10k!

[Mike_Bravo]

Hi everyone 😊

I hope you and your loved ones are coping as well as possible with this virus and the lockdown. Thankfully no-one I know has any symptoms, though several of my friends can't say the same and I know of people that have passed away from COVID-19 😟

So this morning, after a nice run on Thursday, I thought I would do a bit of interval running. I'm using a treadmill whilst on lockdown that I'm lucky enough to have. It's rather old and the speed just goes up in kmph from 0 - 12. To make the below easier to understand here is a small conversion chart with kmph converted to minutes per km (take the numbers with a little salt):

12kmph = 5:00 | 11kmph = 5:45| 10kmph = 6:00| 9kmph = 7:06

I'm not completely sure it is actually 12kmph / 5 minutes per km at the fastest setting on my treadmill - in my run this morning I managed to be doing at one point 3:50 per km. I decided I would run at 9kmph for 5 minutes, then at 10kmph for 5 minutes, then at 11kmph for 5 minutes, then back to 9. I quickly found that really I only needed a minute of 9 so went in cycles of 1 minute at 9 followed by 5 of 10 and 5 of 11. I only went to 12kmph for the odd minute here and there, to experience how fast it was.

I had no intention of reaching 10k at all but I carried on plodding along. The timings nicely finished at 11kmph from 50:54 -50:59 and then a minute of 9kmph to finish an hour. However, once I reached an hour and saw I had got as far as around 9.74 km if I recall correctly, I decided to carry on plodding along at 9kmph until I reached 10k. My Garmin Connect app tells me it took me 1 hour 3 minutes exactly (see my picture for the stats).

So yes a fantastic run. My max bpm was 203 with an average of 191 bpm so that'll have done me some good 🙂

I tried to take a selfie after the run of a very happy me to put above, but my 'smart' phone wouldn't take a picture. Due to the sporadic nature of it not taking photos I'm starting to think it's only letting me take pictures it deems as worth storing 🤔

I wanted to share some nice news anyway, I hope your runs are going well. I am conscious that I wouldn't have found the experience quite the same running outdoors, though this wasn't exactly easy 😅

Much love,

Mike

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

I’m sure it wasn’t easy, well done for running that distance and on a treadmill too! Great time too, you should be chuffed to bits about that 🏃🙂

[Mike_Bravo Graduate10 in reply to Irishprincess]

Thanks Irishprincess I am 😊

[Buddy34 Graduate10]

Congratulations on running 10k Mike, it really is an amazing achievement

🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

[Mike_Bravo Graduate10 in reply to Buddy34]

Thanks Buddy34 🙂 I'm looking forward to trying it outside asap!

[JonathanP Graduate10]

Well done on your first 10k Mike - very brave to do it on a treadmill!👍🎉😀

[Mike_Bravo Graduate10 in reply to JonathanP]

Thanks very much JonathanP 👍🏻

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Well done Mike on your brilliant 10k run.

That took determination! 💪👌🌷x

[Mike_Bravo Graduate10 in reply to Bluebirdrunner]

Thank you Bluebirdrunner , can't wait for the next one 🙂 x

[BarbieW Graduate10]

Well done Mike

[Mike_Bravo Graduate10 in reply to BarbieW]

Thanks BarbieW !