'm happy to do it if you'll give me some ideas! are the seasoned runners currently running regularly? maybe you need a good motivation to get BACK out there!