Posted By: mellers on
2 days ago, I went for my gym induction and was really pleased to manage a 30 minute run straight afterwards on the treadmill - INJURY-FREE! It was raining outside at the time so I was really pleased to have found this alternative for the "crappy weather" days. Mind you I had just cycled for half an hour in said rain (and the dark - it was 6:45 in the morning!) to get there, so it's not a complete solution for avoiding getting wet altogether, but at least I got to run and neither my hip, nor my knee gave me gyp. I am rather relieved about that. I didn't do any of the other equipment that time (I would have run out of time to be able to get showered and to my class on time), but I DO like the idea of the cross trainer which the instructor was saying is a good NON-impact cardio-vascular machine. It seems to mimic the running action with (as she put it) "no joint impact". This could be really good for me either to stop me getting the injuries I seem to be overly susceptible to or to maintain my fitness when I do get them. After the run, I found it incredibly WEIRD when I got off and started walking on stationery ground. My brain couldn't seem to cope and for 20-30 seconds I felt like I was still on moving ground. Really bizarre. I wonder if anyone else gets this...... Yesterday, following a boardie's suggestion of closing my eyes before I got off, even through I stood still for about 5 seconds with my eyes closed the dizziness carried on for at least a good minute until I was well in the changing rooms! Think my stupidly low blood pressure may not be helping and I may just have to wait for it to pass each time! It's a small price to pay for being able to run at last! Anyway, my last run was........... pretty good again (for me anyway! lol!). 30 mins, 4.5km at an avg of 9kph on the treadmill at the gym. It FELT harder than last time, but I'm not sure if that was because I had forgotten my i-pod and had to run without musical inspiration which I REALLY missed. My heart rate was up in the 140's so whilst I have been able to complete these times and distances it shows I am really having to push myself a lot harder than the heady days of when I could manage that sort of time/distance with a HR of 125. Still, If I can manage to run 3 times a week from now, there's no reason why I can't regain my fitness and try to complete the 10k programme I started so long ago but have stumbled with TWICE now! Slowly but surely that's me! I'll get there in the end
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running, i pod, treadmill