One Hour Runner Thread

sarah_ep

*Bump* for when I finish C25K

shannonaufman

I got sick this week, so I'm a bit behind on OHR. I'm going to be back on the wagon either this weekend or Monday! I find myself missing my runs! (Still so weird for me to say that).

Great job running during vacation, Bif. I definitely wouldn't have done that, haha! I'm looking forward to hearing how your 5K goes!! (I mean, obviously you're going to kick butt!!)

aab1

And... I ran 4 miles today! That's the furthest I've ever run!

@ BifDiehl - Nice job running during your vacation AND going for 4 miles! You go, girl!!

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I want to follow OHR but I run 3x/week at the "Y" during my lunch and have only 30 minutes available. So I'm going for longer runs / distances when I run at home to offset the the short "Y" runs.

W5D2 - I ran 5.44 miles / 60 minutes this morning.

Happy running everyone!!

fit4life_73

Bif~ running on vacation is the ultimate NSV. Thats really awesome. You will do great on your 5k.

Aileen~ Great job with keeping with OHR! Keep up the good work.

Shannon~I'm sorry to hear that you were sick this week. I know you will bounce back this week.

As for me~ Still keeping with the walk/run routine. It has not structure but I'm enjoying it. My runs this week have been on the treadmill so I'm able to keep a steady pace. I had an Ah Ha moment yesterday after my workout, I can run at 6.0 :noway: . I jogged .75 miles @6.0 (7.5 mins). The only reason I stopped was because I didn't want to further injure my leg/hip. My lungs felt good and I was totally in my stride after a few minutes. I continued with the walk/run and finished 2.5 miles in 32 minutes. So without the w/u and c/d I completed 1.75 miles at avg pace 11:25 m/hr. Not bad. I'm really enjoying running at the faster pace. Most of my runs have been 4.6-4.8. And it gets boring really fast. By no means can I keep this pace for a 30 min run, but thats my ultimate goal. I thought about following c25k starting with week 4 or 5 and keeping my speed at 6.0 or focus on distance. I like running without a plan (so to speak). My only plan is to run 3 times a week.

Well enough rambling.:laugh:

Have a great weekend and happy running :flowerforyou:

jilld76

Bif~ running on vacation is the ultimate NSV. Thats really awesome. You will do great on your 5k.

Aileen~ Great job with keeping with OHR! Keep up the good work.

Shannon~I'm sorry to hear that you were sick this week. I know you will bounce back this week.

As for me~ Still keeping with the walk/run routine. It has not structure but I'm enjoying it. My runs this week have been on the treadmill so I'm able to keep a steady pace. I had an Ah Ha moment yesterday after my workout, I can run at 6.0 :noway: . I jogged .75 miles @6.0 (7.5 mins). The only reason I stopped was because I didn't want to further injure my leg/hip. My lungs felt good and I was totally in my stride after a few minutes. I continued with the walk/run and finished 2.5 miles in 32 minutes. So without the w/u and c/d I completed 1.75 miles at avg pace 11:25 m/hr. Not bad. I'm really enjoying running at the faster pace. Most of my runs have been 4.6-4.8. And it gets boring really fast. By no means can I keep this pace for a 30 min run, but thats my ultimate goal. I thought about following c25k starting with week 4 or 5 and keeping my speed at 6.0 or focus on distance. I like running without a plan (so to speak). My only plan is to run 3 times a week.

Well enough rambling.:laugh:

Have a great weekend and happy running :flowerforyou:

This is kind of what I'm doing too, except that I'm running for as long as I can, which is usually close to 30 minutes and then the rest of my 3 mile loop I alternate.

I was trying to follow OHR, but as you all know the hills in my neighborhood kill me. So I would find myself getting really frustrated when I would have to walk around 25-27 minutes. I didn't want to frustrate myself so much that I quite running all together.

