Well, after deciding that I'm not fit enough to do this years Cardiff half marathon I went for a little run, around 5k. Which seemed a little strange and at the same time quite motivating as I wasn't doing it to train for an event.
After a fairly OK jog and the usual huffing, puffing, sweating and general redness of the face I decided to sprint for the last stretch of my run.
Now, my definition of a sprint is probably slightly different to everyone else but either way, I ran as fast I could which took me back to my primary school days of coming last in the stint on sports day. I have to say I felt amazing after it as I don't think I've moved my body like that for many many years. So, for me it was fun but I dread to think if anyone was watching as they would have probably found it quite hilarious!!!!
As I'm not officially training I think I'll continue with the running along with a bit of Zumba to burn off the calories!
Maybe next year will be my 'Running Year'
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Saturday, 18 August 2012
Oh dear... This is tougher than I thought!
So, I've been unwell this week as I can't seem to shift this cold and cough but I decided to get out there again as I'm conscious that the half marathon is getting closer and the weather isn't on my side.
Checked the weather last night which indicated that it was going to be ok this morning. Started my run in the usual spot this time with my running jacket. About a third of the way there opposite st Helen's ground my calves were hurting and my hip was niggling.
Up to that point I'd done 5 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. I gave up at this point and started my walk back. Again feeling quite annoyed with myself. BUT I decided to run again as it was simply taking ages to get back. I decided on running faster for 1 minute and then walking for 1 minute. This certainly challenged my fitness as it got harder and harder. But I felt so much better for it.
Somehow I've got to strengthen my calves if I'm going to do this and of course keep losing the weight!
Here are my very sorry results:
Duration: 39' 35"
Pace: 13' 45" /mi
Distance: 2.88 mi
Calories: 381
Seriously need to get back out there tomorrow and stick to 4 mins and 2 mins walking.
:-(
Checked the weather last night which indicated that it was going to be ok this morning. Started my run in the usual spot this time with my running jacket. About a third of the way there opposite st Helen's ground my calves were hurting and my hip was niggling.
Up to that point I'd done 5 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. I gave up at this point and started my walk back. Again feeling quite annoyed with myself. BUT I decided to run again as it was simply taking ages to get back. I decided on running faster for 1 minute and then walking for 1 minute. This certainly challenged my fitness as it got harder and harder. But I felt so much better for it.
Somehow I've got to strengthen my calves if I'm going to do this and of course keep losing the weight!
Here are my very sorry results:
Duration: 39' 35"
Pace: 13' 45" /mi
Distance: 2.88 mi
Calories: 381
Seriously need to get back out there tomorrow and stick to 4 mins and 2 mins walking.
:-(
Sunday, 12 August 2012
It's not good to do it with a bad chest!!!
A run that is! Attempted to do a little run last Wednesday one of the hotter days we've had this summer. Not only was I recovering from a cold and had a bit of a chesty cough but the promenade was full of people. So the combination of not being able to breath properly, being extremely unfit and very conscious of my appearance I ended up turning around after about 8 minutes and did the walk of shame back to the car on the beach!!! Very annoyed with myself!
Ok, so I've sort of recovered from the chesty cough and cold (although the presence of numerous snot rags everywhere may indicate that I'm not fully recovered). Put my alarm on nice and early... Actually there is nothing nice about 6.30 on a Sunday morning.
Kit on and not exactly raring to go but I parked up in the usual place and took the attitude that the half marathon is about completing not competing so I took it a but slower to improve my stamina. Ended up doing blocks of 4 minutes of running instead. Not too bad but had to decrease it a few times.
Anyway, overall not a bad run considering!
Duration: 47' 52"
Pace: 12' 59"/mi
Distance: 3.69 mi
Calories: 513
The plan is to go for a run tomorrow morning as I'm going to be busy marking assignments all day tomorrow probably into the night. Maybe Zumba on Tuesday?
Ok, so I've sort of recovered from the chesty cough and cold (although the presence of numerous snot rags everywhere may indicate that I'm not fully recovered). Put my alarm on nice and early... Actually there is nothing nice about 6.30 on a Sunday morning.
Kit on and not exactly raring to go but I parked up in the usual place and took the attitude that the half marathon is about completing not competing so I took it a but slower to improve my stamina. Ended up doing blocks of 4 minutes of running instead. Not too bad but had to decrease it a few times.
Anyway, overall not a bad run considering!
Duration: 47' 52"
Pace: 12' 59"/mi
Distance: 3.69 mi
Calories: 513
The plan is to go for a run tomorrow morning as I'm going to be busy marking assignments all day tomorrow probably into the night. Maybe Zumba on Tuesday?
Monday, 6 August 2012
My first Monday Morning run!
After a weekend of feeling fairly rough my week started with an early Monday morning run which is a first for me!
With fear of seeing people on the way to work I got myself out there and focused on my training.
In total I saw maybe half a dozen people on the route and the traffic was fairly light for 7.30am on a Monday morning - might be slightly different when the kids are back in school.
