Jeffing Walk #03: Deciding on next goals

[CBDB]

It feels like I’m “solidly back”! After the May month full of 2 calf strains, recovery exercises and only rowing, my third walk-run walk (or run) feels like I’m back and I’m walking strong.

Glorious morning today! Hubby, who left 10min ahead of me, was somewhere in the vicinity ripping out invasive Japanese knotweed from the countryside, but although I looked, I didn’t spot him.

My jeffing intervals for this first week back to running and active walking is

- 5 min warmup walk

- 1 min running and 1 min walking

- repeat 10 times

- 5 min cool down walk

So far so good. From next week, I’ll have to decide.

1) Should I simple increase distance and possible extend both intervals equally?

2) Or should I slowly train up to running 30 min continuously, again?

The first would give me more walking stamina, the second the satisfaction of training back up to doing normal, continuous runs.

I think I might try something inbetween, something that ensures I walk enough on my runs, but also something that extends my distance to 10k, a goal of mine.

So there we are, my ramblings about how it’s going.

How is your walking progressing? Have you achieved your goals or targets? And what are your next ones?

[Over60sRunner 1000miles per year]

Well done 👍 Sounds like you are going great guns😁Strangely enough I was having a chat with my long covid physiotherapist just yesterday about the potential to gradually return to running. I've been signed off sick until the end of June and I am already feeling a bit more energised after eight days of just doing what I can where I can without any pressure to turn up to work.

However, I don't want to rush back into things and the PT agrees with me that I need to be cautious about my capacity, but it's very hard to hold back when I really do want to go back to my regular running as it did so much to help keep my mind quiet and well balanced and I'm very well aware that I am not in that place right now.

I might try another full week of walking every single day for longer distances (and Monroe will definitely not say no to that 😁) than I usually do, and then see if I can slip in a cheeky 30 second or 60 second jog amongst it and see how I get on.

I do have some serious thinking to do about my future in terms of work and I am aware that will fatigue me in itself, so we shall see.

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Over60sRunner]

Sending you lots of patience. And I do love the notion of some cheeky quick 30sec jogs between walks. As you say, your body will probably let you know if this is a good way forward, and will also allow you to feel like a runner again.

Happy walking with Monroe!

[Doris8 1000miles per year]

Well done . Glad you’re on the road to recovery. I’m always going to have my back problems but just have to get on with it. Try and get walks in most days as well, and hoping to get my 1000 miles target🤞

[CBDB Administrator in reply to Doris8]

Sad to hear your back problems are still giving you grieve. Hope they recede the more you walk. 1000 mile target! How many years have you been reaching this target? Awesome!

[Doris8 1000miles per year]

Thanks. This is my only 2nd year but was more into jogging before having to walk, but at least getting exercise and Mr D for company new retired .