Everything hurts - in a good way (mostly)

Everything hurts! But there’s good news as well!
I’ve just googled how many muscles a human body has and turns out there are around 640 – 850 (depending on who you ask). The number of pains I feel today comes pretty close to that number. My face is alright, but pretty much every other part of my body is sore and aching. The Reason: Well, I’m not really sure why it is so much worse today. I have increased the weights at the gym and have also added some new routines which certainly is one cause. I’ve also increased the time I’m running (compared to the time I’m walking) during my runs. But still, I didn’t even feel this bad when I first started working out. Hm,… anyway, there are two good news. Firstly, today is rest day! That means no gym and no running. The most exercise I got today was when I walked up the hill to get some coffee in the afternoon. Since I’m doing some work out on 6 days a week, this one day off is always really good, but also sort of weird. It’s like my body is getting used to all the activity and it feels like something is missing when I don’t do anything for a day. However, given the sore and aching muscles today, rest day just sounds like heaven (-: Hopefully my body will recover today and then I’m fit for my run tomorrow.
The other good news; every time I move something hurts and I’m reminded of how good I’m doing and how hard I’ve been working. You might think it’s weird but it actually makes sense. I only feel the pain because I’m using muscles that I haven’t used in a while and it makes me feel good to know that I’m doing something. Every pain gets me a little closer to my goal. I do admit this morning when I woke up (and for a few seconds thought I couldn’t move anymore) I didn’t feel this way. But now (after I realized that I actually can still move – huge relief!!!!) I’ve decided to focus on the positive!
Besides, the experts at the gym told me that I will be feeling sore for a day or two but after that I should feel a lot better. Let’s hope they’re right.
Tomorrow is long run day. Well, technically you probably can’t call 5km long but you got to start somewhere and eventually I will run 90-120minutes on Saturdays (at least that’s the plan) and that is definitely long. So at the moment it’s two short ones of 4km per week and then a longer one on Saturdays. Starting with 5km this week and then slowly increasing every week.