Running Program - Week 2

Yeah, it's only been two weeks since I started this 6 runs per week program, but I figure I would go ahead and give an update. First of all, I've been having a really hard time keeping my pace down. It's probably more the competitive side of me wanting to go, go go. At the same time, according to where I found this program, the medium and long runs should be done at a pace that would allow you to comfortably talk with other people (i.e. not breathing so hard that you can't even get a long sentence out in one breath). I guess running at a faster pace is okay since my breathing hasn't been a problem at all, neither have my recovery times between medium and long runs. I feel great after week 2!

Second, and this one is really odd, my sore right hip has actually improved! About a month ago, after I recovered from some infections that took me out for a good 2.5 to 3 weeks, when I started running again my right hip began bothering me quite a bit. When it first showed up it would hurt to even walk afterwards. Anyway, I decided to go ahead and give this program a shot even though it was still bothering me just a little bit. During week 1 I would have some moments where I thought that it might be best to take a few days off from running to let it heal up. However, it would never hurt while running so I just continued to run each day. A couple days into week 2 I noticed that the discomfort in my hip was going down with every run. So, even with running almost every day over the last two weeks, any pain in my hip has almost completely disappeared.

I'll be kicking up the time by 10% for week 3 since everything feels great after week 2. Here are my results, so far. Sorry, haven't figured out how to make it bigger.