Well today I planned a steady 40mins of solid running. No pressure just run.
After yesterday's run I decided to walk to the end of the road (4-5mins) cross then stretch before running. I watched my HR to keep the pace down.
My legs were still tense after yesterdays beating so I made a point of being very steady and stopping at traffic lights and stretching whilst waiting for the lights to change (instead of my usual leg it between cars!). Due to crossing 2 large roundabouts this gave 2 stops of about 2mins in the 1st 2 miles!
For some reason I couldn't get my shoes comfy today so I stopped and fiddled with them a couple of times too. Things just weren't right but I got there in the end.
Due to stops the milage was low - just 2.9m in the 40mins but I think I can remove about 5mins for stops! HR was lower with a Max of 176 which is very low for me an average of 167 which is just 75%. So a nice steady run.
I learnt that legs are important to a runner and will be making more effort to stretch them from now on and not just when running.
On a lighter note:
I was troting along (about 12.30mm) when I hear yoofs behind me ... 2 on bikes and one pretending to run in front of them like someone being trained. Problem is he ran out of steam 20meters past me! hehe!
After yesterday's run I decided to walk to the end of the road (4-5mins) cross then stretch before running. I watched my HR to keep the pace down.
My legs were still tense after yesterdays beating so I made a point of being very steady and stopping at traffic lights and stretching whilst waiting for the lights to change (instead of my usual leg it between cars!). Due to crossing 2 large roundabouts this gave 2 stops of about 2mins in the 1st 2 miles!
For some reason I couldn't get my shoes comfy today so I stopped and fiddled with them a couple of times too. Things just weren't right but I got there in the end.
Due to stops the milage was low - just 2.9m in the 40mins but I think I can remove about 5mins for stops! HR was lower with a Max of 176 which is very low for me an average of 167 which is just 75%. So a nice steady run.
I learnt that legs are important to a runner and will be making more effort to stretch them from now on and not just when running.
On a lighter note:
I was troting along (about 12.30mm) when I hear yoofs behind me ... 2 on bikes and one pretending to run in front of them like someone being trained. Problem is he ran out of steam 20meters past me! hehe!
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