Ooooooooohhhhhhhh! now that was a lot of FUN!!! 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
I went out on a rare evening run last night, I’d downloaded a 30-20-10 Jog-Run-Sprint app and set it up. I went on my merry way with Spotify, Nike Run Club and JogRunSprint apps at the ready. I had one thought as I was leaving the house, which app would conk out on me first and completely ruin my run..
It was 13 degrees outside, so shorts and T-shirt were the clobber of choice AGAIN in November…?! 😱
I’d planned a route down a relatively straight 1.25K leafy path, only interrupted once by a road. There and back was my 2.5k… I didn’t want to have to do too much thinking on this one so I had made it as simple as possible for myself 🤣
I started with a warmup walk and a five minute jog… then bang! 💥 into the sets, Jog - Run - Sprint - Jog - Run - Sprint… Wohoo! I enjoyed this SO much! It was really exhilarating, the short snappy bursts and the 10 second sprints felt absolutely amazing! The sprints finished in a nice amount of time to allow me to recover quickly on the following jog.
The 2.5K was over in around 15 mins and I wanted more!!! 😈😈😈 But I decided not to push it any further today, plenty of opportunities to have some more fun with this again... it had felt like a real treat AND all the apps had worked perfectly 👌
I felt surprisingly energised when I got back home and I was on a bit of a high. I finished it off with a runners warm down routine and a Nike ‘5 Minute Plank Finisher’ to top it off that consisted of:
• Plank alternating leg lifts
• High Planks
• Side Plank Knee Drives
• Plank Saws
• Plank Wraps
Phew! Holy Plank! Lets just say I was sufficiently damp by the end of that - But what an amazing buzz it all was.
Thank you Fabulous! The planking was tough and I didn’t get through all the set times, BUT it didn’t feel quite as torturous as the first time I did it.. so that’s some progress right there! And as you correctly say - better than zero 😉🧡⚡️
Wow! sounds like you're going great guns TS! Sounds like you are really enjoying your running - brilliant! Planning my first consolidation run for tomorrow, going to include a hill, so we'll see how I get on! Enjoy your next 5k.
I loved that one KD very enjoyable indeed 😁 ...could you tell?! Aah! Some hill training, good for you - straight in there with the tough stuff after graduation, I like your style. Keep us posted on your consolidation runs x👍💛
There was one other plank actually Dragonflies... the 'ThunderSloth positioned horizontally on the floor' plank... I ended most of the other planks early with that one! xxx
I had a lot of fun there jog... are you off the injury couch now? Ooh I just checked looks like you are! I’ll have to read that in a sec.. glad to hear it 👍 I know 13 degrees what’s going on? We’re all going to suddenly get hit with snow and ice soon aren’t we!!!
Hate to pull you up here TS but 13 degrees is cold ❄! I won't get my legs out for anything under 22 degrees. 😘☀️
Thankfully I live on the south coast where snow is rare and fleeting. Having said that it would be a perfect excuse to add a tot of something to a post run hot chocolate 🤔😋
My other half is a bit of a central heating control freak, we have it set to only come on when it goes below 16 degrees in the house...❄️ Plus, I am one of those people that wears shorts right up until the point when random people start commenting in the street “ooh... bit cold for shorts” I stop wearing them when it becomes socially unacceptable 😋
😁 I think I get ‘clobber’ from my dad, he says it when he’s purchased an item of clothing that he thinks is young and trendy (...it never is) “do you like the new clobber then?” ...Yes dad 😐
I wish... I got there on the Monday... few beers with the in-laws... and then spent the next morning logging to stock up the wood pile for winter... knackered. Managed a mile before lunch and then chopping and sawing all afternoon... I slept well, but in 4 days I ran just that mile! I’ll be back!
I know what you mean but I think I hate sit-ups more than planks, sit-ups just feel uncomfortable on my tailbone... for a kat they must be excruciating 🙀😾
Hi ThunderSloth, great run for you, interesting regarding those planks, I do several planks a week, mainly with YouTube videos, one of them is called "The three minute perfect plank workout" with Tom Holland as coach, there are another two as well to vary it around for me.
I just had a look at that YouTube video AlMorr, my gosh... those two women doing the planks are incredible aren’t they! They make it look like they are doing it in zero gravity... absolutely effortless!
