Half marathon - Support and Motivation!

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  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Another 3 miles in the books. It was another good run. I did slow down by 1:30 min/mile just because I usually don't run two days in a row, especially 3 miles. I am pretty proud of myself. Sunday nite was 11:00 min/mile and last nite was 13:00 min/mile. For someone who is still learning, I can't complain. I sure slept better last nite. LOL :yawn:

    I ate 100% better yesterday and will do even better today. I had one birthday cupcake last nite for dessert, since Sunday was Jon's birthday. We celebrated last nite. Today will be 100% clean. If we don't have band practice I will get to play softball. I will only be the catcher and they may put me up to bat, but at least it is something. Then I will get in my strength training and core workout. I think I will do Cardio Abs tonite, I just won't do the jumping around warmup at the beginning. After this week if my ankle is doing good, I can start with Plyo work again. I am excited about that. I sure miss jumping around and hearing Shaun T yell at me. LOL :laugh:

    I will be posting my wedding dress pic today.

    Have a beautiful day. :bigsmile:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Happy Tuesday!!! How sad is that I'm disappointed that I only had to run 2 miles today. I kept up a 12 min pace - excellent for . Remind me of this on Thurs when I'm scheduled for 6 miles. I cont with cross training riding my bike on non running days for 60 min...

    Jen - great job on the 3 miles but take it easy so you don't re-injure that calf.

    You are doing amazing, keep up the great work.

    Thank you so much for the concern. My doctor actually told me to run 3 miles this week and if everything is okay this week, I can start my HM training back up next week. So far so good. I am feeling really good. :bigsmile:
  • LHuffman24
    LHuffman24 Posts: 175 Member
    I will be posting my wedding dress pic today.

    Have a beautiful day. :bigsmile:

    I LOVE wedding dress pictures! Bring them on!

    I started training last night. Was supposed to do 3 miles, but since my Core Camp class started at 5:40, and I didn't get on the treadmill until 5:19, I had to settle for 2+ miles... Oh well, our instructor ran our butts off in class so I'm sure I made up the difference and then some.

    I'm supposed to do 4 miles today, but I have a "workout date" with a friend instead. Our local waterpark opens up the lazy river for Water Walking, so we go and walk against the current (super hard workout) for an hour instead. Just bought a heart rate monitor, so I'm going to wear that to the session and see how many calories it burns. Can't wait! Wednesday is supposed to be my rest day, but I'll probably run a little and go to a class at the gym.

    Have a nice day everyone!
  • lisajuly
    lisajuly Posts: 240 Member
    Technically, day 2 of half training. Yesterday was day 1 - and strength and stretch was on the schedule. i did Power Yoga 1 and some lower body stuff.

    Anyway, today was supposed to be 3 miles and i did 4 miles at 10:12 pace.

    Jennifer, can't wait to see your wedding dress.

    Nice work everyone!
  • akasullengal
    akasullengal Posts: 1,499 Member
    Week 4 of training has kicked into gear. Yesterday was a strength/stretch, so I did some arm weights, so wasn't a big calorie burner, but I at least did something.

    Got up early this morning (still sort of struggling with it, but feels better having workout done) before work and did my 3.5 (well, 3.6) mile run, at about a 12:30 pace, which isn't terrible for me. Felt pretty good throughout. I'll walk home from work today, which will add another half mile, AND i need to pick my car up at the dealor, and I decided to walk there versus being picked up, so that'll be another 2 miles of walking in for the day, which is good, as I can use all the calorie burning I can get.

    Tomorrow is a cross-training day. I think I'll probably do bike, but possibly elliptical- MAYBE swimming, but then it's so hard to get up the next morning and run, so we'll see.

    Good luck everyone!
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    I started training last night. Was supposed to do 3 miles, but since my Core Camp class started at 5:40, and I didn't get on the treadmill until 5:19, I had to settle for 2+ miles... Oh well, our instructor ran our butts off in class so I'm sure I made up the difference and then some.

    I'm supposed to do 4 miles today, but I have a "workout date" with a friend instead. Our local waterpark opens up the lazy river for Water Walking, so we go and walk against the current (super hard workout) for an hour instead. Just bought a heart rate monitor, so I'm going to wear that to the session and see how many calories it burns. Can't wait! Wednesday is supposed to be my rest day, but I'll probably run a little and go to a class at the gym.

