Daily Check In Thread -- 10k+ version
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This is the one I have, in the bright yellow/green: http://www.target.com/p/c9-by-champion-women-s-supersoft-1-4-zip-pullover-assorted-colors/-/A-14623872#prodSlot=medium_1_8&term=champion
You are totally going for it!0 -
ran my first 6 mile long run today! 10:10 pace, i felt good it was a cool late morning fall afternoon .. madmiss-- congrats on your new garmin!..i bought a soleus awhile ago and absolutely love it compared to the arm phone thingy!
Great pace! One thing, though. Long runs should be conversational. I know a lot of runners who have a conversational pace less than 10 minutes, so I'm not saying to slow down. Just to make sure you are maximizing the value of the run.0 -
Does singing out loud to the music count?
also, i still work while running, i took 3 calls the last run0 -
Does singing out loud to the music count?
also, i still work while running, i took 3 calls the last run
lol now that's just showing off! Only joking; fantastic pace and well done on hitting 6miles - I'm up for 5 tomorrow and I'm hoping the storm that is due to hit the south of England by 6am tomorrow is a hour late. Though if the wind is behind me I could be up for a PB :bigsmile:0 -
My older running clothes are all black, grey and deep grape. My newer stuff looks like I handed my kids a box of highlighters and unleashed them on my closet.
This is great! lol
I bought black initially as it's more flattering for my ermm ..... shape but had to go to the bright side as the year wore on. My husband says I scare the dog now
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Does singing out loud to the music count?
also, i still work while running, i took 3 calls the last run
You are hitting the perfect pace then, though I agree the work calls are showing off.0 -
Lol Laura and varda and Beth highlighter yellow is awesome, it's all the rage!
My second 5k today and beat my time by 3 mins. 4 seconds!!! 36.07 - down from 39.11 just 3 weeks ago! And I took a header cutting a corner to get around some slow kids - so ran remaining. 2 miles with bleeding knee and scraped elbow and hands. Pretty much I wanted to quit the entire time, even walked for one minute at 22 min mark but pushed on all the way to the ambulance at the end to get cleaned up I can't say it was fun but I'm still very proud ! 0 -
My second 5k today and beat my time by 3 mins. 4 seconds!!! 36.07 - down from 39.11 just 3 weeks ago! And I took a header cutting a corner to get around some slow kids - so ran remaining. 2 miles with bleeding knee and scraped elbow and hands. Pretty much I wanted to quit the entire time, even walked for one minute at 22 min mark but pushed on all the way to the ambulance at the end to get cleaned up I can't say it was fun but I'm still very proud !
There's a diehard! Scraped and bleeding but still set a PR.0 -
This is the one I have, in the bright yellow/green: http://www.target.com/p/c9-by-champion-women-s-supersoft-1-4-zip-pullover-assorted-colors/-/A-14623872#prodSlot=medium_1_8&term=champion
You are totally going for it!
I'm wearing it in my current profile photo. (The black shirt under was the race shirt.)0 -
Lol Laura and varda and Beth highlighter yellow is awesome, it's all the rage!
My second 5k today and beat my time by 3 mins. 4 seconds!!! 36.07 - down from 39.11 just 3 weeks ago! And I took a header cutting a corner to get around some slow kids - so ran remaining. 2 miles with bleeding knee and scraped elbow and hands. Pretty much I wanted to quit the entire time, even walked for one minute at 22 min mark but pushed on all the way to the ambulance at the end to get cleaned up I can't say it was fun but I'm still very proud !
Beast Mode engaged0 -
I did some intervals today (6x 12 minutes) and felt really good, especially the first 2 intervals where I felt like I was flying. Everything moved just right today. My weekend runs are my best: I feel more rested and go running earlier in the day. The weather today was perfect, too: sunny and cool and, once running, comfortable.
I seem to have found an even pace. My distance in the intervals was 1.5K, 1.6K, 1.5K, 1.5K, 1.4K and 1.35K. I think I may need to add some speed drills into my runs before I turn into a one-pace bunny.
Is that a decent pace (12 minutes = 1.5K)? That's just over a 12 minute mile. My 5K runs are still in the 40-41 minute range on average.0 -
Lol Laura and varda and Beth highlighter yellow is awesome, it's all the rage!
