Summer runs

After being a lazy bum for a few years I noticed that I was getting fat and activities which used to be easy such as walking up a short fleet of stairs were suddenly leaving me winded. So I decided to get back to running about a month ago.

To assess my fitness I did a 5k and timed it. It was horrible! I had to take walking breaks and it took 32 min and all of my energy. I did a couple workouts throughout this June and ran the 5k again yesterday. I managed to finish in just under 30 minutes while feeling like I could have gone a bit faster. Not what I hoped for but still an improvement! Hopefully I'll be able to get the time under 25:00 by the end of the summer.

I'll log my workouts here to keep myself motivated. If you want to join in, please do!

 

Hilly 3k today. Ran without music for the first time and it turned out to be a more pleasurable experience.

@kaushal15 cool, thanks for joining. Have fun!

 

Intervals:
1k@4:48
1k@4:25
1k@4:46 (downhill)
1k@4:21

I remember running 1k in 4:35 in fourth grade so at least I'm faster than my ten-year-old self

 

Having some extra energy and nothing to do I decided to go for a bike ride. It turned out ti be a horrible idea. I got lost and broke the damn thing. I ended up having to push the bicycle for some 10k before I found my way home.

I spent over 4 hours on this "trip".

 

Easy 4k run today.

In retrospect, it's quite funny.

 

1k@3:50
Repeated 8 times: run 5 minutes, walk 5 minutes

Knees and feet received a proper beating today. I'm also coughing a bit. Hope I didn't overdo it.

 

Two day break is over. I felt worse than on the active days so no more breaks starting today!

20 min easy today. I tried different shoes which are slightly smaller. It wasn't a smart move - my ankles hurt so much that I had to abandon the run halfway (originally I intended to run for 40 min).

 

Another easy recovery run. Legs still hurt from tomorrow. Use proper shoes kids!

 

30 min easy
25 min easy

 

It's a euphemism for "slow"

 

5k easy

 

2k@5:32
2k@5:05

 

1k@5:54
1k@5:41

Seems like I'm getting worse lol. I'll keep doing this nevertheless. In between the runs I did chinups. Total disaster - can't do more than two in a row! It took me quite a long time to dish out a total of 15.

 

30 min @ 5:45

I have done some runs in the meantime but forgot to log them here.