A Question of Balance

[Instructor57]

An appropriate title as it was the Album on my playlist by 'The Moody Blues'

and it was also one of the purposes of my run of which there were 4.

1. to slow it down

2. to concentrate on my form (Balance)

3. to extend my run

4 to enjoy

and i'm happy to say i accomplished all 4

in fact, the hardest part was number 1, to slow it down !

in some ways it was a bit of an awakening , it made me realise just how much time i spent looking at my watch on my run !!

even when i was wanting to run slower.

Crazy! especially as i know already that i'm in the HR zone i wanted when i'm running at a conversational pace .

Don't forget the basics Ian !

anyway , my slower pace enabled me to concentrate a bit more on my form, which i think is improving thanks to my physio and James dunne !

i was intending to keep this slow as i wanted to extend the run, initially just by the recommended 10% to a distance of 5.5K

However, it was going well, i was comfortable and when i reached 5.5k i was too close to home so i wanted to give myself more of a warm down walk so i carried onto 6K.

so a big lesson learnt for me was , ignore the tech !! just control my pace by my breathing

run in the moment and enjoy,

after all, surely thats what its all about ! 😊🏃‍♂️

[Jools2020 Graduate]

Brilliant run, Ian! Run in the moment and enjoy. Perfect! And just what I was doing this morning, too! I may have started a slow running revolution 😂

Plus - love the Moody Blues 🎶 particularly Seventh Sojourn.

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Jools2020]

yes, i enjoyed it. 👍

it was always my intention to slow it down when i want to increase the distance !

i just wasn't sure when i was going to do it (still aware of the injury)

Always been a fan of the moody blues as well as floyd 😬

[Birdlady64 Graduate]

Fantastic run!

The art of slow😁

A great way to start the day!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Birdlady64]

Many thanks, i enjoyed it 😊

[MccHa Graduate]

Well done Ian 👏👏👏 you doing great , very pleased 😀

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to MccHa]

Thank you !

Still ache afterwards though 😐

[Tinytears60 Graduate]

Ian - I love how we are learning g all the time.. finding what works for us... our own little techniques!

You’re doing so well! 👏👏👏

Slow runs can be great can’t they - as you say... ignore the tech and enjoy the run 👌

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Tinytears60]

Yes, it's so easy to get caught up in the tech and the numbers sometimes that we forget to enjoy the run , 🙂

[SueAppleRun Graduate]

That’s great really great, we find when we go really slow we can sing as well as talk and barely breathe hard even though my watch tells me i’m in a high hr zone, but we feel it when we speed up

Carry on enjoying your running adventure

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Thank you !

And there were moments when I was singing too 😂

[SueAppleRun Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

That’s just fun isn’t it?

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to SueAppleRun]

Absolutely 😁😁😁

[wobbles_when_runs Graduate]

Sounds like you’ve got it sorted. Listen to your body not the tech 😁

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to wobbles_when_runs]

Sure it has its uses , but it's so easy to get too tied up in it ,

If you can breathe then your probably doing ok 😂

[wobbles_when_runs Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Yes, that breathing thing is important 😤

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to wobbles_when_runs]

Haha, remember the early weeks when we used to struggle to breathe 😂

[wobbles_when_runs Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

I do, I never thought I’d be able to count to four breathing in and out!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to wobbles_when_runs]

Haha I know , I still think that was a bizarre suggestion 😂

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to wobbles_when_runs]

P.S

Loving the shiny new graduate badge 😬👍

[wobbles_when_runs Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

Oh is it there?! I’ll have to see via the website 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to wobbles_when_runs]

Yes, it's there 😬👍💃💃💃

[wobbles_when_runs Graduate in reply to Instructor57]

I see it now, had to clear my cache! Oh yes, look at that 💃🏻 happy dance!

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to wobbles_when_runs]

😬💃😬💃😬💃😬

[Equilux Graduate]

I love your 4-point plan! No.1 is always the toughest to achieve, I think! But if we can do that, numbers 2, 3 and 4 should be much easier to master. I don’t know why no.1 is so difficult, especially for people like me who run solo. I’m not trying to keep up with anyone else, so slow should be easily achievable 🤷‍♀️.

[Instructor57 Graduate in reply to Equilux]

Absolutely, I also run alone but I found it so hard to slow down, I was too tied up in numbers , when I stopped looking at my watch everything improved 😬