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02-22-2008, 05:56 PM
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#136
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Boston Qualifier and MOM
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Oregon
Posts: 6,346
Height: 5'3.75"
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I have to say HEATHER that it really seems you are kicking butt!
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02-23-2008, 05:09 PM
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#137
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Idaho
Posts: 4,735
S/C/G: 261/158/below 160
Height: 5'8" (Dang, I shrank an inch!)
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Heather, it seems like you just started to run not that long ago, and here you're doing 8.5 miles. I'm so impressed!
It's an absolutely gorgeous day here in western Oregon, and I suited up for a great run along the bike path to be followed by a beginning pilates class (have never done pilates).
Then my digestive system said, you're not going anywhere today. Dang! So instead of going out in the sun, I'm hanging around the bathroom, feeling kind of shivery. That kind of feeling where your skin is sensitive? We're leaving tomorrow for a week in Idaho so I'm spending the rest of this lovely day drinking hot tea and trying to feel better before I get on that plane.
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02-24-2008, 02:11 AM
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#138
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Sippin' the Kool-Aid
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Lyin' in a puddle of sweat on the floor.
Posts: 2,296
S/C/G: 235/201/175
Height: 5'7"
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Hi all. Sheila, hope you are feeling better this evening!
I've been keeping up my jogging. Up to 35 minutes of straight jogging at a go now. My first 5K is in 3 weeks, and I'd like very much to be able to jog the whole thing, even slowly, if I can.
Cheryl
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02-24-2008, 01:57 PM
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#139
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 1,337
S/C/G: HW-300.2 GW-<175
Height: 5' 5.75"
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I have a question. What would be a good finish time for a first 5K? Not great, but not laughable either.
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02-24-2008, 04:02 PM
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#140
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Sub-4 marathon runner!
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Leeds, UK
Posts: 3,567
S/C/G: 260/156/148-152
Height: 5 9
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So many factors... I'd go for a time you're happy with and not bother what anyone else thinks. And anyway, just finishing a 5k puts you ahead of most people!
I had a really good run today. I haven't actually raced a half since last May - the only one I've done since then was with the wheelchairs as a preparation for NY. I've done three marathons in that time but no halves! Anyway, today it was back to the very first one I did back in 2006, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I've been training well, but I haven't raced more than 5 miles for a long time (and that was cross country) so I didn't know how I'd feel about a long hard effort.
My PB from last year was 1:43, but my marathon schedule had me aiming for sub 1:45. There was a pacer for 1:45 and I planned to stick with her and then pick it up towards the end if I felt good, but ended up doing the complete opposite and decided within the first mile that I'd pace it myself and went a bit faster. I did wonder whether I'd be able to hang on at the end, but I did, and smashed my PB by coming in at 1:40:11. I'm really pleased with that (although not entirely convinced by the race time calculator that predicted 3:28 for the marathon based on it!).
Of course, it meant I felt obliged to celebrate with pizza, but I earned it
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02-24-2008, 05:02 PM
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#141
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Ilene the Bean
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 11,538
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I sure hope you enjoyed that pizza Helen, because you certainly DID deserve it... on the PB...
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02-24-2008, 06:33 PM
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#142
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TBL Red Team Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 680
S/C/G: 132/129/120
Height: 5'4.5"
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I wanted to get in a really long run today, but got stuck doing a ton of work, and so I wasn't free until 4:30 (when it was going to get dark soon). However, I did a 2 mile run outside... in 15:11!!! I think that's my fastest pace for a run ever. Amazing how 2 miles now feels like just a walk down the block
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02-24-2008, 10:10 PM
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#143
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Visualizing the Goal
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Rhineland-Phalz, Germany
Posts: 3,606
Height: 5'4"
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Helen and Laura, you guys are speed demons!!!
I had to run Ennay-style today because my iPod was completely out of battery. Evidently, yesterday (technically 22 hours, 5 minutes, and 31 seconds before I ran today) when I "turned off" the stopwatch, it really just kept going so there was no juice left this morning when I got up to run, and no time to charge it if I was going to make it back in time to get Connor ready for Sunday School, so I ran in the quiet of my own thoughts (yeah, right, more like incessant jabber of my own thoughts!). Seven miles done. I have no idea how long it took me...more than an hour, less than an hour and a half I think!
