Week L day 1

[liv]

Failed attempt at running around the Shelfords at the weekend. I am noticeably less able to breathe in Cambridge in April than in the Midlands. I kept going for just under 18 minutes, then walked the rest. I am now fit enough that I can run through the beginnings of asthma (not a full-blown asthma attack, just some chest tightness), but it's pretty uncomfortable. There was also a willpower problem, because running an unfamiliar route I didn't have a feel for how much further I still had to go. 2.1 km, which is as fast as I ever run for 30 minutes; it's possible I was going just that bit too fast to keep it up.

Tried again today, back on my usual track along the Lyme valley. I kept going for 30 minutes without too much trouble. Runkeeper wasn't getting a GPS signal so I don't have a distance, I would guess it was fairly close to my standard 3.5 km though.

Comments

[rmc28]

Good for you for trying!

I'm sorry I've not been part of this community much recently, but your continued posts have helped me stay connected to thinking of myself as "someone who runs".

[liv]

No need to apologise! If it's not working out for you to run at the moment that's perfectly understandable, and I do appreciate this comment. I am also glad to know that my stubbornly continuing to update the community even if it's gone fairly quiet is helpful rather than annoying.