Well, they said it would never happen - I actually managed to get out of bed early for a run. Anyone who knows me will know that this is nothing short of a miracle. I am very, very dedicated to the art of the snooze and it takes a lot to get me to give up even so much of a minute of sleep time. However, I'm heading to Cardiff today for a full day of meetings and have no idea what time I will be back this evening so the only way to be sure of fitting in a run was to get it done this morning. Much as I love my bed, I really didn't want to wuss out of Juneathon this early in the month. Getting me out of bed at 6am is testament to the awesome motivational power of Juneathon.
After yesterday's epic speed-fest (by my standards, anyway) I went for the treadmill today. Although it's boring as hell, a big benefit of the treadmill is how much easier it is to regulate pace. I wanted to be sure I ran at a genuine slow recovery pace without being tempted to sneakily speed up. So, I set the treadmill to 8kph and plodded away. Actually the first few minutes felt quite hard, to the extent that I thought I might have to stop (although I think this was more mental than physical) but then I tried the 'just another five minutes' trick, which turned into 'just up to 3k', then 4k and then 5. I'm pretty pleased with that.
Usually when I'm on the treadmill I use music to keep me engaged.This morning I tried the Today Programme. Suffice to say, I'll be going back to using music in the future.
Day 5 5k in 37.30 minutes
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Wednesday 5 June 2013
Juneathon day 6 - I got up early!
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Ah I'm exactly the same. Nothing can get me out of my pit short of a natural disaster or the lure of beer. Well done!
ReplyDeleteI like your thinking of beer at six in the morning.
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