Runners UNITE! We've graduated C25K, so let's keep on going!

[corinnak]

So, I started a thread for the "Pants Challenge" and it can be found here, if you are interested:

Pants Challenge

 

[kimwim8]

Hey guys!

I'll be picking up the sneakers tomorrow - they JUST came in on Friday. My hip is still bothering me, though. So I don't know how soon I'll be out running. I might need to stop at the doctors soon to see what they think.

Kat - Welcome back (almost) to Jersey!! We should try to get together! And you are too funny with the m&m break! I would have NEVER gotten back out the door to run more. So good for you!

Corinna - you're kickin' butt, lady. Seriously. No matter what the speed, you're doing GREAT with your miles. Thanks so much for starting the pants challenge. I really really needed it!

aldisneygrl - good luck with your next race! Don't put too much pressure on yourself to be super-fast at first. But I'm sure you'll better your last race's time. Good for you for going in another race already!

 

[corinnak]

Kim - you are always so good at at being a cheerleader. I am keeping my fingers crossed about your hips. Man, running when your hips are off is just a non-starter for me. I hope you have some good luck with the stretches and that you'll be able to do whatever you want to again soon.

Katerkat - I am sorry I neglected to comment earlier - marathon-volunteer-brain, I guess. That is so funny about your little break every 1.5 miles. I love it. Way to pep-talk yourself through the drag. It seems like we are both having draggy runs this week. Mabe next week will be better. Any conclusion on the 5K? I decided to skip the one associated with the marathon here. I think I just didn't want to get up and out early two mornings in a row.
At least your Pox quarantine is over!

Wow - another deployment? It's good you'll be with your family for this one. I can't believe you and Kim are practically going to be neigbors. Now I am the jealous one.

Bloomsday - I saw a marathoner wearing a Bloomsday shirt today! I am going to have to consider carefully.....it would be super fun to go out and run that with you if it's going to be your last year there, but then that same day is also the last Minnie Marathon, reportedly. Or maybe I should just hunker down at home this spring......decisions, decisions.

aldisneygirl - it is fun having you over here. There is a halloween race around here too that my friend has done the past few years. You totally jogged my memory! I could maybe do it this year, though truly, running in costume seems like something I just couldn't bring myself to do, but I totally appreciate it in others! Are you going to run with a camera? That would be a great race to do that with.

Have a great start to the week, friends!

 

[AmyBeth68]

Sorry to hijack guys (intruder alert)! I do keep track of this thread, as an avid runner I read all the running threads/journals etc. You are all doing so well with the C25K.

On a serious note.... Kim...get those hips checked out girl. You know why I'm all worried about that . ((hugs))

Anyway... Kat...moving to northern NJ??? Hills? Sounds like my neck of the woods . What general area are you moving to? I'm way up north and these hills are tough. But my mantra is "hills make me strong". Good luck with the move!

great job girls...you are all doing awesome with your running goals!

Back to your regularly scheduled C25K . Intruder alert over!

 

[aldisneygrl]

aldisneygirl - it is fun having you over here. There is a halloween race around here too that my friend has done the past few years. You totally jogged my memory! I could maybe do it this year, though truly, running in costume seems like something I just couldn't bring myself to do, but I totally appreciate it in others! Are you going to run with a camera? That would be a great race to do that with.

Have a great start to the week, friends!

Yeah, I'm not sure that I am up for running in a costume. Hadn't thought about the camera, but that would be a great idea. Although, I am kind of clumsy, and I might drop it while running! I am off to the beach in the morning. It is Fall Break around here! I just did my first workout of the 4th week of C25k. I ran 2.02 miles in 29:30 minutes. Not bad considering I was running in the dark with my two dogs. One is 37 lbs. and the other is 15 lbs. Trixie (my small one) is wiped out! I think she took twice as many steps as me and Shadow (my bigger dog). I wanted to wear them out since they have to go stay at the kennel while we are at the beach. I am looking forward to running down the beach.

