not sure i can do it.....5k that is
kelseyjsnyder
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Ok so I will be doing a 5k. I am just not sure when. My husband found one in april he wants me to do. I just started exercising at the begining of this month. right now i cant run for 30 seconds without being winded and light headed. I bought the c25k app and was planning on doing it when it warms up. right now its just too cold to do it outside and i cant go to a gym and use a treadmill cause i cant afford a membership to a gym 30 miles away one way. any advice?
ETA: I have a kid that cant go out in the cold weather for more than a few minutes. So "bundling up and getting out there" doesnt work. Im looking for advice of things i can do in the house.
ETA: I have a kid that cant go out in the cold weather for more than a few minutes. So "bundling up and getting out there" doesnt work. Im looking for advice of things i can do in the house.
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My advice would be to bundle up and get outside.0
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My advice would be to bundle up and get outside.
This.0 -
Nothing better than running in the fresh air (warm or cold).0
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I did one and I'm useless in every way..so...just do it dammit0
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Ok so I will be doing a 5k. I am just not sure when. My husband found one in april he wants me to do. I just started exercising at the begining of this month. right now i cant run for 30 seconds without being winded and light headed. I bought the c25k app and was planning on doing it when it warms up. right now its just too cold to do it outside and i cant go to a gym and use a treadmill cause i cant afford a membership to a gym 30 miles away one way. any advice?
Sounds like you have some excuses at the ready for why you can't do it. Bundle up and go outside, as others have said. Gradually increase distance, it will get easier as you go. It's not going to warm up for quite a while, so it's easy to say you'll do it then. And by then it will be too late for you to be ready for a 5k in April. If you really want to do it, work through the discomfort and find a way.0 -
Agree, bundle up and get out there. Once you start running, you'll probably find you are quite warm. I've been out in sub-zero temps and after a few minutes overheating can be a problem if I started with too many layers. Try it and adjust, but you'll be fine.
Also, once you start, you won't want to stop each winter, so might as well get started now.0 -
Agree, bundle up and get out there. Once you start running, you'll probably find you are quite warm. I've been out in sub-zero temps and after a few minutes overheating can be a problem if I started with too many layers. Try it and adjust, but you'll be fine.
Also, once you start, you won't want to stop each winter, so might as well get started now.
^^^ This.
Lots of light layers. 5 minutes in you will most likely want to start taking layers off. Just make sure your bottom layer is moisture wicking, you will sweat!0 -
guess i forgot to mention: I cant just bundle up and go outside i have a kid that cant be in the cold weather. So i literally cant go outside till it gets warmer i have no one to watch her0
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guess i forgot to mention: I cant just bundle up and go outside i have a kid that cant be in the cold weather. So i literally cant go outside till it gets warmer i have no one to watch her
Your hubby can't babysit while you go for a run?0 -
guess i forgot to mention: I cant just bundle up and go outside i have a kid that cant be in the cold weather. So i literally cant go outside till it gets warmer i have no one to watch her
Again, excuses? Ask someone to watch her (husband, family member, friend) and go. She doesn't have to go with you.0 -
We work opposite shifts so when he is home im at work when im at home he is at work. we literally live over 100 miles from our closest family/friend so no babysitter isnt the option hence to why i would like stuff i can do inside. I am not making excuses i am asking for stuff i can do to get ready but stay inside my house with her. if you dont have any advise you have no reason to comment.
eta:only time we are home together is 12am-3am when i am sleeping cause i have to get up at 3 am and go to work.0 -
We work opposite shifts so when he is home im at work when im at home he is at work. we literally live over 100 miles from our closest family/friend so no babysitter isnt the option hence to why i would like stuff i can do inside. I am not making excuses i am asking for stuff i can do to get ready but stay inside my house with her. if you dont have any advise you have no reason to comment.
People here have give you quality advice. It just happens to not be the advice you want to hear. IF you wanted to do this, and I'm going my your original post of "my husband wants me to run this race in April" then you would find a way to do it. Boils down to the fact you aren't ready. When you WANT to run, you will. Good luck!
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I just don't see this happening anytime soon then0
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guess i forgot to mention: I cant just bundle up and go outside i have a kid that cant be in the cold weather. So i literally cant go outside till it gets warmer i have no one to watch her
Sounds like you're not going to run a 5k. You've talked yourself out of it.0 -
get a baby sitter.
and I see lots of people running in cool weather- throw a blanket over the stroller and go for it.
Outside of people who are morbidly obese with joint/lung issues. You're average (even average over weight person) can finish a 5 K just walking.
get to a gym with a day care center- do your lift- and then go jog around the parking lot so you are used to the cold.0 -
right now i cant run for 30 seconds without being winded.
that was me, 3 yrs ago, at my lowest, most depressed, frustrated, p***** off point, donning two layers of sweats and hiking boots and hitting the snow-crusted streets. not having exercised, at all, previously. crippled up by debilitating, unrelenting chronic fibromyalgia pain. completely hopeless and angry at the world. (ever been in so much pain you can't work? ever had 0 income due to an 'invisible' illness/disability that no one believes you have? ever been Rxed $200/mo worth of drugs which don't do a damn thing except make life worse?)
