I'll be honest, when I decided to start my running streak, I wasn't sure if it would suit me or where it would take me (metaphorically), but so far I am loving it. Having picked up injuries in the past, I am very conscious that if I start getting any niggles it will have to stop, but so far so good.
I have found a nice little loop (around 1.25 miles, as you can see) that I have done on my 3 "rest" days, meaning I don't have to plan a route, I just go. I am not planning to extend these runs at all. I have also started running in the mornings again, which used to be my "time" before Will started at college (meaning I now have a school run at 7.45am). I realised that for most of my weekday runs, I can fit them in either by making sure I don't hit snooze at 6 or by setting my alarm a little earlier. Morning exercise suits me really well (sets me up for the day), and some days I've been doing yoga directly after the school run which means I don't have "when am I going to fit my exercise in" on my mind all day. Also with the warmer weather coming it means I don't have to run in the heat, which I hate. Of course, since it's half term this week, that's irrelevant! I've also made a minor adjustment to my long run plan, adding 1.2 miles per week rather than the 1/16th of a marathon that I had planned on. Subject to further adjustments in the future, of course! I ran pyramid intervals this morning (Power Up 2012 from Audio Fuel), which went pretty well (3.29 miles in 30 minutes including warm up and cool down). I was remembering as I did it when I couldn't finish the session or I had to walk between the intervals rather than jogging. It does feel good to improve.
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At the moment I have 2 guided interval sessions on my phone to choose from - Power Up 2012 (Pyramid Intervals) or Run Faster 1 with Chrissie Wellington, both from AudioFuel. I "found" AudioFuel after using the NHS "Couch to 5k" podcasts when I started running in 2014.
This week, it was Chrissie's turn to run with me (at least she says she's running with me - I don't believe it personally!). The session starts with a warm up, then has intervals of 2-4 minutes of either 175b.p.m. or 180b.p.m. I had set it up so that it would be followed by tracks at 170b.p.m. to keep me moving. I have started finding recently that actually 175-180b.p.m. isn't nearly as challenging as it used to be, so I think I will need to find something a bit faster quite soon. Once I am warmed up, I am coping pretty well with 170b.p.m. as a steady pace. I think this is good news as I am getting fitter. Aaaaanyhoo...the final interval took me up one of the hills that I had mentioned in Tuesday's blog, and that was a bit of a challenge at 180b.p.m.! I will be really glad when the weather improves - today was bitter and although I quickly warm up when I run, it's really not that tempting to get out when it feels like minus-something! On the bright side, I had a new snuggly top that I bought using a gift card that D's parents very kindly gave me for Christmas...
Distance: 3.58 miles
Time: 36m:21s Average pace: 10m:08s Fastest mile: 9m:50s Type of run: Intervals (AudioFuel Run faster 1) Cardio fitness score: 41 |
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