Sunday, 22 January 2017

Beating Back The Beast - Running again

Wow I never thought I would ever say this but ...It's great to be running again.

After nearly 2 months off running due to food reactions, the craziness of end of year gradings and the prize-giving and then Christmas I finally plucked up the gumption to run again. I have been doing other workouts but to be fair I find none as hard as running, well maybe the Yoga but that is challenging in so many other ways.

The first few laps of the forest were particularly difficult but as I found my breathing rhythm and got going I found it got easier and easier. I stuck with the interval training I had been doing prior to my break, walking and running, but instead of using the coaching program just went back to the app the logs my progress and coached myself. I actually found this worked better for me, as I could push myself to a goal and I wasn't waiting for the coach to tell me when i could walk again.

Managed a little over 3Km's today which I am actually quite proud of considering how the beast has been treating me of late. I definitely know I have extended myself but after the initial recovery period I have been energised all day.

Tomorrow will be a stretch day. I said last week I intend to do more stretching and as tempting as it is to run again tomorrow I am not going to I am going to stretch! Discipline is the key here. Lets see how that works out for me.

Win to Amanda today 😀


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