not sure i can do it.....5k that is

brianpperkins

OP ... you describe yourself as "lazy" in your profile. Your unwillingness to get up early, stay up later, take your daughter out on a walk, find somebody to watch your child so you can workout for 30 minutes, and on and on confirms your statement. Next time you're at work, look at the caged animals in that maximum security prison. They don't make excuses. Put them in solitary or in an open bay, they MAKE time to exercise.

You make excuses.

nuttyfamily

Missouri? Um, yeah, get outside. Now if you were in ND, MN, MT or those colder states...then that "could" be used as an excuse.

Bundle up that kid and take her out. What sort of medical condition does she have that you can't? Or is that just an excuse?

AglaeaC

I'm having problems understanding the family schedule. I'm also having problems understanding why a 4yo child can't be outdoors for a while, unless there is a medical situation going on. I'm from a place where we are used to wearing winter gear in the cold months and usually no kids die here.

Flab2Fab27

Walk/run to and from work.

DYELB

JSF

ThickMcRunFast

I hate saying this to anyone but...

No, you cannot do this.

It has nothing to do with your abilities or your body, it has to do with your mindset. You are looking for any excuse to not to it, so you won't.

If you want to run a 5k, the first thing you have to do is change your outlook. Then apply the advice you got in this thread.

Good luck.

Mr_Knight

can yall please just answer my question and stop telling me to do the things ive made clear arent going to happen.

The problem is that with the constraints you have put on, there is no answer to your question.

Bottom line - you're not going to be running that 5k in April.

dbmata

OP - you aren't going to do a 5K. That's obvious. No one is being rude or "acting like a drill sergeant" to you. You asked for advice and then came up with an excuse for every single piece of perfectly good advice you received. Here's one last piece of advice. Tell your husband you're not doing the 5K.

Best advice in thread.

Stripeness

get a baby sitter.

and I see lots of people running in cool weather- throw a blanket over the stroller and go for it.


Outside of people who are morbidly obese with joint/lung issues. You're average (even average over weight person) can finish a 5 K just walking.

get to a gym with a day care center- do your lift- and then go jog around the parking lot so you are used to the cold.

Morbidly obese here, with knees that won't support jogging 'til I'm under 200 lbs...I've been walking 5K+ multiple times/week. And 5K races have *plenty* of walkers. I'm in New England, and see people outside w/their kids in strollers - properly bundled. You can do this.

SCV34

can yall please just answer my question and stop telling me to do the things ive made clear arent going to happen. closest gym is over 30 miles one way. no babysitter to use

Do you have any advice for training while inside my house? thank you.

Treadmill. It's the best advice I can give you. I am sure people will have differing opinions, but it seems like the best option for you right now.

JenMc14

The only way to train for a 5K in the house is to get a treadmill. Sorry. No other activity really works as a sub for running. I suppose you could run laps around your living room.

Another option is to run on your lunch break at work.

Chagama

Echoing the last bunch of posts, but either you want to do this, or you don't. If you don't, then don't. If you do, find a way to take some of the good advice you've been given.
1. You can't train to run a race without running. Period. So if you want to do this, accept that and make that your mindset. You can cross train with other exercises, but you have to run
2. If you can't run indoors, either on a track or a treadmill, then you have to run outdoors.
3. It sounds like it's not that cold where you are, I'm up in Minnesota and people run outdoors all through the winter. It's the ice and snow covered roads that forces me inside, not the temperatures.
4. Either take your child with you, or find someone to watch her for 30-45 minutes three times a week. That's not a significant time period. Find another parent and trade days so she can have the same time while you watch her child on alternate days.
5. Bottom line is that there are ways to do this, people train for races with busy and difficult family situations all the time. Either be determined to do it, or decide not to do it, but there is no middle ground. You can't half do it only if it's convenient, that will never work

AglaeaC

You seem to have come up with lots of reasons not to make it work. Can I challenge you to find as many solutions as possible to make it happen? It's fine to ask for advice, but none of us know the exact details of your particular, seemingly very confusing situation, so maybe take some responsibility yourself now that most of us have suggested a handful of things only?

RinnyLush

I have read all of your comments to make sure I fully understand your situation and here are the three solutions I could think of:

1. Buy a treadmill (in none of your posts have you stated that this wasn't an option).

2. Find an indoor track. Are there any universities or colleges in your area? Since you live in a "small hick town" maybe not, but I go to to a University indoor track to run on really cold days, but when the weather hits at least the 40's then I run outside in long pants and a long sleeved shirt.