    Have a nice day everyone!

    What is core camp? The waterpark workout sounds like a lot of fun. I hope you had a great time. :bigsmile:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Week 4 of training has kicked into gear. Yesterday was a strength/stretch, so I did some arm weights, so wasn't a big calorie burner, but I at least did something.

    Got up early this morning (still sort of struggling with it, but feels better having workout done) before work and did my 3.5 (well, 3.6) mile run, at about a 12:30 pace, which isn't terrible for me. Felt pretty good throughout. I'll walk home from work today, which will add another half mile, AND i need to pick my car up at the dealor, and I decided to walk there versus being picked up, so that'll be another 2 miles of walking in for the day, which is good, as I can use all the calorie burning I can get.

    Tomorrow is a cross-training day. I think I'll probably do bike, but possibly elliptical- MAYBE swimming, but then it's so hard to get up the next morning and run, so we'll see.

    Good luck everyone!

    It sounds like you are doing an amazing job. Keep up the great work. If I were to choose between what you have available for your cross training, I would go with swimming. Since it has been so hot, swimming sounds like a lot of fun. That is just me though. :bigsmile:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Technically, day 2 of half training. Yesterday was day 1 - and strength and stretch was on the schedule. i did Power Yoga 1 and some lower body stuff.

    Anyway, today was supposed to be 3 miles and i did 4 miles at 10:12 pace.

    Jennifer, can't wait to see your wedding dress.

    Nice work everyone!

    Wow, you have an amazing pace. I have been there before, but can not stay consistant. Someday. :tongue:

    Are you new to running or have you been doing it for a while. I know when it tells me to do 3 miles, that is all I do. Running an extra mile is not an option for me unless it is on the schedule. :laugh: You are doing amazing, keep up the great work.

    I have posted my dress pic. :bigsmile:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Yesterday was strength training and core work. I decided to go with Insanity Cardio Abs, I did not do any of the warmup due to what my doctor told me. Next week I should be able to. I had Jon tweek my strength training a little. I looked at myself in my dress and really don't like the looks of my arms. They look flabby. UGH!!!! I am my own worst critic. :laugh: So, I have 9 more strength training days before the wedding and really want to tone up the best I can before then. He is having me do more reps with a lower weight. I thought, oh, this won't be a problem, I was wrong. It was still hard, which is good. I do feel it this morning, I am sure I will feel it more tomorrow. LOL

    Tonite I will be running again. Not sure how long though, depending on when band practice lets out. I want to do 3 miles, but may not be able to. As long as I get something in, it is better than nothing. :bigsmile:
  • akasullengal
    akasullengal Posts: 1,499 Member
    Didn't end up doing anything else yesterday after running in the morning. Had flirted with the idea of swimming, but I knew I would be exhausted otherwise this morning.

    Today, as my car needed to be picked up from the dealer, I decided to walk there- 3 miles down. Averaged abotu a 3.5mph walking pace, which is fine with me. Plus it was hot and humid! Ugh! It's a crosstraining day and I while I think I could swing the walk as it for the day, I'm planning on going to the gym after work. It's a good day to swim, but as I have an early morning run, I think it might wipe me out too much not getting out of the pool until 9 and then getting up at 5:30 to run, so I'll probably do the bike... maybe the elliptical. At least 45 minutes. Get in a good burn for the day hopefully. Tomorrow morning it's another 3.5-miler!

    Keep it up everyone!
  • LHuffman24
    LHuffman24 Posts: 175 Member

    What is core camp? The waterpark workout sounds like a lot of fun. I hope you had a great time. :bigsmile:

    Core Camp is my favorite class at my gym. It's a lot of drills/stations set up with cardio and strength mixed in. We run suicides, do plyometrics, jump rope, run tire, do mountain climbers, inchworms, etc. It's different every time. I love it! And thanks to the new HRM, I know I burned 495 calories doing it!

    Water Walking is great too. Walking with the current adds some good resistance, but turning around and walking against the current is SO HARD!! My friend and I did 2 laps with, 2 against, and so on, for an hour. And yes, I wore the HRM and burned 400 calories!