Here's a question to you long distance gals...what have you found to work for you in eating the night before a long run? And this might sound gross, but do you do any kind of "colon cleanse" eating in the days before a marathon? Please stop reading if you don't want to get into TMI territory, but I sometimes find I feel like I have to go #2 toward the end of a long run (around about ten miles or so) and I'd hate to have to fight that for fifteen more miles in the marathon. But I don't want to over-compensate and dehydrate myself in the days before the marathon. I did a Google search for eating tips for marathoners and I really didn't come up with much good info. And what about the Gatorade? It's full of sugar, and has high fructose corn syrup, which I avoid in my daily eating. Would I do just as well drinking water through the marathon? The race is still seven months away, but I had to think about *something* today since I didn't have my music!
Thanks!
Kara
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02-24-2008, 10:34 PM
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#144
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Ironman in Training
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1,780
S/C/G: 302/205/150
Height: 5'5
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Hi guys -
My second day in week 7 of my program and the four minute runs are still a bit rough at the end. I'm likely going to do the 4run/2walk for 60min for 2 weeks in a row.
On a side note I had my first swim class for Tri training. Was mostly drills, but it was fun and surprisingly exhausting not while I was doing it but afterward I was wiped out for the day.
For those of you who lost a lot of weight when you started running did you find you hit a wall where you weren't progressing until you dropped more weight? It hasn't happened yet here, but I'm just wondering.
-muse
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02-24-2008, 10:37 PM
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#145
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 432
S/C/G: 225/ticker/150
Height: 5'7 1/2
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Just popping in to say I did 4 miles without the stroller for once.
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02-25-2008, 11:19 AM
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#146
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TBL Red Team Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 680
S/C/G: 132/129/120
Height: 5'4.5"
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Kara, I often have a dire need to go to the bathroom after a long run. And I just can't use a Port a Potty for that (I use it for quick breaks before a run, but not for longer things). I try to hold off on running until after I've gone to the bathroom, but it can be tricky if a race is really early in the morning.
This is going to sound really crazy, but... I've done best when I've gone out drinking the night before, but still gotten a decent amount of sleep. I think it has to do with the fact that when I go drinking I get a little carb-crazy and also let myself go with eating a bit.
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02-25-2008, 01:40 PM
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#147
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Visualizing the Goal
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Rhineland-Phalz, Germany
Posts: 3,606
Height: 5'4"
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So, you think the carbs are really the answer and not so much the alcohol? (I hope so because I really don't care much for alcohol )
Kara
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02-25-2008, 05:16 PM
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#148
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Sippin' the Kool-Aid
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Lyin' in a puddle of sweat on the floor.
Posts: 2,296
S/C/G: 235/201/175
Height: 5'7"
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I'm having some newb confusion, if you runners can help.
I've been following the C25K by time, because I didn't have a way of measuring mileage in the beginning. Since then, I've run at a school track a few times, so I've figured I'm jogging a mile in about 15-16 minutes. (woosh! lol) I can jog that pace for 30 minutes, easy enough, and nothing hurts, but I've only been doing that for 3 weeks.
I'm just not sure what to do now. Should I try to speed up, or should I try to jog longer, until I get to 3 miles? Or do I just hold here for several weeks? I'm not having much luck finding what happens after the 5K part. Thanks for any advice!
Forgot to say, I'm jogging 3 days a week, is that still enough, or do most runners start adding in more days at some point?
Cheryl
Last edited by jamsk8r; 02-25-2008 at 05:18 PM.
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02-25-2008, 05:43 PM
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#149
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 2,860
S/C/G: 285.2/285.2/185
Height: 5'9"
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Hi all!!
I thought I'd pop in and say hi to all my runner friends! I miss running, and I'm gaining weight like crazy (I walk when I can), but I'm actually enjoying being pregnant. Mostly what I enjoy is just knowing that I'll have a little baby at the end of all this!
Anyway, hope everyone's doing well. I've skimmed the posts and it looks like you are!!
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02-26-2008, 07:47 AM
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#150
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Visualizing the Goal
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Rhineland-Phalz, Germany
Posts: 3,606
Height: 5'4"
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Cheryl, have you ever used mapmyrun.com? You can plug in your start address and it comes up with an interactive map that you can use to plot distances and routes. I would say after you get yourself up to running a 5K, you need to enter a race to treat yourself! How much fun would that be?! Then maybe start working on a 10K!!! I ran three times a week until I started this marathon training. Now I do four days some weeks and five days other weeks.
Lisa! Glad to hear you're enjoying being pregnant!
I got in my three miles outside today. It was supposed to rain this morning but it hasn't started yet. I'm glad I got up early so I didn't have to do the Dreadmill!!! I can't wait for spring so I can be outside most days.
Kara
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