As Phil pointed out, this should be more than just a running blog. I think I've established I'm more of a run-to-live person than a live-to-run person. I have certainly enjoyed the benefits of being fitter, and boy have I been paying in the past few weeks for loss of form.
So, since last episode, I've been on holiday again. This time, a week in the county of Devon in the South West of England, specifically in Dartmoor. We rented a lovely little cottage in the middle of no-where ...
... and had a week of excursions and walking on the moorlands and coast of the area. Such as Bellever, in Dartmoor
... and the beaches around Exeter and Dartmouth ...
This area is close to where my dad's family come from, so there was the chance to visit places I'd last been to 30 years ago with my Grandparents, now long gone.
So a good time was had by all and it was with some grumpiness that I returned to work on Monday morning.
However, before doing so, I got in my first run of my new season of running. And it was a very gentle run. As many of you know, I have a habit of breaking something by going out too hard and fast - and also then going entirely the other way and making painfully slow progress for fear of repetition.
I know that I'm more or less starting from scratch now after 6 weeks off, so I'm going to follow a C25K plan, starting off slow and then maybe taking a week or so off the whole plan as I start to get my legs back - we'll just see how it goes.
Monday morning, it was very simple 1 minute run, 1 minute walk for 20 minutes, just to get the measure of things. And they measured up OK. This completely back to basics approach might seem a bit extreme, but as I see things now, I've got plenty of time and no particular target other than simply to reach a point where I get a consistent 10 to 12 miles a week in for fitness. I might run an occasional 5 or 10k for fun, but only for fun - pushing myself only gets me into trouble!
So there we go, I'm back on the road again. Hurrah!
Mon: 1.1 whole miles, 10 minutes in 1 minute chunks with 1 minute walking.
All the best.
Mr Stumble.
