Thankful for the treadmill on these dark, wet nights

[Frizzbomb67]

My running buddy is not well at the mo so I’ve been running on my own (with Coach Bennet keeping me company 😂). Problem is, it’s too dark for me to run alone after work and it’s been lashing it down with rain almost every evening 😏 So I’ve been thankful for my treadmill this week. I’d much prefer to run outside and find the treadmill too boring to run on for long, 30 mins max but I do enjoy it for interval runs. I revisited the 3,2,1 Go run from NRC which is one of my favourites but I haven’t run it for some time. It finishes with 30 seconds of your fastest running which I love, but I also love the 1 minute of recovery time you get after it 😂 as it always makes me feel a bit queasy. I’m going to try to get out in the light over the weekend to get a longer outdoor run too, weather permitting 🌧️ but I’m grateful to have the best of both worlds 😊

Edit ✍️ Outdoor run completed this morning ☑️ Deliciously slow and steady, and the late Autumn sunshine was just glorious after the atrocious weather we’ve had this week. Now that feels better 😊

[MissUnderstanding Administrator Graduate]

Excellent! Really glad you found a way to run, especially with the lovely Coach B!

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Huge well done you, and I am glad that CB is keeping you company! The TM can be really useful... I used mine whenever there was black ice on the ground.

I know you have been running for a while but maybe take care on those fast spurts... that queasy feeling you get at the moment could be a sign that, for whatever reason, you are pushing a tad too hard and over exerting ?

[Frizzbomb67 Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

Thanks for the advice 👍🏻 You won’t often find me going fast 🐌 I’m a fan of deliciously long slow runs. I realised early on that going too fast does make me feel queasy. It used to happen when I ran for a bus I’m my much younger days 🤢 which was quite often 😂 I don’t tend to bother too much about speed these days. The positive thing is, I’ve done that run twice this week and I was less queasy the second time so I’m getting better 😂. Thanks for responding 😊

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to Frizzbomb67]

Brilliant..!