Week 4 Run 2

[Workingathome]

Well that felt tough but it’s another ticked off and it must be doing me good 😊

Aren’t our bodies strange... the pic shows my heart stats, exactly the same run, exactly the same route and my pace was 18 seconds slower yet I was 10 mins peak today and no peak on Wednesday 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Speedy60 Graduate]

Well, it could be a number of things, including hydration or the warm weather. If that's a Fitbit watch, I'm afraid they don't measure heart rate terribly accurately - you'd need a chest monitor for that. I wear my Fitbit religiously, but if I took it's readings too seriously my heart should have exploded long ago! It's better to listen to your body and learn to adjust according to how you feel. You should be pleasantly puffed, but able to still speak in sentences. If you're heaving for breath, sweating and red as a beetroot, you need to slow down!

Good luck! 👍

[Workingathome Graduate in reply to Speedy60]

Haha yes it is a Fitbit I use and tbh I do only use it as a rough guide, it just intrigued me that it was so different. I feel I’m running very slowly but it’s difficult to judge when I’m alone, same goes for talking...maybe I’ll have to talk to myself on the way round to check 😂....getting my breathing right is the hardest part but I’m not heaving or red and sweating, and I recover pretty quickly once I’m home so I think I’m doing ok 😊

[Speedy60 Graduate in reply to Workingathome]

You're doing brilliantly - and there's no such thing as too slowly!🥳

#think🐌

[killersblue Graduate]

You are doing great !!!! Just think how far you’ve come since W1 R1 👍🌷

[R1954 Graduate]

Found your post encouraging as I am a bit daunted by how much of a ‘leap’ week 4 appears to be compared with week 3, which I completed a couple of days ago. Tomorrow ...

[JarLo Graduate in reply to R1954]

I have just completed W4 and believe me I found it every bit as daunting as you suggest when I had completed W3 and thought about the extra running involved. That said, as much as I was feeling the extra running in my legs my cardio felt good and after W4 R3 I was knackered but pretty please with myself. Really looking forward to W5 now. Good luck with W4 and give it some welly. I’m sure you can smash it 👊🏽

[R1954 Graduate in reply to JarLo]

Great to have a reply. Thank you. I think I need to keep the pace right down and remember there’s not much uphill on the return ‘journey’.

[R1954 Graduate in reply to JarLo]

Did the first week 4 run today. Perfect conditions. Found first half really hard. But at least it’s done! Thanks for your encouragement.

[Workingathome Graduate in reply to R1954]

Aww thanks! I have taken so much encouragement from others on here so it’s great to know I’m now doing my but encouraging others 😊

Keep at it take it steady and you’ll be fine