A brief re-start

Posted: February 22nd, 2010 | Author: Mark | Filed under: Training | No Comments »

So, last week – I think it was Thursday – I did the first day of Couch to 5K. I did well; I focussed on my form, I took it easy, and I made sure my breathing was under control; I actually did much better on Day 1 than I did the last time I started C25K. Plus, I did it at 5.30am.

That was the only good part of the day; for the rest of the day, regardless of what I ate or drank, I was lethargic and headachey, and ended up in bed by 9pm.

It could have been the early start, or it could have been because I’ve done barely any exercising all year (I was even driving to work instead of walking the mile between train station and office; I’ve given up the car now, though, and have been walking again from two weeks ago).

I was planning on doing day 2 on the weekend, but ‘best laid plans’ and all that…

Focus, I needs it

I need to refocus on my plans and stop worrying about minutia I think. I kept telling myself at the start of the year to “keep things simple”, yet this isn’t what I’ve done; even worrying about what music to listen to while doing the Day 1 workout is silly; I never listen to music unless I’m doing this workout, since I use an iPhone app to blare out the running/walking breaks.

Perhaps I should just run for as long as I can, walk enough to recover, and then repeat until I’ve been doing it for 30 minutes?

What do y’all think?

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