Week 6 Session 1
Its been a bit difficult deciding what's best to do next? Follow the session regime although I never completed the last run or re-do the same week again.
Decided on a compromise and have another go at the 2 miles/20 mins and make a decision after that. Starting from my usual spot ( and taking advice from a running friend) I just did a few stretches rather than the 5 min warmup walk. (I'm willing to try anything once) To shake things up a bit I planned to run a straight mile then turn around and come back the opposite way therefore guaranteeing 2 miles if I made it.
I was lucky with the weather, no wind and not to warm so things were a bit more in my favour.
My pace as always was slow but the first 3/4 mile felt pretty good. Got to the mile at about 11.30 and turned back. More or less straight away my right calf muscle started to tightened up considerably and it made running extremely uncomfortable. Continued anyway and got to 16.20 before I had to walk and stretch it out a bit. (I must admit to being fairly knackered as well) After a couple of minutes I felt happy enough to start jogging again and basically ran the rest of the way to the 2 miles finishing in 23.20.
Looking back, in 2 sessions I've doubled the amount of time I have run which I'm extremely happy about, but I've decided to repeat last weeks sessions this week to hopefully hit the 20 mins/2 miles before I move on.
Decided on a compromise and have another go at the 2 miles/20 mins and make a decision after that. Starting from my usual spot ( and taking advice from a running friend) I just did a few stretches rather than the 5 min warmup walk. (I'm willing to try anything once) To shake things up a bit I planned to run a straight mile then turn around and come back the opposite way therefore guaranteeing 2 miles if I made it.
I was lucky with the weather, no wind and not to warm so things were a bit more in my favour.
My pace as always was slow but the first 3/4 mile felt pretty good. Got to the mile at about 11.30 and turned back. More or less straight away my right calf muscle started to tightened up considerably and it made running extremely uncomfortable. Continued anyway and got to 16.20 before I had to walk and stretch it out a bit. (I must admit to being fairly knackered as well) After a couple of minutes I felt happy enough to start jogging again and basically ran the rest of the way to the 2 miles finishing in 23.20.
Looking back, in 2 sessions I've doubled the amount of time I have run which I'm extremely happy about, but I've decided to repeat last weeks sessions this week to hopefully hit the 20 mins/2 miles before I move on.
posted by Gary at 11:06 am
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