So, I'm undecided about what to do. I could continue what I've been doing, but then I'm not adding anything additional to my workout, just running for about the same amount of time and distance, or my other thought was to try the C210K interval plan. Because it would push me to begin running longer now and give me a chance to work on speed. Plus I think intervals are better for weight loss and I could really use a push right now. And maybe I could just do one long run, once a week to try to keep my endurance for the 30 minute run up.

I haven't decided for certain yet, still contemplating. There are so many different routes I could take around my house to run, but every single one of them has a mountain of a hill, no matter which direction I go, so there seems to be nothing I can do to eliminate those, unless I go to the track, which is definitely and option.

I feel like I've just become complacent with running what I can and not pushing myself to do more It's been a rough week, all around!

Bif - so great that you ran on vacation! I go to the outerbanks in North Carolina every year in August and I'm really hoping to run every morning (or most mornings) while I'm there to burn some of the calories I'll be eating and drinking! Did you run on the beach? I've heard that's really hard, in the sand. I was planning to do it on the road, but the beach is so much prettier and cooler with the breeze.

MayMaydoesntrun

bump! Love this!

aab1

@ fit4life_73 - Nice efforts being able to run at 6mph!! Keep up the great efforts!!


I ran today 2.4 miles / 20 minutes. It looked like it was going to rain any minute so I kept it short. Good decision - 15 minutes after I got home the skies opened up!!

Have a great Sunday and enjoy your Father's Day with your loved ones!!

funfitfoodie

W5D3 - 38 minutes.

Ran a new route (same start but backwards then a different last few miles) and loved it .

3.72 miles in 38 minutes. 10 minute mile.

fit4life_73

Jill ~ I'm sorry you're having a rough week. I invented those. You are doing an awesome job keeping up with running. I was sorta in limbo myself for a while. So until I figured it out I just decided that working out was more important than forcing myself to follow a plan a fail miserably. My maintenance plan is to run 2 miles @ 10 min/mile daily. But until then, I am running to boost my weight loss. So intervals and increasing my speed seem to be working for me. I have no desire to run marathons so distance is really not my goal. When I ran track in high school I was a sprinter. On top of that, my ADD won't allow me to run that long. :laugh: Just figure out your purpose/goal for running. Set new goals each week. And stay motivated.

Today I ran 3.2 miles in 40 minutes. I ran a whole mile at 6.0! I pushed the last 1/4 quarter mile really hard, but I was so excited to finish it. I finished up with run/walk intervals at 6.5/3.5. I felt really good.

Here's to a new week :drinker:

shannonaufman

So I hadn't run in a week due to a mystery upper respiratory funk that I got. I went out and ran today and oh man. I really just wanted to curl up on the side of the trail and never get up. I was super miserable the whole time... ugh. But I ran for 35 minutes... I walked for 5 minutes to warm up and walked 10 minutes at the end. I am counting this as week 5 day 1. I am at the point where I'm sort of embarrassed by how slowly I'm running. It's so dumb of me to be embarrassed, and I know that. But I just can't get it out of my head that I'm slow. And I think that's just making me slower. I also know that it was 90 degrees out with 95% humidity and that it would have been unwise to push myself any harder... I just don't know.

I guess I just need to remember that, 3 months ago, I could barely run for a minute... and running for 35 minutes is an accomplishment in itself. But ugh. I just feel so d*mn slow. Anyway, enough ranting.

fit -- That's SO great. I like that you're doing intervals to keep it interesting for you. I need to figure something like that out. Great job running a 10 minute mile!! That's so exciting.

acid -- way to go with your running. You're really getting good at it! I love days where I take a new route... Except one time I took a new route and I got big time lost. I had to knock on a random door to get directions home... :blushing: So just make sure you know where you're going!!

jill -- I think I'm having the same kind of week you are. I didn't run for a week, and the heat/humidity kills me. I don't have problems with hills in my neighborhood, but the weather definitely makes me hate running. Maybe switch it up every few days? Go to the track one day, run intervals the next... Repetition makes it hard to push yourself, but maybe if you mix it up, you'll find yourself pushing yourself harder. Keeps it interesting and motivates you for the next run, because it will be different.

