Christmas Morning 5K Run/Walk

lillmssy

Okay.....I'm in.....

itsbella

Christmas....3 more days!

krystie99

Have you ladies try mapmyrun.com? You can save your workouts and I think it's fab!

KcFitCoach

I'm in!!!! Great idea!

itsbella

Did mine today! Merry Christmas Friends!!

cardbucfan

Hey all, just saw this thread and would love to join too! I planned on going out for a big walk/run combo after presents and breakfast and this way I won't get too comfy. Won't do the New Years one, our gym is open both days and they always do long spin classes. I did a double spin this morning so I can enjoy our Christmas Eve appetizer extravaganza with a little less guilt. Merry Christmas!

KcFitCoach

Doing my run early this afternoon! Looking forward to it!!!

cardbucfan

Well, I'm not gonna do a run today, got Zumba for the Wii for Christmas and wanna give that a try and see how it goes. Enjoy everybody!

KcFitCoach

Well, I bundled up and went out for a run outside in 26 F weather with light snow. Confession - I did not run 3.1 miles (5k). I ran 2.16 miles. Started wheezing from the cold air (mild asthma). BUT, I ran at a good pace. My garmin gave me an average pace of 9:53/mile. Not lightning quick, but not too shabby. Especially since my way back home is all uphill!

After my run though I did do 1/8 mile (length of my long driveway) of slow walking DEEP lunges. That was tough, but felt great!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

KcFitCoach

Oops..double post

taletreader

Well, I wasn't really planning this, and I'm hardly a runner, but I went out to Richmond Park -- a very large nature reserve & royal park here in South London, about 5 min from my home. I did about 6 km, house door back to house door. I wasn't sure how much I would run but took my C25K podcasts, which I started *last week*, nonetheless. Well, the trail was covered in ice and goes up and down a lot! I could have used cleats. Still, I ran 3 of the segments of week 1 (walked the rest) and then the entire week 2, plus the first running segment of week 3. All in all 70 min so you can see I was majorly slow, indeed, GPS says I hardly ran any faster than I walked. But it's a spectacular place and I felt great afterwards.

This, btw, was the first time in 25 years or so I went running outdoors (and the first ever time I did so willingly).

loveme445

I did a 5k around my neighborhood today. I did my 5 min warm up and was able to run the rest of the time. Now I need to work on my time.

Thanks for this post/challenge Bella!

Have a Very Merry Christmas!

lillmssy

Bella.......went for my run this afternoon after all the morning activities were over. Thanks for the invite
I jumped on the bike for 5 min. to warm up and then I was off and running. Ran it in 33:11. That last mile just kills me
but I have shaved a min. off my time this last week. YEA!!!! I didn't stop and walk at all. Complete.....not compete......

SkierElle

My 5K run was successful... but it turned into a 10K!!! haha!! i got new running shoes and was having a ball. then I got lost. 70 minutes later I got back!! haha!

itsbella

Well, I wasn't really planning this, and I'm hardly a runner, but I went out to Richmond Park -- a very large nature reserve & royal park here in South London, about 5 min from my home. I did about 6 km, house door back to house door. I wasn't sure how much I would run but took my C25K podcasts, which I started *last week*, nonetheless. Well, the trail was covered in ice and goes up and down a lot! I could have used cleats. Still, I ran 3 of the segments of week 1 (walked the rest) and then the entire week 2, plus the first running segment of week 3. All in all 70 min so you can see I was majorly slow, indeed, GPS says I hardly ran any faster than I walked. But it's a spectacular place and I felt great afterwards.

This, btw, was the first time in 25 years or so I went running outdoors (and the first ever time I did so willingly).

Awesome job! You must have felt awesome!

itsbella

Join me on my next run this weekend! New Year's run!