i guess most of you won't find this that impressive but i am so chuffed with myself i had to share it with all my new forum friends.
I RAN FOR 1HR 1MIN YESTERDAY!!
i managed 5.5miles so thats a double record of distance and time. i never, ever thought i'd be able to run for that long when i started and 5 minutes was hard!!
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You deserve your favourite treat - go on spoil yourself. There will be days (or longer) when things don't work out so well for you & it's important to be able to remember how the good days feel.
Get that red wine open as soon as you get home (assuming that like most of us you're at lunch at work now :-) )
Enjoy the moment and remember that feeling of achievement.
As Nick says, things don't always go well so it's good to treat yourself when you reach a milestone.
Good luck on your next one.
All the best,
RB
Very well done and keep on going ! Are you entering any races yet ?
Debbie - I had trouble breaking 30 mins when I started (in June this year). Eventually I discovered that I was trying to go too fast, by going slower (so slowly that it felt like I was nearly walking) I managed to build up the time. Also, try the run/walk method, i.e. run for a bit then walk for a minute or two and then run again, there's no rule to say you have to run continuously for an hour, and this is a good way to build it up.
Today, a plate of chips, bag of crisps and a Chunky Kit Kat later, I feel like I need to do it again!
I'm showing this to all the sceptics at work who 'can't even run the length of their own body'...you can if you try (except on a Monday morning)...well done!
when i run i breathe in for 2 then out for 2, except going up any sort of hill when i have to breathe faster. because i've got asthma which is very mild i try to control it with my breathing rather than my inhaler, which i've not had to use much since i was a kid. therefore i do spend alot of my time making sure i'm breathing deeply enough and fast enough.
when i go out for a longer run i try to stop myself going too fast to begin with. so for the first 5 minutes i concentrate on jogging as slowly as possible, after that i get into a bit of a rythem and don't have to think about it anymore. this seems to be about a 10-11minute mile pace to be comfortable.
i intend to keep trying to add 10minutes or so on to my long run each week and then at the end of november i want to do my first ever 10mile race in Hayling Island, Portsmouth. i then want to find a 1/2 marathon to do in the spring. i wanted to do bath in march but i'm going away to new zealand for all of february and won't be able to do any consistant training so didn't think it was probably very sensible. what do you reccon?
Just recently done my first 75 min run so know what the 60 min barrier means (well done Debbie). Next an easy 90 minutes this weekend, yuck.