Running 10k

 As some of you know, I restarted running/jogging after a break of few years and in the last two weeks I ran ten kilometres on three occasions. In fact I went on a 10K run today and I’m totally exhausted with aches down on both legs. 

The recent 10k runs have taken me at least one hour and forty minutes, which is a far cry from the sixty five minutes it took me to do the distance just four years ago. Maybe its because I’m getting old but I still recommend it.  For me its the feeling of accomplishment at the end, the “I did it”.

Restarted running

 After a gap of about 3 years, I have taken up running/jogging again. Since I’ve been running for at least 20 years on a regular basis, it was a fairly simple task to get into it.  

The old adage is true, running on the ground is better than running on a machine.

running

For the past few weekes I have been running 10km once a week. I have been running on a near daily basis since 2013. Then until last April it was 1.6km most days a week.  Since last April I have been running 4km per day most week days and on weekends I ran 8km per day.  Now I have upped it to 10km once a week.  Even though the increase from 8 to 10km is slight it still represented a great physical and even greater mental challenge.  The first time I tried 10km, I hit the "wall" at 8km when my body was telling my mind to call it a day. However I persevered and completed the full 10km.  I still hit this mental wall every time I run 10km but the effects are getting less and less.