It looked like it was going to be a wet run! As I left my house for the 15 minute drive, it was tipping it down. I was wearing my lightweight running jacket. It’s always difficult to know what to wear when it’s raining. It was still really warm, and I had put on some lightweight leggings. Then I thought if they get wet in the rain, I would be uncomfortable - and hot! So I changed back into shorts. I was glad of that when I got to the park where we meet! It had stopped raining and the sun was shining. I took my jacket off and left it in the car.
I did some stretches while I waited and went on a warm up jog. This really helps with the Toxic 10. I went briefly into the woods. The others arrived and we split up into our groups. I had decided to run with the Jeffing group. It pushes me harder, but we take walking breaks as required. It was fun, we run on a mixture of terrains, on the road, on grass, gravel and into the woods. Running and chatting. I tried to jog slowly instead of walking in the breaks and that worked quite well for me. It was easier than brisk walking!
I did push myself on the run parts but I noticed that I was working a bit too hard around 3Km so had to slow down. One of our group decided to take a video of us running up an incline and I was happy how that turned out! I ran up it quite fast past the camera and had to stop afterwards for a few seconds!
I did slow down significantly near the end as I noticed I was running in heartrate zone 6 which spooked me a bit. Wait, 6? I thought there were only 5 zones! Probably my HR Max is not correct, but I was pushing pretty hard anyway.
I look forward to these runs with the club and getting to know the others. I’m not usually good in groups of people but I’m starting to have fun with them! A good run 😊👍🏃♀️
Photo shows one of the group with his back to the camera. He’s an ex marathon runner getting back to fitness and won’t face the camera until he’s lost weight!
Happy pace 12k!
Going to give the local club a go !!!
