Onthetee, love the thought about just not vomitting!

Lisa, thanks for asking! The women were supposed to have a separate race than the men, but there were a lot of men running in the women's race, which bugged me a little, but whatever!

Anyway, I settled DD at the front (she came in 3rd for her age group) and then schlepped toward the back for the start. Even starting toward the back, I was still passed a LOT for the first mile. The first half of the race was uphill and when I got to the first mile marker my time was 12:40!! I had a slow start and got stuck behind some folks who were walking, but still! That is slow, even for this slow chick.

After the halfway mark it was downhill and I really kicked it into gear. I felt very strong and finished in about 36 minutes. My mile average was 11:30-something so I did make up some time on the downhill.

I then chowed one and a half bagels which was probably not a great choice with the afternoon ahead of me! But I am proud that my average pace was less than 12 minute miles, cause that was my goal. I felt strong and springy toward the end of the race, so I felt fast, which was fun! Got my butt totally kicked by some 8 year-olds, but that's ok!

Hope you all have lovely runs today! That is great you can run with your brother, Lisa. I have been running with my sil and it's nice to have that time together.

Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful I can run!

onthetee, I hope your race went well

Well I completed W3 of the C25K yesterday. So far things are going well. As each week passes I worry about the longer running intervals. All I can do is take it one day at a time. I have surprised myself so here's hoping I continue to do so.

I did my 10k this morning in the end, I wasn't too keen on the thought but actually ran a lot better than I was expecting, it was my 2nd fastest 10k of the year (3rd fastest ever), and only about a minute off my PB which wasn't bad because it was a much more crowded race than the one I did my PB in. I'm pleased I've kept up my record of not going over 50 minutes in a 10k this year (although I did push it close twice at 49:55 and 49:50!), and I've kept up my record of running this race for three consecutive years which is nice too.

I even had a cheering squad just before and after half way (I went past them twice) which was really nice.

Hello runners! I've been away for the holiday and so I am very happy to come back and read about all this race activity! Onthetee, anxiously awaiting your report on how things went for your first race - I love the goal of not vomiting...I almost managed to miss the mark on that one in my marathon experience

Anyway, I had a nice long weekend at my parents house - they live in an area that actually has a few rolling hills, I remember last thanksgiving how I was struggling to get up a few of them, this year, I was positively enjoying the opportunity to run a little elevation. what a difference a year makes. Ran 10, 10, 15 and 8 miles Thursday through Sunday, I was enjoying it so much (and truth told, was hoping not to loose too much ground on the weight front to my mother's good cooking too).

Hope the rest of you U.S. folks had a great holiday!

The running mojo is back - wahey! I was actually looking forward to running club tonight, and seemed to pick the pace up a bit. Looks like I'm recovered from the maras now, just need to make sure I keep things ticking over during the party season.

Oh, and as I posted on the walk-run challenge thread - I've hit my mileage target for the year!

1504.9/1500

1500 miles -- woohoo!!! That's fantastic, Helen!

I ran 3 miles with some students tonight. I'm running into a bit of a dilemma because they want to work out and run with me EVERY day now, and I don't want to say no, but it also interferes with my running schedule. They can't exactly do six or seven miles at this point, so I have to cut some of my runs short in order to supervise them. This was only the second day, so we'll see how it goes. I may just tell them we can only do it two or three times a week. The GOOD part is that it's making me do strength training. If I didn't do it with them, I'd just run and do nothing else (like I've been doing for ages now).

I had a great 8-mile run in my hometown Saturday, which I forgot to report. I had to loop around this park over and over, but they have a bigger loop that's more like a trail, with hills and such, so I incorporated that this time and it was lots of fun.

It's getting cold out there on the jogging path! Ran 6.5 miles today, the hardest part is getting out of a warm bed and out the door - it feels good once I get going, but that first half mile is tough. Guess I still need to develop my winter mental toughness...I just keep telling myself how much better it is to run in the cold than in the heat of August.

Whew Week 4 of C25K. I really didn't think I was going to make it through that 2nd 5 minute interval. I'm thinking of doing Day 2 and 3 back to back just because of my schedule. We'll see how that works out.

So, I've still been lurking around this part of the forums, reading everyone's runs and being inspired, but too afraid to post any. I am back to running again, not much yet, but the first real running I've done since I hurt my foot. I ran/jogged a mile tonight in around a 12-13 min pace... I'm hoping to get back to 5k by the end of the month, there is a 5k plus a free kids run that I'm hoping the kids and I can do. Everyone keep up the great job, and thanks for motivating me to get off my duff and back out there.

Dee

reading this thread makes me feel lazy if I skip a day! Thanks for the motivation everyone, good luck with the running!

I hear ya, Erica. I didn't run yesterday and now today I feel pukey and it's $*#& cold outside! I'm telling myself it won't kill me to skip two days in a row. I'll run tomorrow with my running partners and I'll do a long run on Saturday.

DH is convinced I shouldn't run everyday, but I feel guilty if I don't. What kind of cross-training or weights do all of ya'll do?

When I was running every day, I got into a running rhythm that I couldn't improve no matter what I did. I even tried choosing faster music in case it was that I was running to the beat! No dice. Then I took a lot of time off running, and I run every other day or every third day... and I am SO much faster! I dropped more than a minute off my pace. I still exercise the other days, but it's usually weights, or swimming, or the rowing machine, or the elliptical... or a zillion other things that just aren't pounding the pavement. So if I don't run for a few days now, I look at it as a good thing

Thanks, Laura. I do remember you credited some rest days for making you a faster runner. :-)

Hi guys!

I was wondering if you care that I join you! Im a runner, spin instructor, compete in Tri's, Du's and road races. I'm 41 married with three young daughters. Nice to meet all of you!!