Yesterday I
was introduced to unbelievable pain in my lower legs – aka “shin splits”. While
I have a low pain-threshold, I tend to have lots of willpower once I get
going – but at some point I had to stop and listen to my legs. The pain was
insane.
Trust me –
I paused the workout audio when I stopped; and continued when I felt the pain
had sufficiently subsided. Nothing was going to rob the joy of finishing ‘Week
One’.
On a more
serious note now – one thing common to all the running forums I have read is
that newbie runners should quit running once any kind of pain becomes
unbearable. So, if you’re a newbie (like I am now) reading this blog – discard my
implicit advice above and DON’T run through the pain!
A few other
random things related to running:
1. I had my
first idea flash while running yesterday! Yippeeee!!! At some point in the
early stages of the run, I took my mind off the road and the voice prompts –
and started to think about a few other things I was working on. Suddenly, in
what I can only term an eureka moment
– I knew exactly what I needed to do about this thorny work-related issue. :D
:D
2. The
number one reason why most newbies quit running is trying to go too far too
fast. Quite a few people have said things to me along the line of: “But XYZ
does 5 kilometres; but ABC does 7 kilometres”…and so on… I’m not XYZ or ABC,
and both XYZ and ABC started from somewhere. If I want to be running
sustainably eight months down the line – slow and steady is definitely the way
to go.
3.
Yesterday I did my fastest 1 kilometre yet… in 8.00 minutes. I’m more interested in duration
than distance at these early stages, but I just had to mention that.
Cheers to a
beautiful Sunday, and to the coming week.
Koye.
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