Before I went out, I loaded My Fitness Coach Cardio Workout into the Wii and played that for 10 minutes. Being asthmatic it's always best to warm up gently. After a bit of boxing on that, I was ready to go. Stepping outside, it was cool, threatening to rain with a nice breeze. I was going to do the 1 mile loop around the Scarning estate I was so familiar with. Nice and flat, with plenty of short cuts home if needed. I set off at what I thought was a gentle speed, but was actually above what I used to do. I slowed to 6.1mph, still above what I was planning, but it felt comfortable, so I kept going. With no mp3 player either, it was very relaxing in a knackering sort of way. I felt a few twinges in my right shin for the first half mile, but I assume this was my leg saying "Hold on, we stopped doing this ages ago, why start now?" The knee felt fine. I kept my breathing controlled, and managed to get around the mile without stopping. Garmin gave my average speed as 6.3mph, maxing at 7.5 because I'd started quickly. 9 mins 43 for 1.02 miles. I couldn't have gone much further, but at least I can still run a mile non-stop. After finishing, I did 5 minutes of stretching to cool down.
