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My body needs a rest day but my brain doesnt want to. I really want to get out there. I am just going to wake up early and go in the morning. It will be officially 10 days till the 5K tomorrow!!! Yeeeaaahhh!!!:happy:

My body needs a rest day but my brain doesnt want to. I really want to get out there. I am just going to wake up early and go in the morning. It will be officially 10 days till the 5K tomorrow!!! Yeeeaaahhh!!!:happy:

Whoo hoo, how exciting! I'm running my first 5K on June 28 and I can't wait!!!

Shuntae: Kechie's suggestion is a great one. There is also a "program" of sorts called "One Hour Runner." That is what I followed after I completed Couch to 5K. It helped me increase milage. I find I do best when I have a program to follow or an event to plan for.

Oh, and thanks for all the good lucks, I really appreciate it! :happy: :happy:

~Leash

Hey Everyone!!!!

Well I just got back from my marathon and it was GREAT! I did it in a little over 4 hours and I ran the whole time, I'm pretty happy with that especially since it was my first. There were 20,000 people running it, it was really cool! Plus, there were people cheering you on the entire 26.2 miles, I couldn't believe it. At mile 17 I was starting to feel it but then someone gave me an otter pop and omg it helped sooo much, so eat otter pops on your long runs I guess haha!

I just want to say if you don't think you could ever run a marathon YOU CAN! Seriously, don't give up, you just have to work your way up but you can do it!

I will post pictures in a few days... Keep running everyone! :happy: :happy:

~Leash

Yay Alicia! Awesome time too!

Here is the link to a very funny video titled Day After a Marathon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-hCuYjvw2I

Thanks for sharing your story.

haha thats pretty funny kechie! I hope I'm not like that!

~Leash

I just want to say good job to everyone on what they are accomplishing! You guys are all awesome:drinker: I got ten miles in today, that is the farthest that I have ever gone! I am so proud of my self. I woke up this morning kind of nervous because the most I have ever run is 8 miles so I tried to get over that mental block and after that it was great! I paced my self and I went more for distance than for time. I am so freaking happy that I did it:happy:

I did that yesterday and my story about it is exactly the same! I felt the same way! Felt GREAT when we finished it didn't it!!:laugh:
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Alicia~ Congratulations!! Very impressive!:flowerforyou:

I'm resting today. I've worked out the last 5 days in a row and feel my body needs a break. I'm still feeling the barbell class I took the the other day. Today is grocery shopping, cleaning, and pool time with my kids!

My goal for this week is to run between 4.5-5 miles...whoohoo!

Lesli

Phase 1 = Newbie going from couch to jogging
Phase 2 = "WOW, I am a runner" phase where you try to continually go farther
Phase 3 = Race ready, finding races to stretch yourself
Phase 4 = Hardware collection, trying to be that age group contender
Phase 5 = Forrest Gump, I just love to run (where I am now!)

Good morning everyone!

Wow, what a weekend for our club!!! Good job on their runs this weekend, everyone!! At this point, I can only dream of doing some of the things you guys are doing (wow, a marathon - you go Leash!).

Sorry I was MIA this weekend.....was a good weekend with the kids. I did manage to get some running in. I did a little over 3-1/2 miles yesterday (and 5 miles on Friday - though not all at once) so I feel pretty good about it. I added a little distance this week, but really worked on speed. No running for me today...it's a strength training day.

Rainman,
I consider myself to be at the beginning of stage 2 - lol, I just realized that I can run. I average about 3 miles on a run (more or less, I don't have exact distances...just from point a to point b that I measure with my car) - I run W, F and Sun though I think Im going to add an extra day in there - I was working on a modified couch to 5k program so I assumed that we could only run 3 days a week. I do strength training on Tues (or Mondays), Thurs, and Sat - with Mon or Tue being a rest day.

I've been trying to add distance and speed - I run a lot of hills (I live in the mountains) and I try to sprint at the turning point in my run and at the very end. Sometimes I work on running faster with a shorter distance.

I'm not sure what my goal is at this point since it seems to be evolving as I get better and better. In the beginning I wanted to do a 5k - which is still my goal and is very feasible at this point, but I think eventually I can go further than that. Lol, I think I'm like everyone else - I want to run far and fast :laugh: though I think distance and endurance is what I should be developing first. I don't know for sure....

What do you think? Am I on the right path? What training schedule do you recommend? I'm such a newbie at running. When I first started I thought you just put on your shoes and went. I've been walking/jogging for years so my body was already conditioned to move that way. The running just started working some different muscles so it was easy for me to pick it up (well, the extra weight I picked up during pregnancy put a damper on things lol).

Thanks in advance for your advice. I really appreciate it!

Liza

PS - Sherry, keep us posted!!

Sherry, sending good thoughts and prayers your way!

Battling a migraine so I had to bail on the morning run. Going to hope it gets better and head to the Y tonight for cycle and kettlebell. Should be able to manage non-impact by then. I don't have time for a migraine!!! Argh!!!

I hope everyone else is having a great day!

Summer is here in SC! 90 tomorrow! woohoo!!! :happy:

Becky

Liza.... an answer to your training question:

This seems good to me and is great to have a gradual transition from walker to runner. You already have hills and some intervals mixed in, so that is PERFECT! You may try to pick 1 run per week and add some distance (even if a run/walk) try to stretch yourself. I think it will do great things for motivation and confidence too.

Regarding strength training, if upper body do it whenever. If lower body (squat/lunge, etc…) try to give a couple days rest afterward and keep it light. Intermixing heavy leg lifts can be tough on knee’s and joints. If you do them, do high reps/low weight.

Get a goal or race in your horizon too, I think others can comment on how great it is to give your running a purpose. (maybe you already have one?).

Happy Trails,
Raymond

I woke up early this morning and got my run in (about 2 miles) since I didnt have the kids. I totally at a new phase where I am just running. Im not worried about breathing or if I can make it etc. Its great!!

Got the results of the xrays. They are negative for a stress fracture. Now before you go jumping for joy for me (because I can't jump right now :happy: ) that doesn't really mean anything. My doctor said that sometimes stress fractures would NOT show up but you know how HMO's are. I have to do the simple tests to have the big tests done. My next step is a bone scan so I will call my PC doctor and have him write me a script for the bone scan and hopefully get that done by the end of the week.

That's bummers Sherry!

Rest and ice/motrin for me again today. Hopefully it will help my knee, and can maybe run tomorrow????
I see an othapedic doc Wed. for my knee. The sooner, the quicker I can get back at it!!!

I ran 5 miles w/ strength training (legs and abs) today. I feel pretty good after rest day yesterday except for some guilt for going over my calories yesterday by 800! :laugh:


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