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pokermonkey

Delighted - 2 miles in one go! not the easiest run I've ever done. May have been a little excited and shot off at the start, but got through it so happy days! Left calf and right quad were at me a bit though.

I'm sure any of the 'real' runners will get a kick out of how short my 'big' run was, but I'm delighted with myself. All i need to do now is keep it up

Anyway, Here's the log
Time: 00:20:06
Distance: 2.07 miles
Calories: 409
Avg Pace: 9:41
Avg HR: 175 bpm

pokermonkey

Ok, didn't get a chance to get on yesterday - here be y last 2 runs. Today was tough...

Run 6.1 (0.5J, 0.25W, 0.75J, 0.25W, 0.5J)
Time: 00:23:53
Distance: 2.41 miles
Calories: 454
Avg Pace: 9:53
Avg HR: 171 bpm

Run 6.2 (1.0J, 0.25W, 1.0J)
Time: 00:22:30
Distance: 2.30 miles
Calories: 437
Avg Pace: 9:35
Avg HR: 161 bpm

So, Tuesday is a nice 2.25 miles straight run. Cant wait!:eek:

pokermonkey

That was AWFUL! Possibly not the best idea to start the run up hill for the first half a mile. Did pretty much the whole thing on concrete. Feet were killing me for the second half of the run so i slowed up and hopped over to the grass where I could. I fear my wight is firmly against me. I'm gonna miss the Walk/Run combos....:(

Run 6.3 (2.25J)
Time: 00:21:49
Distance: 2.27 miles
Calories: 452
Avg Pace: 9:35
Avg HR: 172bpm

Its the first time in 10 runs I haven't enjoyed myself. I really hope that it was just a blip.

rainbow kirby

Are you in old shoes by any chance? The cushioning could be gone in them, I know that when I first started running my first pair of shoes lasted only about 3-4 months because my weight killed them (I would have been just under 15 stone when I started, and I'm much shorter than you). Also, there's absolutely nothing wrong with doing your runs on the grass, it is much easier on the joints.

pokermonkey

ha - my "shoes" are the vibram 5 fingers. Almost non-existant cushioning, but I'm running with a mid/forefoot strike so impact shouldn't be that much of a problem. I'm obviously a little wary of whether or not I can continue all the way to the Marathon in them, but I'd like to give them a chance. Everything in "born to run" made sense to me, especially given the problems I had with normal shoes before. I'll finish out the next 3 weeks of the C25K on the grass and I'll see how I stand then I guess. I'd be really disappointed if I had to give them up though.

pokermonkey

Brr - it's cold out there!

Run 7.1 (2.5J)
Time: 00:24:10
Distance: 2.60 miles
Calories: 487
Avg Pace: 9:16
Avg HR: 163bpm

Very surprised by my avg speed and drop in my HR. Was a very tough run. Started quick and slowed for 2nd mile, but obviously not by much. Not too bad on the ankles this time. Ran mostly on the semi frozen grass. I hope this continues to get easier. Not far off 5km now (3.11 ish miles) I'll be running it in week 9. Can't wait. If I continue at this pace I won't be too far off my first goal!

pokermonkey

C25K Week 7.2 - another 2.5mile run.
Haven't been eating great today and yesterday - I definitely felt the difference in the run.

Time: 00:24:58
Distance: 2.63 miles
Calories: 498
Avg Pace: 9:28
Avg HR: 179 bpm

Can't wait for pay-day to buy some healthy food again!

pokermonkey

Left foot (across the top) is quite sore today - so much so its difficult to walk. Didn't think my run yesterday was that bad, but I must have tweaked it somehow.
As much as I don't want to miss a session, i think i might just not do my run tonight. I have it on ice at the mo - if its better tomorrow, I'll do the run then.

FitFeet

pokermonkey wrote: »

Left foot (across the top) is quite sore today - so much so its difficult to walk. Didn't think my run yesterday was that bad, but I must have tweaked it somehow.
As much as I don't want to miss a session, i think i might just not do my run tonight. I have it on ice at the mo - if its better tomorrow, I'll do the run then.

Oh No? What happened? Takes a while to get used to the Vibrams, did you get your injury running in them? As i say, slowly, slowly catchy monkey hopefully your back running soon!

pokermonkey

Ok,
First proper run back after a month off with injury. Not easy.

Time: 00:15:12
Distance: 1.62 miles
Calories: 302
Avg Pace: 9:21
Avg HR: 183 bpm

Wearing runners. No more vibrams till i drop some weight!
Here's to starting slowly!

BrokenMan

Take it easy coming back, last thing you want to do is aggrevate the injury