Have fun Ncuneo! Don't be pissed you have to take in calories, that's fuel for all the work your body is doing!! You could stay home and lie on the couch and not have to take in the fuel....but that doesn't sound very fun.

O0o let me know if the running with a scarf over your moth works seagirl! It's warmed up here (to like 6 degrees instead of -3!) so I actually had very little trouble at all running outdoors today which was nice.

Wow Ncuneo I'm in awe! I hope your 20 miles went well today

I just did my second week 2 C25K run. It was supposed to be yesterday but the conditions were just too bad. I've run in the dark, I've run in the rain, I've run on frozen ground in sub zero conditions.. but because I was so busy during the day I was going to have to run in the dark, in absolutely torrential rain on frozen and therefore melting ground and it was also foggy.. and I just drew the line there :P
Anyway today went really well I'm certain I'm getting fitter cos today was just so much easier than it has been. One more run then it's onto week 3! I'm excited now.

Oh and hallelujah! My weight has gone back down finally so I'm hoping the weight increase people seem to talk about when starting exercise has finally finished and I'll now go back to losing weight cos I now weigh the same amount as when I started exercising which is a relief cos it went up A LOT.

I'm curious as to what people eat before they run? I ate a banana today and had a couple cups of coffee and a glass of water before I ran and that seemed to work quite well

Friday ran 5.1 thught I posted??? Anyways Hubby day onSat. will run today.
NCUNEO: You rock! you imppress me every post

As for the cold I know what all of you are saying it hurts my lungs,a scarf or baklva[sp] work well you can cover your mouth and you don't have to breathe the cold air.

Sunday ran 6.1 getting closer to 10K. Been running some different route trying not to push it and lots of rolling prior and after running to ward injury.Today I will cross train. I walk a couple miles everyday anyways also.

Yesterday was a rest day but I did walk a lot in heels due to a party hihi. Today at the beginning of my run my calves felt really tired, could it have been the heels? I barely ever wear them so my legs arent so used to them.

I wanted to run atleast 3miles today because I hadn't yet and I am running a 3.1m/5k in a month. I ended up running 3.5miles/5.6k because that was the nicer route. Took me 45mins through the snow and with the dog that needed attention a few times. I am not gonna add on any more distance for the next 2 weeks because I went from my first 1mile a week ago to 3.5 now. Might be a bit fast. Though i've not had any issues and I can talk while I run so should be fine.

20 miler went well, not as awesome as 18, but well. I paced properly so I was able to pick it up during the last 10 miles. I'm very happy with the run overall, but a little anxious about how the actually marathon is going to go, I think those last 6.2 miles are going to HURT! There were a few outside factors (not enough rest, not eating clean enough, negative thinking, maybe still running a bit too fast) that I think I can improve upon.

Recovery is going good, not too sore today and I think I'll be able to make it to spin class tonight for a little recovery work out.

Other than being completely bloated from the 20 miler, TOM arriving 4-6 days early (thankfully after the run) and the extra carbs, I feel good!

Have a great week everybody!

I am a beginner runner, and have been slowly improving for the last three weeks! I'm at the point now where I can run non-stop for about half a mile (which is a huge improvement for me, as I would have to stop wayyy before that when I started)! The only thing is, whenever I'm done running I have this strange wheezing and coughing episode that lasts a few hours...anyone else go through the same thing? If so, did it improve as you got more fit/lost more weight? I'm thinking it could be exercised induced asthma, but I have never had a problem with this in the past, even when I used to play sports!

Woop Woop just completed week 2 of C25K and today I was actually surprised when it was suddenly the end rather than thinking "Argh when will this end? I must be done now?!". I'm so itching to start week 3 now...
Only problem is back in August I tore the muscles in my calf/knee and it was all really swollen and nasty and I was on prescription pain killers and walking with a stick for weeks but then it all healed up fine and both me and the doctor decided it must just have been a muscle tear not a ligament damage.. but now that leg is killing me when I run! It also aches the next day. Don't get me wrong it's no where near as bad as it was in August and I can still run on it with no problem (apart from the pain) but I'm really not loving this for obvious reasons. It starts as an ache in the calf then progresses to like a pulling sensation in my knee.. like I've pulled a muscle.. and later on my calf and knee feels like it's burning.. it's usually alright by the second day and well until I run that day again! Anyone got any idea what this is and what might help? I warm up, stretch and warm down... but I'm thinking since the other leg doesn't bother me it must be more than just not warming up/stretching properly. I'm seeing the doctor on Thursday for something else so I think I'll mention to him then I just hope it's nothing serious and I can keep running on it!


gatorpharm I get that too, I was told by my doctor I have mild exercise asthma. It's something you should mention to your doctor and if it gets worse go back to him about. Is it cold where you are? For me it's much worse in the cold and pretty much everyone can get that in cold weather when running.
It seems to have got much better for me now. I've been running again (I used to run years ago) for only 2-3 weeks and already today was so much better. However it's also gone up by about 8 degrees and before it was about -3 so pretty damn cold for running! So whether it's got better purely because of the temperature increase or because I've got fitter I don't know.

PaintedButterfly, that's great about completing week 2! I just did day 1 of week 2. I took a few days off since an old ankle sprain was making itself known, but I did the stairclimber on Monday which felt good, and I got new shoes which feel better, too. When I did C25K today, my ankle felt good, my lungs felt good. My shins are still like "what are you doing?!" but they will recover by Friday.

ncunceo: Congrats on your 20 miles!!!!

And great work by everyone else

As for me have not run since Sun my 6 miler. I did cross taining of 1 hr of CapoFlex on Mon And by tue am I had EXTREME knots in my calves so have been rolling them, Went to my stregth cardo exercise class tues. but nada yesterday. Due to same thing.Work today and exercise class tonight hopefully can run tommaro.

UPSIDE I have lost 11 pound still have 8lbs to get to 135 where I like to be {its only been a couple weeks IAM DETERMINED to get back!!!

I started running again in January after a REALLY long absence. I worked my way up to 5k so far every other day. Now I'm working on time a bit and getting a little more speed. I'm down to doing it in 32:23. I usually do slow Mondays, faster Wednesdays, and fast as I can on Fridays. So far that hasn't been too fast, but I'm getting better. I may start working toward 10k in a month or two. I don't really have any plans for doing marathons or halfs. So far for February I have logged 20k.

Hi all ran a different route got in 6.6 with my garmin. Was able to track out what my 10k would be 1;14;04 not fast but felt goodand not to bad I guess using that AGE GRADING CACULATOR you guys told me about. I am 59 so it gave me a time of 57:31. Which makes me feel a little better as I improve but very slowly.

Week 2 day 2 of Sloth to Gazelle. The first couple of times my lungs and shins killed. Today my lungs were fine, my shins felt a little sore and my quads felt like they were being ripped off my femurs. I'm hoping that all my parts will get themselves worked out as time goes on and I won't feel like death while I run.

This made me really laugh! I way prefer that name .

Well done on keeping on going! It does get progressively easier I find. I've hit week 3 and did day 2 today and finding it a bit easy all of a sudden and getting bored so I'm skipping the rest days now till it gets harder again and then I'll go back to taking them.

Cool. I just signed up for a 5K on St Paddy's Day. I'll be on week 7 then I think, so I'll be able to make it through just fine!