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Free Workout Mix Download and the First Run

November 19th, 2007 by admin

I’m writing this straight after my first run. I did it and I didn’t stop ’til the end!

I didn’t want to go on the run. It was too damp and too wet underfoot and too…well you know, I was looking for an excuse – especially when I couldn’t find my jogging bottoms and my sports bra had broken! But, I had told myself I would start running, so a running I would go! I armed myself with my ipod playing ‘party basics’ and the necessary poo bags as my dogs were coming with me.

I started jogging slowly for my warm-up – it’s very hard to do warm-up stretches with two mad dogs circling round who are eager to stretch their long legs – and started along the riverbank. After 5 minutes I increased the pace – well a bit, and continued along the path. It wasn’t long before I wanted to stop jogging and start walking, but I didn’t want to tell you I had to resort to a walking pace, so I concentrated on Madonna singing ‘Vogue’ while I ignored my burning lungs, and continued along the path. Even though I haven’t jogged for ages, some of the techniques for running came back to me:

• Breathe out through pursed lips to control the breathing
• Hold arms low and loose to conserve energy

After 10 miles, well, a mile and a half, but it felt like 10 miles! I had finished my run, I even managed a small sprint at the end, which made everything jiggle that shouldn’t jiggle, but no one was around to see! To put my pounding heart back in my chest I went for a walk through the woods for about 10 minutes.

After my run, I remembered: my ipod had a stopwatch facility that I should have used, and there are websites that enable you to download music to suit your pace while jogging. While looking for such sites, I can across BRAND NEW free workout mix: Fit&Run | fitPod. Free music to download that matches the pace of various workouts. I downloaded ‘WakeUpWorkOut’ which has tracks of different beats per minutes – 120 to 139. It’s not my favourite genre as there is a lot of electronic style music, but I’ll give it whirl on my next run. If it helps me to focus on my run, I’ll let you know.

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Aloe Vera can Improve your Fittness

November 17th, 2007 by admin

I’ve been thinking about it for sometime – to recommence running.

I used to do a lot of running when I was in the Territorial Army and the Navy, but that all fell to the wayside after a few knee injuries. As time progressed, my knees continued to give me problems, even after a couple of operations. I felt like an 80 year-old woman as my knees creaked painfully when I climbed the stairs. Anything other than walking was out of the question. However, all that changed when I was recommended to drink aloe vera juice with chondroitin, MSM, and glucosamine. I wasn’t expecting anything to happen – but I thought I didn’t have anything to lose, so I gave it a go. And to my delight, after I had started my third bottle, I was pain free in my knees. I felt as sprightly as a kangaroo.

At first, I didn’t contemplate any sporting activities because I wasn’t sure if my knees would continue to feel as good as they did. After a few months I found as long as I continued with the aloe drink, my knees were fantastic, so I started martial arts over a year ago, and want to start running as well.

Except, I keep putting myself off…it’s too cold, it’s too wet, it’s too dark, it’s too…well you name it and I’ve probably said that to myself! But there’s only so much procrastination I can take before something has to happen…it’s time to join the mad ones who jog in all weathers – after all, I used to do it once upon a time!

To aid in my motivation, I did a Google search and came across Running 4 Women - Women’s Running Club, a nice chatty type of website. There was some useful advice for novice runners, Marathon Training - (I don’t think so!) and I signed up for their weekly newsletter.

I intend to start jogging next week…I think…if it’s not too windy…or too foggy…or too…!Just kidding, I’ll do my first jog on Monday and let you know how it went.

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