Ailene - I got stuck in the rain once... it turned out to be my best run yet! Great job with your running.

funfitfoodie

But I ran for 35 minutes... I walked for 5 minutes to warm up and walked 10 minutes at the end. I am counting this as week 5 day 1. I am at the point where I'm sort of embarrassed by how slowly I'm running. It's so dumb of me to be embarrassed, and I know that. But I just can't get it out of my head that I'm slow. And I think that's just making me slower.

On my last run, because it was the long one, I decided that I wasn't going to go for an amazing distance and I ran the first part at a pretty slow and gentle jog; and it was so much better. After a while I think I must have picked up the pace without noticing... but it was so nice just not to care about speed

sooh2011

I'm on the last week of C25K and am thinking of doing this (having read this thread)...and I'm bumping it for a friend too

shannonaufman

Sooh and MaryBrown -- welcome!! You can totally start posting here even if you're not done with C25K. I don't think any of us are 'strictly' following One Hour Runner to the letter, but this is a great place to discuss our runs... even if we deviate from One Hour Runner sometimes. I think this thread has become an awesome place for us new runners to discuss the trials, tribulations and successes we experience on our running journey. Welcome!!

BifDiehl

Sunday I went and ran the 5k route for the race I'm running on Saturday. I realized how spoiled I've been where I've been running. I've been running routes that are flat and at least 50% shaded. The race route is slightly hilly and mostly sunny. I was HOT and I walked up two hills (I justified this by drinking during my walks ). Other than that it went ok. I'm going to run it one more time before the race - tonight after work.

Shannon & Acid - I've also been making myself run slower. I had been trying to speed up since I have this race coming up. But I found I don't like running when I'm running fast. I enjoy myself when I run slower. So I'm slowing down and enjoying myself - the speed will come.

sooh2011

Sooh and MaryBrown -- welcome!! You can totally start posting here even if you're not done with C25K. I don't think any of us are 'strictly' following One Hour Runner to the letter, but this is a great place to discuss our runs... even if we deviate from One Hour Runner sometimes. I think this thread has become an awesome place for us new runners to discuss the trials, tribulations and successes we experience on our running journey. Welcome!!

Thank you! I think I want to follow the OHR plan because I have liked having the C25K plan to follow - I like to see my progress. Having said that though, I have entered a 5K which is in around 3 or 4 weeks and I don't think I can actually run 5K yet....I am guessing I'll be doing it in around 40 mins....so not sure if I should be trying for that.....or just trying to get my 30 min runs a bit faster.

funfitfoodie

W6D1 - 30 minutes - 2.92 miles @ 10 minute mile.

funfitfoodie

Sooh and MaryBrown -- welcome!! You can totally start posting here even if you're not done with C25K. I don't think any of us are 'strictly' following One Hour Runner to the letter, but this is a great place to discuss our runs... even if we deviate from One Hour Runner sometimes. I think this thread has become an awesome place for us new runners to discuss the trials, tribulations and successes we experience on our running journey. Welcome!!

Thank you! I think I want to follow the OHR plan because I have liked having the C25K plan to follow - I like to see my progress. Having said that though, I have entered a 5K which is in around 3 or 4 weeks and I don't think I can actually run 5K yet....I am guessing I'll be doing it in around 40 mins....so not sure if I should be trying for that.....or just trying to get my 30 min runs a bit faster.

I pretty much am following the OHR plan to the word although had a tough time at the beginning as you will see if you read through the old posts :laugh: WELCOME :glasses:

fit4life_73

Sooh and MaryBrown -- welcome!! You can totally start posting here even if you're not done with C25K. I don't think any of us are 'strictly' following One Hour Runner to the letter, but this is a great place to discuss our runs... even if we deviate from One Hour Runner sometimes. I think this thread has become an awesome place for us new runners to discuss the trials, tribulations and successes we experience on our running journey. Welcome!!

