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posted: 9/11/2008 at 2:05 PM |
Quote from Deborina on 9/10/2008 at 10:39 PM:Haha thank you so much that made me laugh sooooooooo much  Really needed a giggle x
Don't you guys listen to country music? "I'm going through the Big D and don't mean Dallas!" |
Ginny
'Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there' Mark Twain |
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posted: 9/11/2008 at 2:20 PM |
I had a different version of the big D, my mom died in July and I wasn't able to run at all. I walked until this week when I decided it was time to join the world again and start running. It took me almost 6 weeks and I felt guilty just walking but I knew I had to get out and move a little bit. I also had issues about running after my mom was diagnosed with brain cancer last year and I took about 6 weeks off then too. I have a hard time running while stressed. I breath all wrong and end up panicking and stopping.
Just take it slow, your feet and the pavement will still be there when you are ready to run again. |
~Liz, single mama to K, L & C
Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. |
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posted: 9/11/2008 at 2:40 PM
modified: 9/11/2008 at 2:41 PM |
| Quote from scubagrrl on 9/11/2008 at 2:05 PM: Don't you guys listen to country music?
Oh HELL NO, and I'd rather watch badminton than NASCAR. Hang in there Anya, things will get better. |
Ed
Tuesday Good Times 5K series in Lowell, MA (So sad it's over)
2008: HTFU and BQ at BayState Marathon
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy |
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posted: 9/11/2008 at 3:14 PM |
I'm just coming back from a really nasty bout of stressful stuff. Not quite the big D, but not too far off as far as stress levels go.
During that time, my training really fell apart. I could barely run a few miles without stopping for a walk. I kept pushing myself harder and harder and my runs were getting worse and worse. The poor quality of my runs was causing me even more stress so it was counteproductive. I didn't like running any more, but I still recognized that it had the potential to be good for me. I even stopped reading running publications and socializing with my running friends.
I took one week off, no running. After that I decided to run 3-4x per week, however slow or fast or long or short I felt like running that day. Walks were permissable. After one week of this, I started to like running again. after about three weeks, I loved it again and decided to follow a training schedule. I've now moved from running for the sake of running to training again.
this is not advice or anything like that, it's just my experience.
A few thoughts:
Running for the sake of running can be a good stress reducer. Somtimes training (a different thing) can be stressful.
If you do decide to take a step back and take a break, decide how long that break is going to be before you take that break. If you go into it with a general "Until I feel like it again" you may never get back into this wonderful sport and we will miss you. I tried a week which may not sound like much, but it did wonders for me. |
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posted: 9/11/2008 at 6:24 PM |
I am guessing the stress of life is what is getting you down and you can not clear your head while on your run so you start to walk. During times of stress for me, the run allows me to relieve some of that stress versus staying home and thinking about it. For others it seems that is not so. Either way though being outside and around others is better than sitting home and either overeating (another way to deal with stress) or possibly becoming depressed based on your situation.
Don't worry about speed, tempo, pace or anything. Just get outside and take that time for yourself during this difficult time.
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posted: 9/11/2008 at 7:49 PM |
Hugs. Just keep moving at whatever pace or whatever rhythm works right now.
You will lose far less of your running ability by walking than you would by doing nothing. Merely staying active will preserve a lot of your fitness. |
Beware the Pink Boxing Gloves of DOOM!
"It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds" - Captain Hammer
2008 Goals New PR's in 5K 10K HM, M What now?
I failed the 12 minute run in 11th grade... |
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posted: 9/12/2008 at 1:35 PM |
This too shall pass.
Hang in there.
When I was sick from chemo, I just did what I could. When I started back running regularly, it was hard not to beat myself up for punking out on a run halfway through, but I just thought about how, eventually, this would all be behind me, and things would get back to normal.
Be good to yourself. |
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posted: 9/13/2008 at 4:57 PM |
| I do run/walk and I'm proud of it! During the summer months I will walk for a little each mile and during the cooler/cold months I walk a little every two miles. Works out so well for me that I have no intention of giving it up. |
Finished my first marathon 1-13-2008 in 6:03:37 at P.F. Chang's in Phoenix.
PR in San Antonio RnR 5:45:58!!!!!! on 11-16-08
Marathon coach for Albuquerque Fit
The only thing that has ever made any difference in my running is running.
Goal:
Sub 5 marathon in 2009 |
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