Junk in the Trunk

One of the (only) negatives about being able to run in the beautiful downtown Ottawa core is all the mirrored (or very clean) windows you need to run by. This is why for the first 8 months of my running, I was "lucky" that I ran in my home neighbourhood, where the only mirrors you see are the ones you choose to look into in the sanctity safety of your own home.

Today, as I was running my week 1, day3 run, I kept getting these horrifying sideways glimpses of myself in the buildings as I ran by... J-Lo has got NOTHING on me!

But there is a silver lining to this apparition... I can't pretend it isn't there now. I will see it (at least) 3 times a week while running on my lunch hours. And believe me when I say my running pants do not leave much room for forgiveness. AND, I suspect this will keep me away from those oh so yummy bad for me chips that always seem to call my name in the evenings.

I finished off week 1 of my "c25k repeat" on a good note today. I ran strong again and much faster than usual since... well, I CAN when only running for 1 minute at a time ;-)

Wednesday, I start week 2 which increases me up to 90 second jogging intervals and 2 minute walks and I am anxious and somewhat excited to see whether I can maintain that found extra "oomph" I seem to have found this time around.