I was pleasantly surprised to find myself not feeling stiff or sore after the run on the treadmill yesterday, but still opted to return to a walk today. Friday is looking cloudy and mild (14C!), so I may try running in the great outside then.
In the meantime, I was slightly slower today for reasons unknown. I sweated more than usual, too. Maybe I was a little more tired than I realized after yesterday’s workout.
On the plus side, my BPM was pretty low, so maybe I was being secretly lazy. Lazy or not, this was still my 22nd workout of the month. I am a workout machine! If only my weight dropped as much as my workouts climbed. Maybe it will all...work out in the end. Ho ho.
FYI, I have done more than six runs on a treadmill, but this was the sixth on my own treadmill. Even though I’ve used the treadmill a lot (especially in 2022) it’s been mostly for fast walks, not actual runs. But today I ran!
Most of the time.
Looking over the precious few previous runs, I opted for a speed of 9, which works out to 6:40/km–a slow running pace for outdoors, but not bad for a treadmill. I expected my legs to catch fire because running and walking use quite different muscles, but to my surprise and delight that did not happen.
But my stamina for jogging is not quite there yet and a few times, maybe for about three minutes total, I slowed the pace down to 7 or 6.5 (my usual; treadmill walking pace until I recovered enough to ramp back up. I went 30 minutes instead of trying for 5 km, but the ultimate goal will be to push on for at least 5 km. until I recovered enough to ramp back up. I went 30 minutes instead of trying for 5 km, but the ultimate goal will be to push on for at least 5 km.
A couple of observations:
I listened to music, figuring it might be difficult to watch videos, with the head bobbing and all. This meant my eyes naturally fell to the treadmill display. This was bad because staring at the time made it feel like it was passing very slowly. I’m going back to videos or covering the display next time with a towel.
As noted, the legs held up fine. I guess all the slow burn walking workouts have helped!
I sweated a lot more.
At about the 28-minute mark, I suddenly felt I might throw up. I slowed to a walking pace for a minute, then switched back to running for the last 60 seconds.I think this happened due to an excessive amount of phlegm clogging my throat and getting jiggled around (yeah, gross). I am going to talk to my doctor about this, as this much phlegm seems strange and weird.
Other than the relative lack of stamina and the near-hurling right at the end, I thought it went fairly well. It is showery today, otherwise I might have tried outside. Maybe next time!
A mid-evening workout tonight, but I did get a smidgen of exercise earlier in the day, too, when we went to IKEA. It was crowded and kind of yucky, for the record. I’d say about 60% of people were wearing masks (they became optional nine days ago) and while I hate wearing a mask, I was happy to keep one on in there.
But we did get some containers for the kitchen.
As for the workout, it was fine. I had a slower first km due to having to stop and re-tie my shoelaces. This always throws off my rhythm. Still, the slower pace and shorter distance also meant a lower BPM, so I have no complaints. Yet!
A decent workout, but I’m really running out of things to say. I stopped about 3/4 of the way through a Solar Sands video because I had to use the loo. Curse my tiny bladder.
Because it was raining like the dickens today! What are dickens, anyway?
The workout went well, and I even went well past 5K to finish the video I was watching. It was this one by Tom Scott, in which he corrects (and also mocks) perceptions about VPN, given how ubiquitous VPN services are as sponsors for videos on YouTube (something that still happens in a lot of current videos, nearly three years later):
I had been cooped up too long, so went on a scenic walk to the mall via the Brunette river trail. It was nice. I have stats! And pictures.
Behold, the forest primeval:
The river, with signs of spring dotting the landscape:
Roots and ferns and stuff:
And finally, more pipeline destruction near Stoney Creek, Thanks, Transmountain!
And the stats. Not super hardcore, but I kept up a decent pace for walking (no running involved to avoid being stinky and sweaty when I got to the mall).
Walk 64
Average pace: 9:36/km
Location: Brunette River trail and beyond
Distance: 5.65 km
Time: 54:15
Weather: Cloudy
Temp: 5ºC
Humidity: 93%
Wind: light
BPM: 120
Weight: 177.4 pounds
Total distance to date: 478.26 km
Devices: Apple Watch Series 5, iPhone 12
Nothing exciting to report. I watched some videos, all the stats were pretty standard, but with a little more pep than yesterday. I’m edging closer to trying an actual run outdoors, but the weather this week has been very soggy. I’m being fussy, but I don’t want my first outdoor run in a few months to be in the rain.
Back to a more reasonable time of day for today’s workout and was a bit faster. I had the bedroom/office door mostly closed, so it got a bit warm and sweaty and my BPM predictably went up as well.
I have nothing else to add. For now.
Maybe I’ll try an actual outdoor run this week. Or even try running on the treadmill again. I bet it would feel weird. Weird, I say.
Today was a bit of a lazy day, but I still had to complete my rings, so off I went to the treadmill around 10:30 p.m. I only did just over 30 minutes to hit my goals and my pace was a little slower than usual, but as always, I did it and that’s good.
I wouldn’t say I’m running out of good videos to watch, exactly, but I do seem to be picking more for the queue that end up being ho-hum. For now, let’s call this a me problem. I don’t know if ho-hum videos result in a slower workout, but today’s started out pretty sluggish before improving in the latter half. I felt pretty blah. The end result was decent enough, though, so I can’t really complain.
The stats are eerily similar to yesterday’s workout. I have nothing to add to that, but wanted to point it out.
But I will be more discriminating in what I pick for the next workout! Or maybe I’ll try listening to music again, just to be zany.
I was about to adjust the volume on a weirdly quiet video without flying off the treadmill today (this requires stretching forward to reach the volume controls on my iPad). Major accomplishment.
Other than that, a decent workout. I flagged a bit in the last km, not sure why, but overall was good and BPM was lower, too.
