Week 6 Run 3 - done

[LegalLorna]

So week 6 run 2 wasn't a massive success - it was raining and I'm very very blind and had glasses on not my lens's (it wasn't raining when I started) and running along a wet riverbank with pounding rain coming straight into your glasses is really hard so I only ran about 7 and a half minutes of the first 10 - I managed the second 10 really easily though - rain at back 😅.

Anyway was worried about 25 mins but you know what it was slow but I did it! I seem to find the first half harder than the second - no idea why! Anyway on to a whole week of 25 min runs 😱😱😱 oh and I'm doing Stoptober too (despite my birthday on the 15th) as I really want to give the last few weeks a proper go and see if it helps weight loss which I'm sure it will do.

So long rambling post but there you go 👍

[Catherinel14secondtimearound]

Well done you! And good luck with stoptober 😊💦🏃‍♀️😊

[Cornet-Carolyn Graduate]

Well done, running in glasses is hard!

[LegalLorna Graduate in reply to Cornet-Carolyn]

Yes I did this morning with my contacts - much easier!

[icklegui Graduate]

Well done! As for why you might have found the second half easier, has someone mentioned the "toxic 10" yet?

Also thanks for yet another reminder to myself to get a) something to keep my glasses on as they slip down my sweaty running face and b) some of that hydrophobic stuff to keep water off the lenses that I've heard about and mentioned myself here and *still* haven't bought. I tried contacts, I don't like them, not sure I'd go back there!

[LegalLorna Graduate in reply to icklegui]

Nope - never heard of toxic 10! What is it?

[icklegui Graduate in reply to LegalLorna]

Basically your body can adjust to the increased oxygen and energy requirement for running, but it takes a bit of time for it to catch up - about 10 minutes.

As a supposed biologist, I wish I could explain it better but I never took physiology! I assume that before you reach that point you're struggling as your muscles are asking for more oxygen+glucose and they aren't getting it yet, or they haven't increased their own rate of metabolic reactions so they aren't producing as much energy, and you're probably also building up a bit of lactic acid. But amazingly we do adjust and so often things feel much better after 10 minutes.

I find I can shorten that a bit by really speeding up my warmup walk towards the end - or is that psychological...

[ejvcruns Graduate]

I always find the second half of the run faster and easier. Hilarious auto-tagging of "eye conditions" -- gotta love medical people.

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Very well done...it can be tricky!!!

A cap is my answer...I would not be without mine... great for my glasses for sun and shine