Today was a lovely day, a bit chilly but sunny - a lovely day for a run. I saw the physio yesterday; things pretty much the same, keep doing what you’re doing, come back in just over a fortnight and try a one day rest between runs just before I go back to see the impact.
I’ve been upping the anti with strength exercises the last 2 days and boy does my body know about it. Off I plodded and my legs felt very heavy from the get go. “Keep going, it’s just the toxic ten”.....
15 minutes later it was still the same, but “don’t give up, else you’ll have to do it again”. So dug in and when the one minute to go came I speeded up just a little bit, but was ecstatic when Laura told me to slow down and walk.
It was the toughest run I’ve had for a fair while. Not sure if it was the already achy limbs, not enough hydration maybe, or just one of those runs. But I’ve done it and super excited to move on to a brand new week - W8, bring it on!
What thoughts do you have to try to keep going?
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Haha! I can really relate to how you felt today because I've felt it too. The heavy legs and thinking 'I can't do it today'- what is that? I'm like you- I try to think it out. Have I overdone it with yoga or dog walking or didn't I drink enough yesterday, am I eating the right things? It's so comforting to know that this must be 'normal'. I don't know about you but I just dig deep and say to myself I'm out here now and just set a nearby target to run to and then another and then another. By the time I've done that I'm hopefully through the worst and nearer the end of the run than the beginning so there's no going back!
Well done you. I felt exactly the same with run 2 yesterday and it was bloody-minded determination that got me through. Enjoy week 8, you’re leading the trail 🏃🏼♀️🎉 Be very proud of yourself 😀
Just keep going!! It's funny when you're on 25 mins for the fourth time and feel it should be getting easier, but it doesn't. 😡. Take heart that next week is only 3 mins more and then only 2 more on top of that and you're there 🤷♀️!! Hopefully I will try starting back at week 5 from Monday - not sure it's easier or harder, having done it before, but I'm there chasing you on. 🧘♀️🏃♀️🚴♀️
I got to W7R1 mid November last year and that’s when I had the Achilles problem and had to stop for 6 weeks. I then had a test run, and decided to go back to W4, so I understand how you feel. It’s frustrating but sensible. But are you sure you need to go that far back? I’ve seen on here before that the experienced people say that 2 weeks off shouldn’t affect fitness levels and you’ve only been a little longer than that I think? 😁
It wasn't a case of the toxic 10 but toxic 25, congratulations on not stopping as you realised that if you had stopped you would have had to run, run 3 of week 7 a second time which altogether would have been a 5th time for that 25 minute run, onwards and upwards to week 8, not long now until you graduate 😁 🏃🏾
I don't think at all while I'm running, apart from thinking about maintaining posture etc. My mind sort of goes blank I've realised. Just my music keeps me going. I don't look at the next landmark I have to reach or the time I have left. It takes all my effort just to run. Weird I know but I just run until the timer says stop! So no helpful tips from me sorry!
It is interesting post-graduation! You start to understand what kind of runs you want to do and what kind of runner you are (probably a permanently slow one but who cares 😂).
Roxdog that is the ultimate goal for me, how do you do it?! To just switch my brain off would be ideal but I just cant do it, that little voice is just there all the time!
It just happens. The effort of running and concentrating on how I'm moving just takes over. I also have an allotment and when I'm working there, particularly when I'm doing heavy work, it just switches my mind off. The running is hard work so it takes over!
Brilliant, just think how far you've come since Week One. Not surprising that repeatedly running for 25 minutes solid takes more energy than the amount of running you were doing in the early weeks. Just keep on keeping on and your body will adjust. Eventually, 25 minutes will seem like a short run!
Thanks! Though I nearly spit my tea out at 25 mins being a short run - though of course I know you’re right 😜 I’m so looking forward to getting this completed and setting the next challenge, whatever that may be 😁
What keeps me going? I'm a tight fisted Yorkshireman.
If I've run 15 minutes already, I'm not going to let it go to waste by stopping! I'll do that next 10, 15 or 20 minutes even if I end up crawling home 🤣.
Week 8 next! Very exciting. Soo be on that last week!
Oh well done that’s so good to hear, these longer runs are tough but so satisfying
I used to have an imaginary green ribbon to pull myself along when running longer times got tough and near the end it turned gold to pull me to the en, writing that i wonder about my sanity but it worked
Now of course if i feel the need to walk a bit i can and Willow runs a bit less time than me mostly and waits patiently for me to finish it’s great to run
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