What a beautiful morning for a run! A definite nip in the air which made it all the more pleasant, but a definite sign that Autumn is rapidly approaching ☹️
It was the first attempt at five lap Friday (5 laps of the lake for those not in the know), so longer than Laura's 30 minuters, which come in at about 4 and a third ish. It was quite liberating to go for a run without Lura though, knowing it was all about a distance and not time today.
I wasn't totally on my own, my OH who did C25K years ago but never kept it up came a long (and showed that yoga, pilates, tai chi and rock box apparently do work for keeping up the running fitness levels); so with a bit of company the pace was a bit faster than I would have set if I'd been by myself.
And it was all a good success, lapping in about 6 mins and 20 seconds consistently (even did a sprint finish for the last 75 meters!) which is going to be about a 42 minute 5k. I'll take that, now it's just a case of slowly building up the distance to get to that magical figure, I reckon about half a lap a week should see it done sensibly, but for next week it'll be 2 days out with my bestie Laura, and then a 5 lapper on Friday.
Thanks for reading!
(ps, I still can't believe w1 started at 60 seconds, and the apprehension at going to 3 minutes and then 5! Now I'm doing over 30 and enjoying it. Slow and steady does the trick, keep running folks, and trust the programme).
Fish, chips and mushy peas!
Hello all - 71 years old and hoping to run!
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