at first i couldn't jog down to the end of the block. the dogs could outrun/outpace me. then i could jog/walk a mile. then i could jog a mile. it wasn't long before i was outruning and outpacing the dogs. now i can do 5k in under an hour, no breaks. i didn't have MFP back then. i didn't know about C25k. i didn't have any gym-rat friends. i just hit it, every day, and i very quickly noticed improvement, in my performance and in the rest of my life. then i was hooked. i haven't stopped running since.
i love running in the cold. there's nothing quite like peeling off a layer or two as you're crunching over the snow (because if you don't you'll get too hot and sweaty) to make you feel like a bad@*kitten*! just keep your head and hands covered and make sure you can get out of your sweatshirt if need be.
eta: didn't see the bit about the kid. got nothing.0 -
We work opposite shifts so when he is home im at work when im at home he is at work. we literally live over 100 miles from our closest family/friend so no babysitter isnt the option hence to why i would like stuff i can do inside. I am not making excuses i am asking for stuff i can do to get ready but stay inside my house with her. if you dont have any advise you have no reason to comment.
eta:only time we are home together is 12am-3am when i am sleeping cause i have to get up at 3 am and go to work.
*sigh*. Don't ask for advice if you aren't going to take it. Go outside and run up and down the driveway, or around your house. Pop in and check on her, then go back outside. There's always a way, people find one all the time if they really want to. You aren't going to do a 5K, you aren't interested in figuring out a way to run already.0 -
can yall please just answer my question and stop telling me to do the things ive made clear arent going to happen. closest gym is over 30 miles one way. no babysitter to use
Do you have any advice for training while inside my house? thank you.0 -
can yall please just answer my question and stop telling me to do the things ive made clear arent going to happen. closest gym is over 30 miles one way. no babysitter to use
Do you have any advice for training while inside my house? thank you.
Nope. I'm done. Good luck.0 -
1. Get a treadmill
2. Jog in place0 -
can yall please just answer my question and stop telling me to do the things ive made clear arent going to happen. closest gym is over 30 miles one way. no babysitter to use
Do you have any advice for training while inside my house? thank you.
there is no substitute for running.
sure you can do some stuff- jump roping whatever to train your heart- but you can't just do stuff around the house to subtitue for running.
The only way to train for a running event... is to fricking run.0 -
can yall please just answer my question and stop telling me to do the things ive made clear arent going to happen. closest gym is over 30 miles one way. no babysitter to use
Do you have any advice for training while inside my house? thank you.
A - Don't let your husband pick the exercises he wants you to do
B - If you don't want to run, don't
C - Jillian Micheal's has lost of DVD stuff you can do at home
D - Give up on the idea of running a 5K in April if you can't start RUNNING now. There are NO REPLACEMENT exercises to be done inside while waiting for the weather to turn.
No one here is trying to be mean, just real. As I said before, you HAVE gotten quality advice, just not what you want to hear. EVERYONE has difficulties with fitting in their particular exercise of choice but they figure out how to make it happen.0 -
can yall please just answer my question and stop telling me to do the things ive made clear arent going to happen. closest gym is over 30 miles one way. no babysitter to use
Do you have any advice for training while inside my house? thank you.
If you seriously want to do this, then you need to get a treadmill. Sounds like that's your only option. If you can't afford one, try finding used ones, maybe searching craigslist or something similar.0 -
can yall please just answer my question and stop telling me to do the things ive made clear arent going to happen. closest gym is over 30 miles one way. no babysitter to use
Do you have any advice for training while inside my house? thank you.
There is nothing you can do inside to truly train for a running/road race without a treadmill, or maybe (but not really) an elliptical. You want answers but your requirements don't allow for realistic answers. Technically, you only need to carve out 30 minutes, 3 days a week. If it is really that impossible then maybe running isn't in the cards for you.
So, no, other than wanting it and making it happen, I have no other advice. If you wanted to achieve this goal you'd find a way to make it a possibility.0 -
My advice would be to find a used treadmill and train on that. It works for all weather and you can do it when your little one is sleeping. You can probably get a used one for 200-300.
Also, just cuz you can't run in the house, start training by doing cardio DVD's or some strength training (check you tube).
On days that it has warmed up slightly, try to bundle your little one up and see if you can get out even for 10-15 mins.
good luck!0 -
I don't think there's much you can do that will train you for running, except running. Any possibility of getting a treadmill? Around mid-February there'll probably be some good deals on Craig's List.0
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. My husband found one in april he wants me to do.
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ETA: I have a kid that cant go out in the cold weather for more than a few minutes. So "bundling up and getting out there" doesnt work. Im looking for advice of things i can do in the house.
wait a minute- how is he going to have time to train if you don't?
no baby sitter? bullhockey- make him watch the kid while you run.
That being said- if you don't want to run- don't run.0 -
Just start when you can and if you have to walk part of it, there is no shame in that!
Many around here do a run/walk method and even just walk it.
Moving forward is what counts. A mile is still mile whether you run it or walk it.0 -
C25k takes eight weeks (or so depending on the program). Pick a date you think will be warm enough to take your kid outside and find a race 8 weeks out from that. Or run on your lunch break. You can build your cardio system through the winter, but nothing will really help you run a 5k except for running.0
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ok, so no outside and no gym
I would get a heart rate monitor (it really helps making sure you exercise at a decent intensity level)
and do some cardio routines you can find on the internet.
but make sure your keep you heart rate at an appropriate level (over 120 for 30 minutes)
you could do jump rope or pretend jump rope, jumping jacks, and so on
and do some strengthening too, to avoid injury.0
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