    I'm going to run 2-3 miles today, and then I'm doing a TRX Suspension Training class. Lots of body weight exercises using these straps that are suspended from the ceiling. Super hard stuff. I going to hit the running a bit harder next week (I have to test out all of my favorite classes with the HRM first...).
  • lisajuly
    lisajuly Posts: 240 Member
    Day 3, speedwork. I'm tinkering a little with HH Intermediate plan because he has less miles on it then i'm used to running and i don't want to lose that. So, today wound up being:

    1 mi w/u @ 5.5mph
    .25mi x 2 at 6mph
    .25mi x 2 at 6.2mph
    .25 x 4 at 6.4 mph
    1 mi c/d @ 5.5mph

    walk intervals after each .25 done at 4mph for @ 1 min = 4.65 mi total

    8 min walk c/d @ 3.8mph
  • lisajuly
    lisajuly Posts: 240 Member

    Wow, you have an amazing pace. I have been there before, but can not stay consistant. Someday. :tongue:

    Are you new to running or have you been doing it for a while. I know when it tells me to do 3 miles, that is all I do. Running an extra mile is not an option for me unless it is on the schedule. :laugh: You are doing amazing, keep up the great work.

    I have posted my dress pic. :bigsmile:

    Jennifer, your wedding dress is gorgeous! you look fantastic.

    i do not always run the same pace for every mile, but i have a garmin and it tells me what my average pace was for the entire run. My first mile or so is ususally a bit slower and then i get into my groove, but there are times when my mile splits are 30 seconds apart. So, I'm not always consistent, lol.

    I started running again in 2004 and have run pretty consistently since then, except for when i was injured in late 2005/early 2006. When that happened, i was not running for about 3 months and then ran very low mileage for a long, long time. I set a resolution this year (in order to try and be consistent for the whole year) to run 80 miles a month and if i was super lucky, to get 1000 miles for the year. I was pretty close to averaging 80/month so far, but for the first time EVER, I may hit 100 miles this month!

    i am sometimes running more than the schedule calls because that's what i've been running since the beginning of the year. also, HH's Intermediate plan calls for running 5x a week and i can't do that with my knee. So, since i'm used to more miles and dropping one of his days, I'm kind of splitting the difference of the lost day and adding the miles onto my slower run days (if that makes sense).
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    Good morning Running Pals!!!

    Jen - your dress is beautiful...

    I managed to drag myself out of bed and got 6 miles in this morning at a very leisurely 15 min/mile pace. I took a new route and was enjoying the flowers, birds and trees. I'm off now to work...
  • akasullengal
    akasullengal Posts: 1,499 Member
    Morning!

    Had a running fail this morning, as I woke up with some tummy troubles, still tried to go out, but with all that movement up and down, I was not feeling so hot, and had to turn back. Only ran 1.1 of my planned 3.5 miler. The issues seem to have passed, so I would like to get in another jog this evening, depending on the weather. If not running, I'll hit up the gym for some elliptical, cause 14 min of cardio just isn't going to cut it for me. My hopes are to get another 2.5 run in to get to my 3.5 total for the day. Ideally, it would be to run the full 3.5 miles this evening. We'll see.

    Good luck everyone!
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Core Camp is my favorite class at my gym. It's a lot of drills/stations set up with cardio and strength mixed in. We run suicides, do plyometrics, jump rope, run tire, do mountain climbers, inchworms, etc. It's different every time. I love it! And thanks to the new HRM, I know I burned 495 calories doing it!

    Water Walking is great too. Walking with the current adds some good resistance, but turning around and walking against the current is SO HARD!! My friend and I did 2 laps with, 2 against, and so on, for an hour. And yes, I wore the HRM and burned 400 calories!

    I'm going to run 2-3 miles today, and then I'm doing a TRX Suspension Training class. Lots of body weight exercises using these straps that are suspended from the ceiling. Super hard stuff. I going to hit the running a bit harder next week (I have to test out all of my favorite classes with the HRM first...).

