Running tally.

[absinthecity]

I'm starting week two of the Couch to 5K running plan today. Gotta admit, the weather is making it loads harder and whole a lot sweatier, but I'm not going to be put off

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Treadmill vs pavement

[a_llusive]

pro-treadmill -
-you don't run out of oomph a long way from home
-you can meditate as you run
-less risk of injury taking evasive action to avoid traffic/pedestrians (and less chance of being hit by same)
-highly measureable performance for comparisons
-it doesn't matter if its winter so dark and your neighbourhood if full of kerb-crawlers and eejits.
- air can be fresher than congested road areas

pro-pavement -
- free
- more variable surfaces build ankle strength differently and are harder work
- more body-awareness (monitoring your body reactions closely rather than developing a reliance on digital readouts)
- fresh air (sometimes)
- no infuriating piped tv/music
- free (worth mentioning twice)

I'm sure I've left things off this list

[lisekit]

I'm about to start week 2 - bit afraid of the increased jogging!

[absinthecity]

Week 2 is not much different from 1, I found. Week 3 gets a bit more daunting because that's when you start doing different length jogging intervals in 1 session, which you really need the ap for unless you've got a great memory!

[lisekit]

Or maybe a playlist made up entirely of 3-minute songs!