Day Two - That's more like it!

Day two started the way I intended day one to start.  Got up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head...
...sorry.  Got carried away.  Well, it is a day in the life of me.

Any road up, what I meant to say was that the second day of my schedule went according to plan.  I was a wee bit sore in various parts of my upper body but it's that sort of good soreness that tells you you've been using some muscles you haven't been using for a while.  A sort of smug pain and somehow that makes it feel quite pleasant really.

I was a little worried that my calves would play up again and my hamstring was a bit taut so I got my wife to give my legs a bit of a rub down with some oil and bunged on some tubey-grip around my right calf to help the circulation (I'll stand corrected but I believe that's why Paula Radcliff wears the long socks and if it's good enought for Paula...).  This seemed to do the trick as, although it didn't go away completely, it only happened towards the end of the run.

Once again we encountered a bit of stopping and starting because of the traffic and we stopped again at the halfway point to stretch but we managed a similar time to the previous day - 5.96 miles in 54 min's 50 sec's.  In general, we're out for about 1 hour 3 min's but the actual running time is what I've detailed.

We stop the run just under half a mile from the house and walk from there.  This acts as a warm-down and then we stretch a bit when we get home.  I have to admit that I'm quite used to having a hot shower and then switching it to cold on my legs.  It's the second session ablutions that do me in!

At about 5 pm I headed for the garage to do the strength, core and stability session.

As before, 5 min's warm-up on the cross trainer was followed by some dynamic stretching and then I got down to the nitty-gritty.  Bryan was right, the 'toe touch' sit-ups are a killer.  Especially when you do 5 more rep's per set than you're supposed to.  That'll teach me to make sure I know what I'm doing before diving in!

The rest of the session went well.  Hard work but satisfying.  I think I may need to add some weights into the equation when I do the squats as I'm finding these quite easy.  What say you Boss?

I'm to do these sessions 3 to 4 times a week, so I've decided to do Monday, Teusday, Thursday and Friday this week.  Day 3, so to speak, will therefore be a rest day.

Thanks for the encouragement, Bryan.  I'd also like to hear what other people think if they're reading this.

TTFN