Week 1 Session 2

I ran a bloody mile! Seriously, a mile!

Ok, it was in 8 1/8th of a mile instalments but still! 

I was feeling better enough to have another go with the C25K program again today, still a bit of ache but if I wait for it to wear off completely every time I have the feeling that I will end up going a week between sessions and never get anywhere. 

I went down by the canal again, 8 60 second runs with 90 second walking between and I followed my own advice from last time. 

I did it in daylight, which was cool, someone has done a load of wood carving so there were trolls, dogs, deer, an elephant and a few other things sprinkled along the route. There must be at least 30 of them in total. I stuck to the paved side which meant the ground was a lot easier, wet tarmac is a lot easier to run on than mud. 

I paced myself to a steady jog, I still thought I was going to die by the end but the actual running segments were all very close to an 8 min/mile pace, though my brisk walk sections dropped from about 12 min/mile on the first one to about 16 min/mile by the last one.   

The stats were :

I completed C25K Week 1 Day 2 (timed) (1.68 miles), in 18:30, pace 10:59 min/mile.

So about a minute a mile less than the average last time, but I was a lot happier with my performance overall. I very nearly gave up half way through the last run section but I managed to push through, hopefully my breathing will improve a bit for next time as I felt like I just couldn't get enough breath by the end of it but pleased overall and I have a feeling I'm going to ache tomorrow. 

I'm tentatively scheduling my next run for Tuesday, which will mean I will get 3 runs in this week (just) but I might do it on Monday if I feel recovered by then.  

Entertainment for my run was courtesy of the Bad Dice Daily, their 400th episode doing a "Warhammer Personality of the Year". Pretty entertaining even if none of my votes won their categories. Shame their episodes are only 15-20 minutes really as they are a bit short for a half hour session. I might give music a go but I've been listening to a lot of podcasts and audiobooks over the last 6 months and they seem ideal to stop me getting bored when I'm exercising.