No problems getting out of the door this morning - it had to be early or not at all. Up with the lark - well, I was awake anyway as it was so warm. Minimal faffing, cuppa, leg swings and out of the door at 5.30. It was already 17 degrees.
This was my once a week Jeffing run. Last week, I tried 30/30/30. For those that don’t know, that means 30 seconds running, 30 seconds walking, for 30 minutes. This week I was going to try 45/30/40. Or thereabouts. I couldn’t work it out! But I was going to end on a 1 minute run. I was curious to see whether than would take me close to 5K. Now I can do a sub 40 minute 5K - but not every time and it’s hard work when I do.
Off I go, easy at first. I had programmed this ‘workout’ into the Garmin app and synced with my watch. My watch then buzzes when I change from running to walking.
There is no traffic so I can run on the road. I do see other runners at a distance and a couple of dog walkers, but the village is really quiet. There is a low mist on the common.
I carry on running my usual route and as the run goes on, I’m aware that I’m speeding up during the running parts. I have already decided to bin the idea of negative splits and just focus on each 45 second run as I do it! The walk has to be ‘with purpose’ so I try not to walk too slowly.
Towards the end of the run, I decide to run through the last walking break. I end the run and of course I’m curious to look at the stats. To my surprise, I see that I have managed a sub 40 minute 5K (just!) and that I’ve achieved negative splits as well. With the workout, I’m not notified of the km split times and I don’t even know how long I’ve been running for, so this was purely accidental!
My plan is just to Jeff once a week. It has kick started my enthusiasm for running and is getting me back to running 3 times a week. It does seem repetitive, but I found that I get used to the rhythm and can listen to music at the same time.
Km splits:
8:28; 8:08; 8:08; 7:45: 7:24
