I ran/walked 1.8 miles today. My first 5k is on February 6th at the Rose Bowl. Had great plans, but got my tail kicked for the last part of December. I am behind and may need to do some walking, but I am definitely going to finish!

Yikes hope your wrist heals quickly. Great run!

It's a great goal. Welcome.

Hey Ladies. It's been a while since I posted in this forum and I need some direction.

I have signed up to run a 10K in early March. I have really fallen off the wagon when it comes to running. I ran today for the first time in about a month. I ran 2.5 miles without any problem and might hit three miles without any problem.

My question is this. Is a 10K TOO ambitious for early March. Can I do it? If so, how. A little history on me--I have a strong two year running history and got up to 7 miles or so last Spring. Arrgh. Why did I stop!!!

I signed up for a half mary in the end of March with several weeks of very spotty running (read next to none) . Monday morning I called my DH to let him know that shockingly March comes right after Feb this year and that meant I only have 11 weeks to train for this stupid thing. In all honesty though, my fitness has been strong and consistent for a couple of years now. i believe with a little extra dedication, I'll be back on track soon enough. It sounds like you will too. I might be eating my words and walking the back half of this thing, but I'm OK with that too. Go For it.

My goodness, I go away for a day or so and we're already on page 5! Fantastic everyone!

I did 3.5 yesterday and am 17.5 miles towards 1000 - yay!

I'll do 3.5-5 tomorrow and 8-10 Saturday (my long run day has been moved, more changes - joy).

Currently, I'm looking for a new strength training program. I'm finish with NROLFW and I need something new. I feel so lost at the gym right now and I just can't fathom spending money on a trainer at the moment.

I'm also debating on some goals for the begining of the year as I don't have a race scheduled until August, so I'm feeling a little aimless out there right now.

Glad to see everyone doing so great - welcome back MK - you've been missed.

You know, I think I am going to go this route. I am going to do my darndest to train for my 10K. I will do my personal best to finish the whole dadgum thing RUNNING. However, I am not going to cancel. To cancel would be a way of letting myself off easy and to give myself a "pass" card to stretch out my reconditioning. I am going to do it. So, I plan to train and shop accordingly for my first race. I will be there with all the other runners--OR WALKERS and regardless be proud.

Thighs - I think you can run the 10k depending on your weekly mileage. How much can you commit to training each week?

I got my first blister since September during my 15-miler last week. It made it painful to walk, so I had to pop it. Every time I run, it comes back worse than it was before. Since I can't walk on it when it's full, I have to pop it again. Now it refills and pops itself during the day. According to the internet, it's infected. Calling the doctor in the morning after I run.

I shuffled a mile today. Seriously slow walk/jog but I got out there and more importantly, my knee post-surgery held up. I know I have to push myself to keep the knee healing and functioning but at the same time, I'm freaked out about doing that tiny bit too much and hurting it. Tomorrow I'm going to swim for cross training and then Saturday I'm going to try another mile with a bit more jogging and a bit less walking.

There's a local 5k I'd like to do on Feb. 19 and I think I'll sign up for it no matter what - at the very least, I can walk three miles if nothing else! Plus it'll achieve my goal of a 5k in 2011 (then I can work on my goals of doing a 10k and a half marathon).

Skipped yesterday (daughter's bday) and today (kid with stomach flu) Am going to try 4 tomorrow.

Thighs - AWESOME! I just know that my goal this year is to do 6 5k's and that has to start sometime! I agree. For me, If I postpone, or cancel this one, then I will only be that much farther behind! Way to go! I can't wait to hear how its going! Keep us posted!

Just wanted to do a quick check in! So far I've done 10.78 miles since the first. I'm doing c25k and finished w6.d2 yesterday pretty exciting!!Hope all is well with everyone.

Ugh...rough 3.5 this morning. It took alll my effort to run today. This happens every so often and I really hate them, so unenjoyable. I wasn't tired, but my body just felt so heavy. Not sure what the issue was. I was a little sore from the gym yesterday, but I don't know...oh well, I pushed through and I feel good that I did.

Cincimom-- youveonly been running one year??
take this for what its worth, but i think you might be better off with more of a beginner marathon training program... less mileage, more gradual buildup... the intermediate programs assume this is not your first marathon, and hence start you out out 15+ miles or longer for long runs.... just 2 cents coming from a very educated and experienced runner
do you normally run 45-50 + mile weeks?? it seems you are jumping right in to one and a sure fire way to get an overuse injury...... also, *they* recommend a year of solid, cinsistent running BEFORE you start to TRAIN for marathon... im not trying to detere you.... i KNOW YOU CAN DO IT!! but i think you need to tak a slighty gentler approach.... am i overstepping my bounds here? The intermediate programs with speed with and mile repeats and tempo runs etc, are for runners with a time goal, your first marathon should really be just about finishing

Yesterday was my long run, I did 8.5 miles. There was a good two inches of snow on the ground this morning, so I ran 4 miles on the treadmill. It was nice. I haven’t run on a treadmill in about a year. Although, I still prefer running outside, even if it is 15 degrees out.

I won’t be running until Monday, but I still met my goal of 20-25 miles per week.