today i was at the gym. after some time on the eliptical I went on a ONE (1) mile spin on the treadmill. Successful enough to try another 1 tomorrow if I dare to leave the house in this cold
You can do it! I believe in you.
I signed up for a St. Patrickās 5k in mid-March with my younger son, which we both did last year. I downloaded a couch to 5k app and did day 1 today. Itās a 9 week program, and the 5k is in 8 weeks, so I might compress the first 2 weeks into one, or maybe the first 3 weeks into 2. I do use the elliptical several times a week, so Iām not totally sedentary. Iāve had issues with plantar fasciitis, so Iām worried more about that than anything else.
got another day of ONE (1) mile.
8.5 miles was comfy - 1:30:ish
like DJ Khaled - aNOTHer one (1).
Iāve been pissing around on the treadmill lately. THinking about training for a run in the spring with my daughter.
Im using plantars fasciatis inserts. Theyāre the only thing that allow me to go beyond a walk on the treadmill at all.
I got something like this when I had that problem. A good hard scraping every day and after about 2 weeks of pain I could run again.
Iāve decided Iām going to get my speed increased before I substantially increase distance. Have been going 25-30 minutes at about 10:30 - 12:00 pace, not really pushing much, and one longer run of 40-45 minutes, again allowing myself to slow down to conversational pace as necessary. However, it doesnāt feel like my capacity is improving doing that. In the last couple of weeks Iāve had some runs where I pushed a little more, and you know what, it felt good! So I think Iām going to stick in the 2.5 - 4 mile run distance until I can get 3 miles under 30:00 again, and then increase distance for fall half-marathons at about that pace.
Using treadmill to monitor pace, I donāt really love it but it will help me to figure out how fast I need to be going.
Ran 10 miles on Sat in just less than 2 hours. About 9 miles my legs werenāt happy with me.
Sunday a 3 mile fast run.
Mon swim and some weight training. I am doing a lot of compound movements (like squat and do a military press with dumbbells)
30:00 on the treadmill, 1.0 incline.
10:00 at 5.6 pace
10:00 at 5.7 pace
goal was 10:00 at 5.8, got about 3 then had to back down for 2, then the last 1:00 x 5 were at 5.8, 5.9, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2.
Total: 30:00, 2.84 miles.
My runner son and I signed up for a 5k a week from Saturday. The charities it supports are an organ donation awareness group in honor of a cross country runner who needed a heart transplant and a group that provides cardiac screening for young athletes, which my son participated in when they held an event at his school. (There were a few heart issues discovered, but thankfully my kidās ECG and echo were fine.)
Anyway, I figure theyāll be equipped in case my out of shape body collapses. Iād started a couch to 5k program in preparation for a St. Patrickās run in March, but Iāve been sidelined this past week.
might I suggest your goals as follows:
- Donāt get hurt
- Finish the race
- go for a time / pace goal
Close to last yearās goal!
Those would be good goals in a life thread, not just a running thread.
T-roy: 5k In 24:45 last night at a course preview to next weekās Big Game 5K.
WAY TO GO! thatās like right on 8:00 / mile, yes? Well done.
