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  • lybarni
    lybarni Posts: 48 Member
    @its_cleo that’s what I like about the From Fat To Finish Line program. It’s not advancing me too quickly. Only adding running time by smaller increments so they are much more attainable. Which equals success in my book!!
  • lybarni
    lybarni Posts: 48 Member
    @emmamcgarity I’m feeling much better and still motivated!! Though it was 4 days of no exercise I still managed to walk the last 3 days of the week. Today I restart week 2 of the program with lots of positive vibes!! Thanks for asking!!
  • laceygaywilson
    laceygaywilson Posts: 330 Member
    lybarni wrote: »
    @laceygaywilson I’m in no way giving up no matter how many times I have to do Week 1 or 2 over!! I’m looking forward to running my first 5k in the fall! I’m my biggest motivator and cheerleader lol!!

    Oooooo we should look into a 5k together!!! I dunno where you live!! I'm in Texas!! I'm willing to road trip for a 5k!! I haven't done one yet and I wanna!!! No one around here will do it with me!!!
  • lybarni
    lybarni Posts: 48 Member
    @laceygaywilson well I’m in Pennsylvania! I would love it!! I have no one to run with me either! I’m focusing on a race in October. I have to be ready by then don’t you think????
  • laceygaywilson
    laceygaywilson Posts: 330 Member
    lybarni wrote: »
    @laceygaywilson well I’m in Pennsylvania! I would love it!! I have no one to run with me either! I’m focusing on a race in October. I have to be ready by then don’t you think????

    You will be ready!!! Oh yeah!!! I'll plan my first race for October too!! We can do em at the same time and we can cheer each other on till then!! Maybe one of these days we can road trip and do it together!!!
  • ultradreamz
    ultradreamz Posts: 9 Member
    Pasadena Pacers have a pre-conditioning program that is time-based, rather than distance-based. You increase how long you run (vs walk) each week: https://www.runpacers.org/pasadena/training-programs/pre-conditioners/
  • lybarni
    lybarni Posts: 48 Member
    @laceygaywilson yay!! Sounds like a plan!!!
  • lybarni
    lybarni Posts: 48 Member
    @ultradreamz thanks I’ll check it out!
  • liz0269
    liz0269 Posts: 139 Member
    edited May 2019
    I just started running myself. I was getting frustrated because I just couldn't do it. I would get so winded. Then I heard about slow jogging. I started with one minute jogging, one minute walking both at 3 mph on a treadmill. I was able to do this for AN HOUR!!! I am increasing my jogging time in five second increments with keeping the one minute walking. I am up to 1:15 jogging time. Pretty soon I am going to jump to ten second increases. I am loving it!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L2b2khySLE
  • lybarni
    lybarni Posts: 48 Member
    @liz0269 that’s awesome!! I guess that’s basically what I’m doing. Though the program I’m doing has me increase by 30 seconds each week. I may try increasing by 10 seconds like you’re doing now. May be much easier until my legs get stronger.
  • BradsInnerFire
    BradsInnerFire Posts: 1 Member
    Liz is correct. I am an Endurance Coach and have been training new runners for almost a decade now. The issue most beginning runners have is their perception of running. Running does not have to be fast. As a matter of fact, I have a course I teach called Zero-to-5k and all the running in the course is done at a "conversational pace". I consistently tell my students, if you cannot talk or sing, you are running too fast. The issue is not strength at all. It is pure cardiovascular endurance. The problem is it is nearly impossible to create endurance without oxygen. If you are not breathing, then you are not getting the oxygen needed to build endurance. That is why I am constantly telling my students about running at a conversational pace. If you can talk you are breathing. Endurance is earned, speed is a gift. It is usually a gift of spending so much time running at a conversational pace.
  • LoKoMi
    LoKoMi Posts: 51 Member

    lybarni wrote: »
    @laceygaywilson well I’m in Pennsylvania! I would love it!! I have no one to run with me either! I’m focusing on a race in October. I have to be ready by then don’t you think????

    Any chance you’re in SW PA?

    Do you have a particular race in mind? I haven’t run since my high school gym teacher made me, but I’ve been doing C25K on the elliptical at the Y
  • lybarni
    lybarni Posts: 48 Member
    @LoKoMi I’m looking st the great pumpkin race. I live right outside Allentown which is about and hour north of Philadelphia. I haven’t run since high school either! Which is why I don’t know where this sudden urge to run had come from!! Lol but I’m determined!!!

  • lybarni
    lybarni Posts: 48 Member
    @BradsInnerFire thanks for the input. I’m taking it slow. Not going too fast. Right now I decided to start over with week one. I can talk ok I don’t get winded, my legs get tired. Maybe that’s a sign im going too fast too? I try to walk (I’m doing this on the treadmill) at a 2.8 and then jog at like a 3.5. Which is manageable. But can’t seem to complete all of my intervals because my legs get tired. I just attributed it to them not being strong enough but maybe I need to slow it down. Thanks for your help!

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