Anyone else training for a 10k or half marathon?

I'm not training for anything specific but hopefully be up to 20 miles by the summer feel free to add me

I completed my first half-marathon last October. I have another one on May 4th and I'm training for my first full on June 15.

I love to chat about running, running nutrition and all sorts of other goodies. Add me if you'd like!

I'm training for my first 10K! I'm planning to run one May 18th.

I did C25K last summer and ran two 5Ks last year. I started C210K in January because it had been a few months since the last time I ran. I'm currently on week 6.

I was injured for a while and just started back into running again - training for a 10 miler in April. I was a pretty avid runner for a while so it was hard to be down and out. Since my injury my weekly training buddy has moved. I run with my husband on the weekends but I'm on my own during the week. Hoping to run my first marathon in the fall! Feel free to add me

this year i'm training for multiple 5ks, a 10K and then i'll be running a half at some point (maybe august) in prep for doing the tough mudder in Oct.

feel free to add me.

I am walking in a half marathon May 4, would love to be part of the discussion

Half-Marathon at the end of May (last one was Jan 26th....) training officially starts next week (using a Hal Higdon 12 week plan)

Wow, so great to get so many responses! I have a few questions for everyone:

*I have to start my training on a treadmill, since I live in Vermont and it's super cold and there isn't any shoulder to run on anymore with all the snow. Are there any tips, tricks, etc. that people use to make the treadmill not terrible? I get so bored so fast.

*What has kept you going beyond the initial burst of training? I usually start a new running training program, and when the 'newness' runs out, fall off and then have to start from square 1 again. What keeps you motivated?

It's even colder up here in Ottawa. My cure for the boredom of running on a treadmill is to run outside all year 'round. With the proper clothing (think merino wool & layers) you can run in any weather. I do wimp out and run on the treadmill when there's freezing rain otherwise out I go.

For me the run is it's own reward and what keeps me motivated is appreciating how good it makes me feel and how lucky I am that I can run.

My first half marathon in mid March, another at the end of May, and a marathon in October. Because I am insane.

Wow, so great to get so many responses! I have a few questions for everyone:

*I have to start my training on a treadmill, since I live in Vermont and it's super cold and there isn't any shoulder to run on anymore with all the snow. Are there any tips, tricks, etc. that people use to make the treadmill not terrible? I get so bored so fast.

*What has kept you going beyond the initial burst of training? I usually start a new running training program, and when the 'newness' runs out, fall off and then have to start from square 1 again. What keeps you motivated?

Hi - welcome to the wonderful world of running. I'm training for at least 3 half-marathons this year - my first is in 5 weeks, and i'm nowhere near ready. I'm in Michigan, so I completely understand your dreadmill challenge. I actually have decided to get an audio book that i love to read, and the only time i allow myself to listen is when i'm on the treadmill - at least, that way, i make myself stay on there until the chapter is finished... :flowerforyou:

as far as continuing - i started running in June 2012, and ended up getting a dog (springer spaniel) that September. He's my running buddy, and he's completely laid back - provided we get in at least 5 miles a day (walking or running). So, for me - my inspiration to keep it up is to not have a completely insane barky-dog who is so bored he's herding the children...

feel free to add me if you'd like - good luck!

I just started training for Tough Mudder, in Nov....never done anything like this before.

I survive treadmills by keeping them relatively short and alternating my pace - I start at what is slow for me, then ever half a mile I increase the pace until I'm doing a pace that is very fast for me, then start decreasing in the same manner.

If it's above "Feels like" 15F and not too icy, I also run outdoors. But I can't quite bring myself to colder than that, or cold + wet.

Oh, and re the initial burst - I always sign up for my next race *before* I finish the one I'm training for. So like, I signed up for my 10K before I had ever run my 5K, which I had been training for. Then you can't stop.

Did a half last year. Trying out a training plan for a full, but it's starting to not go too well (aches, pains, tiredness). I might switch it up to a different plan (e.g. Jeff Galloway's conservative plan) or just settle on a half for now (there's one in May).

I am terrified of running outdoors right now. I don't mind the temperature usually, but the condition of sidewalks is super scary. I ran outside on the one truly nice day here, and some parts were perfect, and others were icy enough that I had to carefully walk.

How do you folks deal with the road conditions? Even stuff like yaktrax and stabil-icers don't fully protect me from ice.

For treadmill runs, for me the key is to mix it up. I change speed and/or incline every half mile and alternate between podcasts, music, and zombies, Run!

Hi there, im running a half marathon on sunday, this will be my 3rd and by far the hardest to train for. The weather certainly hasn't been on my side, but knowing I have this half ive battled through hail storms, torrential rain, floods and ankle deep mud, but hey its been good fun, just hope all my training in the awful weather pays off on sunday.:happy:

I'm doing a half in May. Been a couple of years since my last one. You're welcome to add me, and my weekly workouts were posted in my blog - an extended version of a Hal Higdon program :-)

Happy Training! :drinker: