Running 5 k Tommorrow! HELP!!!!

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rileymarcum2003
rileymarcum2003 Posts: 9 Member
edited November 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey guys !! I am running an 5k Tommorrow! I am doing it on a trendmill sadly! I am gonna wake up early and go to the gym any tips or tricks ? !!!

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  • RemarkablyUnremarkable
    RemarkablyUnremarkable Posts: 63 Member
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    I'm hoping your an experienced runner or have conditioned for this run, my first attempt without prep or guidance ended up fracturing my tibia :/ Having said that, a great nights rest, hydration and STRETCH and warmup :) RunnIng a 5k is by first goal <3
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
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    LushFix wrote: »
    Attach that clippy thing to yourself.

    I never saw how I could possibly need that thing, but if I were the OP, I'd definitely use it.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,344 Member
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    Tips? If you haven't been running regularly, stock up on Ben-Gay and be ready for your calves and thighs to be basically crippled from the DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) for the next 4-5 days.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
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    have you done any running before now? or are you literally going couch to 5K in one day?

    If you have been running then you should probably already have a good idea on what to expect.

    So assuming you havent been running I suggest the couch to 5k app, it takes you from walk/jogging to running 5k over a number of weeks.

    Apart from that I dont know, I completed the 5k(I think it was more like 4.75 cause I did it at 9.5 km per hour or something, close enough :D) and didnt have any issues, no muscle pain that I recall. Just got on the treadmill, warmed up for a few mins walking, then just ran it.

    Bring water.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    eeeeerm.... :huh:
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
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    Try to use farting for your cadence.
  • girlinahat
    girlinahat Posts: 2,956 Member
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    go very slowly. as in just above a walk speed, or even slower.
  • meganwag7
    meganwag7 Posts: 2 Member
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    Why is everyone on MFP such an *kitten*? Snarky *kitten* people. Ugh.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
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    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    LushFix wrote: »
    Attach that clippy thing to yourself.

    I never saw how I could possibly need that thing, but if I were the OP, I'd definitely use it.

    You know, I said the same thing. Then I lost my balance and fell and went butt first into my husband's toolbox. I wear it now.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    meganwag7 wrote: »
    Why is everyone on MFP such an *kitten*? Snarky *kitten* people. Ugh.

    And what would your advice be, based on the OP?!
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    MommyL2015 wrote: »
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    LushFix wrote: »
    Attach that clippy thing to yourself.

    I never saw how I could possibly need that thing, but if I were the OP, I'd definitely use it.

    You know, I said the same thing. Then I lost my balance and fell and went butt first into my husband's toolbox. I wear it now.

    :*
  • bogwoppt1
    bogwoppt1 Posts: 159 Member
    edited November 2016
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    Just walk it, no point doing yourself an injury. As long as you do 5k all is good.

    Some people run slower than my walk. True story.

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