I'm considering getting a few things printed onto my running gear such as 'Please Smile at Me - I'm raising money for charity' or 'Don't worry I'm not about to collapse' (as my face goes extremely red when I'm out!). I really wish people would give me a smile that says 'Go on girl, you can do it'.
If you read last years blog there was a similar theme in most of my posts. I wish people would realise that I'm not doing it to enter into the Olympics as I don't think I'd be fit enough to collect tickets but to realise that I'm ultimately doing it to raise money for a worthwhile cause. Think I might have to look into some printing!
So, how did my run go? It was tough... decided to take my intervals to running for 3 minutes and walking for 2.... about 1/3 of the way through I had to change this to less running as I haven't quite got my breathing right.
Here are my results:
Def think that my ipod Nike app isn't calibrated correctly as this was the same route as Saturday morning. There is a half a mile discrepancy in the distance but it was the same route! :-s And of course, the pace was a lot slower! I'd be inclined to say that these stats are more accurate that Saturdays! Oh well, the discrepancy motivated me on Saturday!
For those of you reading this, please remember there are people who CAN'T run and then there are those that THINK THEY CAN'T run... such a big difference. I would encourage those that are the later to get out there and give it a go. You will be pleased that you did!
With fear of seeing people on the way to work I got myself out there and focused on my training.
In total I saw maybe half a dozen people on the route and the traffic was fairly light for 7.30am on a Monday morning - might be slightly different when the kids are back in school.
I'm considering getting a few things printed onto my running gear such as 'Please Smile at Me - I'm raising money for charity' or 'Don't worry I'm not about to collapse' (as my face goes extremely red when I'm out!). I really wish people would give me a smile that says 'Go on girl, you can do it'.
If you read last years blog there was a similar theme in most of my posts. I wish people would realise that I'm not doing it to enter into the Olympics as I don't think I'd be fit enough to collect tickets but to realise that I'm ultimately doing it to raise money for a worthwhile cause. Think I might have to look into some printing!
So, how did my run go? It was tough... decided to take my intervals to running for 3 minutes and walking for 2.... about 1/3 of the way through I had to change this to less running as I haven't quite got my breathing right.
Here are my results:
Duration: 47' 33"
Pace: 13' 03"/ mi
Distance: 3.64 mi
Calories: 488
Def think that my ipod Nike app isn't calibrated correctly as this was the same route as Saturday morning. There is a half a mile discrepancy in the distance but it was the same route! :-s And of course, the pace was a lot slower! I'd be inclined to say that these stats are more accurate that Saturdays! Oh well, the discrepancy motivated me on Saturday!
For those of you reading this, please remember there are people who CAN'T run and then there are those that THINK THEY CAN'T run... such a big difference. I would encourage those that are the later to get out there and give it a go. You will be pleased that you did!
Sunday, 5 August 2012
First hurdle...
Well, after yesterday's first training session I had every intention to get back out the following morning... But within a few hours of coming back from my run I started to feel unwell. Thought it might have been my hayfever as I was sniffing and started to get a sore throat.... It got worse!
Throat got worse and started to get a fever. Muscles were aching but I think that's the combination of the run and not feeling well.
Didn't get out of bed till 3pm.
Starting to feel better and am considering going out tomorrow morning for a run? Although not too keen about going down the marina that time of the morning. We'll see!
Throat got worse and started to get a fever. Muscles were aching but I think that's the combination of the run and not feeling well.
Didn't get out of bed till 3pm.
Starting to feel better and am considering going out tomorrow morning for a run? Although not too keen about going down the marina that time of the morning. We'll see!
Saturday, 4 August 2012
Now that wasn't so bad was it?
Well... It certainly has been a while since I blogged about my jogging but I'm please to say that I'm back into it. OK so it's my first jog in a long time but it's a bloody good start.
So here are my excuses.... Which start back as far as last Christmas!!! Fell down the stairs just before christmas which left me with the most enormous bruise on my backside and also damaged the muscle (some of my friends had the great pleasure of seeing my bruise which covered the whole of my backside and left me with a lump there for a considerable amount of time). Nearly got back into it in the spring but was über busy with work which meant I just couldn't get into a routine of including exercise. This then resulted in me piling on the lbs so it simply escalated from there. And to add to it... The attempts that I made in the gym just didn't do it for me. Getting out there and pounding the pavements is the only way to get motivated!
So what spurred me on to get back? Well, the very same reason I started all of this back in 2010... Jo Pops has registered me for the Half Marathon again in October! (With my permission of course) AND the simple fact that if I didn't start exercising again soon I'd have to buy a whole new wardrobe as I'm bursting out of my existing one!
So how was my first jog? Not bad. Got up extra early to avoid as many people as possible and was down the Marina by about 7.30am. Luckily no one was about. Had all the gear on and just went for it. Paced myself to keep it realistic as if I pushed myself too hard I'd give up and not go back out again. Stuck with running for 2 minutes and walking for 2 minutes. Didn't manage to completely stick to it but didn't do too bad!
