I went for a run...

So I finally plucked up the courage to go for my first run since my early pregnancy. I put in some headphones, laced up my old Brooks runners, left the dog behind and went for a run along Skeleton Creek. I walked for 800m to warm up and clear my head and then set off at a slow plod, somewhere between 6:30-7:00 min kms. My goal was to nail a single solid kilometre non-stop. When I got to the km mark, I was feeling pretty good so I thought I'd stretch it out to 2km, but even then I felt OK so continued on for a third km but by this time I was plodding along at about 8:30 min kms. But that's OK. I was happy with that.

I thought my lungs would have been the first casualty on the run but instead it was my legs. Oh my, they felt really heavy the whole way. And even better news is, no, er, leakage! Always a fear a woman holds after childbirth...

Two days later, it was REALLY hot so instead of running in the hot sun, I went to the gym and tried the treadmill. What a disaster! I couldn't even run 500m on the bloody thing :(  That shattered my confidence. Then I got a chest cold and was coughing up phlegm (gross!) so I didn't run again :(

Now I feel like my confidence is shattered and that's holding me back. I think I'll try the C2K program and jump in around week 4 or 5 to help regain my confidence. I can manage that - three times this coming week. Stay tuned!