W8:1 A Hill

[ktsok]

Hydration: check

Need fuel? nope. 16 hours of fasting but not hungry or fatigued.

Coffee: check

The aim of the day was to jog for 28 minutes keeping it slow all the way. Also known as: enjoying the experience.

I thought I’d deviate from the usual safe path around the gardens where I live. Now the times are extending, so too is the distance. I have started going in circles and it’s beginning to feel a bit hamster-in-the-wheel-like. Time to go further afield.

Sure enough, I started out too fast but frequent checking of the watch kept me slow. Then I hit a hill and didn’t need the watch to take it slow up there. Lordy. Hills are hard work, aren’t they? I spent nearly 7 minutes slogging upwards. I’m pleased to say that I did manage to keep my breathing under control the whole way, but it got the heart hammering, so wasn’t quite the cloud-running experience (on a flat route) of the other day. But it didn’t feel too hard, either.

Slow ‘n’ steady as she goes.

[Katnap Graduate]

Yay! You did well to keep going 💪🐱

[ktsok Graduate in reply to Katnap]

Thanks Katnap x

[Jell6 Graduate]

I'm ignoring the watch for now! It sounds like your run still felt good, go by feel. It was a good run.

Hills...shudders.

[ktsok Graduate in reply to Jell6]

I ignore it at my peril. I’m not a natural endurance athlete! I tend to climb best early on and then lose energy, whereas my climbing partner takes a while to warm up then gets stronger and stronger. I call her the Duracell bunny. It’s the same with the runs, it feels easy early on and therefore I don’t think I’m going too fast… so the watch helps keep me in check! It’s all about the slowness…

How’s it going in the Wirral?

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to ktsok]

It's very cold, and very wet here, it's been that way for a while now, so the choice is get wet, or don't go🤷🏻‍♀️I did my first interval run on the NRC 10 km plan today, and forgot to pause my watch (so much to think about)

Next week will be tricky, I have an extra shift and the forecast is even worse. I'll just do what I can.

I used to start off too fast, but I think I have finally mastered to art of slow 🐌 🐌

[ktsok Graduate in reply to Jell6]

Well done. And that must have been a tough lesson for a GaJelle! Next week’s schedule/forecast sounds far from ideal 😬

I guess it won’t be so long before we are complaining about the heat?!

[Jell6 Graduate in reply to ktsok]

I certainly will 🤣🤣🥵🥵🥵🥵