Hmm. Well I got 18 hours into my non-stop triathlon, but after 3 two-hour running sessions my knees couldn't take anymore, even though I had been running very, very slowly. I guess it was a combination of running on concrete pavements and the fact that my knees just aren't capable of taking that kind of punishment any more because of all those years of football and judo. This means I am really going to have to give up on any ideas of marathons or Ironman. The swimming, on the other hand, was great. But that's for another thread...
Impressive achievement nonetheless, well done.
Right - I've just been out for my first run in the best part of 2 decades. Even prior to that I've done very little since leaving school, where I was a crap cross country runner - obligatory for those averse to rugby or hockey.
Why?
- I feel the need to be able to burn some calories more conveniently or predictably than I can on the bike.
- I feel the need just to check that I can still actually run.
- I might, just might, do a bike / ru duathlon thing with a colleague from work. The minimum run distance is 5km; 10 km is totally unchartered territory for me.
So - 2.5 km according to gmapspedometer, no hills but gentle rises / fall, in 15:46 - but that includes walking to the end of the street. And getting in and out of the flat. Still, it's 10 minutes a mile
Felt ok - definitely could have run further. Felt that my breathing wasn't keeping up with me after 500 m or so, but I suggested to myself that if I slowed down a bit this might improve, and it did. So it was a sort of jog, really, at a pace that I could maintain, while I tried to remind myself or learn what sort of posture works well, how to place my feet etc. Mild "stitch" about half way that went away and returned a bit towards the end when I picked up the pace a little.
Pains: lower part of calf muscle on both sides feels pretty tired; top part of shins on the outsides.
So - increase the distance or increase the pace?
And can someone suggest a few not too time-consuming post run stretches?