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Christmas Morning 5K Run/Walk

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  • lillmssy
    lillmssy Posts: 67
    Okay.....I'm in..... :)
  • itsbella
    itsbella Posts: 1,101 Member
    Christmas....3 more days!
  • krystie99
    krystie99 Posts: 42 Member
    Have you ladies try mapmyrun.com? You can save your workouts and I think it's fab!
  • KcFitCoach
    KcFitCoach Posts: 135 Member
    I'm in!!!! Great idea!
  • itsbella
    itsbella Posts: 1,101 Member
    Did mine today! Merry Christmas Friends!!
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    Hey all, just saw this thread and would love to join too! I planned on going out for a big walk/run combo after presents and breakfast and this way I won't get too comfy. Won't do the New Years one, our gym is open both days and they always do long spin classes. I did a double spin this morning so I can enjoy our Christmas Eve appetizer extravaganza with a little less guilt. Merry Christmas!
  • KcFitCoach
    KcFitCoach Posts: 135 Member
    Doing my run early this afternoon! Looking forward to it!!!
  • cardbucfan
    cardbucfan Posts: 10,571 Member
    Well, I'm not gonna do a run today, got Zumba for the Wii for Christmas and wanna give that a try and see how it goes. Enjoy everybody!
  • KcFitCoach
    KcFitCoach Posts: 135 Member
    Well, I bundled up and went out for a run outside in 26 F weather with light snow. Confession - I did not run 3.1 miles (5k). I ran 2.16 miles. Started wheezing from the cold air (mild asthma). BUT, I ran at a good pace. My garmin gave me an average pace of 9:53/mile. Not lightning quick, but not too shabby. Especially since my way back home is all uphill!

    After my run though I did do 1/8 mile (length of my long driveway) of slow walking DEEP lunges. That was tough, but felt great!

    MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
  • KcFitCoach
    KcFitCoach Posts: 135 Member
    Oops..double post
  • taletreader
    taletreader Posts: 377 Member
    Well, I wasn't really planning this, and I'm hardly a runner, but I went out to Richmond Park -- a very large nature reserve & royal park here in South London, about 5 min from my home. I did about 6 km, house door back to house door. I wasn't sure how much I would run but took my C25K podcasts, which I started *last week*, nonetheless. Well, the trail was covered in ice and goes up and down a lot! I could have used cleats. Still, I ran 3 of the segments of week 1 (walked the rest) and then the entire week 2, plus the first running segment of week 3. All in all 70 min so you can see I was majorly slow, indeed, GPS says I hardly ran any faster than I walked. But it's a spectacular place and I felt great afterwards.

    This, btw, was the first time in 25 years or so I went running outdoors (and the first ever time I did so willingly).
  • loveme445
    loveme445 Posts: 2,439 Member
    I did a 5k around my neighborhood today. I did my 5 min warm up and was able to run the rest of the time. Now I need to work on my time.

    Thanks for this post/challenge Bella!

    Have a Very Merry Christmas!
  • lillmssy
    lillmssy Posts: 67
    Bella.......went for my run this afternoon after all the morning activities were over. Thanks for the invite :)
    I jumped on the bike for 5 min. to warm up and then I was off and running. Ran it in 33:11. That last mile just kills me
    but I have shaved a min. off my time this last week. YEA!!!! I didn't stop and walk at all. Complete.....not compete......
  • SkierElle
    SkierElle Posts: 335
    My 5K run was successful... but it turned into a 10K!!! haha!! i got new running shoes and was having a ball. then I got lost. 70 minutes later I got back!! haha!
  • itsbella
    itsbella Posts: 1,101 Member
    Well, I wasn't really planning this, and I'm hardly a runner, but I went out to Richmond Park -- a very large nature reserve & royal park here in South London, about 5 min from my home. I did about 6 km, house door back to house door. I wasn't sure how much I would run but took my C25K podcasts, which I started *last week*, nonetheless. Well, the trail was covered in ice and goes up and down a lot! I could have used cleats. Still, I ran 3 of the segments of week 1 (walked the rest) and then the entire week 2, plus the first running segment of week 3. All in all 70 min so you can see I was majorly slow, indeed, GPS says I hardly ran any faster than I walked. But it's a spectacular place and I felt great afterwards.

    This, btw, was the first time in 25 years or so I went running outdoors (and the first ever time I did so willingly).


    Awesome job! You must have felt awesome!
  • itsbella
    itsbella Posts: 1,101 Member
    Join me on my next run this weekend! New Year's run!
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