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Running yay
Need to share this:
For reasons mostly related to my f*ing health (I have rheumatoid arthritis), I haven't run since April. And I haven't run anything longer than 1 kilometer without needing a break at a time since last November or so. After a break of more than a month, I usually start at the "need a break after 200 meters" point.
For the past few months, I have been doing weight training and kickboxing, but on Thursday, the weather was so gorgeous, I just felt the urge to run. And so I did. 1 km, a 500 meter walking break, and another 1 km running interval. And on Saturday, I did it again, with 1.5 km - 0.5 km - 1 km that time.
This feels so good. I don't think I'll run much over the cold season, but just to know that I probably won't start from scratch again as long as I keep up the other exercise is so nice. And I'll try to make one run a week a part of my regular exercise.
For reasons mostly related to my f*ing health (I have rheumatoid arthritis), I haven't run since April. And I haven't run anything longer than 1 kilometer without needing a break at a time since last November or so. After a break of more than a month, I usually start at the "need a break after 200 meters" point.
For the past few months, I have been doing weight training and kickboxing, but on Thursday, the weather was so gorgeous, I just felt the urge to run. And so I did. 1 km, a 500 meter walking break, and another 1 km running interval. And on Saturday, I did it again, with 1.5 km - 0.5 km - 1 km that time.
This feels so good. I don't think I'll run much over the cold season, but just to know that I probably won't start from scratch again as long as I keep up the other exercise is so nice. And I'll try to make one run a week a part of my regular exercise.
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Have you tried short run/walk intervals, e.g. 2/1 or 3/1 mins run/walk repeated as needed? They work wonders for me for getting in shape and conditioning, I'm one of those annoying preaching converts! But also, walking for much more than 1 minute, especially during the cold season, makes me too cold and running again uncomfortable, so short intervals work best for me.