Week two and on we go

I was a bit daunted by the idea that, having achieved my three sessions for the first week, I was expected to run for a bit longer in week two.  I should point out that "a bit longer" means ninety seconds instead of sixty, followed by two minutes of walking, repeated five times.

So the first run of week two and I did notice the small increase.  For some reason the app was refusing me access to Sarah Millican as the voice of my trainer so I chose Jo Whiley instead.  I liked her too.  She probably gives you a little more of her own experience and that is quite motivating.  So I survived the first run of  week two and, in the day's break between runs one and two, my new bra and running trainers arrived.

I cannot tell you that the bra is a thing of beauty but goodness, it works!  I did a bit of research on the internet and bought a bra called Panache, recommended by a women's running magazine.  Have you ever noticed that caravans which trundle along the motorway are often called by quite inappropriate names like "marauder" and "silver flash"?  OK, I might have made those actual names up but you get the idea.  Ian pointed out that the bra was rather like a lingerie version of that phenomenon.  "Panache" is probably the last thing you would associate with it.  But oh my, what a difference it makes!  On run two I wore both the new bra and the new shoes (and other things of course!) and while I appreciated that both made the experience more comfortable it was the new bra that I really noticed.

I also experienced an odd sensation, very fleetingly in the second run of the six, for about half a minute or so, of actually enjoying it.  After that I returned to the more normal sensation of simply doing it and being a bit out of breath, but it was interesting.... Maybe I might end up with more of that feeling and less of the other?  Eventually?

Afterwards I felt good although I admit that beforehand I was not looking forward to it.  It is very grey and misty and cold out there.  But afterwards I was full of a glow of virtue.  And I do like something which makes me go outside.

For the third run of the week I decided to try to run on our drive as my knee was twingeing ever so slightly.  I have had knee problems while hill walking in the past and the grass in our field is here and there pocked with holes where the badgers dig.  I wondered if it would be more comfortable to run on a flatter surface and indeed it was.

So here are some more things I have learnt this week:  book the next run in my diary just after I have finished one.  It is fine to run before breakfast (thank you materfamilias!).  I get out of breath before my legs feel tired.  No idea what that means!

Looks like next week ups the ante to some three minute runs.  Can I do that?  We will see.