The training program I follow is taken from the book The Runner's Handbook, written by Bob Glover. It is a very easy program, with small progressions of 1 or 2 minutes every week, during some 12 weeks, but I can alter the rythm to suit my capacities. At the end of the 12 weeks or so, I am supossed to be able to run for 20 minutes non-stop. Well, that's a beginning!
After my first two days of a routine running at 70% of my max. heart rate and alternating it with a brisk walk of tyo minutes (2-2 X 5) I took a day of rest. It is years since I did not make any exercise, so I started to feel all kinds of changes in the body. Muscular mainly, not too many aches, but a general feeling as if I've been supporting the vault of heaven. Today back to schedule, but at the end of it felt really tired. As I planned the day chaotically bad, I started the stretching exercises too late (it takes me about 30min. 10 exercises) eat too late and thus went to work with the food still rumbling in my stomach, and legs that seemed made of lead. Horrible. I don't know how I am going to withstands the next week, cause there is an increase of 1 minute running, so it will be: 3min.run-2min. brisk walk X 4 = 12min. I have the feeling that I am getting over-exhausted, because i get irritated by the most stupid things, so could it be that? or the diet? but maybe is not anything of that, maybe is only that for the first time in years i am doing something worth (apart from stopping smoking one month ago!) and a part of me is rebelling and contemplating decreasing the rythm in order to avoid that tiring feeling. I don't know. Tomorrow is the final day of running for this week, and then 2 whole days off! well, I do stretching exercises every day though, but that is not so demanding. The good side is that I am managing that 70% fairly ok. I am enjoying and getting healthier everyday, and this is what it counts.
There are not short-cuts, really
After my first two days of a routine running at 70% of my max. heart rate and alternating it with a brisk walk of tyo minutes (2-2 X 5) I took a day of rest. It is years since I did not make any exercise, so I started to feel all kinds of changes in the body. Muscular mainly, not too many aches, but a general feeling as if I've been supporting the vault of heaven. Today back to schedule, but at the end of it felt really tired. As I planned the day chaotically bad, I started the stretching exercises too late (it takes me about 30min. 10 exercises) eat too late and thus went to work with the food still rumbling in my stomach, and legs that seemed made of lead. Horrible. I don't know how I am going to withstands the next week, cause there is an increase of 1 minute running, so it will be: 3min.run-2min. brisk walk X 4 = 12min. I have the feeling that I am getting over-exhausted, because i get irritated by the most stupid things, so could it be that? or the diet? but maybe is not anything of that, maybe is only that for the first time in years i am doing something worth (apart from stopping smoking one month ago!) and a part of me is rebelling and contemplating decreasing the rythm in order to avoid that tiring feeling. I don't know. Tomorrow is the final day of running for this week, and then 2 whole days off! well, I do stretching exercises every day though, but that is not so demanding. The good side is that I am managing that 70% fairly ok. I am enjoying and getting healthier everyday, and this is what it counts.
There are not short-cuts, really
