Thank you! Now you heard Marjorie... In the corner all three of you!

 

Seriously, we have few heroes in Canada. We are not hero oriented around here.  But Terry Fox is considered by far the biggest, most beloved of all our Canadian heroes.

Really? Even I didn't know that 

I have read about Fred Lebow I just could not have told you his name, which leads me to think I may have read about Terry as well I just do not recall it.

6 miles on the treadmill.

Ran while watching the documentary Into the Wind, about Terry Fox. Whom I guess is a national hero in Canada, but I'd never heard of him. For those who do not know the story - after losing his leg to cancer, he decided to run all the way across Canada, on a prosthetic leg, to raise money for cancer research. Very emotional, inspirational story. I was sweating a lot; that must've been the extra liquid coming out of my eyes.

Not only in Canada.  He is one of my personal inspirations.   Never Give Up!

Looks like you ahd a good flocking run!

I'm here, and so are the ducks. Off to run!

 

Can't believe anyone who has been running for a while hasn't heard of Terry Fox. Even RW has had feature articles on him over the years.

 

Yeah this may be more just me, than Americans in general. Only really been part of the "running community" for about 2 years, i.e. hanging out on these forums. I never followed running as a sport, and and cannot name runners or know the history like I do baseball or football.

 

Yeah this may be more just me, than Americans in general. Only really been part of the "running community" for about 2 years, i.e. hanging out on these forums. I never followed running as a sport, and and cannot name runners or know the history like I do baseball or football.

Do you know Wayne Gretzky? Sorry to say this, lily, but I think he's a bigger hero than Terry Fox

Hey everybody..getting back into running after a long hiatus..last ran almost 3 years ago..Northcoast 24 hour race..but really haven't trained or run much for over 5 years..realized it's time when I couldn't keep up with my 5 year old running home from the playground.

 

Ran 3 miles on Thursday and 4 in the rain today..rocking the 13mm pace. Don't care about that..I need my pants to fit and to get in shape to keep up with my kids

Welcome, Murphy!  The heck with the pace, just keep putting one foot in front of another.  You are out there, that's what counts!  Good luck!

As you progress, even without 'structured speedwork', you will find you do get a bit faster to a degree.  On my run today, part of it was on a winding 1.5 mile track at Lackland Air Force Base, with mile markers at every 1/4 mile, and I made sure to to run my 'normal" training run pace  that I go in just about all my training runs and not 'push it" so I could see what my pace was .  When I got to the mile marker I was very surprised to find I had just done a 10:49 mile.  STill pretty slow, but also surprising for me because here I always thought I was doing about 11:20 per mile or there-about on my training runs.  I guess my recent weight-loss and being more consistent with my running has helped, because it sure is not speedwork, which I don't do - although once a week I do a run/walk  of 3 - 5 miles of hills, so that may have helped too.

So keep at it!  You will get to where you want to be, I have no doubt!  And the people here are great with support, advice, etc. We have quite a range of folks here, from the speedy and talented runners like LRB, Cy, Baboon, etc., and right down to my category,  the slow "fun-runner"  person here on the forum.  Lots of really good folks here, don't be shy about asking questions, you will get back a lot of useful information.  Again, welcome, and good luck!