Half marathon - Support and Motivation!
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5.55 miles at 10:54 pace. (Jennifer, my paces were ALL over the place today, lol. I thought of you while i was running and my Garmin was beeping off very different mile times)
off to take the kids to Pirate's Cove (small water parK) and then my parents leave and head by NY later tonight. I'll check in later with comments.
It is good to know that I am not the only one that has problems with times for my runs. LOL :laugh: You are doing great, keep up the good work.
Sounds like a good time at Pirate's Cove. Hope you had a good weekend. :bigsmile:0 -
Hi all! Can I join? I am starting Hal Higdon's 12 week program today. I have roughly 13 weeks until my first ever running event (HALF MARATHON) I am super excited! I will catch up on all of the posts tonight. My 16 month old is trying to play with the key board :laugh:
Welcome, glad to have you here with us. How are you doing so far with the training? When is your HM? Can't wait to hear all about your training. :bigsmile:0 -
Powered through my long run - 7 miles - in 1 hour 36 min (13:51 pace). That makes 15 miles for the week.
Jennifer - how was the 5K run?
Nice job, keep up the great work. :bigsmile:0 -
7.31 miles at 10:57 pace. Really looking forward to some yoga tomorrow. Some parts of me NEED to be stretched.
Nice pace!!! :drinker:0 -
Did my first long run of training on the treadmill (5 miles). I just couldn't get motivated to go out running in the morning, and before I knew it, it was too hot... Oh well, I got it in!
Week 2 here I come!
At least you did it, whether outside or inside, you did it. Keep up the great work. :bigsmile:0 -
Hey everyone! It's been a few days since I've checked in. I had a run!fail on Sunday, which I'm still pissed at myself about. I was supposed to do a 5-miler, but allowed myself to sleep in, which I did longer than planned and then it was too hot for me to be outside running for that long. Plus, my TOM had just arrived, and it wasn't pretty. I was basically making excuses for myself.
The thing is, I get so hard on myself later when I don't do what I committed to, that I at least did something yesterday. Saturday I punked out on exercising, when it was supposed to be a crosstraining day, so I really needed to do something yesterday. I ended up swimming for an hour, which felt really good and I know that it was a good workout. I'm planning on hitting up the gym after work today to do some more crosstraining to make up for the lack of anything on Saturday.
This week on the plan is another increase in distance. My short runs (Tues/Thur) have increased to 4 miles and my long run on Sunday is 6 miles, which will be my longest distance ever. Let's hope I can hit it okay... that's why I really wanted to get my 5 miler in this weekend, because I wanted to be a bit more comfortable at that distance (though last week's 5 miles weren't bad).
I will commit to this this week! If I seriously think I'll be ready for the half in October, I need to k ick it into high gear.
Don't be so hard on yourself. You can only do what you can do. "Do your best and forget the rest." Tony Horton of P90X That is all you can do. Keep up the great work. :bigsmile:0 -
My HM is scheduled 11-6-2010!!!! 14 more weeks to go
I am LOVING it so far. Saturday I did a 4 mile run (even went a little over to make it 45 minutes of running) LOL I'm OCD. My legs are kinda sore, but I have been running between 2 and 3 miles a few times a week, so this was not much of a stretch. I modified the schedule to have my long runs on Saturday and my S&S day on Sunday. I can't wait to see if I can make it to 5 miles on Saturday. 3 miles tonight, do or DIE!!!! 0 -
Got my short run in this morning. Whew! Crazy now that my short runs are now 4 miles, when that used to be a longer distance for me. Ran just a little over 4 miles in 49 minutes, which is just a little over 12min/mile, which is a pretty speedy pace for me, especially at that distance. I'm hoping to increase my speed, or at least not lose too much of it as I increase my distance. Mostly, so I'm not having to run for hours in order to hit my distance goals. haha.
Good luck everyone on their Tuesday!0 -
Did a quick 2.25 miler before my Core Camp class again last night. Once again, I think we made up the difference (I was supposed to run 3 miles) and then some with all the running we did in class!
Running 4 miles tonight. I'll be glad when fall hits, so I can start doing these runs outside. I'm kind of a wimp when it comes to heat, so those of you that run outside during the summer are my heroes!
To those of you that use a iPod or other music while running, what is your favorite song to run to? Mine is:
"Lose Yourself" by Eminem0 -
Thankfully my "short run" was only 2 miles today
which I completed at 12:30 pace. The humidity is off the charts today and I'm sweating more than with the 7 mile run. Thank goodness, It's supposed to cool down by Thurs...
I listen to books on tape while I run. Right now, I'm on the last part of "An Echo in the Bone" by Diana Gabaldon.
I need to get "Life is a Highway" and listen to that. It was playing as I ran my first 5K this year and helped up my speed...0 -
My go to song to pump myself up while working out is Rihanna's "Please Don't Stop the Music." I don't even like her very much, but that song for some reason always gets me going. Another goodie is The Donna's "Take it Off"- short and sweet!
