British Heart Foundation 10K Run
Well, so far so good it seems. I ran round the whole park yesterday morning in just over 25mins, which is better than when I did the whole park before at the start of my training for the Cancer Research 10K Run last year. I was a little worried I would find it very difficult first time, but it was enjoyable and I finished with a bit of a sprint. The route I take is anti-clockwise and leaves me a 200 yard incline to the finish line, which I use to build my stamina with sprints.
I had a clear purpose of just doing the one lap and to check my time. It was very wet and raining heavily when I finished, but I was undeterred. I felt well tired first thing when I got out of bed, but once I drank some water and sorted myself out I was ready to run.
This morning I was up at 5.30am and ready to go to the gym by 6.00am. I took the car as it was raining quite heavy again and just as well as the gym did not open until 6.30am! Once I got in I did not have too much time so went straight into my exercises after a 5min cycle and then left once I had done my weights, without cooling down. The weights I used were light as I do not want to tire myself out as I plan to do something each day.
I slipped straight into the exercises without too much fuss, remembering what I had done before and not using my exercise log sheet. I am feeling confident in the gym and feel that I will be able to mix up my programme a little once I have a few days under my belt. Anita Beans six-week programme works for me and I am using it to balance against the training for the run.
I was looking at myself int he mirror last night and can definitely see I have put on some weight. I never weigh myself, especially when training as it is a de-motivator as weight can fluctuate and muscles are heavy so you can look slimmer but weight more. I don’t want to build muscles but to trim a bit so I am using lighter weights and will increase reps instead of going for the heavier weights.
So far so good and hopefully I can keep this up.
