Morning Run: Getting better
steevc just finished a 7.03km run, that lasted for 40 minutes.
This run helped steevc burn 495.0 calories.
Description from Strava:
I went out in a t-shirt today, but Strava reckons it felt like 1C. Mind you I could see my breath on the way back. Today was what I would class as a pace run. I tried not to take it easy on my loop up the hill and around Fairfield.
It gets a bit lighter each week, which helps me see where I am going. As usual there were plenty of dog walkers, cyclists and some people who were just walking. West Drive is well used.
I tried to keep the pace up on the climbs and I got quicker as I went on. Of course I am coming downhill on the way back, so I would expect that to be quicker.
Strava gives a 'fitness' rating based on various factors.I seemed to go into a bit of a slump in the middle of last year. I was running, but I think it tended to be 2 or 3 runs per week rather than 3 or 4 and I was not going so far at the weekends. I have picked that up a bit recently and the graph is rising nicely. I am back to where i was a while ago, but still a way off my peak from a couple of year back. Perhaps I can continue this trend to get there.
Run free and stay strong.
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About the Athlete: Older guy trying to keep fit, but still hope to go quicker.
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You are doing great man @steevc, but please be careful for your health, and wear something warm when doing out for walk or run.
You don't need to worry about me. I don't mind the cold too much and I get pretty warm when I'm running.
That is one advantage of these auto trackers, eh? I am not running on a regular basis these days, but I like that my watch tracks my steps, my time standing, my "fitness time" (which is just when I have an elevated heartbeat so the watch presumes I am exercising), and so on. I don't obsess about this data as some do, but I glance at it once a week. It gives me an idea of my activity and I can then try to adjust things in the next week if I am slumping.
We can have so much data these days. I can access more than a professional athlete could have not so long ago. I like to see how I am improving, but I don't wear my Garmin at night to log my sleep patterns and the steps on non-running days are not important. I have heard of Apple Watches detecting when someone has a heart condition, but that is probably pretty rare.
Wow, a T-Shirt! That must be nice. We won't be doing that for another couple of months here. I got up to exercise this morning, but then the dog had to go out and I had some other things to do and I had to settle for doing ten pushups and calling it a day. I think I could have done 15, 20 might have been stretching it. The first 5 were easier than I thought they would be.
I am finding 10 good pushups to be hard work these days, but I try to do that twice each day in hope that it will improve. I may need to do more than that though. I also do a daily drumming workout of ten minutes of alternate strokes. I don't know if that has much fitness benefit.
I need to work pushups into my routine a bit more. I have been doing some weights and that seems to help but the ones this morning definitely worked some different muscles that I have been missing.
I think I’d vomit all over if I ran that much. It’s inspiring though. My cousin does those tough mudders and got really in shape so I’m a bit jealous. Lol.
I do enjoy biking though. Keep kicking ass homie!
LOL! Personally I don't see the appeal in getting all muddy. I'll tolerate a bit of mud on parkrun, but don't want to get totally covered. What I do is a mix of general fitness and challenging myself. I'd like to do more biking, but I don't seem to find the time despite having some good trails around here.
Yeah, the mud is a non starter for me as well. Lol. The biking is nice. I’m not hardcore with it but in the nicer months, I go out often and take it to and from work on days where I’m not bringing my pup with me.
Looks like a pretty decent upward trend to me!
I'm already looking forward to my run tomo, intervals I think!
I'll rest tomorrow to be fresh for parkrun. I know some people run every day, but I think I do enough.
Yeah I cldn't get on with daily - 2 short runs on consecutive days is fine but three in a row no! I like 3 a week works for me!
When a person starts running, his body gets warm, due to which he does not feel cold at all, like if we play sports, it is the same. It is good to see that you are doing more than your daily running time. I'm trying to do the same thing you're doing, I've been doing it a little bit more over time.
Well that depends. When it's -5C I may still feel it.
a sub 6min per km pace over 10k. That's a good one in my book!
I would hope to be under that on most runs. Managed it again today on my long run. I have my own comfortable pace, but would like to find more speed.
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I do sometimes surprise myself, but I have a good idea how quick I'm going and my watch updates me anyway. It tends to be a matter of how comfortable that pace is. If it feels easy then I ought to push harder. At parkrun last week I had a guy right behind me and that pushed me to not slow down, although he came past in the end. Mind you, he was a lot younger than me.
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I know I have my limits, but I'll keep pushing at them.
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