I agree with Shannon. Most of us did c25k together and started this thread as part 2 of our running journey. We all started out doing OHR but some of us have slowly drifted (like me), but we still post here to support each other. Welcome aboard!

aab1

3.2 miles / 36 minutes

It was an odd run...I was feeling fatigued within the first 3/4 miles. I pushed thru the entire run but there was no consideration for anything more than what I did. I didn't have enough protein in my meals today and I think that's the reason.

@ Bifdiehl - In case the week gets away from me....Good Luck with Saturday's 5K! You'll do AWESOME!!

@ Sooh & MaryBrown - Welcome!

BifDiehl

Ugh - yesterday's run was just plain yuck. I had to walk after the first half mile. Not sure if it was b/c it was so hot, if I ate too soon before I ran, or some combination of stuff, but I was ready to be DONE after the first half mile. I finished the entire 3.1 mile route, but had to walk several times. Still came in at a decent time for me (37:54) b/c I was running faster than normal b/c of taking the walking breaks. Hills stink. I really need to add them to my regular runs, though, b/c I'm not used to running them and they're kicking my butt. I have it in my head that I CAN'T run up them, so I walk up every single one of them. Luckily Saturday it's supposed to be cooler and the race starts at 8am, so it should be cooler.

How's everybody else handling the heat? :grumble:

Ailene - thanks for your well wishes!

jilld76

fit - thanks for the encouragement!

shannon - I feel really slow when I run too, especially when I see other people's times, but then I remember how far I've come and as long as I keep at it, that's all that matters.

Bif - you know my feeling about hills! I used to really slow down when I got to the hills thinking it would help me last longer, but it didn't seem to work, so I started to try to really push myself up the hills and I just go for as long as I can. I usually make it about half way and will walk the rest of the way up. You can do it! Good luck in your race!

aab1

Ran 5.14 miles / 54 minutes; 10:30/mile

@ BifDiehl - Unfortunately, Wisconsin hasn't had warm weather in almost 3 weeks. Lots of rain, cool, breezy. Nasty summer weather but it's allowed me to run outdoors without having to deal with heat. Stay hydrated and I would think give yourself at least an hour to digest your meal before running.

Jenyfur1

Hey Guys!
I have missed seeing you on a thread so I am going to start the program finally. I booked marked it. I think that I will start on Saturday. I am going to mostly be running on the tread mill. It is too hot and humid here to run out side. My allergies will not allow it.
I think I may start at week 4.
Bif, Good luck on your 5K this weekend!

funfitfoodie

W6D2

33 minutes - 3.3miles @ 10 minute mile

It was all going fine until 11 minutes in (8 minutes into my run) when I could feel my hair starting to come out of its bun so I stopped to quickly sort it out but because I'd put 3 hair bands in (to make sure it was secure - doh!) I ended up spending 2 minutes stood around sorting it out! I hate stopping because I find it hard to hit my stride again.

(I ran 33 minutes - 35 including time stood around. 45 including warm up walk, hair tying, cool down walk and stretch). When people log their miles do they count the miles that they walked for the warm up and cool down as well? I only log the miles where I'm actually running...

BifDiehl

When people log their miles do they count the miles that they walked for the warm up and cool down as well? I only log the miles where I'm actually running...

I only count what I actually run, too.

@ Jeny - Hi! Glad you found us. It's fun hearing other people's running journeys.

I ran yesterday morning before work and stuck close to home where it's flat! I ran 3.29 miles in 39:13. I enjoyed that run - it wasn't hilly and it wasn't hot! I think I'm a running wimp :laugh:

Tomorrow's my big day! I'm looking forward to running those hills tomorrow early morning and I'm hoping it's not as bad b/c it won't be hot. I'll post about how it went when I get to work tomorrow. We're having an open house at work tomorrow, so I'll work until 9pm tonight, get up, run the 5k at 8am tomorrow, hurry home to shower, hurry back to work and then work until around 11pm. And then I get to work Sunday followed by 10 more days in a row before I have a day off. Tourist season in Gettysburg is BUSY!! :noway:

aab1

@ BifDiehl - thinking of you and hoping the 5K went well!!!!!! :flowerforyou:


I'm so excited....I completed this morning my best run that I've EVER done....