How did I do? Well, one thing I noticed was that I'd done 5.4km in about 39 minutes, although slow for most people this is close to what I achieved in the Race for Life 2010. So I'm quite pleased with that.
Duration: 48' 50" *
Pace: 11' 36"/ mi
Distance: 4.21 mi
Calories: 415
*I was using my new iPod to measure my run so it was probably a bit less than this as wasn't sure how to use it.
Just checked my training records from last year and it seems my pace is pretty good considering it was my first time out there! Maybe it has something to do with my magic daps that I invested in back last november!
Feeling quite positive about Octobers event!
Will be going out for another jog tomorrow with a view of increasing my intervals to 3 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. Lets see if the results come out about the same!
Wish me luck
So here are my excuses.... Which start back as far as last Christmas!!! Fell down the stairs just before christmas which left me with the most enormous bruise on my backside and also damaged the muscle (some of my friends had the great pleasure of seeing my bruise which covered the whole of my backside and left me with a lump there for a considerable amount of time). Nearly got back into it in the spring but was über busy with work which meant I just couldn't get into a routine of including exercise. This then resulted in me piling on the lbs so it simply escalated from there. And to add to it... The attempts that I made in the gym just didn't do it for me. Getting out there and pounding the pavements is the only way to get motivated!
So what spurred me on to get back? Well, the very same reason I started all of this back in 2010... Jo Pops has registered me for the Half Marathon again in October! (With my permission of course) AND the simple fact that if I didn't start exercising again soon I'd have to buy a whole new wardrobe as I'm bursting out of my existing one!
So how was my first jog? Not bad. Got up extra early to avoid as many people as possible and was down the Marina by about 7.30am. Luckily no one was about. Had all the gear on and just went for it. Paced myself to keep it realistic as if I pushed myself too hard I'd give up and not go back out again. Stuck with running for 2 minutes and walking for 2 minutes. Didn't manage to completely stick to it but didn't do too bad!
How did I do? Well, one thing I noticed was that I'd done 5.4km in about 39 minutes, although slow for most people this is close to what I achieved in the Race for Life 2010. So I'm quite pleased with that.
Duration: 48' 50" *
Pace: 11' 36"/ mi
Distance: 4.21 mi
Calories: 415
*I was using my new iPod to measure my run so it was probably a bit less than this as wasn't sure how to use it.
Just checked my training records from last year and it seems my pace is pretty good considering it was my first time out there! Maybe it has something to do with my magic daps that I invested in back last november!
Feeling quite positive about Octobers event!
Will be going out for another jog tomorrow with a view of increasing my intervals to 3 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. Lets see if the results come out about the same!
Wish me luck
Sunday, 20 May 2012
Learning to walk before you can run!
Anyone reading this may notice that my last entry was some time ago and if I remember rightly, the last blog post was about my shiny new trainers and how they were going to motivate me to keep going over the winter months!
Wishful thinking! I used my trainers twice followed by a swift visit to the gym in January.
So, I dusted off my not so new trainers this morning accompanied by my joggers and a hoody. For those of you now thinking that this was followed by a run, you'll be disappointed. As with every time I 'get back on it' it started with a power walk! Just under 3 miles at a reasonable pace.
For those reading this who are thinking about doing a run some time this year then I would always advise to start with some swift walking. Once you're out there, joints moving and your heart rate goes up then you'll feel so much more motivated... In comparison with trying to start off by running, getting out of breath and feeling disappointed that you haven't acheived anything.
My advise for anyone starting out is to start off with baby steps... This way you'll always keep achieving! And of course you'll lower the risk of injury! As the saying says 'learn to walk before you can run'. Have a look in the right column of this blog for the training plan that helped me get started for my first ever half marathon in 2010!
So the next step for me is to improve my nutrition and get myself booked onto my first race of 2012... Race for Life! Watch this space for my just giving page!
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Kind Regards
Natalie Reynolds
Social Media Coach
Mobile: 07811142617
Email: info@natreynolds.co.uk
Wishful thinking! I used my trainers twice followed by a swift visit to the gym in January.
So, I dusted off my not so new trainers this morning accompanied by my joggers and a hoody. For those of you now thinking that this was followed by a run, you'll be disappointed. As with every time I 'get back on it' it started with a power walk! Just under 3 miles at a reasonable pace.
For those reading this who are thinking about doing a run some time this year then I would always advise to start with some swift walking. Once you're out there, joints moving and your heart rate goes up then you'll feel so much more motivated... In comparison with trying to start off by running, getting out of breath and feeling disappointed that you haven't acheived anything.
My advise for anyone starting out is to start off with baby steps... This way you'll always keep achieving! And of course you'll lower the risk of injury! As the saying says 'learn to walk before you can run'. Have a look in the right column of this blog for the training plan that helped me get started for my first ever half marathon in 2010!
So the next step for me is to improve my nutrition and get myself booked onto my first race of 2012... Race for Life! Watch this space for my just giving page!
--
Kind Regards
Natalie Reynolds
Social Media Coach
Mobile: 07811142617
Email: info@natreynolds.co.uk
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