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strawbs wants to get fitter
Erutepa:
It's awesome that you're getting into running - I think it's a pretty cool sport.
It's great that you have plenty of different courses to explore and keep you interested, but incase just jogging gets a bit mundane for you, it may be worth trying to vary your running sessions. You may want to try some varying tempo sessions where you may do a relatively hard 2 minute effort and then jog for 3 and replete this a few times with a slow jog to warm up. This is just one example though and I'm sure you can find plenty of interesting sessions on fitness sites.
If you, like me, find running with others and a bit of friendly competition really enjoyable, then you might want to have a look at park run. There's a few in Canberra and I would recommend giving it a go. It's pretty casual free 5km race every Saturday morning and their usually just great positive environments.
I can't say much about team sports, but soccer and hockey do sound interesting.
I wish you the best of luck in your fitness getting and a. You looking forward to seeing your updates!
strawberries:
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thanks Erutepa :) yeah I've heard stuff about people doing interval training and how it really helps them
update:
I've run every day since my last post - usually 4.5-6km but today I decided to push and ran 8.4km in 56mins
Last Saturday I also walked 5km up Black Mountain in addition to a run
I'll be doing an intensive winter course next week running for 6 days over 2 weeks 9-5, so I'll have to wake up early to get the runs in :P
Erutepa:
--- Quote from: strawberries on June 28, 2019, 12:04:26 am ---
update:
I've run every day since my last post - usually 4.5-6km but today I decided to push and ran 8.4km in 56mins
Last Saturday I also walked 5km up Black Mountain in addition to a run
I'll be doing an intensive winter course next week running for 6 days over 2 weeks 9-5, so I'll have to wake up early to get the runs in :P
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Well done!
Those early mornings will be cold. So good luck. You'll mostly warm up once you get into it, but those fingers might sting. Do you have gloves?
strawberries:
--- Quote from: Erutepa on June 28, 2019, 03:32:28 pm ---Well done!
Those early mornings will be cold. So good luck. You'll mostly warm up once you get into it, but those fingers might sting. Do you have gloves?
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thank you!
yep I do have gloves, I've already run with them on in the mornings but end up taking them off halfway through :P
strawberries:
29/6: jogged 10k in just over an hour
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