So - last weekend I ran for an hour and that went very well. Today my plan was to run for 1hr 15 mins. I had trouble with the tech - my watch wouldnβt acquire a signal. I decided just to use Strava. Warm up walk over and off I go, excited at the thought of a longer run! I would just take it steady and enjoy it!
After a while of running, I realised I hadnβt heard any notifications, and I know when Iβve run for 1km. I wonder if Strava is working! I take out my mobile and check. All is OK, but I must have turned the notifications off. I canβt sort it out and run at the same time and I decide itβs not really that important. Iβm not bothered about pace this morning.
I carry on round the same route I ran last week. Oh no! The Demon Hill. I donβt seem to cope with it so well this morning - I swear itβs got longer and steeper! I plod on, resisting the temptation to walk. I found a new βslowβ this morning! I just didnβt believe it was possible to go any slower and still be running. Yes, it was! I crest the hill and my breathing slows as I head downhill towards the town. Iβve no idea of course what my heart rate is doing and I miss my watch telling me all that good stuff.
I see the little park again and go in. This time I do a couple of circuits. I need 15 minutes of extra running this morning. I go into the underpass maze and find a new way out onto the road Iβm looking for. I run past the back of my house and guess that Iβve been running for an hour. I take my mobile out of my pocket to look and Iβm right.
On I go, back towards Tesco for the second time. Iβm getting tired, but because Iβm running slowly I know I can keep going. I take my watch out a few minutes before the end so I can see when to stop! I reach 1hr 15 mins exactly and stop the run! 8.29kms.
Strava robbed me of a couple of minutes when it processed the run, but I donβt care! Iβm so happy with this run! πππββοΈ
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Hills round here have a habit of getting steeper too! It must be spreading across the country. Well done for getting up it and finding that extra slow setting. Sounds like a great run.
Totally agree about the βrunnerβs highβ. Still got mine from yesterday. The longer distances are still very new to me so pretty much every time Iβve finished one Iβve literally been jumping up and down and cheering for myself. I am so pleased to live rurally so nobody can see that!!
Well done Jools, that's a great run using slow running as a tool to go further a good, safe tactical choice - and it delivers! I'll be doing similar once I'm running 5ks more regularly and then, hopefully, extending.Good luck with future runs and best wishes i
Another step forward (well, many steps to be precise). πππππ Lately, I feel like Iβm running just behind you, returning to a 60-min run earlier this week and hoping to get in a c.70/75-min one tomorrow. π€
Thanks! We should be running buddies. Obviously great minds think alike! π. Iβm thinking maybe 90 minutes for my next long run, but may end up repeating this one, depending how I feel on the day. Good luck with your run! ππ
I guess we are already! π Really looking forward to tomorrow. Am taking exactly the same relaxed approach towards it: should be no problem if I run nice and easy.
A great run Jools, I know what you mean about hills, they just get in the way ! I managed 57 mins yesterday but I did have to stop twice to sort out my laces as I couldn't feel my feet so will go again next week! πββοΈπ
Good run for you today Julia, tech sometimes is a problem, so Demon Hill has got steeper and longer, probably has but you kept running the full 1 hour 15 minutes, well done, if you do run 90 minutes that would be around 10K πππΎ
Funny how we remember our first long run! My first 60 minute run was when I realised I could run longer distances. It was less than 6K, but was an easy run and did not tax me at all!
Thanks, Ian! I could have pushed on for the 10K but decided to play it safe as I was getting a bit tired and I was helping with the grandchildren in the afternoon!
I know exactly how slow one can get running up hills, because I often do exactly the same! I enjoy being in βfirst gearβ even though people have been known to walk past me on the steep ones! π
Your run sounds delightful, and 8k is a great distance. Really well done! πππ
Thank you! I really do enjoy slow running. The hill on that route is more of a mental challenge and I donβt allow myself to actually walk π although the line between walking and running might have been a little blurry! Iβm working back up to 10K (and maybe beyond!)
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