Week 6 Run 3 completed today! Loved it. Had a rough nights sleep and was sure I was going to get out there and run out of steam, but knuckled down, mentally took it in 5 minute chunks and cleverly (or not) tucked 2 x banana lollies (sweeties for you UK peeps??) into my back pocket in case I felt like I needed a hit of glucose. My plan was to eat one at the halfway point and then another at the end. I got so into the run I forgot about the banana stash and kept on going.
By the time the run ended, I remembered about my stash and reached around and found two squishy bananas and decided I'd earned them and scoffed them down. Now I can't say decisively whether it was a sugar high or post run high but by the time I got back to the car, I was pumped! Maybe a little from column A and a little from column B!
Friday sees me start Week 7 and I'm quietly confident that each time I step out, I'm going to get faster, and stronger and increase my distance to get closer to that 5KM mark.
So thanks super magic banana lollies, you were my friend today!
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Haha! They are super common and popular here. They're a little banana. Sort of a soft, not too chewy lolly. Not rubbery like a wine gum but they will sort of melt away in your mouth. Super strong banana flavour! Totally not good for you, but an instant sugar hit. I come from Far North Queensland, so bananas are everywhere here, but these are a lot less questionable when tucked into your pocket
I never even thought of having anything ready for a sugar high mid run. Aren't there special glucose tablets? I've never thought about it as I assumed they were to pros!
Well I'll admit, I too thought "This is for people who run WAY further than I am" but because I had a rough nights sleep (4 hours or so) I figured, anything that helped me out was going to be a bonus. In the end, I used it as a little reward And yes, there are glucose tablets, but as an ex Type 2 insulin dependent diabetic, I only tried them once. Once was definitely enough.. they were icky!
How's the weather up there in Cairns? - in Brisbane this morning it was unexpectedly COOL!!! 18C - and I felt like I needed gloves - ridiculous , I know - but it has been a stinker here this summer!!!! I am acclimatized to 27C and 80% at 6AM!!!!!
Ooh that is a bit cool!! Was 23 here this morning at 5am when I set out, which is definitely cooler than we have been. Still 32 during the day. A few more weeks and you could very well need those gloves! 😀😀
LOL ! same here. But ran at lunch when it was around 12c. Left the gloves at home cause it was so warm, wished I'd left my hat and jacket at home too, ended with them around my waist.
If I had those sweets stashed on my person - I wouldn't be able to concentrate running on anything at all but eating them. (I can't believe you forgot about them - ha ha).
You don't have to be !! When I was doing C25K, I incorporated a day of each C25K week into Parkrun -- I think I started at Week 2. I just did what I was supposed to do - except that I did it at my local Parkrun instead of by myself -- including the 5 minutes warm up and cool down walking. I obviously didn't do a complete 5K doing this - so I just did whatever I felt like doing to get to the finish line. I believe that my first parkrun time was 43 minutes -- I am down to 32 now
It is good fun and I found the added "excitement" to be just another motivation to complete the course.
Jellybabies are good too, I believe. Not that I've ever tried eating anything whilst running Making a mental note for future reference!
Well done! i did mine today too (slightly behind with the time difference etc) and in fact Laura made me run for 31 mins instead because the phone went to sleep for a while (and didn't I feel it!).
That's true, but i wouldn't recommend it and am gladly going back to proper 25 mins later on. Need to have a look for some sweets - might have some Haribo in the house..
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