Jake is here! Looking at the page!
Act natural.
Today is day six. Which, for some strange mathematically inept reason, concludes week ONE!!!111oneone
Thus far, the entire workout isn't horrible. Two-thirds of it is, but not the entire thing. Complaining once again about my knees today, I realized that mine and Jake's path pretty much consists of concrete and asphalt. Woohoo hard surfaces!
I've always heard it's better to run on more gravel-like or sand like surfaces because it trains your muscles better AND keeps you from having mismatched knees that sag down to your cankles. After using my trusty Google today, though, I found out from a lovely article that we ought to be running across all-terrains. Like a car. A gassy car.
The article made sense. Basically, picture every step you take on a surface like someone poking you in a specific place on your body. Any body-part. I don't care what you imagine.
Anyway, if this person were to continue to poke you in the same place you'd probably develop a red ouchie, wouldn't you? :(
But if the person were to switch it up and poke you in different places, you'd have enough time to slap the crap out of th--- I mean---- you probably wouldn't bruise since your body is taking in the pressure with different points.
The same goes for terrain. We're supposed to try to switch it up from sand, to rock, to pavement, to grass, flower beds, swimming pools, sand castles, etc. Read more here.
Although I don't see much more than asphalt and sand in my lovely desert home, switchin' it up is what I shall try. It'll be a lot easier when I move the the beach. They have grass there, too. The green color scares me a bit.
Tomorrow is day seven and the beginning of WEEK TWO!
...Which means actual running.
... Shhhhiiiiiishkababob.
Gotta Run (oh no!),
Brooke
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