6.64 miles / 1 hour!!!!!

I had roughed out my route in my mind and thought I was targeting 5.5; man, was I off! No wondering I was dying by the last .5 mile! :laugh:

fit4life_73

Bif ~ I can't wait to hear about your 5k. I know you did an awesome job.

Aileen~What a great run! Wow, I can't imagine running for a whole hour. Are you planning to run a 10k?

This has been an off week for me. Its tough to stay focussed when you are dealing with family issues. I've been in such a bad place all week I'm finding it challenging to dig myself out of this rut. I haven't worked out since Monday. Urgh!! Oh well, I've been here before. I'll get through it. Besides, I'm down a size and if I lose control I will easily go back up. We're going to the water park in three weeks and I want to look a hot mess.

I hope everyone is staying on track!

BifDiehl

Hello all! First, let me say thanks for all your well wishes. I thought of all of you during the race and you inspired me to push on to my personal best 5k time! My official time was 34:48 which averages out to 11:14/mile. The race was a lot of fun and very well organized. I believe there were about 1100 runners and everything seemed to go very smoothly to me! My mom, dad, husband and daughter were there cheering me on. My husband and daughter surprised me by holding up signs cheering me on at the finish line, so I crossed the line laughing. My daughter's said "How fast is mommy? Sooooo fast!" which isn't true, but cracked me up. My husband's sign said something about congratulating me on doing a great job and, "so can I go golfing now?". He totally meant it as a joke, but he got several dirty looks from a few women! He said several of the men coming across the finish line laughed at his sign. My mom's an amateur photographer, so I had to pose to get my picture taken both before and after the race. I'll post some photos when she emails them to me. My husband told me that the first guy across the finish line had a time of just over 12 minutes!! Can you imagine??

I'm going to sign up for another 5k in July - the day after I turn 40!

funfitfoodie

W6D3

Meant to be 41 minutes but I lost track of time and ran 42:30 - 4.27 miles @ 9 minute 57 second mile (woo smashed through the 10 minute mile!!!)

It was really hot today when I ran - 21 degrees C when I left which is the hottest I've ever run in - I know I'm a wuss... but none the less I was excited because I have new Nike running shorts and a new pink Nike running t-shirt. I loved every second of this run!

I have to admit I did stop once to walk but that was because the stupid old man was out feeding the ducks/swans again (he's there pretty much every night about 7/8pm). The swans block like the whole path and I don't want to be savaged by swans so I go slowly. It's so frustrating!

funfitfoodie

Hello all! First, let me say thanks for all your well wishes. I thought of all of you during the race and you inspired me to push on to my personal best 5k time! My official time was 34:48 which averages out to 11:14/mile. The race was a lot of fun and very well organized. I believe there were about 1100 runners and everything seemed to go very smoothly to me! My mom, dad, husband and daughter were there cheering me on. My husband and daughter surprised me by holding up signs cheering me on at the finish line, so I crossed the line laughing. My daughter's said "How fast is mommy? Sooooo fast!" which isn't true, but cracked me up. My husband's sign said something about congratulating me on doing a great job and, "so can I go golfing now?". He totally meant it as a joke, but he got several dirty looks from a few women! He said several of the men coming across the finish line laughed at his sign. My mom's an amateur photographer, so I had to pose to get my picture taken both before and after the race. I'll post some photos when she emails them to me. My husband told me that the first guy across the finish line had a time of just over 12 minutes!! Can you imagine??

I'm going to sign up for another 5k in July - the day after I turn 40!

12 minutes is ridic! I dream of running a 5k in 15 minutes though one day...... got a long way to go yet!

Your hubby and daughter are sooo sweet! Great time - congrats!!!!