50 halfs by age 50
*Mel* // "A lot of people run a race to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts." - Steve Prefontaine
Call me Ray (not Ishmael)
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Half Fanatic #9292.
Game Admin for RA Running Game 2023.
I felt good when I was finished because I did the run and didn't let my schedule push the run off my list of things to do!
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I'm going to sound like a broken record, but it really is nice to have everyone here as moral support. Each day I learn something new or get greater insight into the challenges and victories that everyone is experiencing. I did my Cto5k W4D2 run last night. I have a rather full week and had to rearrange the days which I typically run. I teach a dog agility class on Wednesday nights, but because I'm going to be at an agility trial on Sat and Sun and I have a bread baking class tonight, I had to do my run yesterday before leaving to go teach. It wasn't the best run, but I felt good when I was finished because I did the run and didn't let my schedule push the run off my list of things to do! I'm really enjoying these longer runs and have been happy that I'm covering a longer distance with this weeks run. I'm not *trying* to go longer! It just happened. The funny thing is that what used to be my "long" dog walk is now the distance that I'm running this week. And it seems kind of short. Yeah!! MTA: And another silly thing that makes me happy. I've now done enough runs that my chart now shows the skinny progress bars! Woohoo!
Roads were made for journeys...
The young Mama Bear!
running buddies
Turtlechick, congrats!! I can tell you that I used to smoke on and off (I know, shame on me for being a young smoker!) and your lungs will work with you as you go along. If you ever need support, I'm only a week ahead...and I see we're the only ones at this particular point in C25K, so maybe we can help each other through! meewolfie, I feel the same way! Without all of the support I probably would be WAYYY worse off. Isn't it amazing how much more land you cover with each week? I'm pretty far behind you, but the progress is amazing! Congrats to you as well! I'll copy my day's efforts from the other thread I have in Running 101... GUYS!!!! I finished W2D1 and I feel fantastic. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. After I finished the intervals, I cooled down and walked about 1/4 mile away. I challenged myself to jog back home --- and I DID IT! Can you imagine it? All 213 lbs. of me jogged 1/4 mile in less than 3 minutes! I was rapt, absolutely rapt. Who knew I'd ever smile after jogging? This is coming from the person who thought she couldn't jog 60 seconds without wanting to die. In fact, I wanted to do MORE! Is this an addiction yet? Oh, I've got to rave about the Polar F4. Fantastic little gadget. And the chest strap doesn't bother me at all --- I'm wearing it right now and I don't even notice it. I have a question about it: if I reach my recommended maximum heart rate, should I stop? Every time I jog more than 60 seconds, it freaks out on me...but I can't just stop, you know? I want to finish the interval but I'm afraid that if I do that too much it'll be bad for me. Advice? Oh, and if I finish W2 quicker than in a week, is that okay? Wingz, will you bump me up a week when I say I'm done with it?
I'm also trying not to run extra days, and if I do it's trying to prepare for the next week. yesterday was maybe 10 minutes with 90-second jogs/90-second walks. I just wanted to see if I could do it, and it definitely helped me out for today! I will heed your warnings, though, because I'm not looking to get injured.
ok so it's a BAD idea to add an extra day onto the runs? we were thinking 4 days instead of 3.