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"Every day is a good day when you run"
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Week 4 Day 7
was originally supposed to do this run at 2 o clock. Finally got off the couch at 5.30. So missed the gorgeous sunny crisp day and instead ran 6 miles in a beautiful moonlit fresh winter evening.
I loved this run. I much prefer running in the cold than in the heat. It probably doesn't make sense but it seems easier on my lungs and just easier full stop. Could be to do with my hockey past. I associate exercise with cold weather as opposed to hot weather!
Delighted week 4 success
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Slight change of plan. Ended up on an impromptu pub crawl last night so I switched 6 mile run for body balance class today. Feel great after it. Love feeling my flexibility and strength improve. Will do 6 mile run tomorrow
I can't believe you managed a class after a pub crawl :eek: I would definitely have used that as an excuse to stay on the couch. Go you!!
I am thinking of (and have been for ages but haven't done anything about it
) starting to do something to improve my strength and flexibility but I definitely wont have time to do classes so will probably just try a free-weights programme at home. Do you find that it helps your running dollie? 0 -
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MarySamsonite wrote: »Slight change of plan. Ended up on an impromptu pub crawl last night so I switched 6 mile run for body balance class today. Feel great after it. Love feeling my flexibility and strength improve. Will do 6 mile run tomorrow
I can't believe you managed a class after a pub crawl :eek: I would definitely have used that as an excuse to stay on the couch. Go you!!
I am thinking of (and have been for ages but haven't done anything about it) starting to do something to improve my strength and flexibility but I definitely wont have time to do classes so will probably just try a free-weights programme at home. Do you find that it helps your running dollie?
Free weights are great for building strength Mary. I'm not using them at the mo. I love the stretching part of yoga. I think it does help. You could get a yoga DVD to use at home too:)
Week 5 day 2
Didn't get out
Week 5day 3
Got up at 6.30 to do 4 mile run. Felt awful during it ( tired and heavy legs) great after and now I feel wrecked again!
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Week 5 Day 4
Tempo run
Aim 45 mins
0-5 mins 8.0 kph
5-10 mins. 8.5kph
10-15 mins 9.0kph
15-20 mins 9.5 kph
20-25 mins 10.0kph
25-30 mins 10.5 kph
30- 35 mins 10.0 kph
35- 39 mins 9.5 kph
39-40 mins 8.0 kph
40- 45 mins : set the treadmill to cool down
Did better than expected on this up until minute 39. Delighted I kept at 10 and above for 15 mins. However I couldn't keep it up the good pace and I was disappointed that I gave up the 9.5/ 9.0 pace at the end. Maybe next time!
I've a body balance class to stretch me out later but I'm feeling surprisingly brilliant after that tempo session 0 -
Week 5 Day 5
Skipped. By the time I got back from work the Irish Estonia match was starting and i felt tired and hungry so I didn't go out.
Week 5 day 6
Forty foot cancer mini triathlon.
10 min swim in the sea at forty foot
Walk up the peer and back
Cycle to dalkey along the coast road
While this wasn't hugely taxing ( bar the hills around dalkey on the bike! ) , we were out in for two and a half hours. It was such a gorgeous day and I wouldn't have wanted to be doing anything else. I felt guilty about not going for a run last night but I don't anymore! It's days like today where you realise that looking after yourself and staying fit and healthy is so important. So good for my mood and myself and my friend raised 250 euro 0 -
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Never made it past Week 6 day 1
A couple of things have happened
- the date my baby would have been due is three weeks away
- A had a really really stressful day in work on Wednesday
So I took a few days off. I haven't really being enjoying the running of late. Niggling at the back of my head was the fact that I know I've put on weight since the pregnancy and miscarriage. I'm aware that I'm an emotional eater. So it's no wonder that I can't improve my speed!
Disgusted at myself for not keeping to plan this week and going out drinking Wed, Thurs, Fri and Sat! Three or four drinks a night at social events I really couldn't avoid in fairness. Depressed that nothing fits me. And feeling sorry for myself because I have been working so hard at the running plans.
So, I faced the music half an hour ago.....and I've put on 2 stone! AGGGhhh
I'm going to join weight watchers tomorrow. I'm going to still do the Jingle Bells 5k and the Aware 10k the following week....but I'm not going to put myself under any pressure to beat times. And if I succeed with Weight Watchers up until my birthday in March, then I'll work on times.
So I'm heading off now to do a healthy shop to keep me going for the week. I'm going away next weekend but I'll try to do three runs during the week and one yoga class before I go. Better than nothing!
Plan for Week 7
Mon: 3 mile run and yoga
Tues: Rest (cycle to and from work?)
Wed: 5 mile run
Thurs: 3 mile tempo run
Friday/ Sat/ Sun......weekend in London....lots of walking!:)0 -
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