Yeah, so Day 3 is done. What I'm thinking is that days 7-14 are going to be the toughest. Then my body will begin to adapt and recover from the first 10 days worth of workouts and begin to make changes. Those changes will allow me to run faster and at a lower heart rate. In order to stress my body, I will need to up the ante on the workouts by adding more hills, more speed etc.
Another thing I was thinking, 3 miles a day isnt that big of a deal. 21 miles a week? 80 miles a month? Ive done marathons before, where I did 50 miles in one week, but one of the aspects that makes this a challenge is that I'm giving myself no recovery days, and I havent done much running in the last few months.
The goal is that, at the end of this month, I will be at a place where my base is decent, and I can comfortably add long runs into the week (6-10 miles) as well as speed work (10x800's)
Today, it was windy and grey, and I went a new route that led me down and along the Willamette river. There was some hillage, which the picture above shows in green.
