Benchmark Tuesday, big improvement :-)

[Rigpig]

Tuesday morning is my benchmark run where I do exactly 30 minutes on the same route. This morning I ran for 180 more meters and reduced my average pace by 14 seconds

This is my biggest increase yet which I put down to my Saturday runs getting progressively longer which means a mere 30 minute run gets easier every time.

Incidentally, Strava is clever enough to see when you are doing the same route and gives you a graph showing your improvements which I didn't know until this morning.

Also had a Doctors appointment this morning, my blood pressure is in the excellent range (He was quite surprised because I'm still a lot overweight) and I've now lost 13lbs. Woo Hoo

Happy Running Everyone

Tim

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Love it mate. Keep working, keep posting, keep being you. Love it🏆

[Speedy60 Graduate]

Sounds like you're really enjoying your running. Good on you. 👍

[Rigpig Graduate in reply to Speedy60]

I'm absolutely loving it, this mornings run was fantastic, I knew I was faster while I was doing it and couldn't wait to look at the figures

[Speedy60 Graduate in reply to Rigpig]

I think everybody in the UK would like to be running in NZ at the moment. Not at all jealous🤥. So much rain here we'll have to start triathlon training soon. 🏊‍♀️

[Rigpig Graduate in reply to Speedy60]

Sorry, Not Sorry

It's the end of summer now and still really warm but it is cooling down a little bit.

[MartinKH Graduate]

Well done on the great improvements all round 👍👍👍🎉🏃‍♂️

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Hiya, what a great idea and what fantastic progress, so good to hear how others are moving forward (literally Thanks for the info about Strava, we used this for the first time yesterday and will use the same route quite a bit so I will be very interested to compare runs. Thanks 😊

[Joanney69 Graduate]

Great stuff Tim ☺

That's interesting about strava - I don't currently use it, but I have run all my runs bar one on the same route so my fitbit records it. I might look into it after graduation 😁

[Rigpig Graduate in reply to Joanney69]

Fitbit will output to Strava I think. I used it for years and linked it up a while back when I was supposed to start cycling (fail!)

I use a Garmin now which seamlessly outputs your run to Strava and Nike Run Club, I use the free version of Strava and its great, the Nike Run Club is totally free and similar to Strava in some respects but with a lot more coached running.

I'm a bit OCD with looking at the figures

[Joanney69 Graduate in reply to Rigpig]

Yes I have heard good things about the Nike running app, I'm going to have a look at that too 😊

I am a little obsessed with the numbers too - can't wait when I finish a run to check how far and the splits! It's still measuring the warm up and cool down at the moment, but I find it really spurs me on to try and do better next time 😁

[Rigpig Graduate in reply to Joanney69]

I stopped recording the warm ups and cool downs around week 8 I think, once you reach 30 minutes which I think you are? then just record your running, IMHO this gives you a better benchmark over time. I actually slowed down a little during my consolidation period and it's only now that I'm doing a longer run every Saturday that my 30 minute run is really improving. NRC was great after graduation because I missed being told what to do and it has a lot of different coached runs from short intervals to full on Marathon training and everything in between.

[Joanney69 Graduate in reply to Rigpig]

That sounds perfect 👌

I'm due to do run 2 of week 9 tomorrow, so I might try to just record the run.

I think the NRC will be a good place to start after run 3 - I won't know what to do without Michael 😂

Thanks for your advice ☺

[Wenderwoo Graduate]

Excellent! You’re on a roll with everything at the mo 👍😁

[Nilsam Graduate]

That's fabulous news all around. Congratulations. Great way to go. 👍🏃‍♀️

[Leosmit Graduate]

What a great day all round! The impact of the new you on your blood pressure: what great evidence of the benefits of running! Well done.

[Moosey60]

Well done 👍 so good to hear of people who enjoy their run. 🤩

[Granspeed Graduate]

👏🏼🎉👏🏼 Best thing of all: you’re loving it. 👍😄 That’s what keeps us all going I the end. Well done on the improvements. 👏🏼

[59er Graduate]

Well done Rigpig. This is very encouraging! I am nowhere near as structured as this so am learning from you all the time. It's a good idea to do the same route for 30 minutes to see your improvement - don't you get bored with the route? I suppose not as the seasons change and the scenery will change too. I'm going to try this. Not today as I'm just back from Rome (🥱🤪) so I'm going to do my 15 minute run this afternoon to break myself in gently - I'll see how I go - who knows I might just find myself running and running 🤣

Such great improvement from you. I expect you're buzzing - why wouldn't you be? 👍

[Rigpig Graduate in reply to 59er]

I work away from home Monday to Friday and have a little studio flat until I started running I only knew the route to work and back really so it’s good to actually see what’s down the side roads, it’s all residential avenues and quite easy to pick a new route, I’ve been walking quite a bit in my rest days and looking for new routes because it won’t be long before I need to make my benchmark a little longer 😊

[59er Graduate]

This sounds great. You're going from strength to strength or should that be length to length? 🤣