It's been awhile now, my conditioning program for marathon training (that sounds so... beginner) has come to day eight. My progress?

1st Day - 20 minutes jog/run (55 seconds jog, 5 seconds run)
2nd Day - 18 minutes jog/run (55 seconds jog, 5 seconds run)
3rd Day - 22 minutes jog/run (55 seconds jog, 5 seconds run)
4th Day - 15 minutes jog/run (you get the idea)
5th Day - Rest
6th Day - Approx, 1 mile jog/run (it's 3 rounds around the flat area, I don't know how far is that)
7th Day - Rest
8th Day - 15 minutes jog/run

Ah, it feels good to wake up so early in the morning around 5.50 am to 6.00 am, drink water like someone who's surviving a desert, stretch my muscles to the max and start jogging. I really like the stretching part, the best one would be the one when I'll be sitting down stretch both my legs and hands forward while trying to touch my feet, then get my head as close as I can to my knee. I think it's the hardest and most satisfying stretch among all the stretches.

My first day of doing that stretch was as expected, I could touch my feet, well the soles of my feet, so I tried getting my head (face specifically) to touch my knee. The feeling of my legs' muscle being pulled had that tinge of pain and another feeling I can't find the words for it. Ah yes, it's like being high on sugar but my back's muscle was straining a bit so I didn't really get to touch my knee except for a second or two. As I progress through the days, I became more and more flexible and the weird thing is that my muscles are much (very) flexible after a jog, I thought it should be the other way round. Funny.

During these eight days, I observed that the elderly Chinese are really active people despite their frail looks. No matter how early I got to the place where I jog (earliest was 5.30 am), these old people would be there jogging or practicing tai chi while I was only getting ready to do stretchings. I must say I have deep respect for them for being so disciplined and so active at that age, they're like in their 60's or 70's!!! Unlike them, I'm lacking discipline (as usual) because I'm waking up later by the day (I keep telling myself that it's still early at 5 a.m when I should be getting ready to run and end up running at 6.20 a.m), I have to force myself to get up and all. Ahh, I'm just afraid that I'll slack off when college starts, that would be a very bad thing and I need to get up earlier during college so I can be in time for classes.

Oh well, I need to psyche myself more and instill discipline (for a super lazy guy like me, it's kinda hard to do so). Go Nico, go!!!