Since I've been doing longer run times, I've been listening to podcasts and audiobooks to make the time go by. Just finished Anthony Bourdain's new book "Medium Raw" and always have a fair number of NPR podcasts that I'm behind on. Nothing like Ira Glass to get me moving. Bwhaha.0 -
What a great idea to listen to books on tape! I don't know why I never thought of doing that... One time my sister and I drove 3 hours to an amusement park and I made her read the sixth Harry Potter book aloud to me while I drove. She did all of the voices too! Unfortunately, she didn't have much of a voice left for the drive home... It did make the drive seem a lot faster. I'll have to look into the books at the library and see how I like it.0
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My MP3 player broke about 2 weeks ago, so I am running in the 90 degree heat with no tunes!!! It's just me and God until I get my IPOD.
LHuffman: I live in Indiana too! I am preparing for the Monumental race now. I am in love with Eminem and can't wait to upload Recovery to the IPOD I buy and run to my future husband. (My husband thinks that is too funny when I tell him I'm gonna marry Eminem) :laugh:0 -
My MP3 player broke about 2 weeks ago, so I am running in the 90 degree heat with no tunes!!! It's just me and God until I get my IPOD.
LHuffman: I live in Indiana too! I am preparing for the Monumental race now. I am in love with Eminem and can't wait to upload Recovery to the IPOD I buy and run to my future husband. (My husband thinks that is too funny when I tell him I'm gonna marry Eminem) :laugh:
My running buddy is running that one too! What part of Indiana do you live in? I'm in Lafayette.0 -
Nice runs everyone! Good to see all the updates.
5.51 mi@ 10:54 pace (treadmill). My kids go back to school tomorrow (!!!) so i can start doing some of my runs outside again, as long as it isn't too hot. they don't start until 9:30, so sometimes, it's to hot by that point...and it's back to the treadmill.
JessiJean, so sorry to hear about your mp2 player. that's horrible, lol. the only time i don't mind running w/o mine is if i'm running way early in the morning, like 5 am.
I was thinking about asking what people like to run to. I have both Lose Yourself and Don't Stop the Music on one of my playlists. When i'm in the mood for dance/hip hop when i run (faster beats per minute/bpm makes me run faster sometimes) I also like Taio Cruz's Break Your Heart and Kanye West's Stronger. I have a Dance/hip hop play list and an "angry" (metal/80s hair bands) play list if anyone wants me to PM them to you. (and that's if i can figure it out how to do it, lol)
have a great day everyone!0 -
Went to the library at lunch today and picked up a few "chick lit" books on CD to load onto my iPod. They had so many books on tape, I couldn't believe it! I'm going to start with some sappy Jennifer Weiner stuff, then maybe do some non-fiction next time around. Thanks for making this suggestion, I'm sure it will help the time fly by!0
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The library!!! :huh: What an idea!!! I'm getting my Ipod tomorrow and will need to take a trip and pick up some tunes and books on CD!!!!!
Thanks for the ideas.
I swam about 50 minutes and I don't even feel like I worked out!!!0 -
www.audible.com is the best for books in MP3 format!!!! If you really like books, you can buy a year "contract" for 24 books and it averages out to less than $10 a book for 24 books. I hate to admit I'm a book-a-holic and that's part of the reason I gained weight... Sitting around reading books. Books on my ipod are the best way to exercise/clean/garden/move and get my book fix!!!0
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Oh, I did want to say that listening to books does slow you down with time. Music is more tempo inducing to go faster but my I get involved in the books and slow down during the slow and intense parts...0
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I have noticed that sometimes my pace is slower when I'm listening to books/podcasts, but the runs go by faster than when listening to music for me. So it's a give and take.
Crosstraining day today. Was worried about when I would get it in. Had planned to get up before work and go to the gym,but that just wasn't happening after a late night, and I am working a long day at work today, and knew I wouldn't want to go after work, so took a long lunch and did 45 min on the elliptical. Success! Tomorrow is another short-run. 4 miles, which really I can't wrap my brain about being a short run yet. Need to get it done, as for the past 2 weeks something or another has either stopped me or cut at least one of my three runs for the week short. Not this week! *cracks whip on self*0 -
Speedwork day for me. 5.6 miles total
1 mi w/u @ 11mm
8 x .25 @ 9:31mm (6.3mph)
2 x .25 @ 9:05mm (6.6mph)
1.4 mi c/d @ 10:45 mm
rest intervals walked @ 4mph for 40-75 seconds.
Kristina, great job getting the elliptical in today. Can't wait to hear about your 4 miler tomorrow.
I can't do books on tape when i run. Walking...okay. Mowing the lawn...fantastic...running-i get too sucked in and pay no attention to my form, my breathing, what's around me, etc. :blushing:
Hope everyone has a great day!0 -
I could just float away. Yep, I love the high after running. This morning I got in a nice 7 mile jog at 13:40 pace. Yesterday was cross training with 60 min bike ride. Sat I up my distance to 8 miles. I cant believe how the summer is flying by. Race days will be here before we know it.
