Thursday 2nd January 2025:- Easy 40

Get in…… tonight’s run was sooo much easier…. I stuck with the game plan to run at a slow steady pace. It was a bit annoying though… as my watch was telling me that I was running a lot faster than the treadmill. My watch told me that I ran 3.13 miles in 40 minutes with an average pace of 12:45. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to take a photo of the treadmill workout as it disappeared from the screen. So I decided to record it that I ran 3 miles in 40 minutes which worked out that I ran at a pace of 13.20 minute/mile. I am not sure if I was that slow as it did start to feel like hard work towards the end.. Plus in my head my legs felt as though they were running fast!!

The Game Plan

Whilst I was running tonight, I checked my form….. I started to think about how my arms were swinging.. Were they crossing my mid line? It is a bit difficult to do this without looking at a video or a mirror of yourself running. I felt as though my right arm swings correctly but my left one felt as though it was was coming across slightly. I remembered what Penny from YouCanCoaching taught me when I was in Barcelona after few glasses of wine about hips to the lips… It may not have been that but it is how I remember it!

When I started to get tired at 33 minutes… I thought about driving my arms backwards and dug in deep and reminded myself.. That I have come along way in my training. I have been consistent in turning up on a regular basis and gradually increasing the time/mileage.

The 40 minutes went past relatively quickly but I think that was because I broke it down into sections in my head. Plus I was listening to a audiobook which also helped as it made me focus upon my running form as I was actually listening to Anatomy for Runners! The last few minutes I did switch it up a bit and started to listen to some music.

Get in… 40 Minutes Done!
Jorge ran too
Kind of results…. I ran for 40 minutes. Not sure on distance

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