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I spy with my little eye, something beginning with ... R! Welcome back! It's great that your kids are getting into running too ... though it must be freezing up there by now, getting really nippy down here. :smile:

A quick 2miles yesterday as I was pushed for time - didn't put my Garmin on but it was over a known course and I think I probably did it in the early 20s ... nothing amazing I'm sure but certainly nothing horrible like my last run so I'm more than happy! This week and next are going to be very tricky to get 'proper' runs…

Yep! I'll back out and at it again tomorrow before work - you guys keep me going :flowerforyou:

I can't remember the date I started C25K without checking ... around late May this year. It's odd that I can't remember the date as it really was one of those life-changing moments. I'd never been a runner. Actually, at school I was a sprinter. Not a very good one but I could run 100m. If we had to do 400m I used to stop…

Horrible, horrible run today (probably due one about now!). 3.5miles around a known route which should have been relatively easy. Especially as I'm have a few days off (yep, Beth, still decorating lol) so it was daylight and therefore above 0c. Started getting a pain in my lower back about 1.5miles out and it went downhill…

Wow everyone is getting out there and achieving some wonderful results! Good to see Varda back too :) Went out today on my 'long' run and did 7miles in 1:18 which I'm happy enough with. Felt a bit like I was running out of steam around 4.5miles but then I got my mojo back around 5miles and made my target. That's the…

Wow thanks guys! Great information for a medical numpty. Looking at the diagram Tim has posted I think it's probably the Hamstring tendon as that's about where it hurts (roughly where the tendon and muscle meet in the diagram). That gives me something to go on so I'll look up a few things to do with that. I don't think…

Sounds like you're giving yourself good advice, Tim. Stupid question from a Brit - when's Thanksgiving?

2mile run this morning (very frosty!) on the hills near my house. Went ok for hills and I surprised myself by zoning out on the uphill sections so it was a surprise when I actually reached the top. Pace may have suffered due to this lack of concentration but whatever gets the job done when it's dark, frosty, you're on your…

I'd a similar reaction from my husband at the time - he said 'well done you' or something like that but didn't grasp how big a deal it was. The other day I dropped into the conversation (with almost everyone I met, but him too) that I'd just run 10k that morning for the first time and he couldn't believe it! He was totally…

Did my two miles this morning as it was my scheduled distance anyway - 22:20 was the time which is about average for me, though probably a bit slow for such a short distance! I blame it on IBS cramps, short legs and frost ... oh and just not picking my feet up fast enough :bigsmile: Ceci - that is phenomenal speed!

In for the answers :)

Sorry to hear about your chest, Varda. Is this an infection or to do with your asthma? Either way pretty miserable and I hope you feel tip top soon! :(

What? You mean we're NOT meant to look dorky when we run?! I must have missed that thread ...... 3 mile run tonight after work - I'm going to do at least one evening run a week to try and make myself like them... not sure it's working but then this is only the second. Good enough run - though I seem to be more timid…

You should feel good about your progress too - you keep on putting your shoes on and improving every time you do it so be proud of what you've accomplished :D That's good information about the treadmill incline! I can't remember the last time I 'ran' on a treadmill, maybe 8yrs?. I say 'ran' as I know it would have been a…

I don't know of any on MP3 but there are some plans out there you can print off and work through (Hal Higdon for example). Maybe Varda or Bec will know as they're a bit ahead of the rest of us when it comes to distance :)

Doh! Hope my misspelling didn't send you to some dodgy website lol

If you Google 30 Day Challenge they have a website with various work outs for different parts of the body (or complete body movements). You print them off as calendar months, stick it on the fridge door then tick the days off as you go. I used them for push ups and tricep dips etc while I was trying to get into the habit…

Good luck with the 10k and the bike ride - that's real sore bum territory lol When I started trying to lose some weight I used a Cyclops fluid trainer (www.cyclops.com) with my mountain bike - set it up in the dining room and away I went. It uses the bikes own gears and creates very good resistance to mimic proper riding.…

Inspiring goals! Mine are going to look a bit timid in comparison but here goes :) 1: Run 50miles. This is linked to a UK running website I visit and they're getting people to post updates on Twitter with the tag #noexcuses every time they run with the idea being we all inspire each other to get our shoes on ... we'll see!…

Sounds like you had a great time - and a great 'time' too! I've yet to run a proper race so thanks for the great description of the event :bigsmile:

Yay 10k! Because I overshot the run way last week and did 5.5 miles I thought why not try for 6.22 this week? Just to see ... nothing ventured, nothing gained and all that. So off I went when the sun came up (day off today) at a chilly 3 centigrade. Started off slowish (1st mile 11.3) and just kept going, getting a bit…

Garmin 210 with HRM here - Love it! Shows me current pace, HR, time elapsed and distance which is all I need but I'll be using the intervals more in the near future and I also really like the lap timer. Can also train to HR zones but not something i've looked at. The four pin charger clamp thing is a bit fiddly but I find…

Good on you in getting out there even if you don't like the dark! I never thought too much about who might be watching without me seeing them - odds are no one but it's one of those things that if you keep thinking about it while you're out in the dark your mind goes into overdrive! I think you're right to drive to…

Excellent points, Varda especially the bit about form disappearing when tired - I fall apart like a cheap suit when I start to tire! 3mile run tonight. Usually I do mornings but circumstances dictated I switch to this evening (IBS bleurgh). It was brutal .... it felt bad the whole way round although I did manage the hills…

Could be a bluff .... I could live IN Broadmoor ;)

We're near the other one, Broadmoor - I forgot the UK was full of dangerous psychos ... might have to retract my post lol

It's pretty quiet where I live - not a lot happens. Well, the woman across the street was having an affair so her husband took a chainsaw and leveled their garden in the middle of the night when he found out but that's about it. Unless you count the mental hospital where they keep the likes of the Yorkshire Ripper which is…

As you already have a running base (most people start from zero or haven't run for years) you'll probably find the early weeks easy but then you could always run the intervals at a faster rate, slowing down later in the programme when you need to. Or if you really don't want to go back to the beginning, jump in at maybe…

Congratulations! Getting out on the first run is probably the hardest as it's full of unknowns but now you know - it's hard but really rewarding :) You can run slower - as long as you keep the running motion, it doesn't matter how slow you go ... even if it's slower than your walking pace. I think my running pace was over…