The video does looks brilliant, a very similar set of planks to the workout that I did. I think your video has a bit more eye candy in it though 😁
Thanks for looking at that video ThunderSloth, I do that exercise usually on a Tuesday and Friday morning before breakfast, on a good day I can do the change between the bit on my left arm to being on my right arm by not going onto the yoga mat, I will admit that sometimes I do hit the floor.
I did tell you that I do planks with 3 YouTube videos, the other 2 are
"7 minutes plank challenge", length of video 9.36,
"5 minute workout that replaces high-intensity cardio" (brightside ) length of video 11.47
My gosh, I’d have absolutely no hope of nailing that arm change after the plank, I just don’t have the upper body strength at the moment but I shall work on it... that is very impressive AlMorr 💪
Oh great, I’ll have a look at the other two and bookmark them on YouTube. Thank you very much for that AM
Just by chance when I looked at my e-mails this morning there was another person, Sue, she said that she hated planks but I also advised her to have a look at those 3 videos, she was training for a 10K.
Good grief TS! Are you ok? Are you totally bonkers? 😅😅😅 That all sounds fun - for someone else to do! Not so much for me, the perennial trotter who likes to maintain one pace throughout her whole run! 🐌
I’ll enjoy reading about your experiences though! And how you get on with your millions of planks. I do planks in yoga and they’re hideous - especially side plank. 😳😳😳 Spawn of the 😈 as far as I’m concerned!
You’re amazing. Keep it up, and keep us all entertained. I’ll be watching from the sidelines. 😀
It really gets me going cheeky! I don’t know what’s happened I used to be such a nice quiet boy happily sat on the sofa, but running has unleashed... this!!! 😱
Anyway, you’ve got to get you beauty sleep... big day tomorrow 💪🔥⭐️🔟
Admittedly your interval post probably didn’t contain enough WoHoos! 🙌 Bangs💥 or Ooohhs! 😈 Oggy, but I’m sure you can up your sound effects ‘game’ for your next post. 😁👍
Ace feeling to be on a high, buzzing off your efforts 🙌
Go get that 5k tomorrow Thundersloth 💪🤩🙌
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Holey plank indeedy! I don’t know about that Dreams but I am slightly less wobbly now than when I first did it! 🤓
Thanks Dreams, it was lots of fun 🤗 When’s your next run? It’s the 5K for you too isn’t it, you going for it tomorrow too?
By the way - it’s officially Christmas now, Tesco have started selling turkey and stuffing sandwiches...
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Nice... let the festivities begin! 🎄😝Extra planking is definitely gonna be needed! 😬💪
Yeah 5k is happening today, going for a slow & steady, not sure if you’ve ever tried one of those... 😉⚡️
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WELL 🤨 actually you’ll be proud to hear I went for a lovely slow and steady 5K run this morning whilst you were still tucked up in bed dreaming your sweet Dreams 💤 went with a Smiths playlist... it was all very melancholic
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You’ve got me there! 😆🤙🙊😴
Awesome work Thundersloth! Loving The Smiths too... 🎶👌
Good work! 💪
I’m definitely proud of your slow & steady efforts 😉✌️
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Have a lovely run today and don’t suffocate your feet again 🤣
I too enjoyed the 30-20-10 after all those weeks of plodding. I'm a planker too though I've only done full length, knees-only and sideways - I'll have to investigate your list!
This has the 5 min plank workout that I did on it. They also do some run specific workout plans or you can just pick and chose individual workouts 👍 the runners cool down is also very good.
Well Done ThunderSloth, although I’ve done my 10k I haven’t tried this fartlec running. But you’ve inspired me Did you set up the times on a watch or use an app?
Hey, well done TS. My intervals time was 22 minutes - you are so fast. Respect with the planks. I have only managed a single one for 40 seconds before I collapsed in a heap. Some way to go methinks 😂
Thanks Sandie! Your 5K time was pretty sweet though, you’ve got your technique nailed now by the looks of it... I think you’re going to get along very nicely with these longer distances... ties in nicely with your “some way to go...” comment 😁
P.S. I haven’t touched a plank position since that little escapade...!
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