I’m not much of a runner, but I do recall in high school PE classes when we had to run a mile on the track (4 laps) I would typically run 2.5 laps, walk half a lap and run the final lap. I’d do that faster than most of the girls who ran the whole way. Now it wasn’t a race or anything, but it was timed and the time was part of our grade, so there was motivation to not be too slow. The half-lap walk allowed me to be enough faster on the running 3.5 laps that my total time was best if I did it that way.
i bumped my running amount this month. here at the end of 4 weeks of november I think i’ve run over 130 miles in the month. all with no runs longer than 7. taken 4 days off of running (rode the bike those days). i need to lift and stretch more now
I am thinking my goal for 2024 is to get to 20 miles / week. Currently about 13-14, on 4 runs, of 3.5 - 5 miles each. If I can get to (4 runs of 5 miles) + (1 session cross-train) I’d be extremely happy.
You know what? That’s the goal. 20 miles / week by beginning of November.
I managed to convince myself to go at a slow but maintainable pace on the treadmill on Sunday. Managed to run for all 40 minutes (42 if you count the part of cool down that is too fast for me to walk). That’s not going to be what I do every time, but felt nice to get it done.
Did 5 miles today within the run/walk parameters I was hoping for Monday night. Still got under 13 min/mile average, but trivially slower than Monday (12:55 Monday, 12:57 today). Completely different course, but comparably hilly (actually today I adjusted the run/walk breaks so that after the first 2 miles most of the walks were on uphill stretches, and all the uphill stretches had a least some walk. But walk lengths and number of walk breaks about right)
Probably time for me to start posting in this thread, if only for the ridicule when I don’t do what I need to.
My youngest wants to run a marathon. My wife would join her but can’t for a variety of reasons, so I volunteered. I can’t run a couple of minutes straight at this point so it is a long row to hoe. I have intermittently started the Couch to 10K program over the last couple of months, but keep stopping for a variety of reasons.
It is time I got a bit more serious about it. No specific date in mind just yet. All I know is she won’t start training until next summer when she is finally done training for NCAA sports. Unfortunately for me, she was barely winded after finishing the 5k Turkey Trot in about 28 minutes despite the fact she doesn’t run much (long distance) in her training. So it likely won’t take long for her to start logging a decent amount of miles and I imagine she’ll want to shoot for next winter-ish timing.
i have a gps watch that I rarely use. had it when I was training for my last marathon (likely my actual last too). was running places I was unfamiliar for the long runs and needed a sense of distance.
i run w an old school watch. like the timex ironman.
never been an earphones person. sometimes on my treadmill at home I will play a podcast or music.
gonna be warm this week - high of 50 on wednesday!
Ran a 1600, 4x400. 400 jogging recovery after the 1600, 200 jogging between 400s.
1600 was at 6:43. pace felt great, no breathing hard, in control, etc.
400s were all over the place: 1:22, 1:32, 1:33, 1:27. I had planned to run them all in 1:28, only the last one was close. I guess the average was close too, if that counts for anything.
In addition to <6:00 mile, my son is also talking about me pacing him for a <20 min 5k, so have some more work to do.
Started with a 10 min yoga flow for a warm-up, followed by W1D1 of the couch to 10k program (with only 1 minute warm-up instead of 5) so walk 1 min, followed by run 1/walk 1.5 x 8, 5 min cool down walk. Distance was 1.8 miles.
I am thinking my weekend runs will be a 5k distance with a similar run/walk timing as the previous week. Depending on how I feel I may just walk after the 8th rep or add a few additional reps in there.
Last week was “officially” week 1. Runs 1 & 2 were fine. 10 min yoga for warm-up with a modified (shortened walking warm-up) week 1 run/walk. Kept with the plan to go with a “long run” (5k) during the weekend. It was in an unfamiliar area but felt pretty good. Took about 42 minutes.
Started week 2 this week (1.5/2 run/walk x6). I’m at a hotel so ran on a treadmill. Not a big fan of treadmill running and legs felt pretty heavy this AM. Total distance was 2.06 according to my Peloton app. I think the treadmill said closer to 2.1 but forget now.
I was with family this weekend and the marathon commitment popped up in conversation repeatedly so I guess I’m really committed now. That and my daughter is home so we’ve discussed timing and next fall seems pretty likely. I will say that thought certainly helped me choose not to skip today despite a late night last night.
had a good weekend. Friday made a long loop (48 minutes, ~4.5 miles) that includes a few hills. No walk, slowed down to “comfortable, conversational” pace when I needed to. Sunday did a trail run (~55 minutes, somewhere between 4 and 5 miles), during which I walked several parts of uphills. This morning had a decent out-and-back (28 minutes, 2.75 miles). Ready for a rest day and a nice brisk walk in the cold tomorrow.
