I Don't LIke Suprises!

I don't normally post twice in a day, but I just had to get this out....I'm a flake, that's all there is to it! I repeated Week 2 of C25K last week on vacation, albeit with a couple of 'tweaks' to keep it challenging etc. So today I get home from work all ready and pumped up for Week 3, which I thought was going to be a total of six, 3 minute intervals? Turns out....Week three is only TWO 3 minute runs, with shorter walks in between - EXACTLY WHAT I DID LAST WEEK ON VACATION!

That in itself is pretty cool - because I figured, Sweet, I can move on now. My bubble quickly burst though as I read the Week 4 workout:
* Run THREE minutes
* Walk 90 Seconds
*Run FIVE minutes
* Walk 2.5 minutes
* Run three minutes
* Walk 90 Seconds
* Run five minutes

Are you kidding me? Here I was gettin all mentally 'up' for all these 3 minute intervals I thought I had to do, and turns out I got all psyched out for no reason, but now I had to do all of the above, with about 5 minutes to get my head in the game...crazy. I don't like surprises!

The good news is...I did it! Every second, every minute. It was hard as heck there at the end, but I talked myself through it, focused on relaxing, my form etc.

I feel closer to a 'real' runner now that I can swing more than a 90 second jog too!

Then I did the dreaded ab work - I had planned on 15 minutes. Ahem, not so much? Here is what I did:

two sets of 12 basic upper ab crunches
1 set of 10 oblique crunches to the right and to the left (at this point my abs started with the spasms ouch, even hubby asked me if I was 'ok')
2 sets of 10 lower ab crunches (using legs out and up, out and up)

Definitely need to work up some strength there!

Off to eat and early to bed - I am pooped but feel great!