13-05-2009, 00:15
I've been a keen jogger since the beginning of March last year. Joined a gym and had a phobia of the treadmill, just cos I found it so incredibly difficult... and boring.
So to conquer this phobia, I spent more and more time on it. Within a month I'd upped my mileage to 3 miles per workout, before even touching the free weights and became a cardio junkie. I used to run a half marathon every single weekend on my own by mid-May.
Entered a local 10k run for charity (6.2miles) and finished up in position 66 out of 347. 43mins and 8 seconds. Not bad to say i was a nervous wreck as I'd never jogged with anyone else, let alone competed. £350 raised for the Elderly and disabled in my town, a good day's work
laid off training for personal reasons over the Christmas period, but the past 10 days, I've been doing 3 mile sprints in a flat street circuit around my neighbourhood (about 23 mins per run) in all weathers - Like The Perfect Storm movie some days -and today, I ran 2 1/2 miles to the nearest running club to join up, only to discover there was some big inter-club run happening elsewhere, so I ended up taking my 9 yr old nephew for a jog instead before heading home at 10pm- and now I'm fooked, lol.
Anyone got any good tips for jogging or do you need any advice, such as how to fuel up for a run before hand or the best type of footwear ect?
I'm gonna be doing more charity runs this year and hopefully, the London Marathon next year too
So to conquer this phobia, I spent more and more time on it. Within a month I'd upped my mileage to 3 miles per workout, before even touching the free weights and became a cardio junkie. I used to run a half marathon every single weekend on my own by mid-May.
Entered a local 10k run for charity (6.2miles) and finished up in position 66 out of 347. 43mins and 8 seconds. Not bad to say i was a nervous wreck as I'd never jogged with anyone else, let alone competed. £350 raised for the Elderly and disabled in my town, a good day's work
laid off training for personal reasons over the Christmas period, but the past 10 days, I've been doing 3 mile sprints in a flat street circuit around my neighbourhood (about 23 mins per run) in all weathers - Like The Perfect Storm movie some days -and today, I ran 2 1/2 miles to the nearest running club to join up, only to discover there was some big inter-club run happening elsewhere, so I ended up taking my 9 yr old nephew for a jog instead before heading home at 10pm- and now I'm fooked, lol.
Anyone got any good tips for jogging or do you need any advice, such as how to fuel up for a run before hand or the best type of footwear ect?
I'm gonna be doing more charity runs this year and hopefully, the London Marathon next year too