    Sounds like a lot of fun. :drinker:

    I understand wanting to know numbers on your workouts. I am the same way. Keep up the AWESOME work. :bigsmile:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Day 3, speedwork. I'm tinkering a little with HH Intermediate plan because he has less miles on it then i'm used to running and i don't want to lose that. So, today wound up being:

    1 mi w/u @ 5.5mph
    .25mi x 2 at 6mph
    .25mi x 2 at 6.2mph
    .25 x 4 at 6.4 mph
    1 mi c/d @ 5.5mph

    walk intervals after each .25 done at 4mph for @ 1 min = 4.65 mi total

    8 min walk c/d @ 3.8mph

    Great job!!! :bigsmile:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Jennifer, your wedding dress is gorgeous! you look fantastic.

    i do not always run the same pace for every mile, but i have a garmin and it tells me what my average pace was for the entire run. My first mile or so is ususally a bit slower and then i get into my groove, but there are times when my mile splits are 30 seconds apart. So, I'm not always consistent, lol.

    I started running again in 2004 and have run pretty consistently since then, except for when i was injured in late 2005/early 2006. When that happened, i was not running for about 3 months and then ran very low mileage for a long, long time. I set a resolution this year (in order to try and be consistent for the whole year) to run 80 miles a month and if i was super lucky, to get 1000 miles for the year. I was pretty close to averaging 80/month so far, but for the first time EVER, I may hit 100 miles this month!

    i am sometimes running more than the schedule calls because that's what i've been running since the beginning of the year. also, HH's Intermediate plan calls for running 5x a week and i can't do that with my knee. So, since i'm used to more miles and dropping one of his days, I'm kind of splitting the difference of the lost day and adding the miles onto my slower run days (if that makes sense).

    Thank you :blushing:

    Wow, 80 miles a month and to top it off 100 miles this month? That is amazing. I am lucky to get 40 miles a month. I am working on it though. I really do enjoy running and love the runners high. I am just really having a hard time with my shoulders tensing up and breathing. If I push too hard, my shoulders start to tense up really bad and then I have to slow way down because of it. I think if I could figure out how to work that out, I could do so much better. But when I start hurting I just want to slow down or stop. I don't ever stop, I talk myself into pushing through. Do you have any suggestions for this? Since you seem to know what you are talking about, I would truly appreciate any input. Thanx so much. :bigsmile:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Good morning Running Pals!!!

    Jennifer - your dress is beautiful...

    I managed to drag myself out of bed and got 6 miles in this morning at a very leisurely 15 min/mile pace. I took a new route and was enjoying the flowers, birds and trees. I'm off now to work...

    Sounds like you had a nice run this morning. It is always nice to slow things down and enjoy your surroundings. Enjoy a beautiful day.

    Thanx, btw :blushing:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Morning!

    Had a running fail this morning, as I woke up with some tummy troubles, still tried to go out, but with all that movement up and down, I was not feeling so hot, and had to turn back. Only ran 1.1 of my planned 3.5 miler. The issues seem to have passed, so I would like to get in another jog this evening, depending on the weather. If not running, I'll hit up the gym for some elliptical, cause 14 min of cardio just isn't going to cut it for me. My hopes are to get another 2.5 run in to get to my 3.5 total for the day. Ideally, it would be to run the full 3.5 miles this evening. We'll see.

    Good luck everyone!

    Glad your tummy is feeling better. It definitely can be hard on your running when having an upset tummy. Good luck tonite, I know you can do it. :bigsmile:
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    Last nite I was driving home from band practice and was starting to get a splitting headache. I was thinking, really can this be happening? So I remembered that I had Ibuprofen in my purse grabbed my water and downed my pills to alleviate the pain. My plan was to run and get a little more practice in before Friday's 5k run. I was not about to let a headache hold me back. It was already ten after 9 when I got home, so I decided to get in at least a 20 min run. I was going to try and run some intervals. Mind you, I am not really good at intervals and want to give up and stay at my normal pace after maybe two intervals. I made Jon (my fiancé') go with me so he could push me along the way, just for the fact I want to give up. Of course, that is what I did, I wanted to give up, but honestly I don't think I did. I never really got back down to my pace because Jon was with me. I was trying to keep up with him. I am pretty sure he was running a head of me to push me and it worked. I could not believe that I ran 2 miles in 20 mins. That is a record for me. Now if I can just do that tomorrow nite at the run. I will try and think of Jon in front of me and I have to catch him.

