Made of Fail

Week One: Day Two

Not exactly a success.
Started off the night with the 5 minute brisk walk and changed up the route a bit.
Took a right when we should have gone left; "Is that a hill?"
5 minutes turned into 10. *sighs*
I told myself to shrug it off. Forget the time delay and keep on trucking.
I grinned as the pain in my lungs began, the first jog lovingly kicking my ass.
We rounded a corner and my stupid smirk fell... downhill.
Suddenly I could feel my hips jolting with each uncontrolled flat-footed step, and it stank.

We hit a level road again and there was an unusual burn in my lower legs.
I kept pushing and tried to ignore it, focusing on my steadily huffing breaths.
Then there it was, hill number 2.
90 seconds got us up the hill and 40 got us down... shins screaming all the way.

I asked again at the 10 minute mark how far along we were,
(I guess one of my superhuman abilities is being able to pinpoint the exact halfway point in a period of time), I knew at that point I was going to push, but I wasn't going to make it.
My feet refused to pick up the way I wanted them to, brushing the ground with each step.
After nearly tripping a good number of times, we had finally turned in the direction of home and I knew it couldn't be too long now.
And then, as if to be a sign from the heavens, I felt my left shin pull awkwardly, an electric pain racing up to my hip. (There is the moment of epic fail folks)
I simply had to stop. My leg could no longer take what I was doing- and it disagreed with my "Let's just get home" idea.
I croaked at 15 minutes, 75% of the way through day two of the C25K and proceeded to hobble 4 long arduous blocks home.

My plan?
Try again. Don't move on until you get it right.
Anything else?
I believe part of my shin issue has to do with my weight, therefore I will be rearranging my current "diet" (by which of course I mean way of eating) to help drop the pounds and hopefully make my running experience as pleasant and exciting as possible.

Today was a success of knowledge- I'll give it that.
Next time- Day Two again.
Gotta get it right.

-Lisa