Today I suffered a bit in terms of motivation. It's strange, but I used to walk a lot and now it's far more desirable to go for a jog. But, I'm trying to space out the jogging a little bit more to make sure the ankles and knees will be there for future ambitions. When I talked to Tami, I asked ...
"Hmmm ... what can I eat 'round here?"
"Meatloaf?"
"Works for me"
It was okay, but nothing special. Then I checked the label. Wait, how many calories? OMG. Apparently, it wasn't a single serving. Suddenly, I had motivation to get my walk on. I fiddled with speed and incline throughout and got my heart rate up to around 140. So, I wasn't working hard, but I had a nice sheen of sweat going by the time it was done. I caught the last 45 minutes of Armegeddon - where, after science geeks and physically competent people save the world, ordinary folk burst out of churches and celebrate. I ended up doing 2.77 miles, and averaged a 5 or 6 incline.
For today's exercise I walker'd up in just my VFFs. I've worn them around the house on occasion, but this was the first exercise since Week 3. I've got a friend who is going to measure his sleeping heart rate with a Garmin tonight ... can't wait to see the results! My results were posted here.
Hey bro-ham . . .seeing those VFFs reminded me of something I wanted to ask you - - I am going to be in Sarasota for a week at the end of the month for business - - actually it is an Insurance Adjusters conference so the 6 day schedule is "lax" to say the least. I've discovered Caspersen Beach, which along with being fairly secluded in a state park - is reknowned for its millions of fossilized sharks teeth ripe for the picking - -but I digress. I retired from the convention/too much brewski/ end up at the wrong joints circuit years ago so I find a lot of "Me" time at these things (Me=Alone) but I digress - - in your travels have you tried running barefoot on the beach - -FOR FITNESS PURPOSES . . .not short little hot sand hopping jaunts to the car or restroom or tossing the Frisbee around - - I'm talking an extended run - - and if not - - I saw where you had ran when you were in CA - - -what was that like on the legs, knees etc . . .even with shoes? Still thoroughly enjoying your presentations here. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI have only done the short little jogs in the VFFs for one day of C25K Week 3. My ankles and knees have been barking a little bit since W8D2, and I have decided to wait until my weight and form are good enough before I try any extended jogging in the VFFs.
ReplyDeleteMy run in CA was not on the beach, but beside it in very hard single track terrain, with a couple of parking lots and hard-scrabble thrown in there. It was basically a slight, long hill and being my first outdoor run, it made my quads ache the next couple of days. But there was no complaints from the joints.