LearnFromTheRed Member

That must feel great!

This. It took me about four attempts to run 1km without stopping. I managed 2km three weeks later, after a terrible spell of hot weather and not being able to run outside, but then 3km only four days later. After this I got a bit of advice, which was never to do less than 3km, because I now knew I could do it. Something in…

Congratulations!

So you should be - that's great!!

When I started reading I wondered whether you were perhaps going through some hormonal 'stuff', or just having to re-adjust to eating less/differently. but your last couple of sentences changed my mind. Do you still have a support network, or a GP you could talk to?

No, me neither. I must have a long-distance runner fighting to get out of me! Yes! Yes, actually, I do. I seem to get very bound up in all kinds of silly stuff like the fact it was slow, or that my parents don't 'get it', or that a colleague at work always bangs on about how he's gone quicker and further...but you know…

10km (6.2 miles) on Monday. It's getting a bit silly - three weeks ago I was jumping up and down because I'd done 3km. I think I'm just doing it to show my brain that such things are possible, so it will shut up when I start doing speed training :D

I'm a UK size 11. Which they haven't invented yet.

Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Outside on really quite bad pavements. Anything between 2-6 miles. I overpronate - my joints are a bit weird! 5', 142lbs

I usually see whether they make eye contact, and if not I don't bother. Only one person ever has! I'm sure one bloke I met on Monday was doing Zombies, Run because he looked stressed out of his mind :D

This was just great...

I started pretty much unable to do anything. I worked out that a run round the block was exactly a kilometre and started out trying to run that without stopping. It took three or four attempts and then on 1st July I did it - before going out later that evening and doing it again! I had real trouble breathing and didn't…

Thanks for reminding me - I missed it (ironically because I was doing exercise :D).

Running six miles without rain assistance :D

Protein shaker!

Oh heck...does that mean that beanz meanz gainz as well!?

LOL, thank you - if you've accidentally done 9.2 then 10 should come just as easy ;-) I was expecting the Oxfam 'crew' to turn up at my house after I'd finished. It would have been so tempting to open the door to them, still red-faced and sweating, and say something like, "Try me". :D

Don't mention the whoosh :ohwell:

You need to start logging and stop giving into temptation before trying something like that, I fear. Then you'll find you don't actually need anything like that!

This sounds doable! I'll start with the first, smaller one and then have a go at doubling the second running leg...erk xD

Bumping this one...

Ran 7km yesterday, so I've now hit: 31st July: 2km 4th August: 3km 9th August: 5km 16th August: 7km My target was 5km, and I thought it was going to take me months and months (and I thought I might end up entering an 'official' one to get there)...um...

Congratulations - I'm glad I've read this, as I've gone from 2km to 7km in less than three weeks and couldn't quite believe it!

Yes - my own mother! I think she just hates the idea that I might achieve something without her input, as she's had nothing at all to do with me running.

Would the tapeworm thing not be easier?

Protein shakes immediately after exercise stop my muscles aching. And I can't deny that taking calcium/magnesium helps me sleep, which seems to help the weight come off more easily. It could be my imagination, but...

Well done! It is a good feeling!

That's bizarre...I had the same thought two seconds before scrolling down and seeing your post...

Yes. I know someone of your height who completes half-marathons in about 90 minutes. I know how you feel, however - I currently remain stubbornly slow!!

Please, please get your gait analysed and get shoes fitted by an expert. I overpronate and it was the best thing I ever did - and not just for my running!!