S2R - W1L3

Hiya,

Weekend and thus I could do my run in the morning. So somewhere just past 10 am I grabbed all my gear and headed to my treadmill. Today was lesson 3 of the first week of Start 2 Run (something comparable to C25K).

The tablet was fully loaded and hooray the wifi was just strong enough to play along. So I had Spotify in my earbuds and a treadmill run video on my tablet to amuse me.

First my stretches and then a 5 minute warm-up walk. And I sooo love my Runn sensor! I can now just go from the warm-up walk into the run without having to reset the treadmill (which is turning him off and on again) in order to know my exact run distance. So glad I have bought my Runn sensor!

So after the warm-up walk I started the lesson. Again I started at 6.0 km/h and increased each running interval with 0.1 km/h to end at 6.5 km/h. But today I also increased my walking speed in the same manner from 4.0 km/h to 4.5 km/h.

The run ended and I did a 5 minute cooling down walk. The lesson was 20 minutes and I did 1.75 km (without the warm-up and cooling down walks). And I actually enjoyed myself. I even kinda wanted to do more, but wisely stopped. And I did NO twists afterwards 😹.

On to the next run! Cheers, Evy

[Instructor57 Graduate10]

Well done Evy !Glad to hear you resisted the twists today 😁👍

[Hidden in reply to Instructor57]

I wanted to do them, but I felt my chest area muscles were feeling a bit tense after the run. So I wisely decided not to ddo them ☺

[Doris8 Graduate10]

Well done Evy glad your enjoying yourself and no twists. You’ve all the tech sounds like good fun 👍

[Hidden in reply to Doris8]

Yes, I did like it. I know I should go outside again some day. But I don't feel like it yet. I can keep my running busy indoor for the moment.

[dijep Graduate10]

That's sounds great 👍 well done.Probably a wise decision not to do more but it's good that you felt that you could.

[Hidden in reply to dijep]

The run felt good, happy to have felt that way again ☺

[Frenc Graduate10 60minGraduate]

Great run Evy! It sounds as though everything came together 🤩. Hope you watched something good 😊.

[Hidden in reply to Frenc]

I always put on a treadmill tv movie. It is filmed by someone wearing a GoPro I think while he runs a scenic route. So you watch a scenic route go by while you run. Silly, but it diverts my attention a bit.

[Hidden]

Well done Evy and phew! No twists just yet 👍

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Thanks ☺

[Oldgirlruns Graduate10]

Well done BS, you’re back on it with a vengeance now- but just stay away from those twists!

[Hidden in reply to Oldgirlruns]

Fingers crossed I am indeed back at it 🐱

[Mormor1 Graduate10]

Good you resisted those twists. We're they part of your warm down before? If so what do you do instead?

[Hidden in reply to Mormor1]

No, the twists are no part of anything. It is actually a sort of machine on which you stand and you push the handlebars left and right, using your abdomen to twist your body. It is a machine supposedly to slim your belly. Normally you have to use the machine for 20 minutes. When I did the 100 twists, it was not even 5 minutes. But I think it was the combination of my chest muscles being tense after my run and then doing the twists that pulled those muscles.

A normal warm-up (and cool down - they are the same with me) consists out of several different dynamic stretches.