My second 5k today and beat my time by 3 mins. 4 seconds!!! 36.07 - down from 39.11 just 3 weeks ago! And I took a header cutting a corner to get around some slow kids - so ran remaining. 2 miles with bleeding knee and scraped elbow and hands. Pretty much I wanted to quit the entire time, even walked for one minute at 22 min mark but pushed on all the way to the ambulance at the end to get cleaned up I can't say it was fun but I'm still very proud !
That's moxie!!!! Go madmiss!!! And how awesome to score a PR!0 -
Has anyone talked to romyhorse lately? Just realized I haven't seen a post from her in several days although I wasn't in the groups much last week when I was traveling.0
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I did some intervals today (6x 12 minutes) and felt really good, especially the first 2 intervals where I felt like I was flying. Everything moved just right today. My weekend runs are my best: I feel more rested and go running earlier in the day. The weather today was perfect, too: sunny and cool and, once running, comfortable.
I seem to have found an even pace. My distance in the intervals was 1.5K, 1.6K, 1.5K, 1.5K, 1.4K and 1.35K. I think I may need to add some speed drills into my runs before I turn into a one-pace bunny.
Is that a decent pace (12 minutes = 1.5K)? That's just over a 12 minute mile. My 5K runs are still in the 40-41 minute range on average.
A decent pace is whatever feels right for you. You'll people running anywhere from 9 minute miles to 14 minute miles so really you have to go by what works for you. The only person you have to compete against is yourself.
I highly recommend hills. This summer when I was running outside I ran hills once a week. I've been slacking off on that the past few weeks but found a hills treadmill program (Galloway) so I'm going to start doing that.
Edit to clarify that there are people running 5 minute miles at a 5K distance, but generally in this group you'll find 9-14 minute miles.0 -
I did some intervals today (6x 12 minutes) and felt really good, especially the first 2 intervals where I felt like I was flying. Everything moved just right today. My weekend runs are my best: I feel more rested and go running earlier in the day. The weather today was perfect, too: sunny and cool and, once running, comfortable.
I seem to have found an even pace. My distance in the intervals was 1.5K, 1.6K, 1.5K, 1.5K, 1.4K and 1.35K. I think I may need to add some speed drills into my runs before I turn into a one-pace bunny.
Is that a decent pace (12 minutes = 1.5K)? That's just over a 12 minute mile. My 5K runs are still in the 40-41 minute range on average.
I love that flying feeling! Good for you! Intervals are great for picking up the pace. I still have not cracked the code of speed work. I am not sure what my mile pace is...0 -
Thanks!
Laura, I'm not competing against anyone; not even myself. I was just curious about an average time to see if I should push myself just a titch harder to firm my running up a bit. But a 9-14 minutes/mile sounds like a good average range. I'll just keep on going for now and see what happens over the winter.
My ideal speed, for myself, would be to one day be able to run 5K in 30-35 minutes.0 -
Thanks!
Laura, I'm not competing against anyone; not even myself. I was just curious about an average time to see if I should push myself just a titch harder to firm my running up a bit. But a 9-14 minutes/mile sounds like a good average range. I'll just keep on going for now and see what happens over the winter.
My ideal speed, for myself, would be to one day be able to run 5K in 30-35 minutes.
By competing with myself I guess I just mean that I like to see general overall progress. I'm in the 35-38 minute range and would like to get into the low 30's next summer.
When I look at other people's times, especially people who started running around the same time as me, it's hard not to wonder why I'm so much slower than they are, but that's dumb so I make myself stop. 0 -
My older running clothes are all black, grey and deep grape. My newer stuff looks like I handed my kids a box of highlighters and unleashed them on my closet.
Well, I did it. I came home from the store with a highlighter yellow top (with the highlighter blue for the sleeves) at my husband's request. I guess after all my whining about non-support from him (all true, by the way), he wants to keep me alive.
I really need to get my Garmin. I'm so frustratingly slow when left to my own devices. "Frustratingly slow" being relative to what I am capable of doing. I'm hoping the Garmin will allow me to program both speed and distance into my workouts for the feedback I get from the treadmill, but I'm confused reading reviews if I can actually program this. Not to mention that the treadmill keeps my feet moving, while the Garmin will not do that.
