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06-04-2013, 10:43 AM
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Trying to be in the 160s
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Just ran 3.5 miles in 35 minutes!
Absolutely amazing. So over the weekend, I was running 2.5 - 2.6 miles a day outside. Yesterday I had a rest day.
Today, I hit the treadmill at the gym. Anyway, I hit 2.5 miles and just felt like I could keep going. 2.8 miles I thought. Nope, felt like I could keep going when I made that. So I hit 3.1 miles (5k) and couldn't quite believe what was going on. I was looking around and smiling and people! People were getting on the treadmills next to me while I was running and leaving before I was done! At 3.5 miles I decided to stop. The longest run I have ever done!
Now, I am sure that some of this is because treadmill running is probably easier than running outside due to inclines etc. but it still feels absolutely great!
Now I just need to edge my outside distances up.
Last edited by IanG; 06-04-2013 at 10:46 AM.
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06-04-2013, 10:49 AM
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AMAZING!!!!!
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06-04-2013, 10:50 AM
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Lose 1lb. Repeat 99 times
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woah awesome!! I have just started running on the treadmill and the number of times I need to tell myself to keep going and not stop !! Would love to reach where you have !! Way to Go !!!!
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06-04-2013, 11:07 AM
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F - Yeah, I'm doing this.
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Holy crap!!!! That is so awesome Ian! You totally rocked that run Keep it up.
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06-04-2013, 11:20 AM
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06-04-2013, 11:26 AM
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Awesome!!
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06-04-2013, 11:26 AM
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Rock on! That is wicked fast!
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06-04-2013, 11:53 AM
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Woot! That sounds liberating! Awesome.
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06-04-2013, 12:40 PM
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Trying to be in the 160s
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Thanks everyone. I do not know how it happened.
Practice helps but until now I was only upping my distances by 0.1 of a mile or so every now and again. And then I would be exhausted at the end.
I just felt like I could keep going this time. It was mad.
I guess the rest day may have been a factor.
And I think the weight loss too. Starting running at a heavier weight and then having the weight come off might be giving me a boost.
Last edited by IanG; 06-04-2013 at 12:42 PM.
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06-04-2013, 01:19 PM
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Heading Downtown...
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Congrats! That's awesome!
So you know what this means... It's time to enter a local 5k... and start collecting "race" t-shirts... lol...
I can't wait for your first "race" report... I'm sure it won't be long....
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06-04-2013, 04:03 PM
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06-04-2013, 04:09 PM
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dirty labour daughter
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That's AWESOME, Ian! Did you follow a specific running program, or did you just wing it?
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06-04-2013, 04:19 PM
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Trying to be in the 160s
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Thanks Elvis. It makes me feel special to hear that. And well done with the run!
Merilung: I did not follow a specific program. I used to do (and still do) a fair amount of walking (1 mile to work, 1 mile back again) and when my weight got down to the 220s-ish Diana on 3FC suggested I should give it a go. I thought she was crazy at first. But I did try the treadmill in the gym when no-one was looking and was initially surprised how easy it was on my knees. I ran half a mile on that first attempt at about 4mph.
Once I did that, I started to up the distance. First to a mile. Then to 1.2 etc. I got the speed up to about 6mph which is where I have stayed.
Once I got to 2 miles I did my first outside run. And took it from there. Just a little bit longer every now and again.
But today I went the extra distance because I wasn't getting too tired or hot for some reason which is normally my limiting factor with respect to distance.
Last edited by IanG; 06-04-2013 at 04:24 PM.
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06-04-2013, 09:11 PM
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Is walking to Mt. Doom
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Well done Ian!!! You really are inspiring to me. I'm working my way through C25K and I know how hard that is.
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06-04-2013, 09:25 PM
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Heidi
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Ian, you have been so successful on this journey -- congratulations on this milestone!!
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