Hi everybody!
I have gone through the lenghty but rewarding process of building up up to 30 minutes of running/three times a week (just what the nhs recommends!). This is something new and very exciting, as it enables me to use at last the promenade terrace and show off in view of my neighbours ;-). All the previous training was done in a park, far from the centre of town, partly because I felt more comfortable that way, while doing the run-walk basic training. The pain in the legs is really a lot still. Sometimes I think is too hard what I am doing, for even a whole weekend is sometimes not enough rest and feel slightly unprepared for my run on monday.
I still run 'easy', at 70% of my max., and have a great stretching session afterwards. But there is this plateau at which I seem to have arrived, and it kills me thinking that perhaps 40 is not after all such a youthful age to start running. I keep hopes high though!
A big warm hug to all runners, from Aberystwyth!
I have gone through the lenghty but rewarding process of building up up to 30 minutes of running/three times a week (just what the nhs recommends!). This is something new and very exciting, as it enables me to use at last the promenade terrace and show off in view of my neighbours ;-). All the previous training was done in a park, far from the centre of town, partly because I felt more comfortable that way, while doing the run-walk basic training. The pain in the legs is really a lot still. Sometimes I think is too hard what I am doing, for even a whole weekend is sometimes not enough rest and feel slightly unprepared for my run on monday.
I still run 'easy', at 70% of my max., and have a great stretching session afterwards. But there is this plateau at which I seem to have arrived, and it kills me thinking that perhaps 40 is not after all such a youthful age to start running. I keep hopes high though!
A big warm hug to all runners, from Aberystwyth!