New Runner, Must stay Motivated! (Read 1014 times)

Feel free to check out my training logs and notes on how I am doing to get to that date!

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Thanks again everyone your advice! I really take it all to heart and love reading it all. I signed up for my first 5K today!! My company is sponsoring our employees to do the Tulsa Run for everyone to participate in the 1 mile "fun run/walk". I paid the extra $15 over what the fun run was so that I could participate in the 5K the same day! The run is October 25th, and that is not in lines with the C25K...but I really think I can do it! Feel free to check out my training logs and notes on how I am doing to get to that date!

I am doing the Tulsa run also. My running club is paying for me to do the 15K, but since it is my first race EVER, I will likely end up in the 5K. That is my plan, and they are cool with it so far... It is nice to have another OU fan on the boards. Good luck staying motivated. I am a very new runner as well, so I am going through the same things as you.

...it will keep you from getting carried away and doing too much too soon, a common mistake of new runners.

Hmmm... why does that sound familliar?! *rubs knee* Seriously though, that's good advice. Good luck with the race and congrats on committing to it early on!

I am so competitive that being last would kill my ego. Haha.

We all probably sound like a broken record here, but I'll repeat the message. You can go ahead, join a club, run as hard and as fast as you can without a base so that you don't come in last place. Then, you can sit on the bench for the next week, month, etc. recovering from injury. There are a bunch of people here who have lots of experience and as they have said: build your base slowly. One day's "race" against imaginary competition will do nothing but head you straight towards an injury. Step back and look at the big picture. Where do you want to be in a month? A year? Everyday should be a day spent working on the steps that help you reach those long term goals. If you get distracted by the person running next to you, someone who has goals and a running history that are completely different than yours, then you are getting distracted by the wrong thing. Determine your own goals. Set up a plan to work towards those goals. Determine how you will measure those goals for yourself. Then ignore what other runners are doing, look inside yourself, work towards your goals, then enjoy your runs and your progress.

I have looked at the C25K several times in the past, but it seemed to start off to slow only going 3x a week.

Just realize that the days of rest in between are part of the training! One day you are running, and your muscles get exhausted, and even micro-injuries occure. The next day is a rest day, you recover, and eventually your body will kind of overcompensated, and your muscles get reinforced. Skip those rest days, and in the long run the result will be worse... If you need to keep the momentum by exercising every day, you could do some cross-training (bike, swimming...) or strength training on those alternate days...

Awesome! How long are your runs together? I really think I might join that! Could you email me the details? jliston@community-partners.com

I sent the information. I hope to see you there!

Steamtown is large? Or was it the downhill idea? If so, why not Boston? You know you can also tell me to shove it Andy.