Now...who is going to close out this thread? I thought about it, but someone else gets the honors...0 -
Has anyone talked to romyhorse lately? Just realized I haven't seen a post from her in several days although I wasn't in the groups much last week when I was traveling.
She's been very quiet - I noticed a check in post on my home page last week but apart from that not a peep!
Hopefully it's just life getting in the way and she'll be back with us soon 0 -
Today's run was supposed to be 5 miles but ended up being 5.45miles in 1hr 2mins as I had to divert a few times to avoid blocked paths etc from the overnight storm but it went well and I felt good splashing through the puddles.
I'm happy with the time and the distance as it brings me that bit closer to my goal of a 10k in about an hour by the turn of the year .. ish
Edit: Oh ... and it appears we have a thread roll!0 -
As a sort-of answer to Plexgut's question, I am reading the John Bingham books. He mentions that "adult onset athletes" generally achieve their PRs in about 7-10 years of running.
CarsonRuns once mentioned that a 25 minute. 5k would take about 16 weeks to train for and would require the same distances as a half, but might be a better choice for a new runner than a marathon.
My next "real" run will either be a 6k or a 10k and I'd like to do a 10 minute mile - though my asthma always hits when I start breaking 11:30.0 -
Ran 4 miles this morning...toughest run I have had since I started running in August...it was an easy pace, just one of those i couldn't really get into the groove of kind of days...
first 5K is on November 9th and i'm starting to get nervous about it.0 -
I ran 3 miles on Friday and another 3 yesterday morning. I got a new phone and yesterday spent about 10 minutes trying to get my Nike+ app to actually start my run. I gave up and started running anyhow. I know where I hit each 1/2 mile as I run this route on a regular basis. I tried to get it started again at 1.5 miles and it started without any issue. I hope I don't continue to have that problem.0
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I'm so glad the 10-mile race is over! Now I can focus on the Thanksgiving half marathon and be confident I can finish under 2 hours.
The 10-mile race was brutal. Up and down the entire way. The worst was mile 8 - this was the famous "Cardiac Hill" that I first ran in the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th. This hill is so named because it passes right by the Piedmont Hospital heart center. During that race I hit the hill after only 3 miles (mostly downhill) so it didn't feel so bad. But yesterday I hit that same hill after 7 miles and it felt like a mountain! That turned out to be my slowest mile but I still had a bit of energy to speed up at the end.
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Ran 4 miles this morning...toughest run I have had since I started running in August...it was an easy pace, just one of those i couldn't really get into the groove of kind of days...
first 5K is on November 9th and i'm starting to get nervous about it.
Joe, don't be nervous, your times are awesome! Just run like you do every other time and you will be fine - was very nervous before my first one also, but now I'm OK just left wondering why everyone else in the field can run so much faster than me! lol You won't have that problem you are a speed demom!0 -
I'm so glad the 10-mile race is over! Now I can focus on the Thanksgiving half marathon and be confident I can finish under 2 hours.
The 10-mile race was brutal. Up and down the entire way. The worst was mile 8 - this was the famous "Cardiac Hill" that I first ran in the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th. This hill is so named because it passes right by the Piedmont Hospital heart center. During that race I hit the hill after only 3 miles (mostly downhill) so it didn't feel so bad. But yesterday I hit that same hill after 7 miles and it felt like a mountain! That turned out to be my slowest mile but I still had a bit of energy to speed up at the end.
Congrats Tim! Wow, your times are great also... I hope I can one day say I have a "worst mile" in the 8 minute range Glad you knocked it out of the park and can look forward to your next challenge! 0 -
Hello,
This is (I think) my first post on any of these forums, but as I have been lurking on, and being inspired by, this daily thread I thought I would say hello. You seem like a supportive and sensible bunch!
I am a 37 year old formerly (very) fat scottish girl who is new to running. I never dreamed I would be a runner - I HATED it, or anything athletic, in school. In fact I remember a couple of years ago laughing out loud at someone who suggested I try the couch to 5K program with them. How would my knees and lungs do that?!? Anyway, last spring after loosing a chunk of weight I just did it one day. Thought 60 seconds of running was going to kill me, but by summer I had graduated the C25K app and it was... OK. Not that hard. However a few weeks later I developed shin splints, which combined with moving house and various excuses meant I stopped running for 5 months.
