Week 5, Day 1

Week 5 is labeled as "Recovery Week". This separates the first four weeks from the last four weeks. I knew this was the case, so I thought it would be a good time to get a run or two in while continuing with insanity. At lunchtime I took off from work and ran the waterfront loop in downtown PDX. It was 3.17 miles. I haven't run since early June, so I wasn't really sure what to expect. Well, the first 1.5 miles were actually pretty nice. The last 1.7 miles were pure torture. I finished in 37 minutes, which put me at 11:40 minutes per mile. Pretty slow, but not too bad for not having run for over 4 months. When I got home from work, Karen and I got busy with Insanity so we could watch the Giants edge the Braves to win the NLDS. So much for "recovery week"!! Lot's of new exercises and I wouldn't call them recovery! Fast forward to the next morning, I can barely walk, and certainly can't walk without pain! A good kind of pain though! Tomorrow I will weigh and measure to finish off my first 30 days. After today we will be halfway done!