Nice run out this sunny morning, with my new run buddy, my husband! He wanted to know what all the fuss was about and agreed to a gentle "walk/jog" out with me. Now this was going to be interesting..
My husband is/was a good runner but his fitness is not what it used to be, what with sport (watching!) and work and life getting in the way...ahhh... 😆
Heading out without my headphones and a playlist lined up was so strange but I thought we should make this a sociable run so 😂 😂He did well! But we did stop several times for walk breaks as I was afraid of wearing him out 🤪and I think I bore the pants off him with my frequent "you see, that's why the C25K plan works, it stops you racing off and running out of puff, it's a structured programme you see" and "ah another break...hmm..you see on C25K we're all trained not to stop and I really think that's the key to increasing your running frequency and distance...bla bla" My darling hubs does love to race off on a sprint then when I catch up with him with plenty of energy to keep going, he is slowing.. "we're like the hare and the tortoise!" I said as I paced up our final incline loving life, loving running ..and then waiting for him at the top of the road..lol
We did have a good outing, he said he really enjoyed being out..probably not so much listening to me espouse the wonders of the C25K programme 😂and it was fun to be out running with him, instead of on my own. Not sure when we will see a repeat run but you never know! I am hoping I may have helped kickstart his new year health kick 😉
One thing I do know, stopping during a run is VASTLY overrated. I haven't done it for so long, it felt so weird today when we stopped for breaks..I really wanted to keep going and that was a revelation. It's not just mind over matter keeping going now, I really do want to keep going and I CAN.
I let hubs walk home at the 3k mark and I powered on round our local park for another 3km, taking my total up to just over 6km I think. 2 days on the trot, I'd better have a day off tomorrow!