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Apparently officially a runner!
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angrboda"Have some water now to help your body recover," says Evil Laura.
"Well, Evil Laura," says I, "make that a big glass of rhubarb cordial with a straw, because I deserve a Fun Drink after this."
Evil Laura says I am now officially a runner, because I am capable of running for 25 minutes without stopping. Slow running, but still running. For the last 60 seconds she suggested picking the pace up a bit if I felt comfortable with it in order to finish on a high, so I did! Actually, I had already started doing that when she said there were five minutes left, but then my thoughts started wandering, and apparently that makes me slow down, because I suddenly found myself at a snail's pace.
25 minutes. It was difficult. Of course it was difficult. It's supposed to be difficult. But it wasn't Difficult so I'm quite pleased with this.
If I recall correctly, week 7 is 3x25 minutes, week 8 is 3x28 minutes and the last week is 3x30 minutes, so the rest of the program should be a piece of cake. Hey, the way it was going today, I could have done 30 minutes today, I honestly could. This is not me being over-confident, because I know it went well today because all the conditions were right for it going well. I could have done the full 30 minutes today. Doesn't mean I can do even the 25 on Friday.
Weather today was great, but I've been looking at the forecast for the next week and there are no two ways about it. I have absolutely no interest in gyms and treadmills. Therefore I'm simply going to have to get over the hurdle of 'rain'. I don't like running in the rain, but that's just something I'll have to learn. There is no alternative for me (apart from doing laps round the dining table which Husband says probably wouldn't really work anyway). Means I'll have to get some different running trousers though. Currently I'm using some very comfortable cotton yoga trousers. But they're white, and when they get wet, they become see-through...
Finally the statistics bit on the site where I log all my runs now say that my running shoes have done a total of 111 kilometers. That sounds like rather a lot!
(crossposted from my own journal. Apologies if this post turns up twice. Not sure what happened at my end. Something weird...)
"Well, Evil Laura," says I, "make that a big glass of rhubarb cordial with a straw, because I deserve a Fun Drink after this."
Evil Laura says I am now officially a runner, because I am capable of running for 25 minutes without stopping. Slow running, but still running. For the last 60 seconds she suggested picking the pace up a bit if I felt comfortable with it in order to finish on a high, so I did! Actually, I had already started doing that when she said there were five minutes left, but then my thoughts started wandering, and apparently that makes me slow down, because I suddenly found myself at a snail's pace.
25 minutes. It was difficult. Of course it was difficult. It's supposed to be difficult. But it wasn't Difficult so I'm quite pleased with this.
If I recall correctly, week 7 is 3x25 minutes, week 8 is 3x28 minutes and the last week is 3x30 minutes, so the rest of the program should be a piece of cake. Hey, the way it was going today, I could have done 30 minutes today, I honestly could. This is not me being over-confident, because I know it went well today because all the conditions were right for it going well. I could have done the full 30 minutes today. Doesn't mean I can do even the 25 on Friday.
Weather today was great, but I've been looking at the forecast for the next week and there are no two ways about it. I have absolutely no interest in gyms and treadmills. Therefore I'm simply going to have to get over the hurdle of 'rain'. I don't like running in the rain, but that's just something I'll have to learn. There is no alternative for me (apart from doing laps round the dining table which Husband says probably wouldn't really work anyway). Means I'll have to get some different running trousers though. Currently I'm using some very comfortable cotton yoga trousers. But they're white, and when they get wet, they become see-through...
Finally the statistics bit on the site where I log all my runs now say that my running shoes have done a total of 111 kilometers. That sounds like rather a lot!
(crossposted from my own journal. Apologies if this post turns up twice. Not sure what happened at my end. Something weird...)
