First time i have ran (for fitness)

ShiWarrior · 25 May 2018 at 16:52

Hi all

My phisio has said i need to keep moving, i seem to have some limitations in my body (i.e. i cant stretch very far and some movements are quite difficult)

I seem to keep getting a very mild pain/restriction in my right hip, so ive been of the bike for 3 years now and i have now decided to do more

I've joined a Gym to help keep me moving more during the day and get some upper body strength, been doing this for a week now

Also decided to do some more walking

Today i decided to do a run, well the intention was walking, but i ended up going for it lol

and this is what i achieved :

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2726012141#.Wwgw5vCohsY.link

mostly uphill, did 7.40 miles in under 2 hours

first ever run

thoughts / opinions ?

ShiWarrior · 25 May 2018 at 16:56

wedrum said:
good distance. speed will come later.

i felt like i could do 10 miles to be honest, but my hip was becoming more notacable

ShiWarrior · 25 May 2018 at 17:02

to be honest, i did enjoy it, which was nice, i had music on to keep me going and it worked
was bliss

ShiWarrior · 27 May 2018 at 21:19

thanks

my legs were screaming after i got home and had a shower
think i over did it a weee bit lol

ShiWarrior · 13 Jun 2018 at 11:47

Well, i ran 8 miles today (1h30)
not sure how i did it really, knees have been hurting since my last run last Wednesday

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2773448086#.WyD1TyGui0w.link

why is my stomach hurting 3 1/4s the way through ?

feel like im gonna be sick lol

ShiWarrior · 15 Jun 2018 at 15:48

thanks D.P.

no idea how it tracks my cadence using a watch, but there you go.

i understand in cycling terms, i would always try and reach 100+ unless i do some strength training

but i am unsure how to change that in running terms, so I am guessing i need to increase my stride ?

thanks for your help

ShiWarrior · 19 Jun 2018 at 14:42

interesting posts between you two

i think its my knees that are a major concern, still feeling a little pain there after a week
so ive stopped running until my knees get better then i might start doing some short runs and keeping the pace down, then just build up the distance

ShiWarrior · 15 Jul 2018 at 21:49

i'll be going back out when it gets cooler
knees feel ok now at least, so thats good

ShiWarrior · 15 Aug 2018 at 12:16

Went for a walk, run, then another walk today

I tried to keep my HR down, so i was doing really small strides!
going up a slope/hill made my HR rocket which was hard to bring down, but over the top i could feel my HR coming back down again

here's today's run :

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2934079534

https://www.strava.com/activities/1773511341

ShiWarrior · 15 Aug 2018 at 12:24

ic1male said:
Oh, I like that Garmin map thing! Just the vivoactive 3 watch does all that by itself? I'll have to get one for Christmas.

i think its all Garmins with GPS

the vivoactive 3 is a very decent fitness watch!

ShiWarrior · 15 Aug 2018 at 12:28

what for ? just get a fitness watch!

I only use my phone for music whilst im out running

ShiWarrior · 15 Aug 2018 at 12:32

good point !

but you can connect it to your pc and do it that way

ShiWarrior · 15 Aug 2018 at 15:13

Ayahuasca said:
I've taken it up again recently, just doing short 3 milers every day. Got my time down from 25 mins to 21 mins in just over a week. Fortunately my legs seem fairly strong, it's my elbows and shoulders where I get plagued with injuries.

Think my next step will be aiming for 6 miles in 45 mins.

nice

3 miles in 21 mins ? i might be able to do that, but id be killing myself if i did it

ShiWarrior · 17 Aug 2018 at 17:37

first time i ran after work, and god did I feel it !!
i only did 2 miles, that seemed plenty

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2940208040

ShiWarrior · 18 Aug 2018 at 18:17

yep, im in the chilterns

it is lovely, used to cycle 50 mile round trips with the club and enjoyed the scenery and the cycling a lot

might try the Garmin coach to 5K which is free on my Garmin watch

ShiWarrior · 19 Aug 2018 at 10:56

so i started the Garmin Coach to 5K

first day, Benchmark Run
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/2944666618

not quite sure if i "run strong" enough to be honest
but with my hip problem had to be a bit careful

next will be cadence drills !

ShiWarrior · 19 Aug 2018 at 11:07

ic1male said:
Interesting - did you run solid for 6 minutes? There are no visible dips in your heart rate/cadence to indicate that you were doing walking/jogging intervals typical of a Couch 2 5K plan!

Correct

Coach told me to walk for 2 mins to warm up, run strong for 5 mins, and walk for another 2 mins to cool down

he did say "walk if i need to" but i didn't need to

ShiWarrior · 19 Aug 2018 at 11:12

its COACH to 5K (Garmins own through my watch)
you set it up to what level you are, 3 levels, i chose the easiest, never run before, and what i wanted out of it (walk/run, run or timed run) , i wanted to "run"

ShiWarrior · 19 Aug 2018 at 11:16

Yep I that's the one, how did you know it was that coach and not one of the others? Lol

ShiWarrior · 19 Aug 2018 at 11:18

Oh right lol
I chose right then
He does come across like a good trainer