Now is PRECISELY the time, like I have anything better to do.
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YOu on this, Corm?
I suppose i'm just a bit disappointed in myself, i'd like to be able to do a 10k without stopping but, well, it's increasingly hard to even get up in the morning right now
Yeah treadmills are absolutely brilliant crack..you can really rack up some handy quick kms on them but they dont really translate to the road
Theres absolutely no resistance or terrain variation on a treadmill..it takes waaaaaay less effort. Running on ground employs nearly every muscle in your body..keeping you stable and negotiating bumps and then you add in air resistance and all the barely visible little hills(barely visible until you've run up them a few times that is) and its a whole other world of pain and misery..but ultimately we hope its a story of triumph and redemption starring Tom Hanks as Forest GumpYeah like what is it, I can do 5k on a treadmill no bother, but when I go to do 3k around the park beside me I'm bolloxed (still trying to get back in to shape mind), is it just the fucking wind or something? There was one day last week I did it and was totally fine, then 1 day this week I got 5 minutes away and just couldn't be fucked and stopped for little walks about 4 times
Theres absolutely no resistance or terrain variation on a treadmill..it takes waaaaaay less effort. Running on ground employs nearly every muscle in your body..keeping you stable and negotiating bumps and then you add in air resistance and all the barely visible little hills(barely visible until you've run up them a few times that is) and its a whole other world of pain and misery..but ultimately we hope its a story of triumph and redemption starring Tom Hanks as Forest Gump
big time man. after staying away from running after a bad ankle sprain for a good few months, I started very gradually going back to it with a good bit of strapping etc but didn't see any difference in the mild discomfort I still had. After taking off the strapping and running more regularly it ironed out the kinks nicely. been running about 20km a week for 6 months now. delighted with myself. Finding Talking Heads albums on the headphones these weeks is really adding to the experience too! Particularly the live album The Name Of This Band Is...The process of getting in shape is full of pain and discomfort. I havent heard of that particular one but all kinds of misery does beset me when I start out. The trick is to stop only if its something that might be serious..otherwise plough through like a hard bastard and the niggles usually go away
Glad to hear you get a persistent level of leg pain...if you know what I mean.i've been running since early jan. joined an athletics club to begin with, which nearly killed me, but i pushed through the pain and eventually it died down. during lock down, when the club was closed, i was running 9k/day mon-fri solo. now i'm back doing a combination of training with the althletics club tue+thur and running 7-10k mon, wed, fri. any more and i start to hurt too much, so i take the weekend off. doing about 40-45k/week
i think i'd have gotten into a very bad state, mentally, if not for the running. it's a life saver. but there is a persistent level of leg pain that just never really goes away. the club is good because you sort of lean on other people to push yourself harder than you could do alone. i come away from the training feeling amazingly good.
the other thing i find is that running is quite like meditation in that you're constantly focusing on the breathing, clears the mind, etc. i meditate a bit at other times, and the combination of the two (plus reading books) is great for the head.
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