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Feeling a fraud again today as didn't actually plod. Legs were very sore so I just did some very light weights at the gym instead of my planned speed session.
Plodding to work tomorrow though (7 Miles) so the rest will probably do me good.
It's a lovely day for a plod though.
Feeling a fraud again today as didn't actually plod. Legs were very sore so I just did some very light weights at the gym instead of my planned speed session.
Plodding to work tomorrow though (7 Miles) so the rest will probably do me good.
It's a lovely day for a plod though.
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Did my first personal training session. Found that I can actually jog at 8.5 km/hr easily, without running out of breath. The trainer was impressed with my cardiovascular fitness, but said he wanted to concentrate on my stomach, thighs and bum a bit more. That was when he brought out the gym balls and gave me heavier weights than usual. I never thought I would feel this much like lead after 30 mins exercise, but by the time he finished with my thighs and hips, walking became a bit of a problem.
I guess it's all for me own good, so I'm going back for some more punishment Fri, Sat and Sun. I'm going to get my dream body and the journey starts here!!!
I played badminton last night, but I am going to leave work early and go for a run tonight, before going to the pub to watch Wales.
Struggling to keep awake though...........
Hope you can walk again soon
Didn't plod last night, had a rest. Am out tonight with new running partner (yippee, i hope) who is from local athletics club. She assures me she is not that fast!!!!!
No plodding this morning but am going this evening! Lets hope the weather holds
Had first plod for a week last night - was great, although it felt fairly foreign to begin with. Did a 3 miler (ish) and took the opportunity to do a bit of exploring while I was out, which involved going up a h*ll (baby steps) past the Terry's factory (mmm, nice smell), through Rowntree's park (are you getting the chocolate link here!) which was part of the 5k race route I did the other day (do you know that even though we did 2 laps in the race I was so concentrating on just getting round that I couldn't figure out the route we'd taken!). Then did the rest of my usual route to finish. Felt great and didn't even think about stopping. Did have annoying numb left foot and blister on right foot (AGAIN!) but ankle felt ok (not great but ok).
Well done TG on your personal training session, I did a really good session in the gym a couple fo days before last weeks race and could barely walk for a day let alone race.
Better provide my plodding update - did 5 miles at the gym while watching Holby City last night, always find that is a great distraction from the pain/boredom of a treadmill! Slightly sore knees today but I am ignoring them as I am joining a running club tonight - scary!
Puff - Maybe try one of those running shops that do a footscan to check you don't need any special type of shoes ?
First plod scheduled in for tonight since the 10k last Sunday.
Also saw the physio this morning re. my knee. Had been feeling better and he agreed that it seemed a lot better and should hopefully be cleared up in the next couple of weeks with the stretches etc so good news
10k is one thing, 26 miles is quite another !
I don't think it's for me as i run because i can fit it in when i like without having to commit to trying to leave work on-time (which stresses me out) but i'd still be interested to know how the club thing goes for other plodders.
MarM how was the 10K. I'm looking to do one in late october/Novemeber, but since it will be my first i want to chose wisely any ideas?
Nessy, I asked on the forum for recommendations of local clubs - why don't you try that then you can find one that is friendly and unscary!
Going to running club for second time tomorrow night so will probably have to plod up some hills, as there are very few flat bits in the local town.
TG - great pic. You are looking fab.
Pink - Terry's? Rowntree? Are you down the A1 in York, then?
MarkM - get that application form filled in and sent off!
Still wracking my brains!!!
Am moving to Brighton at the end of next month so will need to suss out a new route. Obviously theres the sea front so thats a good place to start, and the South Downs not far. Will check out the Jog Shop as they organise a load of events (inc 'Jog shop jog' which is a terrifying 1/2 or full marathon with tonnes of hills - guess thats about 5 years away!!). Hopefully they'll know some good routes and have a running club which might be worth a go. Don't really know if I'm up for being pushed to plod faster/further as I think I might end up saying 'screw you' and give up as the only reason that I've got this far is because I want to do it for me which means I'm far less likely to bail out.
Would be interested to know what people think of the running clubs - keep us posted.
It's something like £12 per year and then £2 subs per week, I think, and it's a recognised affiliated group (nearly wrote grope then - oops)
Doh!!
Yllana - think you were thinking of www.badlytrainedmonkey.com - i just found it on an other thread and am off to look around now...
Sunday was my 2nd 10k. Did the London one a couple of months back after training for about 12 weeks and only doing a max. of 4 miles - finished in 1 hour.
This Sunday was the Tunbridge Wells 10k and it was v. tough as it was very hilly with the last 2k uphill all the way. Finished in 1.04 though so happy
If you can run for half hour, then I think you should be able to complete a 10k. The last person on Sunday came in about 1.32, so there are people even slower than me at these races