Day 17

Had a good day. Felt very good walking hard, not much stiffness. Took the ibuprofen and chondroitin at night -- I had some coughing and throat roughness in the middle of the night, I'm going to do the chondroitin in the mornings from now on, see how that goes.

Felt a little bit bad running the first downhill, but ran the second third and fourth with no drama. Did the first have in 16:01 (rats!)

Whole thing was 2.5 miles in 33:50. avg speed 4.5. Not bad at all. Pretty stiff here at work, even taking ibuprofen before coming out there. A few minutes of stiffness and pain after sitting down any time at all.

Feel good about a least going out the first 4 days this week.

Day 16

Much much better than yesterday. Taking ibuprofen and chondroitin before bed, perhaps coincidentally, left me with almost no pain in the morning. Went 2.5 miles in 35:34, avg speed 4.4mph. Not great, but not bad. Ended up feeling pretty good, not too winded, not in any kind of distress going up the final hill. So much better than yesterday it was like night and day.

Days 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Well, foo.

Over the weekend we had company, and I couldn't really get out for a run. On Sunday I went for a slow 2.5 mile hike with Thomas, Elizabeth, and Tiffany in Santa Cruz, and that was great.

On Monday, I went 2.5 miles in under 32 minutes, and felt absolutely fabulous. I had wondered if a long hike in sandals the day before would hurt my shins (as I felt the previous Sunday) but there was none of that. Felt strong, and not winded.

Today, though, I just couldn't walk well. Usually the pain in my joints goes away after a few minutes, but today I really couldn't walk symmetrically even after a half-mile, so I came home.

I will have to do some biking, I think, to develop endurance without putting such a strain on my joints. Or treadmill walking.

damn.

Days 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

OK, so I've been a little lax in the updating of the blog.

I was feeling pretty sore after Friday, and Galloway recommends taking Saturday off, so I did. We went for a very slow two mile hike at Ellwood Bluffs in Santa Barbara.

Sunday I really wanted to go hard, but again I was very sore. I couldn't run at all, so I walked pretty fast -- went to the end of Angelo and back in 37 minutes, about 4 mph average

Monday I went just 1.8 miles, hurt so bad I could barely set the brake in the Prius.

So, Tuesday and Wednesday I took off.

Thursday, though, I went the full 2.5 miles in a very fast 32:36 without running up the hill at the end at all. That's an average speed of 4.6. I made it through the first half in about 15:45, avg 4.7. So far, there is more stiffness and pain than "normal", but it's not bad at all. I hope I feel good in the morning.

About 295 lbs today.