Posted By: tiffzook on
Ran 2.15 miles; 12:49 pace
I was so tired this morning but it felt great to complete my run! I am moving forward to better shape and health!
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3 runs in 3 days, including ...
Posted By: mellers on
.... a PB for the mile! 8:43 Woohoo!
My knee felt really quite weak (and not at all happy) overnight after the 5k-ish runs of the last two days, so while I wanted to make use of the gym today - it being a college day and all - I didn't want to exacerbate the injury by running on it for half an hour as usual.
So I decided to do a few different things and measuring my progress by running just a mile and timing it was one of the things on the list! I haven't done it for ages and was really pleased to hack OVER A MINUTE (that's more than 10%) off my previous best time. I also wasn't on the point of collapse at the finish as I have felt the previous times I have done it (HR 136) which bodes well for further improvements.
With time to spare I also decided to try the cross-trainer machine which imitates the running action but with no joint impact like running. I managed 15 mins at 120 HR, then moved on to the rowing machine. I couldn't get the display to work, so just relied on my polar HR monitor and stop watch and completed 20 minutes with my HR hovering around 95-100 (no more than a very brisk walking pace). In fact at one point I found myself zoning out and daydreaming! lol! Followed that with 5 mins on the weight machine which tones the latissimus dorsi and the gym session closed for the day.
I'm looking forward to trying these other machines again and finding some good exercises to help tone the muscles of my torso around the sides and back. I might even have to start going on non-college days too!
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Getting back in to it
Posted By: mellers on
It was dark when I cycled to the college gym this morning!
Had my i-pod with me today as I ran on the treadmill, and the whole run was much less mind-numbing with some good tunes to take my mind of the tedium of the view not changing! (I really do prefer summer road-running I think). The first 10 mins were nice, the second 10 a bit tricky and the third 10 quite hard. Once I had done 30 mins though I was pleased to see I had done nearly 4.7k so thought I might as well carry on to do the whole 5k as I felt I had a couple more minutes in me.
Still getting the dizziness after treadmill running, but I am standing still on the treadmill before walking anywhere on solid ground now for 2 or 3 mins, AFTER a nice slow 5 mins cool down walk and the disorientation is much less pronounced.
Not happy with my heart rate (much too high) BUT - I was really spooked out to see that the treadmill knows what my HR is even when I am not holding the metal bars, because I am wearing the chest strap! Really spooky to see it appearing on the display when I'm not even holding it. took me a good 10 minutes to work out that it was picking up the transmissions from my chest strap! They are both the same make (POLAR) I wonder if anyone else has found that this happens even with different makes of chest strap and treadmill.
I am really pleased with today's run and frankly am considering trying to get back to my 10k training plan. I couldn't manage 7k at the kind of speeds I'm doing at the moment (about 9.3kph) but if I go a lot slower, I think running for 40 mins or so might just be possible for me in a few week's time. 3rd attempt lucky maybe - watch this space.
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Back to running ....at last
Posted By: mellers on
2 days ago, I went for my gym induction and was really pleased to manage a 30 minute run straight afterwards on the treadmill - INJURY-FREE! It was raining outside at the time so I was really pleased to have found this alternative for the "crappy weather" days. Mind you I had just cycled for half an hour in said rain (and the dark - it was 6:45 in the morning!) to get there, so it's not a complete solution for avoiding getting wet altogether, but at least I got to run and neither my hip, nor my knee gave me gyp. I am rather relieved about that. I didn't do any of the other equipment that time (I would have run out of time to be able to get showered and to my class on time), but I DO like the idea of the cross trainer which the instructor was saying is a good NON-impact cardio-vascular machine. It seems to mimic the running action with (as she put it) "no joint impact". This could be really good for me either to stop me getting the injuries I seem to be overly susceptible to or to maintain my fitness when I do get them. After the run, I found it incredibly WEIRD when I got off and started walking on stationery ground. My brain couldn't seem to cope and for 20-30 seconds I felt like I was still on moving ground. Really bizarre. I wonder if anyone else gets this...... Yesterday, following a boardie's suggestion of closing my eyes before I got off, even through I stood still for about 5 seconds with my eyes closed the dizziness carried on for at least a good minute until I was well in the changing rooms! Think my stupidly low blood pressure may not be helping and I may just have to wait for it to pass each time! It's a small price to pay for being able to run at last! Anyway, my last run was........... pretty good again (for me anyway! lol!). 30 mins, 4.5km at an avg of 9kph on the treadmill at the gym. It FELT harder than last time, but I'm not sure if that was because I had forgotten my i-pod and had to run without musical inspiration which I REALLY missed. My heart rate was up in the 140's so whilst I have been able to complete these times and distances it shows I am really having to push myself a lot harder than the heady days of when I coudl manage that sort of time/distance with a HR of 125. Still, If I can amange to run 3 times a week from now, there's no reason why I can't regain my fitness and try to complete the 10k programme I started so long ago but have stumbled with TWICE now! Slowly but surely that's me! I'll get there in the end
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Been a while
Posted By: Scarendipity on
Sorry it has been a couple of days of no blogging, I dont have consistent internet at my house so I have to wait till I go back to work.
My days off are always the worst for keeping with my diet cause I have so much time on my hands and when I am bored I snack.
But I am still consistent with my workouts I guess it helps that I love working out!! Yeah i know I'm a weirdo like that! The past several days I have been switching it up - crosstraining is really good for our bodies and it prevents boredom in our exercise routines. For instance I have been doing a lot of running since I have decided to run that 5K next month (gulp!) so I have been kinda bored with running instead their are my practice days when I skate for 2 horus or at the gym I take an aerobis class or even their newest thing is the KrankCycle that is an amazing upper body cardion routine that changes the way I work out completely! So if you are bored with your work out change it up check out a new class or new machine, who knows you may come to love it!
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