OK, I'm off to get a copy of Runner's World tomorrow. I have been wanting to run for a long time and finally got the Robert Ullrey podcasts to work on my mp3 player (it's not an iPod so it was a struggle, grrrrr). I did the first day this evening on the high school track and it wasn't too hard at all, although I felt I need a butt-bra because I could feel the fat on my behind jiggling up and down as I jogged. Oh well! I have tried "jogging" before but never with any real structure around my learning so I'm excited to see how this all goes.

i struggled through my w1d1. skipped one running part.
i am also using ullrey's podcast. like it a lot!

back on the treadmill tomorrow.

Originally Posted by midwife:
Yes to good shoes. Yes to Runners World. And a heads up on something I saw this am....in the US anyway, running on a path is like driving. Keep to your right. There was a lady running/walking to her left on the path (dressed in black and it was dark still) and she almost got run over by all the folks who were keeping to the right and heading in her direction.

On the same note, if you're running on an actual road, you keep to the LEFT, opposite of traffic (so you can see the cars coming that are closest to you). Now that it's nicer outside, I've seen lots of people out running, and plenty of them on the wrong side of the road! (In my part of town, US citizens are in the minority... so I can't assume that everyone knows better... but it does make it awkward when they're coming at you from the other direction and you have to avoid a head-on collision, lol).

Originally Posted by Windchime:
OK, I'm off to get a copy of Runner's World tomorrow. I have been wanting to run for a long time and finally got the Robert Ullrey podcasts to work on my mp3 player (it's not an iPod so it was a struggle, grrrrr). I did the first day this evening on the high school track and it wasn't too hard at all, although I felt I need a butt-bra because I could feel the fat on my behind jiggling up and down as I jogged. Oh well! I have tried "jogging" before but never with any real structure around my learning so I'm excited to see how this all goes.

:lol: I felt like I needed a tummy bra when I started running... man, oh man was I jiggly. I'm STILL jiggly, but at least not as jiggly!

One thing about running... it'll zap away the inches in a hurry.

Originally Posted by mayness:
On the same note, if you're running on an actual road, you keep to the LEFT, opposite of traffic (so you can see the cars coming that are closest to you).

Ugh, yes!!! I sometimes run inside a national park and there is a designated lane for runners/bikers with "NO PARKING" painted in it... it doesn't stop tourists from parking in it anyway, which forces me to run in the road. :mad: This does bring up a very good point about runner safety: if in the U.S., run opposite of the flow of traffic and on sidewalks when you can. Check out this article from RW on runner safety:

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/...1914-0,00.html

DH (a long-distance runner in HS) and I started the C25K on Saturday. I'm hoping that he can help me with my technique since I have never run successfully before. I tried it about 6 weeks ago and I was obviously doing something wrong because my rt hip and knees were so sore. Maybe I did not stretch properly, but I now know that I was trying to go too fast. DH has clued me in. He's super pumped and excited about the program and it's something fun for us to do together.

Originally Posted by Fat Pants:
:lol: I felt like I needed a tummy bra when I started running... man, oh man was I jiggly. I'm STILL jiggly, but at least not as jiggly!

One thing about running... it'll zap away the inches in a hurry.

LOL! I had to laugh at these posts! That is exactly how I feel! Like I am running in slow motion since I am so big BUT a can do it a little longer each day and I know one day I won't feel the jiggles!

Yeah, I've always been pretty happy with how my butt looks (or how I *imagine* it looks), until I started c25k. Now it feels like this huge flabby thing bouncing up and down back there!

I think I need to get new shoes. People always say "go to a real running store and get fitted", but we don't have anything like that around here. I can go to the greater Seattle area, though--any suggestions? Has anyone ever been to "Run 26" in Lynnwood? Is that a 'real running store"?

Windchime - From the looks of it, yes Run 26 would be a good choice. Seattle Running Company looks like a good store, too: http://seattlerunningcompany.com/

I go to one here coincidentally named Boulder Running Company. They are a great local business and I feel good every time I go in... they really pay attention to you. It can be a little overwhelming, but the right person knows their shoes and will recommend the right ones to you. At BRC, they do it by process of elimination...after checking your gait/pronation, they will give you some shoes to try on and then eliminate the ones that don't feel perfect until you've found the right shoe. They can be expensive, but it makes all the difference in the world in terms of running.

Buttercup - Hey, I started out slow, too! In fact I still think I am pretty slow... my husband (who is almost a foot taller than me) will run with me and sometimes my running speed is his walking speed. :lol:

Originally Posted by Fat Pants:
Windchime - From the looks of it, yes Run 26 would be a good choice. Seattle Running Company looks like a good store, too: http://seattlerunningcompany.com/

I thought Seattle Running Company looked good, too. I would have to screw up my courage to drive into downtown Seattle, which is kind of scary to me. Seattle has lots of confusing one-ways and steep hills which can get me turned around, but it would be worth it to get good shoes. After my second night of c25k, I could feel a twinge in my hip and I am sure it's from my cheap shoes.

Originally Posted by Windchime:
I thought Seattle Running Company looked good, too. I would have to screw up my courage to drive into downtown Seattle, which is kind of scary to me. Seattle has lots of confusing one-ways and steep hills which can get me turned around, but it would be worth it to get good shoes. After my second night of c25k, I could feel a twinge in my hip and I am sure it's from my cheap shoes.

I understand that. I hate driving in downtown Denver and avoid it at all costs. ;) I had the hip thing (and the shin thing...and the knee thing...) too before I got fitted for proper running shoes. They make all the difference!

i would love to be a jogger/runner but i feel like im dying when i try. My liver hurts (right side "stitch") - even if i've not drank much, and my lungs burn.

Did you ladies have the same thing? and how did you over come it?

I remember in 07 when i tried running, after about 2 weeks, my left ankle would hurt during an exercise DVD or crack. So i gave it up :(

I think it really helped me to work on the elliptical for a couple of months before I started c25k. My first time on the elliptical was 11 minutes and I thought I was going to die, but I eventually worked up to 38 minutes and then I started doing intervals. So that helped to build up my heart and lungs, or so it seems.

And when I say that I'm "running", that's technically true but nobody is going to confuse what I'm doing with effortless sprinting! I have lost over 22 pounds, but I go from feeling trimmer and fit to feeling flabby and heavy once I start running. I feel really out of shape physically, but I think that the cardio work I did on the elliptical helped tremendously.

You know, while you're at it, you could check out "Once a Runner: a Novel" by John L. Parker... Just been reissued & it's considered a classic piece of literature in the Running world :)

DH & I just finished out 1st week of c25k! We are so proud of ourselves!