MFP Runner's Club

Just tagging the new thread for my topics

Gustergirl- Congrats on the new bike...hope you enjoy it!

I have a question...is it normal to be completely exhausted after a long run? I mean, the kind of exhausted where I actually need to go and lay down. Case in point, today: A couple hours before I ran, I had coffee, a bagel with cream cheese and a couple pieces of sausage for breakfast, and had a big glass of water a little while before I left. Went out, did my 6 miles...had a large glass of chocolate milk and a PBJ sandwich when I came home, and had to go lay down for about an hour. I feel great since I got up, but was just beat before that.

Should I be doing something different re: hydrating or eating? Or is my body just trying to get used to being pushed like it never has?

Congrats on the bike GusterGirl! I ride occasionally too just to mix things up a bit. Biking is a nice change of pace b/c it works some muscles you don't get to use running.

Shuntae - I remember needing an afternoon nap when I first started running. I would get up at 5 am to run and every day like clock work by about noon I would need a nap. I don't know if this is "normal" but eventually, as I got stronger, I was able to make it through the day. It sounds like you are fueling. I would also pay attention to how much you are sleeping. I used to like to stay up late but have found that I need a little extra sleep the day before my runs - the two days before if I am racing.

Did you drink water during your run?

I generally don't stay up late...think I went to bed around 10:30 last night and got up around 8 today (no kids, so I'm an 8 hour kind of girl). No, I didn't have any water during my run...but maybe I should start carrying a bottle along for those days. After all, I was out there for over an hour this afternoon. I may need to consider one of those belts you guys have talked about.If it's worth noting, I don't normally feel like that in the evenings after my shorter runs.

i am gonna run for 30 minutes.

i find that if i am sitting around being lazy i honestly can't stop eating. it is ridiculous. so i need to go for that run...but on my treadmill, not feelin goin out right now.

wish me luck!

good luck! If you get bored on the treadmill step outside, fresh air will do you good. :flowerforyou:

I'm back! I had to go out of state for a funeral last week and didn't run or exercise at all and ate crap for 6 straight days...gained 4 pounds and felt horrible!

I went for a 20 minute run last night and my 8 year old daughter join me for about half of it! She was so excited to be running with her mommy! We then cooled down with a 10 minute walk and after that my husband took the girls for ice cream but I said no! It felt good to get back on track!

Happy 4th of July!

Hi guys, I posted this on the race thread but thought it only appropriate to put it on our running board
I ran a 5k race today and had a blast!! Unfortunately I started out too fast so I wasn't able to finish strong but I did have a PR of 24:10 so I am very happy.
Here's a pic of me, my hubby and my twin brother. My twin was soo sweet, he met me with 1/4 mile to go and really pushed me through, I thought I was going to die. But I won a little medal for the first time in my life and came in 2nd place female for my age group :flowerforyou:
Happy 4th of July everyone!!

I dont know if everyone reads all the rests of the posts so this is a repeat!

I have only run a 5K but have signed up for Team in Training (1/2 marathon) in September. I wanted to run a 10K and found one back in my hometown. My cousin is also new to running and signed up for the 5K part of the race.

She lived about 5 blocks from the race so we woke up at six, took a nice walk, got our bibs and headed back home. I squealed when I got my bib number and it had a 7 in it. My first bib was a 77. I want to continue this streak!

We ate a good breakfast. Ive discovered my power meal: honey nut cheerios, a banana and a cup of coffee!! I run so well when I eat this!

This race was pretty big about 1500 runners. There were all types of people there and we were running through a community so everyone had their lawn chairs out to cheer us on!!

The first mile is always the warm up so we just chatted and talked about how funny it was to run through our hometown and how beautiful the weather was. Then we hit Mile 1 and my cousin is estatic--here I find out thats all she has run! I was in shock! So I knew then that I had to slow my pace and just get her through the next two miles. It was so funny though because we got to mile 2 and I pointed it out to her--she was so excited to be passing it!

We had a stretch of an incline that she struggled with but I kept on her and then we went through another residental area where they were cheering us on! I loved it so much! I think I said good morning to every single person. I even joked with a cop who was leaning on his patrol car that that was mean as I was running my *kitten* off!! hehe! He hopped right up!

We finished great--38 minutes and her boyfriend finished the last 2 minutes with her! I had to get 6 miles in today so I just kept running. What a surreal moment to complete a 5K and then just keep running knowing I have to do it again! I was so pumped that moment when I saw how far Ive come in just a month since I completed my first 5K!

I then completed the 2nd half in 34 minutes. So my final time was 1:12. I really wanted to finish in 60 m as I have done that before but I was seriously so happy just to run with my cousin that it didnt matter!! Now off to research our next race together!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for all your support/encouragement/motivation! I our group!!

Missed my run this morning. Pulled something in my back yesterday and I can hardly bend over to tie my shoes. Maybe tomorrow.

Hey Everyone,

It's been awhile, I'm back from Arizona. My 13's team did really well, came home with a trophy... they were so excited and sad because the seasons over. I've moved to Sacramento which I'm really excited about because theres a bike/running trail that goes for miles. I won't have internet there til Wednesday so I'm posting here at my parents before I go back over there. I can see everyones been running a lot which is great! I just ordered a HRM, should be here Tuesday, the polor f6 and my dad is going to look at a bike with me later, I need to get some good cross training in plus I have a great place to ride now, I can't wait!

I'm planning on donig 10 this evening, HAPPY RUNNING! Hope everyone had a great 4th of July :happy:

kechie- Thanks for always keeping the post going :happy:

~Leash

wow, that's scary...and i thought i had a bad weekend. hope your recovery is quick and you're back out there running this week!

am i the only one who ate too much over the holiday? looks like most of you have been doing a good job of getting your miles in the past couple days, and congrats to the racers too -- good stuff. i think it's going to be at least 10K today to try to make up for the extra calories -- maybe more!