Chapter One - In Which Our Heroine Realizes This May Not Be That Bad

So this is day three of training. The aftermath is not so bad, I'll admit. A little soreness, but nothing horrific. I'll also admit that I did nothing but complain the whole time during each session.

Day one began with some simple strength training. I say simple because I don't really mean simple at all. At least, I didn't make it simple. I decided that since I was going to start off with lower body, I needed to really take it to the limit. I already have a pretty strong core and lower body, so I usually don't do much in regards to weight training for my legs and butt. Well, I did on Monday. And paid for it on Tuesday.

Which was a shame because Tuesday was the day I had to run three miles. At once. Like, in one sitting. At once. Together. You get the picture. I brought Agustina along for the ride, even though she punked out and took it easy on the elliptical while I suffered on the treadmill. Agu finished her half an hour and perched on a window sill to watch me sweat off the last mile and a half of my run. Oh, how I miss the days of 30-minute cardio sessions. Anyway, Agu's first comment? Not "good job!", or "I'm so damn proud of you, Liela!". No. It was, "You smell."

Now don't get me wrong, I was fully aware of how bad I smelled. I had been running at a slow pace (because that's what I was told to do) for about 45 minutes at this point, and still had a mile and a half to go. No one had bothered to turn any of the fans on in her gym, and I had already suffered through a day's worth of 90 degree, Miami summer heat. I smelled so bad, I was offending myself. Plus, my ponytail was bouncing around so much that I kept getting whacked in the eye. And she's telling me how bad I smelled. Thanks.

So that was the first two days? Ok. Today is either cross-training or a two-mile run. I'm wondering if I should just do the run, work on my stamina and endurance a little more.

Oh! I almost forgot. Found out yesterday that Al is coming to visit from NYC the first week of September! One week only, long-distance training partner will be a local training partner. He's going to wish he never came back.