MK, . I hope you are feeling better today. You know how Jillian Michaels says, "Pain is fear leaving the body?" Well, right now, pain is nicotine leaving your body. Hopefully now you are through the initial detox. And can I say WTF!?!?!? You do all your running, including my dream half-marathon time, while smoking!?!? Holy moly, you are one tough chick I'm thinking.

SGeranium, I am a goal girl too, and I am casting about right now, having run a half last month. I have two 10Ks coming up, one in November and one in December, and would like to run them around 55 mins. Unfortunately, I can't do a lot of interval running because it aggravates some chronic tendonitis in my hip.

Lili58, way to jump back in!

Ran a touch over 9 miles this morning. Not a great run -- I haven't gotten much sleep this week, and I feel a chest cold coming on -- but I got through it. Now I have to not eat it all back...

Feeling sort of guilty because i've not run for about 1.5 weeks now. The biggest gap i've had in ages. It hasn't been planned, but i've just felt like i've needed a rest, so haven't forced myself to go out, but now i'm feeling like i should.

Yesterday however i did sign up for a hilly 5km race this sunday so i'm looking forward to that. I've never actually done a 5km race before i don't think, so it should be fun with no PB targets to worry about!

I had my 10k yesterday. I put in a really hard effort, I was proud of myself! I finished in 1:12:05. It was weird though, even though I was proud, it didn't feel as satisfying as I thought it would. Later that night I had a pretty bad binge. So not I'm wondering what's up with all that? It's like that self-destructive behavior sneaks its way in sometimes and I'm not sure where the self-sabotage is coming from.

wickedlady - sorry that you didn't get a huge euphoria after your 10km. Sounds like you deserved to!! Sometimes it takes a little while and you get a delayed satisfaction. Hope that happens for you.

I went out at lunchtime and did about 4miles today and it was hard work really. I bought some new trail shoes at the nike factory outlet yesterday and tried them out today. They were good - shame about the person wearing them!! It felt a bit hotter than i'm used to at the moment (20C) and was quite humid too, but really i think i'm just a bit out of shape.

Also did a Pump class (weights) at the gym tonight for the first time in about 3 months, so doubtless i won't even be able to walk tomorrow.....

Hi All,

Yesterday - I did the turkey trot 10K. I was happy with my watch time of 1:01...then I checked my 'official' time on the race site.
It was 58:26!
So my question is - why would there be such a discrepancy?
I would love to claim the 58:26 - but i am a little skeptical, although the timing chips are supposed to be accurate.
Any insight - anyone??

Thanks

sznn, did you start your watch when the "gun" went off, or exactly when you crossed the starting line? The chip is supposed to compensate for the lag time between the starter's signal and when you actually enter the course. My last race I crossed the starting line 7 minutes after the race started!

MK, are you out there? How's it going?

Ange, a pump class sounds great! I think I need to find something like that.

Wicked, was it your first 10K or have you run others? I'm sorry the afterwards wasn't what you'd hoped/expected. I hear you on the binge.

Once again, I wasn't feeling up to my run today, so I did a slow 5-mile treadmill run. It felt great -- I moved my body, got my heart pumping, sweat a little, but didn't kill myself. I think that's a valuable lesson for me -- not every workout needs to be to exhaustion, I don't have to push the limit every time (I'm not very fast so my limit is not very high). Sometimes I get so bored on the treadmill that I run faster and faster just to get it over with -- but maybe if I can keep my head in the right place, I can enjoy the slow runs more.

I'm absolutely terrible at running, though I'm lightyears better than I was even just a few months ago.

Right now I don't have any way of measuring distance - no car, no smartphone, etc. I tend to run erratic paths and I burn out and need to walk for a minute or 30 seconds after about 10-15 minutes of jogging. How do you push through that need?

There are hundreds of Pump classes every day around sydney. Heaps in australia and heaps in UK too. And i've done them in singapore and thailand. It's the most popular class by far across all the gyms, and has been for years.

If there's none in US and you want to start a successful business.......!! (or check out the Les Mills website - there might be some near you?)

this was my second, and I smashed my time from my first... so I dunno what was up with my mood afterwards! Probably just spent... I really did push it. Now that some time has passed I am very pleased (although I've already set my sights on lowering the PR next time of course )

Sounds like you are running too fast- slow down! Don't worry about speed, that will improve naturally as time goes on.

Krampus, I second the advice to slow down. Start off by jogging as slowly as you possibly can. Set a goal of a minute jogging and a minute walking. Repeat, repeat, repeat. It will not be long before you can jog two minutes with a minute walking, and then 3 minutes, then 4. Or, look up "couch to 5k" and find a 5k training program. The C25K starts off with jogging/walking intervals.

I don't know if gmap-pedometer.com works in Japan. It's a hack of google maps that lets you map your run. It's one of my favorite websites b/c I love to crunch numbers and I appreciate the accurate distance measurements.

wickedlady, I'm glad you're feeling better about your race! I'm like you -- "yea! I got my time lower. Now let's lower it some more!"

I had a great running weekend. 6 miles on Friday, 3 fast (for me) miles on Saturday, and then on Sunday, I rallied after a night out and only 5 hours of sleep, and ran 10.4! I was feeling a little crappy in the morning and told myself I didn't have to run the full 10 -- then gave myself a swift kick in the rear and said, "Don't give up before you even get out there!" It wasn't the greatest run ever, but nor was it the worst. And I'm so proud of myself for getting it done!

I did my 5km race on Sunday and staggered up and down the hills for a very unimpressive 29:12. Was aiming for under 28............

Yesterday i did another 5km with colleagues at lunchtime (and a Pump class in the evening).

This morning i got up early and did a 12km very hilly trail run which took ages but was very nice. This to be rounded off with a spin class tonight, so my legs will be officially smashed by tomorrow!

I need to ramp it up a bit now though.

Today I went out for a jog. My legs felt 80% better after the hike and I didn't want to get too comfortable not running.

I started off slow - didn't want to aggravate anything, and wanted to take the advice I got from this thread.

Well, I just went and went and went for about 45 minutes before my knee started to ache faintly. I probably went only 3-4 miles, but it was 3-4 miles of STRAIGHT RUNNING.

I'm so excited! I hope this keeps up and today wasn't just a freak accident. I've never run more than 17 minutes at a time before without taking short walking breaks.

it's so good to hear about people suddenly enjoying and improving their running - great work krampus.

Next piece of advice is not to run that far again until next week - go back to your normal stuff for a few days - injury prevention strategy!!

been kinda slacking this week... I have felt like doing yoga more. It's really hard to devote the attention I want to both at the same time! I am looking forward to running a 5k on friday evening in my glenda the good witch costume, though!!