Yesterday I did my weekly resistance training session in the gym… I spent around an hour and a quarter. I concentrated on my back & abdominals (working on these helps you maintain a good running posture at the later stages of a race) and on my legs (leg strengthening helps prevent injury by taking strain away from week points such as knees and ankles).
Today I did a long slow jog to Westminster and back… 15.5 km in 1 hour 15 (lots of stops for traffic!). I started by going through Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park, past Buckingham Palace and into St. James Park. I did this first stretch off-road which was hard work but easier on the joints. It was very windy (I was running into the wind of course) which made it feel even harder! At Westminster I was forced to walk on and off quite a bit due to the throng of tourist and all of the roads that I had to cross. But once I was past Big Ben, it was a clear run along the banks of the Thames all the way to Battersea. A final road stretch back up to Kensington and I was done. It was quite a nice route but my legs felt heavy for most of it… probably because they were still recovering from yesterday’s gym session.
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This reminds of former days when I worked and lived in london and I ran at lunch time around St James Park Green Park and Hyde Park. I lost count of the number of times I must have run in front of tourists taking photographs. I must be in countless pictures in Tokyo and Sydney immeadiatley condemned to the bin for having a stranger running through it!
Hi Will!
My husband started running about 7 months ago, out of blue! He did the Palm Beach Marathon last December and now is up to the 1/2 in Miami and 1/3 in Tampa Bay next month.
Usually he does 3-4 miles every other day and long-runs on Saturdays.
I’ll come back to check your previous posts. Good luck!