Hiya,
I am still going strong on my 5 walks of minimum 3K a week and am trying my best to do at least 2 runs of minimum 3K a week too. But today I have been a fool. I would say: don't do this youself kids!
Before lunch I went for a walk with my mom. We decided to try a new route amongst trees not far from home, where I have seen people walking in the past but never dared go myself on my own. It was not long amongst the trees unfortunately, but it was nice to find this little piece of nature here. We walked back through the little park near our home (pic made in the park of some swamp-forget-me-nots) and the walk ended at 5,40 km.
Then in the afternoon I decided to do a run on my treadmill. At first the plan was to do 3 km as I still had 6 km left on my Conqueror challenge Inca Trail. But then crazy kicked in and I decided to try and go for the full 6 km.
I decided to Jeff at 3min00 / 1min30. That is half a minute less walking than my previous run. I did not want to go shorter yet as I still have to build up still. After early December I did not run for a few months and after I never went passed 3 km.
I started at 6,2 km/h and increased the speed every interval with 0,2 km until 7,0 km/h. Then I increased with 0,1 km/h until 7,5 km/h and I kept it at that. This is MUCH faster than I normally run on the treadmill. Normally I go max 6,6 km/h.
So I ran and ran and ran and I reached 6,10 km in 60 minutes. And how on earth did I do this, I wonder. I stopped running early December, ran a few times on my treadmill in February / March with a sort of C25K app doing max 2,5 km or so and now out of the blue did 6,10 km. I do call myself crazy and irresponsible.
But... I liked it and am glad and proud I did the walk and the run today.
Cheers, Evy
A Jeffed Run
Week 1 done ✅
