On Monday afternoon I went for a run, after getting some pointers from Eric during the group chat (which was great!). I was focused, my mind working probably harder than my legs and feet on run form, visualizing and feeling (trying to at least) based on Eric's guidelines (hopefully I was doing something right). It felt amazing. But than I thought, it was too good to be true. So this afternoon I went for another 'run form' run. Though it was hot and humid, I felt good! again! I run 2 miles…See More

I got home from my first real training run, and say what? My left forearm was burning as though I had just done 10 000 wall climbs (slight exaggeration). But seriously... Why does it burn? I was running the slowest I had ever ran in my life to try and stay in HRZ 2, so what was the deal here?My guess is that maybe my fingers weren't as loose as they should have been. I was probably holding them wide open, and using those tendons in my forearms to do so.  Interesting...This odd occurence is…See More