Back on the treadmill
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c25kLast week I only had one day when time available to run coincided with reasonable weather (and even then my lungs were struggling because it was too cold). Admittedly that was an exceptionally intense week involving dashing off to Sweden, but it's definitely time to admit that I need to be running indoors for most of the rest of the year.
So today I joined the gym on campus, which was relatively painless; in lieu of complicated induction procedures they just ask you to sign a waiver indicating that you're aware that exercise carries risks and promising to be sensible. The gym is reasonably pleasant; it has a somewhat random selection of exercise equipment but I don't have strong views about exactly how my treadmill is set up. And it's 5 minutes walk from my front door, which helps a lot. At least on this occasion I didn't meet any of the students I actually teach; I'm sure I will but the fact that there's a separate changing room for staff makes me feel a lot less self-conscious about this.
And I made myself run 5K on the treadmill, even though I didn't want to. I set it for an easy-ish speed of 7kph and honestly the main obstacle to completing was psychological. I made myself keep going for the full 42½ minutes, though.
I also paid for the rest of Season 2 of Zombies, run! which had deleted itself when the app upgraded. I decided paying £5 for content I'd already bought once was less hassle than trying to argue to get a refund. I found it really difficult to hear the story, though. I think maybe I need to invest in better headphones. It seems that the recent version of Zombies doesn't have the option to set hour-long instead of 30 minute workouts, or at least I couldn't find that setting.
So today I joined the gym on campus, which was relatively painless; in lieu of complicated induction procedures they just ask you to sign a waiver indicating that you're aware that exercise carries risks and promising to be sensible. The gym is reasonably pleasant; it has a somewhat random selection of exercise equipment but I don't have strong views about exactly how my treadmill is set up. And it's 5 minutes walk from my front door, which helps a lot. At least on this occasion I didn't meet any of the students I actually teach; I'm sure I will but the fact that there's a separate changing room for staff makes me feel a lot less self-conscious about this.
And I made myself run 5K on the treadmill, even though I didn't want to. I set it for an easy-ish speed of 7kph and honestly the main obstacle to completing was psychological. I made myself keep going for the full 42½ minutes, though.
I also paid for the rest of Season 2 of Zombies, run! which had deleted itself when the app upgraded. I decided paying £5 for content I'd already bought once was less hassle than trying to argue to get a refund. I found it really difficult to hear the story, though. I think maybe I need to invest in better headphones. It seems that the recent version of Zombies doesn't have the option to set hour-long instead of 30 minute workouts, or at least I couldn't find that setting.
