I've had a few days off from running. My left shin was giving me jip, as I've said, and after a disastrous run last week both my shins were a bit sore.Today, after four day's of rest, I hit the treadmill walking fast for 5 mins before a slow jog for 10 minutes. My shins felt fine [...]
Looking back over old posts I managed to run 5k for the first time more than a month ago and this is still my furthest distance to date. Granted, the first 5k was on the treadmill and my first outdoors 5k was just two weeks ago, but I feel that I've come to a plateau [...]
It's less than 8 weeks until my debut 10k and today I'm feeling quite confident about that. On Saturday I ran 5K on the road - which is the first time I've run this distance out in the fresh air.I was really pleased, especially as I found starting off on my route harder than usual. [...]
Nine weeks until my first ever 10k and now the going is getting tough. I've figured out that I need to add half a mile to my long run of the week every week for the next nine weeks.If I say it fast it doesn't sound that much, if I run it slow it probably [...]
Last night I turned a corner with my running. I realised that as I'd mainly been running in the gym on the treadmill I was used to watching the minutes and KMs tick away which allowed me to push myself a bit further each time.When I'd run on the road I had no idea how [...]
Lazy is as lazy does and recently I've been very lazy. I haven't run in a whole week which is poor.There's a couple of reasons for this that I've used to justify my slackness to myself. Firstly I did plan to run over the weekend but a hangover and helping a friend move flat put [...]
There' a lot of pressure from society to look good these days and where this pressure is most visible is in the gym. I get quite bored quite fast on the treadmill and find myself looking at the people around me.The other day I was watching a guy on the (now I'm not down with gym lingo [...]
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I'd been doubting whether I should still be referring to myself as 'Lazy girl' as my activity level has shot up in recent months. Last week, following my injury, I decided I should rest for a week. After thoroughly enjoying my rest I've realised that 'Lazy' is a state of mind and not just a [...]
So I've hurt my right ankle. I went to the gym on Monday thinking that after a day of resting and with my legs no longer aching I would fly through 4km (new target) on the treadmill.But not long after starting, a burning started in my right ankle and after 10 minutes I had to slow [...]