This morning I decided my lunch time run would be 5km, as it has been quite sometime since I've done a long run.
When I started my run I felt so very comfortable, I thought I could run at that pace forever, so I got over excited and sped up a little.
About 2.25km in I started to feel like I couldn't do much more, I told myself I could stop at 3km, but then at about 2.6km, where I was past the half way point, I convinced myself it would be great if I could do what I actually planned to do. I slowed down a tiny bit, regained my comfort and got back into it. I managed to get the speed up a little bit by the time I got to 4km, then did a good 10-11 pace sprint at the end.
My legs feel fantastic after that effort, normally my legs feel horrible and achey. This is a great sign that my new technique is working well.
I emailed The Athlete's Foot again today to see if they had any Adidas MiCoach in stock, I went to the Woden store yesterday but they don't stock them. I think having the motivation and data from it is going to help me get better faster.
The 10km run I am training for now is on the 6th March, that's 9 weeks away. I am hoping I can run it under 65 minutes. Under 60 is probably a bit too unrealistic at this point.
Tomorrow I'm thinking I'm going for a 3km run. If I feel sore I might skip it or just do 2km. Because 2km is almost as pointless as doing nothing these days anyway ;)
Hey Julie, congrats on putting some real goals together and working towards them. Best way to do it.
ReplyDeleteFrom the 2 people that I know that have gone through this kind of process and actually lost a lot of weight (and kept it off) have said that the thing that got the best results was from not eating anything from 2-3 hours before bed.
The body starts burning stored fat after about the 5th hour, while you are asleep! Sweet deal.
Keep it up.
Cheers, Bruce