Sweat is just pain leaving the body!!
My body must be in agony when I run then!
After a month off injured I set off again on my half marathon training. It seems that since the end of August I've barely done any running at all - what with my holiday to Portugal and then with my foot being injured. And all the while I've been hitting the self destruct button (so to speak) by eating and drinking crap and generally not taking as much care as I should of myself. However, This past couple of weeks I've been building up to "Captain Slow - The Return!"
WEEK 6 DAY 1
5 MINUTE WARM UP WALK
40 MINUTE JOG
5 MINUTE COOL DOWN WALK
I
looked at this and thought - 40 minutes jogging - that's a nice way to
ease myself back into jogging! FOOL! 24 hours after doing this
workout my legs hurt like you would not believe! It's amazing how
quickly your body forgets how to cope!
Week 6 Day : 1
| Duration | Calories | Av ♥ | Max ♥ | Distance | Av Pace | Fast Mile | Notes | * |
| 50 mins | 377 | 148 | 168 | 3.25 | 11.40 | 10.57 | * | * |
WEEK 6 DAY 2
5 MINUTE WARM UP WALK
40 MINUTE JOG
5 MINUTE COOL DOWN WALK
After a few days of aches and pains I got back onto it on Wednesday morning.
He-Who-Must-Be-Ignored
was in work early so I managed to get a nice long walk in with my dogs
before setting off on this workout. For the first 2 or so miles
everything was going really well. I felt much better than I did on my
previous workout and even had to hold back on my speed so I didn't end
up burning myself out. I have a 10.44 minute mile but could easily have
gone under 10 minutes if I'd allowed myself to, however my moto is
slowly gets the distance done! They don't call me Captain Slow for
nothing you know!
At
around the 2.5 mile mark I felt a slight twinge in my right foot,
exactly where I've been injured recently. Now, today I had two heads on
my shoulders. Stupid Head (which was carrying Pillock Brain in it) was saying - nah - tis merely a twinge - ignore it, carry on, you're doing great!
So I did!
For a couple of hundred yards.
Then Sensible Head with Smart Brain
on-board said, Actually Netty - this is what you did last time and you
ended up out of action for a month. Do you REALLY think it's wise to
continue?
Stupid Head pipes up - don't be a wimp! It's nowhere near as painful as last time - it'll be fine - carry on!
Sensible Head reminded Stupid Head
that last time I was injured it started off as just a little twinge and
as I was too stupid to stop running things just got worse and worse and
worse!
Stupid
Brain knows that Sensible Brain is right - which galls Stupid Brain,
who reluctantly tells my feet to stop running!
I walked for quite a
while but then thought I'd have a little jog. Apart from my foot
hurting everything else feels just fine which is just infuriating!
Although this seems like just a twinge I know it can develop into
something worse if I don't stop jogging and putting strain on it - so I
drop down to walking again. Sensible Head is soothed by this but all
the while Stupid Head keeps saying - have a little jog - it might just
be a blip... it might not be as bad as you think.... and so I walked and
jogged and walked and jogged until I realised that, actually, Sensible
Head is right. I HAVE TO STOP JOGGING and allow my foot to rest.
1 comment:
Tried to comment earlier but blogger.com got grumpy.... anyways, it's a cliche, but this running lark is not a sprint, it's a, er, marathon. Slow and steady, and you'll get there! :-)
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