I started the C25K app again (from 3 or 4 weeks in) because my expensive trainers were mocking me. Graduated a few weeks ago on an official British Heart Foundation 5k that I spotted the night before that run was due and signed up for. I think my time was about 33 minutes which I was pretty pleased with. Anyway, I have moved on to following a bridge to 10k app on my iphone and it seems to be going well apart from the convincing myself to go out in the grey sludgy rain and slippery pavements part of it. I cheated one day last week when I was feeling quite good though and just... ignored the intervals my headphones were giving me and kept going. Ran 10k and felt utterly stunned at myself.
I would brought back down to earth yesterday though when I went out after a really broken nights sleep (a bad fire on my street) and after 15 minutes just had to give up and do lampost intervals to loop home. My heart rate was shooting up really high really quickly. Sleep is important...
Anyway, hello. It is pishing with rain out there again, but should I give the 3x 15 min runs I missed yesterday another go this afternoon?0 -
Hello,
This is (I think) my first post on any of these forums, but as I have been lurking on, and being inspired by, this daily thread I thought I would say hello. You seem like a supportive and sensible bunch!
I am a 37 year old formerly (very) fat scottish girl who is new to running. I never dreamed I would be a runner - I HATED it, or anything athletic, in school. In fact I remember a couple of years ago laughing out loud at someone who suggested I try the couch to 5K program with them. How would my knees and lungs do that?!? Anyway, last spring after loosing a chunk of weight I just did it one day. Thought 60 seconds of running was going to kill me, but by summer I had graduated the C25K app and it was... OK. Not that hard. However a few weeks later I developed shin splints, which combined with moving house and various excuses meant I stopped running for 5 months.
I started the C25K app again (from 3 or 4 weeks in) because my expensive trainers were mocking me. Graduated a few weeks ago on an official British Heart Foundation 5k that I spotted the night before that run was due and signed up for. I think my time was about 33 minutes which I was pretty pleased with. Anyway, I have moved on to following a bridge to 10k app on my iphone and it seems to be going well apart from the convincing myself to go out in the grey sludgy rain and slippery pavements part of it. I cheated one day last week when I was feeling quite good though and just... ignored the intervals my headphones were giving me and kept going. Ran 10k and felt utterly stunned at myself.
I would brought back down to earth yesterday though when I went out after a really broken nights sleep (a bad fire on my street) and after 15 minutes just had to give up and do lampost intervals to loop home. My heart rate was shooting up really high really quickly. Sleep is important...
Anyway, hello. It is pishing with rain out there again, but should I give the 3x 15 min runs I missed yesterday another go this afternoon?
Good job getting out there! I, personally, would give it a shot. Bad runs are usually followed by good runs (and I love running in drizzle).0 -
I ran 3 miles on Friday and another 3 yesterday morning. I got a new phone and yesterday spent about 10 minutes trying to get my Nike+ app to actually start my run. I gave up and started running anyhow. I know where I hit each 1/2 mile as I run this route on a regular basis. I tried to get it started again at 1.5 miles and it started without any issue. I hope I don't continue to have that problem.
I'm glad you just started running. Sometimes the technology gods just need to be placated or something.0 -
I'm so glad the 10-mile race is over! Now I can focus on the Thanksgiving half marathon and be confident I can finish under 2 hours.
The 10-mile race was brutal. Up and down the entire way. The worst was mile 8 - this was the famous "Cardiac Hill" that I first ran in the Peachtree Road Race on July 4th. This hill is so named because it passes right by the Piedmont Hospital heart center. During that race I hit the hill after only 3 miles (mostly downhill) so it didn't feel so bad. But yesterday I hit that same hill after 7 miles and it felt like a mountain! That turned out to be my slowest mile but I still had a bit of energy to speed up at the end.
Congrats Tim! Wow, your times are great also... I hope I can one day say I have a "worst mile" in the 8 minute range Glad you knocked it out of the park and can look forward to your next challenge!
That is a great race! Good job on taking care of yourself to get there!0
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