Well, that was an interesting experience!
To go from always running slow and steady to running as fast as possible was a pretty dramatic change. It really felt like I was in some sort of fight or flight scenario - and I was very much flight-ing.
Speaking of flighting, I hope you like the above picture. It was taken using my mobile (sorry about the quality) at a nearby nature reserve I was scouting out for possible longer runs. The place proved too hilly for me at the moment but on the way back to the car I stumbled upon these very cute baby swans with their mum/dad. Did you know baby swans like these ^ are called cygnets?
Learning something new every day โ
I'm definitely going to start keeping my old DSLR in the car for future scouting expeditions, digital zoom just ain't got nothing on optical.
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I had 2 x 2-minute max effort runs to do, with only two minutes of relief jogging between them. I felt like I needed to sit down for at least 5 minutes after the first run, rather than jog. I've not been so out of breath for years. Unsurprisingly, for the second 2-minute run, particularly in the last minute or so, my pace was no faster than my usual steady or tempo pace. But, I suppose the important thing is that it was my max effort, however fast that may be. At some point in my first run, I was going at 3:27 per km - can't keep that up for long though ha!
If you've recently had or remember your first max effort experience I'd love it if you could share it below. It really felt like something else for me so I'd be surprised if you couldn't remember it ๐คฃ
My next fast workout is in 2 weeks and has me doing this three times instead of two ๐ I think I'll probably be crawling by the end of that! I won't pretend that I'm looking forward to it ๐ What I am looking forward to is my 45 minute run on Tuesday, though I'm still not sure where to do it.
As always I hope you're doing well, I hope your runs this week have gone well and the next week's go even better. I hope this was interesting to read, or at least you enjoyed the picture.
I hope as well if you've taken part in the Birmingham 10k today that it was fab.
Thanks very much if you follow me. I wish I could see who you are to thank everyone specifically. You're awesome ๐คธ๐ปโโ๏ธ