Keep up the great work everyone!!!0 -
Victoria- wow. That's some serious distance and nice time for it! 8 miles already this weekend? That's still like 3-4 weeks away for me!
Got up this morning (painfully) and did my 4-miler. My legs were a bit rubbery, and wasn't super into it, but felt great afterwards for doing it. Did it in 50 min (avg 12:13 pace), which is pretty good considering I thought I was moving a lot slower than I did on my 4-miler on Tuesday. Wow- those Fresh Air podcasts really get me moving. Haha!
Today is a rest day. My mom's in town this weekend so I'm not sure how much I'll get done. Saturday is crosstraining, and I think I might go on a hike around the Arb or Botanical Gardens. Sunday morning I'll do my long run. Up to 6 miles- the longest distance I've ever run. Eeep!
But proud that I got both my morning runs in in full this week after sort of aborting or not doing them completely the past couple of weeks.
Can't wait to hear how everyone else is doing!0 -
Well, looks like the race I (and Amy_B) signed up for probably isn't going to happen... Apparently city officials are not getting along with the race organizers, and it's turnning into a big mess. I don't remember how much I spent to register for the race, but I'm sure it was around $50. I wonder if I'll see that money again?
Anyway, JessiJean, looks like I might sign up for the Monumental in downtown Indy instead (I'm going to give this a couple days, to see if anything changes).
What a bummer!0 -
That is a bummer LHuffman!!! If you are doing the monumental I would love to have you join me! I've never done a race and I tend to panic around crowds.
I am getting so much faster on my runs! I got the Ipod and sports kit and used it yesterday. It said I did about 4.25 miles with an average of 9 minute miles!!! That was including warm up and cool down! :noway: Today is crosstraining, so maybe swimming. Then Friday is a rest day and Sat will be my 5 miles!~0 -
I hope that you are all well and happy today. One day closer to Friday.
Yesterday was a really bad day for me emotionally and eating wise. I did not follow my menu and did not workout. My boss put me down to part time and with just 2 1/2 weeks till my wedding. So, I had a feeding frenzy. I am now having to drastically cut things from the wedding, namely, the reception. So everyone that I had sent out an invitation to I had to let them know about the change. That is not an easy task.
Today may not be a better day emotionally, but I am going to make it a better physical and eating day. There are 24 days left until the wedding and I need to lose a few pounds and feel better about myself after all this. So here is what my plan is to keep me on track. Every time that I even start to think about driving to get any food not on my menu I will drop down and do 5 good pushups (mind you my normal pushups are easier, I can do 20 of them compared to 5 good ones). Then I am thinking of doing jumping jacks. I figure when I start to get my heartrate up I will start to feel better and not want to put bad things in my body.
This morning has been good so far and it is about time for my morning snack. Tonite I will be talking to my cake lady about making a much smaller cake and when I get home I will eat my dinner. I will be doing an Insanity workout tonite for my crosstraining. I can't decide whether to go with MCC or PCC. Either one is an awesome workout.
Here is to a good food and physcial day. Happy Friday Eve!!! :bigsmile:0 -
That is a bummer LHuffman!!! If you are doing the monumental I would love to have you join me! I've never done a race and I tend to panic around crowds.
I am getting so much faster on my runs! I got the Ipod and sports kit and used it yesterday. It said I did about 4.25 miles with an average of 9 minute miles!!! That was including warm up and cool down! :noway: Today is crosstraining, so maybe swimming. Then Friday is a rest day and Sat will be my 5 miles!~
I'm definitely thinking about it! We'll see what happens this week... That would be fun to meet up and at least start the race together.
I used to use the iPod Sport kit thing too. I found that the distance was about 1/10 of a mile off for every mile I ran... So, when I was supposed to run 6 miles, I would set it for 6.6 miles, etc. I'm a big fan of www.mapmyrun.com for planning out routes though, so I always sort of had an idea of how far I was going anyway. The distance discrepency will also affect your speed. Mine was telling me I was running 8:20 minute miles, and I couldn't really believe that. Once I discovered the distance thing though, I was able to figure out my "real" pace, which was right around my normal 9 minute mile.0 -
Just like LHuffman said, it looks like our half will be canceled. I don't think I'm going to sign up for another one this year because it just won't work with my schedule. I'm going to make a mileage goal each month instead and probably do my first half in April. Good luck, everyone!!!0
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How am I supposed to rest? I am so pumped and motivated. I KNOW that rest is as important as the run, but man I WANNA RUN
Anyone have any tips on psyching yourself into resting???0 -
How am I supposed to rest? I am so pumped and motivated. I KNOW that rest is as important as the run, but man I WANNA RUN
Anyone have any tips on psyching yourself into resting???
Just remember that your body needs the rest just like it needs the run. It is okay to push to your limits, but remember your body has limits and when it says it wants to rest, let it. You will have a better run the next day after a rest day. That is just my opinion, of course. :bigsmile: I do understand not wanting to take a rest day though. Just listen to your body and you will be fine.0
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