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Nine weeks into new running habit and I finished the C25K program. A week later I had the first visit with my GP since starting this running thing and found out my BP had gone from 120/70 to 92/58. (Btw, I was 50 lbs overweight and had lost 40 of it before I started running. My BP was the same before and after my weight…
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Date......Walk......Run 11/01.....6.11.......2.21 11/02.....2.72.......0.00 11/03.....4.20.......2.58 11/04.....2.71.......0.00 11/05.....6.65.......2.33 11/06.....7.83.......0.00 11/07.....4.35.......2.54 11/08.....5.91.......0.00 11/09.....4.87.......2.73 11/10.....5.66.......0.00 11/11.....3.46.......2.98…
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Date......Walk......Run 11/01.....6.11.......2.21 11/02.....2.72.......0.00 11/03.....4.20.......2.58 11/04.....2.71.......0.00 11/05.....6.65.......2.33 11/06.....7.83.......0.00 11/07.....4.35.......2.54 11/08.....5.91.......0.00 11/09.....4.87.......2.73 11/10.....5.66.......0.00 11/11.....3.46.......2.98…
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Slippery leaves alone are no joke. I got a seriously bad shoulder injury slipping (and falling) due to some leaves two years ago. Be careful!
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Your toughness is an inspiration.
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Friday night, I spent a long dinner chatting with a friend who has been running for 8 years, and now does ultras. Totally geeked out on sharing plans for the next year. He's the one who is going to run with me in my first 5k next month. This morning I had the first meeting with my GP since I started this running thing. I…
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Cool! That looks like a very elegant way to do them. I see what you mean by lowering yourself down from one. thanks @mbaker566
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Congratulations! The health benefits you accrue are real and improve not just your life but the lives of those close to you too. I'm so happy for you.
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Nine weeks into my new running program (C25K) and my BP has gone from 120/70 to 92/58. And OMG I have so much more energy.
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Finished the Active c25k app last Wednesday. It was a timed run of 30 minutes...I finished 4.725k in that time. Nine weeks ago I did not know if I could run for 60 seconds. :)
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Nov Start: 160.00 Nov Goal: 156-157 11/05: 159.62 11/08: 156.82 11/15: 157.34 C25k done. Working on bridge to10K now.
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I am not a vegan (I consider myself an omnivore) but I did try being one for a three-month period once (I was trying to do the Fuhrman diet.) I just could not continue with it. I felt to, I don't know, empty or something. I now follow a whole-foods based way of eating and try to eat as little processed food as possible and…
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I have done almost all of my runs fasted but they have been morning runs and all under 3 miles each. The last couple runs have not been done fasted only because it's been too dang cold to run in the mornings and I am not going to fast until 5 PM just so I can run fasted. For me it is just done for convenience anyway. I…
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Date......Walk......Run 11/01.....6.11.......2.21 11/02.....2.72.......0.00 11/03.....4.20.......2.58 11/04.....2.71.......0.00 11/05.....6.65.......2.33 11/06.....7.83.......0.00 11/07.....4.35.......2.54 11/08.....5.91.......0.00 11/09.....4.87.......2.73 11/10.....5.66.......0.00 11/11.....3.46.......2.98…
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I did not know this about the mainstream watches being tethered to their phones. Garmin sounds like a much more useful watch to have.
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Thanks for thinking of me. Also, stay warm out there.
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That's pretty wild. I will have to keep this in mind.
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@kgirlhart @chris_in_cal @eleanorhawkins Thanks for the responses! I'm beginning to think maybe I just need to go look at some watches in person. As far as Higdon/10K I think I may stay with Active for now. Date......Walk......Run 11/01.....6.11.......2.21 11/02.....2.72.......0.00 11/03.....4.20.......2.58…
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@kgirlhart Are these plans in the form of an app? Or are they just paper schedules? I'm looking to replace my Active C25K app and I really like just doing what I'm told to do when I'm told to do it, without having to think of it too much. I guess what I might need at some point is a watch that allows me to set my own…
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I totally get that. In fact, having that quiet so early in the mornings is one of the things motivating me to continue with this running thing.
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Is there a local running club in your area? Or somewhat nearby? Someone on the ground there may be able to give you better local resource advice. I know here (in the US) a lot of running stores sponsor classes geared to preparing folks for certain racing distances.
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I have been looking at another challenge on MFP for pullups. I really need to work on this but I do not know where to start... that is, I do not understand what a "negative" is. Do any of you know of a video online somewhere that clearly illustrates how to do a negative? I need to see someone do this. Thanks!
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Things that go well with a coffee! Or an espresso or a latte or a cafe con leche or... :-) Oh... you mean fried livermush. That is something similar to, but not exactly, scrapple. One can think of it as a subset of scrapple. Basically livermush is much more restrictive. It is just the face of a hog, its liver, some cooked…
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cold pizza from the night before, avocado toast, yogurt with blueberries, fried livermush, Captain Crunch cereal, Quisp cereal if you can find it, savory Japanese pancakes, scrambled eggs, miso soup, Reddi Whip, your Aunt Fannie's pound cake, stewed apples, warmed over ratatouille, biscuits and gravy, potato scones, hot…
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I actually did LOL at this. Thanks for sharing!
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I was just thinking of this earlier tonight. I used a metronome for the first time to keep my cadence even. It was just a tad faster than I usually run. To put this in context, tonight was the second run of week nine for my C25K plan. I was beginning to feel just a tiny bit winded near the end of the run (but not…
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^^^ Exactly. The first 6 weeks of C25K I did not pay much attention to what was coming next in the plan. I just decided I would do what the app told me to do, when it told me to do it, and not worry with a preview of everything. Not knowing how long the next run was going to be gave me less to worry about.
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I'm just at W9R2 so not that far ahead of you in C25K. I really believe you will be able to do this. Trust the plan. If you have not had any problems thus far, then you will probably do fine. I think this is where (in the C25K plan) I first realized running can be just as much a mental exercise as it is a physical exercise.
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If you are baking or otherwise using them as an ingredient where they play an important functional role, exactly what to substitute can vary a lot. As a binder in latkes, for example, potato starch is a great sub, If you need the rising function, you could possibly use baking powder. If you want a meringue then you should…
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Wow. That's a lot of reasons not to wear orthotics. I'm sorry about the forefoot falling asleep. :(
