Week 3 Session 1
Seems like a bit of a step up this week. So far I've managed pretty well to follow the previous programs, however this is session was by far the toughest.
5 min brisk walk warmup, jog 90s, walk 90s, jog 3 mins, walk 3 mins, then repeat.
I decided to run alittle earlier than usual and started about 17:30, weather was a bit warmer than last few days and not much breeze.
Halfway through the first 3 min jog I knew I was going to struggle. Cannot quite figure out how I started off running 1 mile in about 9:30 without stopping, but now after 3 weeks regular jogs and losing 1/2 a stone I seemed to be hurting more! Please tell me this isnt unusual, I need to think I'm benefitting from all this effort.
In a nutshell, I managed to get through to the last 3 min stint with eyes stinging from the sweat driping into my eyes and blurred vision from it bouncing off on to my sunglasses. I can see my car for the last couple of hundred meters and I know somewhere in the boot is a large bottle of delightful cold water. Tonight it's half for drinking, and half to use as an impromptu shower to cool me down!
5 min brisk walk warmup, jog 90s, walk 90s, jog 3 mins, walk 3 mins, then repeat.
I decided to run alittle earlier than usual and started about 17:30, weather was a bit warmer than last few days and not much breeze.
Halfway through the first 3 min jog I knew I was going to struggle. Cannot quite figure out how I started off running 1 mile in about 9:30 without stopping, but now after 3 weeks regular jogs and losing 1/2 a stone I seemed to be hurting more! Please tell me this isnt unusual, I need to think I'm benefitting from all this effort.
In a nutshell, I managed to get through to the last 3 min stint with eyes stinging from the sweat driping into my eyes and blurred vision from it bouncing off on to my sunglasses. I can see my car for the last couple of hundred meters and I know somewhere in the boot is a large bottle of delightful cold water. Tonight it's half for drinking, and half to use as an impromptu shower to cool me down!
posted by Gary at 9:00 pm
2 Comments:
Tremendous run, Gary! If you are hurting, then you need to stop and figure that out. Is it a cramp? Are you stressing a body part? We don't want you to end up injured.
When you start a run, and its hotter outside then normal, you need to slow down a bit. The heat is going to make your body work harder. Just an FYI.
Its a strange one. Struggling could be a state of mind thinking "this is a lot tougher than before" so therefore it hurts more. It wasnt really physical pain, just required a far greater effort and raised the sweat levels considerably.
I run with a HRM and i was still well within exceptable limits (although a bit above the 55-65% fat burn level than i wanted to be)
However, Once i had cooled down and even the next day i didnt have any real muscle or other aches so i'm reasonably happy.
Have you tried your fast 2 miler yet.
Gary.
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