Hi everyone! My week's already gone kinda weird (for lack of a better way to describe it). I did 2 5k missions (Week 2 #3 and week 3 #1) and a regular mission (S1 M7) yesterday. Didn't set out to do that, but it happened. I work nights and usually it's the end of the week when I start having problems getting enough sleep. When I did my run yesterday at 3p I'd already been awake for 12 hours and sleep was nowhere in to be found. I guess was hoping that it would make me tired enough to get some sleep if I went that long. It nearly worked though. I did manage to stay awake all night at work without caffeine (YAY) and even managed to change into pajamas before crashing into bed this morning, Not planning to do any zombie missions today, but I'm going to try to do some yoga or sworkit training to get some cross training in.

Qski - I talked to my husband who has much more workout equipment experience than I do (never set foot on a treadmill til a year and a half ago and then it was for only 1 mile at a 20 min/mi pace a few times a week for a month). He said that what happened with my legs does happen sometimes due to the repetitive muscle use - your legs get used to the body staying in place while the ground moves and sometimes it takes a bit for them to "remember" how to move the body on stationary ground. Dunno how close to true that is, but it accurately describes what happened. he said he's never heard of anyone taking as long as I did to recover, but maybe it was because it was my first time going that long. If i do the treadmill again I'll just be sure to take "floor breaks" so that doesn't happen again.
And like Vaugirard15 said - item pick up is random and has nothing to do with the plot. The few items you pick up that ARE plot related you don't "keep" anyway - meaning they aren't included in your item total list. I don't care about spoilers personally, but I totally respect anyone who does. I wouldn't divulge any of the plot unless someone specifically asked.

Vaugirard15 - Were you nervous when the missions started upping the run times? I've never been a runner so when I see it says "run 5 minutes" I immediately panic. I know I can back off and do only as much as I'm able, which helps, as well as take it slow and repeat missions until I'm comfortable to move on. And I can already do way more than I could a month ago I think it's great you've improved that much! The exercise might be easing your arthritis too, that may be why you're moving easier than usual before your shot. If you don't mind me asking - what shot are you taking and for how long? My sister has some issues with her hand (she's a teacher) that really affect her day to day abilities sometimes.

Run well and stay safe out there!

Hi, all! Up until a few weeks ago, I pretty much walked all of the free form runs. I also repeated workouts a lot-- I started around 8/20 and here it is 10/29 and I'm just starting week 6! But even with the repeats, I mostly walked all of the free forms. I only do Zombies twice a week. Sometime around late Week 3, I started to try running little bits of the free forms. A couple of weeks ago I had a week with absolutely no energy … which made it all the more surprising that I did well today!

I'm taking Humira for psoriatic arthritis (not osteo-- though I get a little of that, too). Losing some weight and moving more has been helpful but then I'll have times, like 2 weeks ago, when I'm completely run down. I'm still trying to find my magic calorie count number, too, though, so that might be part of the energy problem, too.

And, yeah, seeing the longer numbers is a little scary-- but that was case when the "longer number" was moving from 15 seconds of running to 30 seconds! Today, I just told myself I'd do what I could but I also did try to push because I wanted to see what I could do without stopping too early. :-) I had to really work at not going out too fast in the beginning so that I could run longer.

The 5K is starting to seem possible… though the idea of running 20 minutes (which is next week, I think) is a little scary! I've set my goal for our local 5K in April.

Hi, Runner 5s!

Another good run today. Ran about 17 minutes: 6/10 min, 4/7 min, 3/7 min, 4/7 min. I was fine with that given that Tuesday was so good but then saw my stats:

Tuesday: 4.61 km, 53:30 min, 11:36 min/km
Thursday: 4.78 km, 53:12 min, 11:07 min/km

So actually went faster today than Tuesday. I do like that Doc Meyers is consistent with the time prompts. She says something at 3, 5, 7 & 9 minutes on the 10 minute run and 2, 4 & 6 minutes on the 7 minute runs so I was able to tell myself to run two, walk two, etc. She also gives a 15 sec warning before the end of the stretches so you can un-contort yourself! ;-)

Did you download the free Halloween episodes? See the Zombies Run blog! I think I'm going to save them up for next month when I'm traveling and will probably need to use a treadmill at the hotel.

You guys are so encouraging! I really appreciate the votes of confidence!

Have a great Halloween!

Hi Runners 5s,

I am new and I have just completed Week 2 Workout 3. Do you run on a treadmill or outside?

Hey everyone!
After my weird Monday I ended up taking 2 days off - didn't plan it, it just turned out that way due to life upheaval (quit my job Wednesday).
I did week 3 workout 2 and Season 1 mission 8 last night then the first two Halloween missions today, too.

As far as the treadmill, when i used my sisters i just increased the speed for the run times by about 0.5mph then decreased 0.4 for the walking (that way I could build up my walking speed without getting worn out). as far as the calf raises I just put my feet on the side runners and did them that way, Another idea (which I'm going to try next time) is using the emergency stop magnet (the bit that attaches to you so that if you fall the machine will cut off so you don't get hurt as badly) to cut the treadmill off for the knee lifts and stretching sessions.

Hi IMElektra! Welcome aboard! I live in Louisiana so waling outside is comfortable right now, but I don't get to as much as I like because I live out of the city limits and there's no sidewalks to be able to walk safely so I usually just walk at home in combination with our elliptical.

On a side note - my sister has heard me talk so much about the app and collecting items and all that she asked me to show her around the app the other day. So I gave her a tour of both app and their differences and even played the helicopter crash segment from the first mission. I think she may be leaning towards conversion, but i don't know for sure yet LOL

Hope everyone has a good weekend and Safe running out there!

Great work, Qski & cynforgiven!

Great job, cynforgiven! That's wonderful!

I'm not sure if I'm getting addicted to exercise or to the Zombies, Run! story (or maybe a bit of both) but I just finished season 1 missions 11, 12, AND 13 for a total of 77 minutes of exercise - 40 of which were on the elliptical. 40! Two 20 minute segments! I've never done that much time on the elliptical in one session. On the second I was so caught up in the story that I didn't notice most of the time passing.

Not sure if I should be worried but I'm going with it for now :bigsmile: (and yes, I'll watch to make sure I don't push it too far)