Mind over matter

[chickenfeet]

I went running this morning. It's damp and a bit blustery so not ideal conditions but I did 3.2km in 18m10s. That works out at 5.7mins/km which isn't too bad. Lets put it this way, if I could run 5km in 25 minutes I would be delighted at this point. The bad news is that I am doing it in almost continual pain. It became very noticeable around the 8 minute mark and was bad enough to get me very close to giving up. As it was i decided to keep going and it didn't get any worse so I guess I just have to accept that that is the price of staying in reasonable shape.

Comments

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

What's the surface? I find I can run 3 miles on the treadmill, run most of that (with little walking breaks) on trails, but if I run on pavement or tarmac, it just hurts.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

What's the surface?

Mostly tarmac

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

Try to run on something softer?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

It's not really an option where I live

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

Treadmills are too boring?

Better shoes?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Hate treadmills. I have very good shoes. I think the key is not to do too much running and do more biking.

[melted-snowball.livejournal.com]

Sounds smart. When I was jogging at the gym a lot a year or so ago, I got up to about the pace you described, and it felt amazing to be able to do it (I haven't been in shape since I was 20), but it also felt very risky.

(Unfortunately, I can't bike with roverthedog.)