It's a gorgeous morning and I just had my best training run/walk in months. H has the kids for Thanksgiving so I agreed to do a Turkey Trot with a friend. It felt so great to be out again!!
Claire7 and I agreed to start a running thread a few weeks ago and I let my NMA (negative mental attitude) keep me from spreading the word, but I'm back, people, so who's running with me???
Post your goals, progress, training & music tips here so we can support one another. Cross training tips also welcome so we can be holistically fit.
My goal is to improve my pace to a 30 minute 5k by Thanksgiving. I commit to running three days next week plus at least one yoga class.
Happy trails!!!
Me42, H40 D12, S8, S7 A revealed: 7/13 Sep 4/14; Agreed to D 1/15
I've signed up to do a 5k mud run/ obstacle course on October 26. There is a kids version and D6 is going to do that at the same time. Prior to BD I was not a runner - I have worked my way up to 2 miles 4X a week on the fire trail on my property. It's now 30 days to the event (honestly my goal is just to finish since I've never done anything like this before).
For this week goals are:
1. Start running on my lunch hour at work 2. Start doing some upper body strength training (some of the obstacles involve scary rope climbing type of things - and I have no upper arm strength...none.. zip...zilch....)
How's the training going, fellow GALers? I got a great yoga class in yesterday and a pretty decent run through a foggy, humid, cool post storm morning.
My next run may be a treadmill workout unfortunately, but one of my goals for next week is to find a new trail to run since I'm getting quite bored of this one.
Pace for the total run remains steady at 13 minutes/mile but I feel stronger so hope to see improvement soon.
Anyone else out there running?
Bueller?
Bueller?
Me42, H40 D12, S8, S7 A revealed: 7/13 Sep 4/14; Agreed to D 1/15
I am now officially the person who runs on my lunch break at my office (2 miles at about 11 minutes a mile). I confess to feeling a wee bit smug as I sail back to my cubicle glowing with exertion.
I am now looking for tips on how to train for the rope climb portion of the race I am running at the end of October. I know there's some ex-military people on these boards - how do you actually learn and prepare to shimmy up a rope (the rope does appear to have some knots at semi-convenient intervals).
Hi - I am running too! Never did it before, started about 4 months ago and now love it! I am up to 3.89K, trying to build up to 5K. Really loving the results, I feel so much better.
Me - 44 Husband - 47 D20, S18 BD - Aug 2013 Moved out - Jan 2014 OW discovered Jan 2014
When I joined the military MANY years ago, I was lacking in the run department..... deployed to German and ran a minimum of 3 3/4 miles EVERY night.( I quit mountain dew also) I lost20 lbs and didn't even know it. I still run at least 2miles 3times a week. A co-worker last week could not believe I was 56, he thought I was in my 40s. throwing a 40lbs backpack on and walking 2or3 miles cleans the mind out too. I never ran for time, I went for distance. then the time came down. Its the motivation to run I think that helps the most.
ludicrous speed so we can go plaid. Some people have one of those days, I have one of those lives.
One of my GAL activities when I was trying to pull myself out of depression when my 3rd child was a baby was to train for the Breast Cancer 3 Day (60 miles in 3 days). I didn't have childcare and my jog stroller was a single, but I had a 3 yo and a 1 yo (also a 5 yo in preschool). So I stuck the 3 yo in the stroller, put the 1 yo in a child carrier on my back, and worked my way up to 7 miles a day. I couldn't increase my mileage after 7 mi because the time it took was too long for my little ones, but man, I had some VERY powerful leg muscles. Especially when the stroller tire developed a slow leak and stopped rolling so well... The kids kept on growing as I trained so my pack weight did too over the course of that year.
Me42, H40 D12, S8, S7 A revealed: 7/13 Sep 4/14; Agreed to D 1/15
Did 3 miles in 29:50 last week. Have been doing shorter runs at 9:00 pace as well. Am also swimming because my old knees can't take more than 2x runs each week. I stink in the pool, but you can't help but improve.
Will run tonight after church for certain. Great job everyone JUST GETTING OUT THERE!
Me: 43 XW: 43 T15 M14 D21, SS15, S11, D8 BD: 8/6 EA / possible PA discovered 9/29 D final 10/20
I've started running again. Only a couple times a week. Ok pace but really need to work on the endurance - yesterday i ran about 2k in about 12 minutes but was unable to speak afterwards.
Both mid 30s, 2 young kids BD 7sep14 XW moved on long ago, now living with OM1 D paperwork in progress