Should I still wear my running shoes on the sand, or should I run barefooted?

 

[corinnak]

Amy - Intruder!?!?! Honored Guest Poster, perhaps! We all appreciate your encouragement, you know.

ADG - I had used my son's relatively inexpensive digital camera on a couple of races, but I worried about rain/sweat/clumsiness. So when we bought a new camera this summer, we ended up getting an olympus that is waterproof and shockproof, which puts my mind at ease, though the photo quality is not as good as it is on the old Sony.

Congratulations on starting week 4 - it sounds like you are doing great!

Tough call about the shoes on the beach. I haven't run on the beach myself. It seems like barefoot might be the traditional way to go, and there would be no problems with getting sand or water in your shoes, but I would worry about sharp rocks, sticks, shells, glass. Just cause that's what I do. I worry. It would be an interesting question to post on the main forum - I bet some of the more experienced runners on this board have experience and opinions. That is so cute about your worn out dogs. Have a great time at the beach!

 

[katerkat]

Kim - we should definitely try to do something! I know it falls over the holidays, but I should be able to find some free time! I only went back out the door because a friend was watching Russ and I needed time away from him at that point - quarantine is hard on Mommy!

Corinna - I think I'm going to skip the 5m in the marathon. I'd just rather focus on the ToT for now and maybe plan on doing a race in Jersey or something. Which Bloomsday shirt? Was it green? That was this year's! It would be so, so cool if you came out for Bloomsday! But I can understand the Minnie debate - we were in DL last year the same weekend as the first half-marathon and I wished I was a runner back then!

We're a little bit bitter about this deployment, not only because we didn't have much time home in between, but also it falls over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's. And we figured out that in 2007, he was only home for Easter, my birthday and Halloween. Every other birthday, anniversary and holiday he was away. And he took a whooping three days of vacation. *sigh* We're ready for the next assignment - which is why I'm hoping it's my last Bloomsday in 2008!

Amy - my parents live near Wayne. Their subdivision is very hilly, so I'm looking forward to some serious hill training! As long as it doesn't snow, of course. I'm a weather wuss, I'll hit their treadmill in the snow!

 

[corinnak]

Kat - it makes sense you'd be bitter about this deployment - it seems like you guys have been through the wringer this year. I've been so impressed by your ability to deal with repeated deployments - I am pretty sure I would have been bitter a lot earlier than this. Here's hoping for many more special days together in 2008 than you got in 2007.

I didn't fully register the color of the Bloomsday shirt - it might have been green - like a citrusy green maybe? I only saw it for a few seconds. It was long enough to process that it was a Bloomsday shirt, but not really long enough to get a GOOD look. I don't remember a year on it - maybe it was an unofficial shirt. Do you have a picture of your shirt?

How is it going for TOT? I am going to have to find a way to get a run in tomorrow. I'm trying to shake up the schedule because the Thursday run isn't the best with Kung Fu in the evening. As a result, I feel a little shaken up myself. Why is it still so tough to fit these things in sometimes?

 

[katerkat]

Kat - it makes sense you'd be bitter about this deployment - it seems like you guys have been through the wringer this year. I've been so impressed by your ability to deal with repeated deployments - I am pretty sure I would have been bitter a lot earlier than this. Here's hoping for many more special days together in 2008 than you got in 2007.

I didn't fully register the color of the Bloomsday shirt - it might have been green - like a citrusy green maybe? I only saw it for a few seconds. It was long enough to process that it was a Bloomsday shirt, but not really long enough to get a GOOD look. I don't remember a year on it - maybe it was an unofficial shirt. Do you have a picture of your shirt?

How is it going for TOT? I am going to have to find a way to get a run in tomorrow. I'm trying to shake up the schedule because the Thursday run isn't the best with Kung Fu in the evening. As a result, I feel a little shaken up myself. Why is it still so tough to fit these things in sometimes?

