I've been gone for SO LONG!!! I am working outside the house again after two weeks of baking for farmer's markets. I spent so much time just getting food ready, I was too tired to think of running. Then I got a position in a bakery with the most irregular hours known to man. I couldn't motivate myself to run early in the morning & flaked out after work. Seriously, I only have 2 weeks before I finish the program! Ugh.

In all of this, I did have the Color & Glow 5K on the 22nd. Due to the mechanics of the "race", I wasn't able to run more than the first mile or so. It was a nighttime race through a farm/battlefield, complete with hills, dirt roads, and rocks. My major accomplishment was that I didn't turn an ankle. The lighting was provided only by glow necklaces along the ground and by the end, I'm sure the first several waves of runners already cleared them off the path.

Massive jumbles of people and strollers spanned the entire width of the track and after that mile, I got tired of asking people to make a hole. After the first color station, traffic literally came to a halt as people stopped in the tent set up with black lights to take pictures without a thought to anyone behind them. It was my slowest 5K ever with a time of 59:00.

Despite all that & zero training, I signed up for a Color Me Rad on July 13th when I got home, hoping that I'd at least make good eating decisions. At least I'll be able to see where I'm going for the next one

I did it!

3:46 PM, Today
S1-B24: 5k Run
This is it. Your 5k run to Bert Airfield. Time to prove yourself.
Distance: 3.89 mi
Duration: 53:02
Average Speed: 4.4 mi/h
Average Pace: 13:38 min/mi


I am an official Abel training camp graduate!

WELL DONE and good luck with the Zombies!!

Hello everyone,

I’m new here. I am starting Week 2, day 1 today.

I was previously doing the C25K app by Zen labs got into about week 3, had an injury & had to stop for a few weeks. I started up the C25K app again, but just wasn’t feeling it. I heard about this one & decided to give it a try. I absolutely love it, the characters, etc. just draw you in & keep you motivated to do it again.

In anticipation of the program completion and to keep myself accountable I have committed to running the Go Dirty Girl 5k & obstacle course in October. There is another one also planned, but my friend hasn’t let me in on the details of that one yet.

Welcome to Abel, asp415! Stay safe out there.

Thank you..

The Wave Rider 16 are what I have! They are great!

I am curious about the Glycerin 10 now though... I tried the Brooks Ghost in the store where I bought my Wave Riders and liked them, but I liked the Mizunos more. If you run on hard surfaces a lot (I run on pavement and streets), the weird heel design is surprisingly effective for padding.

Hello Everyone!
I finally graduated to week 3. I feel like it's a big jump from week two to week three. I've been able to complete them so far but made the mistake of running one of the missions with my BF last weekend. My current jogging speed is equivalent to his walking speed and he got frustrated and I got frustrated and just UGH. Probably a good reason for us not to exercise together yet lol

DragonLady, that sounds like a good plan! I have a couple of friends that I run with because we keep similar pace, etc., but I would get super frustrated running with my husband. Usually when I run with friends, though, I don't use the app.

Have any of you guys tried minimalist shoes/barefoot running?

Have any of you guys tried minimalist shoes/barefoot running?

On pavement and streets? :huh: Nah.

Particularly not during 100+ summer days.

My husband and I tried going for a run together once. Once. Same thing happened ot us as to you, and we haven't tried since. Now we do it separately, and it's actually very nice but in different way. We decide we're going to go for a run, we get ready together, check our Zombie apps together, leave together, then at the end of the driveway he turns one direction, I turn in the other, and we meet back at the house again afterward and compare progress.

So we do zombie running together. Just not TOGETHER.

Same with my sister and I...she is ahead of me on the 5K training. So, we try to not run the same route at the park. So far, so good

Are they not regulated??

I can only assume they are not.

Color Me Rad is about the fun of running, not about the competitive side of it at all. And since i had a lot of fun, i have no complaints with the way they approach and handle things.

I would however caution anyone who signs up for one to use a GPS-based app to measure distance and to time your run, if you are interested in those things.

I am back!! I missed you guys!

I've finally got my new computer up and running, and can be online from home on a computer again, instead of my phone, and it makes a huge difference. I feel so much better now that my internet withdrawal is starting to go away. :bigsmile:

Woot! Welcome back to the world of addiction. I would go crazy without my computer!

I was thinking about you yesterday. How's your foot?
I found this page on FaceBook that gave me some great insight on my calf issue.
I thought you should check it out...
http://on.fb.me/17kRVZ7

Glad to hear you're on the mend, DL! Are you still doing the NROLFW workout?

I have been running at least twice a week, although not always with the app. I can't believe what a change I've gone through in the last six months. I used to hate exercising with a passion, and now it's something I look forward to.

Glad you see you back Dragon.

See like I'm jinxed at the moment - now managed to break my toe so not be running. Got a Color Run on Sunday and if I have to hobble I will.