This morning it rained. A lot. It's one of those funny weather weeks here in the UK. Everyone's been waiting for Spring to arrive - Winter has been pretty long this year, not really very cold, just, well long. Now Nature is packing all of April's rain into a couple of weeks in the back-end of May so Summer can get started.
I was ready to hit the pavements this morning if the weatherman had got it all wrong, but also knew that things were slated to improve through the morning and, as I'm working from home today, I could head out at lunchtime.
So this is what I did. At 12:30pm I strapped on Mr. Garmin, hung Mr Brand-New-Delivered-This-Morning-iPod-shuffle round my neck and headed out, kicking off Garmin's Interval Training Assistant. 1 minute running, 2 minutes walking.
It all went pretty well. I heard most of the beeps telling me to start and stop. I was out for just over 30 minutes, I had to tack a bit on the end of the run to get me home. I covered 2.86 miles in total and arrived back feeling pretty good. No pain whilst running, although I did find the walking part strangely difficult as both calf muscles ached - which went away when I ran.
This does seem a bit back-to-front but I suppose it's just my legs complaining that they haven't done this much work in a long time.
Between then and now (12 hours), there've been a couple of twinges, but nothing to make me hobble at all. It's early days but this plan might just work!
Mr Stumble.
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Andi,
Great results with the walk / run thing. Your muscles will tighten up after the running bit and you end up feeling the impact during the walk. This is natural. It will go away as you build up your muscles. What's exciting is that you are running PAIN FREE!
Congratulations on a new beginning and congratulations on sticking with it. Most would have given up and flopped back on the couch telling their friends (and anyone else that would listen) that "I've tried the running thing, but I'm just not cut out for it". BS ... nearly anyone can run; however, it takes a courage to start and persitance to stick with it during the early going. Once you get to the point where you can run 30 minutes non stop, you'll start calling yourself a runner and can set your sights on loftier goals. Heck, with a Garmin and a iPod shuffle plus a good pair of shoes, there isn't much you won't be able to accomplish.
Phil
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