I have been following the Go from couch to 5k in 6 weeks running plan and have reached the first milestone of running for 10 minutes non-stop! I mapped it out on Google Earth and the distance came to about 1.16 miles which is about right for my current running speed. Half a mile in 5 minutes.
Up til now I have been running for 5 minutes at a time with 5 minutes cool down in between. I have actually been doing this first step for 2 weeks to get my stamina up as going from nothing to running is actually a bit of a killer. I have been completing a course of aproximately 2.6 miles with 15 minutes total running and 15 minutes cool down.
The run for 10 minutes was not too much effort to be honest. I was only troubled by the fact that my timer on my iPhone might have gone wrong and that I was running further than needed!
According to the plan, next week I will be running for 7 minutes at a time with 5 minutes cool down in between and then for a total of 15 minutes at the end of the week. I am no Usain Bolt though so I might string this one out for 2 weeks with the final run being 15 minutes. I will have to see how I get on. 7 minutes running will not be an issue though I think - but I might swap to doing a 5 minute warm up walk first rather than running straight away.
I am getting my Belkin iPhone Sports Armband today too, so I will no longer have just the rhythmical slosh-slosh-slosh of my water bottle to run to.
Any suggestions for some good running music?
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Although its not running per se, as I do mine on a treadmill, ths fixed BPM Podrunner podcasts are great, failing that I like torun to techno style music, and that’s something I don’t even like that much normally,
to contrast that, I life weights to Rap and Hip-Hop - wired eh?
I was thinking that running to techno or something fast might push me too fast perhaps?
Maybe some nice audio books or podcasts might be in order.
The Podrunner stuff does look really good though! I will subscribe ready for my next run on Monday.
Rage against the machine, or Pendulum.
Bust a lung!
“Keep on Running” by Spencer Davis Group
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