3. If your child is young enough that she can't be exposed to the cold, she is probably still young enough to be taking naps. When you put her down for her nap, bundle yourself up and run around outside your house, up and down your street. Still be close enough to make sure that the house doesn't catch fire and no one is breaking in, but get the experience of running outside and getting your body used to that feeling.

Would any one of these options work for you?

I just did the same thing, thinking these three options were pretty reasonable pieces of advice. Especially #3 in combination with wearing a baby monitor as suggested by another reply. I'm eager to hear if any of it is appropriate for the OP.

I just started C25K as well. I love running outside for pleasure, and have for a while now, but I figured some structured training would improve my stamina and endurance. I'm in Alberta Canada and it is darn cold here right now, so I started going to the local rec centre and running indoors there. I got tired of paying drop-in fees just to run on a treadmill for half an hour though, so my boyfriend offered to go halfers on a used treadmill so I can run inside. Just keep actively seeking options, and something will fit! However, if nothing ever seems to fit, there may be a reason for it.

tameko2

When I was 8 years old, I walked a 5k for charity. Took about an hour if I recall correctly? Maybe 50 minutes?

That's really all I had to share.

likitisplit

Since your husband is encouraging you to run the 5k in April, perhaps you could explain to him that this will be a commitment of 30 minutes 2-3 times a week and see if he has any insight into how to make this happen.

likitisplit

If you're winded easy now, then you may want to plan on more than 8 weeks.

This shouldn't be a problem. It just means that she's going too fast. Learning to slow down is part of the C25k program. Unless she has exercise induced asthma.

Greytfish

and wow people on here talk like drill sargeants.....you would think pals would be encouraging and uplifting

People here speak nothing like drill sergeants ... even to people making excuses who could use that type of talking to.

:drinker:

justal313

If I didn't know better I would be starting to suspect that we've all been trolled.

Capt_Apollo

nelson mandela ran the equivalent of seven miles a day in his cell during his incarceration.


if you want to find a way to truly train for this race, you will.

rebeccatackett

I disagree with lots of the posters. I started running 5ks in October 2012. I have completed 13 races now, 11 5ks and 2 obstacle courses. I do Zumba 3 to 4 days a week and that is my only "training" for running. Do something in your house to get your heart rate up, DVDs, Youtube has lots of exercise videos you can watch, etc. The more in shape you get, the more you will want to do and the easier it will get. If you are on MFP, then you have internet access. There are loads of resources online to help you get fit. Trust me, once you start feeling better, breathing better, and gain some confidence in your exercise abilities, you will find the time to do what you need to do to be the best employee, mother, wife and person that you are capable of being.

mmm_drop

If you think you can't, you can't. If you think you can, you can.

I agree with the others that say bundle up and get outside and start pushing!

Good luck!

lise_anne

I have been doing my run training in the mall I work in the administration office and before work is the best time I like to do it, besides I would rather go somewhere running rather than the treadmill. and I will be running a 5k every month in a rec centre that has a track until its warm enough to go outside. Think outside the box I know you can do it!

Bon48801

Our local middle school, opens their indoor track to those of us that like to walk. For me it's awesome, I must start training for a 5K myself/

wildgirls2111

Do you have steps you can go up and down? Or just walk around in the house but keep moving!! I love C25K app that is how I trained for my first 5K and I was NOT a runner at all. Good Luck

SHHitsKaty

Uhhh, I've been training for my half marathon in legit negative degree temps and snow. Saturday, I ran in 5 inches of snow. I came home and had to drain melted snow out of my running shoes.

Like someone above me said, you either want to do it or you don't.

conniemaxwell5

Get a workout video that you can do at home that gets your heart rate up and start building your cardio endurance inside while it's too cold to run outside. Any day that it's warm enough to go outside, go out and run / walk for at least half an hour. You can use the C25K app if you want but you won't be able to advance much until you can use it consistently. If you sign up for the 5K in April, don't set the goal of running the whole thing the first time. Set a goal of running a mile of it or using whatever level of C25K you are on to run / walk it.

I did three 5K's last year after not exercising at all for 30+ years. I started training with C25K in February and pretty quickly injured myself because I advanced with the program, which was too fast for me. After 2 months of physical therapy I started running again in April. This time I did each week of C25K twice before advancing to the next stage.

The first 5K was May 5 and I ran about 1/2 mile of it and walked the rest. The second was July 4 and I ran almost 2 miles. The third was the end of August and I ran the whole thing. Just finishing a 5K after years of being sedentary is a huge accomplishment so just go for whatever you can do!