Podcasts are GO!

[FleetwoodShuttle]

I graduated about 5 weeks ago and my running had really tailed off. Not having the structure of the program and no real goal didn’t help. The maximum I ran for until today since graduating was about 15-20 minutes.

Today I tried listening to a bbc podcast whilst running (Obsessed with Normal People, it’s great).

It worked brilliantly and meant I wasn’t concentrating on how I was feeling but my body just did it’s job whilst my mind was occupied elsewhere.

Can’t wait to do it again tomorrow 👍🌈

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

You might benefit from visiting the May Consolidation Club for Graduates healthunlocked.com/couchto5... if you want some help with structuring your running.

[Granspeed Graduate]

Good one. 👏🏼 It’s all about trying things until you find what works. Well done. (I like Desert Island Disks.😊)

[Sweet_Fanny_Adams Graduate]

The Infinite Monkey Cage does it for me...I was listening to Brian Cox and the panel talk about the science of laughter today - most entertaining!

[FleetwoodShuttle Graduate in reply to Sweet_Fanny_Adams]

Thanks Fanny. I’ve never listened to any podcasts before so once I’ve exhausted the Normal People podcasts I’m not sure what to listen to....I’ll take a look at the Monkey Cage.

[Smelliepoo Graduate in reply to Sweet_Fanny_Adams]

Monkey cage is one of my favorite pod casts, that and the guilty feminist. Tried a pod cast out in a run a couple of weeks ago and it really helped to distract the mind.

[Speedy60 Graduate]

Lovely to hear from you. Go you! 👍

[FleetwoodShuttle Graduate in reply to Speedy60]

Ah thanks Speedy 😊

[Rigpig Graduate]

There are dozens of great podcasts but I'm always looking for more good ones to listen to.

Here are a few that I find great (Monkey Cage is fantastic BTW)

No Such thing as a Fish

Answer me This

The Modern Mann

Kermode & Mayo's film review

Have fun

[FleetwoodShuttle Graduate in reply to Rigpig]

Thanks Rigpig for your recommendations 👍

How strange.... I was having a look at the Kermode podcasts last night. I love cinema and I love Mark Kermode so will definitely give it a try soon.

[Rigpig Graduate in reply to FleetwoodShuttle]

He has his own podcast, Kermode on Film. They are both very entertaining 😊

[Els1 Graduate]

I really found podcasts help too. Music can be good but podcasts take your mind off the fact that you're running, and stop you checking the time every 20 seconds! Audio books/plays are great too!

[FleetwoodShuttle Graduate in reply to Els1]

Oohh yes, audio books!!!

Thanks Els, I hadn’t thought of that!

[RattlyTortoise in reply to FleetwoodShuttle]

Your library probably has a great selection of audiobooksyou can download for free.

[Sybilw Graduate]

It’s a funny time that just after graduation. I missed having a plan but because I knew my running ‘steps per minute’ (from my watch) I could use a Spotify playlist based on that. It gives you a tempo but it also varies slightly from track to track so that you can have ‘rests’ and ‘challenges’! For a spoken word podcast I love ‘No such thing as a fish ‘ which is random facts from the QI elves. Very funny (can be rude) but distracting. I used to stop before 30 min too - because I could - but eventually got back to longer runs. Good luck but above all just get out there and enjoy.

[FleetwoodShuttle Graduate in reply to Sybilw]

Thanks Sybil. I’m probably one of the very few people who hasn’t watched QI!! But I will take a look/listen at that podcast.

Yes, just getting out there is a huge plus, especially as my chocolate intake has gone up since the beginning of lockdown 😱

[Sybilw Graduate in reply to FleetwoodShuttle]

Beware the 🍫 and 🍞!!

[FleetwoodShuttle Graduate in reply to Sybilw]

I don’t eat very much bread but I can’t seem to go a day without chocolate and I’m heading toward the Dark Side (weight wise for me which is 10 stone)

The worst time is the evening when me and DH sit down to watch tv.....