Good to have you running again Ceci, and evading those Zombies!
Rus, you're going great guns dude! Heat and Humidity suck, and unfortunately only way to learn to deal with them, is run in them Fitter and more experienced you get, the better at judging your expectations on crappy weather days!
AglaeaC are you going to progress onto B210K now you're done with C25K or something else?

Last week I had Gastro drop me, and ran a grand total of 4.5k, which as previously stated had more walking than running being the W1D1 of C25K... this week my numbers are looking better, but I missed a session again. This time due to a fecking head cold!
Monday was a good bike/run brick session, with the C25K Tyre Drag edition, Tuesday I did my social run and kept good pace, pretty comfortably considering the cold. Wednesday I tried not to die. Thursday I was a little more alive.
Tonight I did my bike/run session again. I had to change the tube on the front tyre before I could even head out for a ride... first time doing that in 20+ years... feck it was hard lol
Ride felt ok, except for cross winds and head wind in both direction.. dropped some speed from the last ride, but also dropped 10bpm average on the HR which is huge for me.
C25K TD edition sucked! Even the dog was flat today. Still it's all done and in the bank now.

I had to take a few days off because I had a knee problem. I've had knee problems in the past (before I started running), but they were more typical arthritis. This was, apparently, a ligament problem. I don't think my running caused it, but since I could barely walk on Monday after pushing myself to take our usual 5 mile walk, I cut way back. I took Tuesday off completely, then a relatively short, non-hilly walk on Wednesday and then back to the usual 5 mile hill climbing walk yesterday. And, the knee didn't act up again.

So, today, I just did 5K. I could feel it in the knee a little, but now a few hours later the knee isn't bothering me, so I am hopeful that it is healed. Still, I'm not going to jump right back to where I was in the program (which would be W4D1) but instead do at least one day of each previous week to ramp back up to where I was.

My stats today: 3.11 miles in 39:26 for a pace of 12:40. The last time I did 5K on that same hill, back in early June, my pace was 14:16! I guess I am improving.

Another Zombies Run this morning for 3.06 total miles including some walking intervals. It is hot.

@NancyN795 Just keep ticking along with the programs then. Nothing wrong at all with needing a program to keep you moving. I think more runners than not do better with one. Hope your knee comes good soon.

Yay for evading more Zombies Ceci!

I woke up in plenty of time to run this morning, but I looked at the thermometer on the front porch and it said 80F. At 6 AM. NOPE!

I did ride with my girls Tuesday and Wednesday, and will ride again today. I made my fundraising goal for my upcoming American Diabetes Association Tour deCure. I signed up for 100k (before I had surgery and the subsequent stress fracture). I think I can still do it, although it will be a much slower 100k than I did last year.

Today I did a 5K to 10K Week 2 run. I was going to do it yesterday, but my phone totally bailed on me again and I recognized it fairly early in the run, so I just gave up rather than fighting with it and just rejoined my husband on the walk instead (lately, on days when I run, he walks our usual route while I run and when I finish my running I use the cool down to walk back and rejoin him for the end of the walk).

My stats today: 5.07 miles in 65:29 for a pace of 12:54. That pace amazes me! I'm not sure how I did it - I sure didn't feel fast today. The last time I did the same run, back on July 16, my pace was 13:52.

hello! it's been about a year since i've posted anything, and it's nice to see some familiar names and a bunch of new ones. i thought i'd pop in to say hi. i took a "break" from running this past winter as i didn't like getting out in our coastal, rainy weather. happily in february i started running again.

around may i thought i'd challenge myself with a half-marathon goal (not a race, i still haven't run a single race) and will run my "goal run" in two weeks. to be completely honest, i start my long run mornings pretty nervous. i have only been running for a year (including my 4 month "holiday" this winter!) and didn't think i'd ever go farther than 10-12 km. it's really hard work running these longer distances, and i intimidate myself with my drive to complete.

i thought i'd rejoin the group for motivation after i reach my goal. i find the structure of a program very helpful, so will be looking for some ideas in a little bit.

@taeliesyn and all, I just moved on to Hal Higdon, W1D1. It's nice for a change to listen to my own music only, but the route lengths vary on each of the three running days, so I'll have to do some measuring today, then make notes. Currently I need as easy as possible, which means increasing distance regardless of time. The problem with C25K for me has been that I run, but this is the second time to graduate with a below 5K result for the 30 minutes, and so I prefer to increase distance at my own speed if that makes sense. We're having cooler weather today, which was a nice incentive, and I got a bit showered at the end as well, but running after a longer burst of migraines is very welcome.

@Just_Ceci and @NancyN795 you rock so much.

@maggiekat7 welcome back! Can you choose something that would mean turning toward home at the halfway point or similar to trick you into thinking it's a bit shorter? I run around my neighbourhood only yet it easily adds up to 5K. The longer run around the boundaries of the neighbourhood will be the full 10K for me, but I'm never horribly far from home, should something happen. Which brings me on to a question, if it's okay. Why do you think you're nervous? Is it because you think you can't finish or something else? Safety, health, etc.? Regardless of your reason, we'll be happy to cheer you on!

AglaeaC wrote: »

Ugh, forgot to ask a question to everyone. I wonder how warming up is included in your programmes? When the task is to run for instance 7K, is the warm-up included or not?

I usually don't include the warm-up or cool down in the run total. RunDouble has a built in 5 minute warm up and open cool down, plus the run.

hi @AglaeaC! i'm nervous, i think, because i'm a bit of a control freak and i have no experience with running these long distances. i worry that i'm not properly prepared: will i have enough water? do i need to eat something? can i actually DO this?

i'm a stressed-out control freak. awesome. what a great running partner i'd be.

sometimes, i think i'm just working myself up as an excuse to quit. this is the hardest physical challenge i've tried (outside of childbirth, LOL!) and it takes a considerable amount of pep-talk to psych myself up for these 2 hour runs.

@taeliesyn - i love running, just wished i'd found out sooner!