Yay, I’m at the end of Week 3! Per my training plan, I did 17km today and felt really great throughout the run. I did it at a slow, steady, conversational pace.

At the end, I ran to Ikea to join my family for breakfast. I had planned ahead and packed a change of clothes – kudos to me for being so prepared! After last week’s pancake run, I learned that changing into dry clothes after a run is the 2nd best thing in the world (the best thing is showering)!

As I was eating the Ikea breakfast, I started to feel some pain just under my belly button. I discreetly took a look and saw that there was a patch of chafed skin about the size of a quarter! 😣 This is the first time I’ve chafed in this area. I think it’s because my fuel belt was too loose at the beginning of my run today. I adjusted it mid-run but I guess the damage had already been done.

Note to self: Next time, make sure my fuel belt is on properly!

When I got home, showering was painful and the chafing has been bothering me all day. Ouch. 😵

While we are on the topic of pain, my right middle toe is another body part that started hurting. For some reason, after my Thursday night run when I wore my winter trail shoes, my right middle toe nail started hurting. This never happened during the winter months so I really have no explanation. The good news is I wore my regular New Balance 860 shoes with a wide toe box today and I wasn’t able to feel the pain by the end of the run.

My motto: what doesn’t get worse is getting better.

On a positive note, I ended March with 215km. This is the first time I’ve run over 200km in a month! 😎

Nutrition log:

• Pre-run: Toasted bagel with cream cheese and jam, 45-min before
• Mid-run: Sesame snaps ☓ 3, water
• Post-run: Ikea breakfast (Spinach and goat cheese egg white omelette, 2 sausages, 1 English muffin, fruit)
• Post-post-run: I was still quite hungry after the Ikea breakfast so when I got home, I had a glass of Milo with milk and a granola bar.