    Okay, I am also going to confess. For the last couple of weeks I had been eating really badly. not journalising all my food, eating as much as I wanted. I was kidding myself, just because it was on my menu doesn't mean I can eat the whole box of Wheat Thins in one sitting. In all I gained about 8 pounds in the last 2 weeks. I found my willpower this week and have been doing an awesome job. I think mostly because my wedding is coming up and I want to look amazing for Jon. He already says that I am amazing, but I don't buy that. I am truly my own worst critic. If you look on my Sparkpage at my wedding pic, I actually hate it. My arm looks so fat and flabby. UGH!!! I can't handle that. So, I had Jon tweak my upper body workouts to tone up more. I am also more committed than ever to start my HM training again on Monday. Since my Achilles Tendon is doing well now, I can start back up and also mix in cross training. I am really excited to incorporate Insanity and TurboFire back into the mix. I sure have missed jumping around and yelling at Shaun T.

    The good news? This week so far I have lost 5 of the 8 pounds I gained in the last 2 weeks. I am almost back to where I was before my Achilles Tendon injury. I really want to be at 155 by my wedding date. I will take 160 though. Almost there. :bigsmile:
  • jturquand
    jturquand Posts: 7
    Just go at your pace!!! time doesnt matter, finishing does! Good Luck!

    Ok still getting the hang of all this and haven't had the time to play with it..I was replying to someone's post but that didn't work out!
  • lisajuly
    lisajuly Posts: 240 Member
    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.
  • JessiJean
    JessiJean Posts: 1,207 Member
    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:
  • pinbotchick
    pinbotchick Posts: 3,904
    Welcome Jessijean.

    Powered through my long run - 7 miles - in 1 hour 36 min (13:51 pace). That makes 15 miles for the week.

    Great job everyone on sticking with it and running.

    Jen - how was the 5K run?
  • lisajuly
    lisajuly Posts: 240 Member
    Welcome JessiJean, glad you've joined us!

    Victoria-nice run. Good job getting out there today and getting it done!

    7.31 miles at 10:57 pace. Really looking forward to some yoga tomorrow. Some parts of me NEED to be stretched.

    Everyone else----check in and let us know how you're doing!
  • LHuffman24
    LHuffman24 Posts: 175 Member
    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!
  • JessiJean
    JessiJean Posts: 1,207 Member
    You are all doing so great!!!! I did my 4 mile run on Saturday. Tonight is officially day 1 for me, so I am doing 3 miles tonight :smile: I am so excited to train and complete this race. 14 weeks until GOAL!!!!! Thanks for being soooo supportive!
  • akasullengal
    akasullengal Posts: 1,499 Member
    Welcome JessiJean!

    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.
  • Iffer75
    Iffer75 Posts: 2,817 Member
    My run Friday nite was actually a 4 miler. I know that isn't much difference from a 5k, but for a beginner, it is a lot and I was not really ready for that. We ran around a little part in the park 5 times. I was kinda bummed about that, I was hoping for a nice scenic run. We did have a creek at one side of the trail. It was an all concrete/road run. We did start in the rain, it was fun. Once you got wet it wasn't so bad. It was just the first initial drops that you worried about. Then, once I was soaked, it was no big deal. It did stop after about 1 1/2 laps around and it stayed pretty nice. The start of the run was down hill and the end of each lap was uphill. Next time, I think they should turn it around. Oh, now that I think about it either way it would have been the same. LOL :laugh: I did finish in 44:59 mins. I shaved off about 1:30 mins from my last 4 miler in October. So, I would have to say that I am getting better. So, that was an 11:15 min/mile pace. I will take that. Next time will be even better. I did beat 9 people. WHOOOHOOO!!! It was a lot of fun and maybe I will do it again next year.

    Now, starting today I am starting my Half-Marathon training over. I did have to shorten it by one week in order to get all my miles in before my race on October 16th. I am really excited about doing this and actually finishing a Half-Marathon.

    So, here we go. Have a great week. :bigsmile:
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