For the most part we're too jaded to be bitter about the deployments. During the last one we were joking about getting a prize once we hit 10 deployments. This is the first one over Christmas since Russ was born, though, so it's bound to be harder. I'm praying that this spring he'll be able to go to a training thing and be in the States a little longer!

Here's the Bloomsday t-shirts! http://www.bloomsdayrun.org/TshirtPosterHistory.htm Plus the volunteers get a separate design every year, too. And lots of people will make unofficial shirts to run in groups - I know there was a lime-green group last year running for a high school student who was severely injured and couldn't run. And there were a bunch of red shirts in my running group - I don't remember what they were running for. I do remember a guy with a shirt saying "Hip replacement: $50,000; Physical Therapy: $20,000; Walking Bloomsday with my daughter: priceless!" (I'm making up the numbers, I don't remember!)

Anyway... My run this week was horrible. We had one of those gym days in which someone couldn't be bribed to stay in the kids area. I made it 0.94 mile before I gave up. Ugh. When DH gets home today, I'm going for an outside run, aiming for five miles to make up for my lack this week!

 

[kimwim8]

Hey guys!

Amy - of course you're always welcome here!! Thank you for keeping up with us. We appreciate your comments/assistance. I am going to the doctor tomorrow about the hip issues. I've put them off long enough.

Kat - We definitely should get together! I know Wayne is probably close to 3 hours away from here, but maybe we can meet up somewhere in the middle? Keep your chin up, girl. I'm sorry about another deployment, and over 3 holidays. Is your DH a career military man? (sorry if that's a question you can't answer, I know there's info you're not supposed to give out). I just give you guys SO much credit and thank your DH for what he's doing for all of us.

Corinna - the running fool. (I say that in the most loving way, of course ) I don't know what else to say, but keep on r
rockin' it girl. Get those miles in for me.

ADG - what's your first name? if you don't mind telling us? Also, I'd second what Corinna said...I'd keep my shoes on while running on the beach. Otherwise you'd be looking down too much at what you could possibly be stepping on, you know? (although now that I type this...you're probably already done running on the beach ). Let us know how it went.

Wish I had more to report from my end of this. But hopefully I'll be on the mend real soon and back to getting some miles in. It's really killing me to have 0 miles 11 days into the month already.

 

[aldisneygrl]

Hi guys! I am back from the beach! I ended up running on the sidewalk in front of our condo. I walked down the beach with dd on Monday after we got there, and the sand was soooooo slanted, I figured I would injure my hip or something else running down the beach. Plus that is where all the other runners were running too. It wasn't as scenic as the beach, but it was flat, and I ran further than ever! Hey it didn't matter, it still had the palm trees, which I don't have around here at home. I ran 2.2 miles on Tues. AM, and 2.3 miles on Wed. AM. I am really pumped. DD and I run in AK three months from today!

My DH and I decided to tell the kids today about the plans. It was getting too hard not to "slip up" and say something, and I wanted to get dd's input on character meals, etc. She is excited, and our consolation prize for my DS (who is having to stay at home while mom and sis go to Disney ) is the fact that he gets to get his XBOX 360 now instead of having to wait until Christmas. Well he is on ! I just hope he remembers this come January.

Oh, and my name is Allie! It is been a pleasure "meeting" all of you. Thanks for letting my join your little group here. I am still new (and very green) at all of this. I am hoping to convince DH that I need to go to the racing store, and get me some good shoes. I think I may continue running even after January. It has really helped accelerate my weight loss along with my WW! Although, I did gain 3 lbs. while I was at the beach. I figure that isn't too bad. Think of how much it would have been had I not run two of the days I was there.

 

[corinnak]

Oh Kim. It is always tough to be stuck on the sideline. I would offer to run your October miles for you, but even if I did 35 for each of us, that is still 70 miles, which is a lot for my tired bones. I am glad you are going to the doctor tomorrow - best of luck with that and I hope there is a simple solution for whatever the problem is.

Kat - that shirt doesn't look like the one I saw. It will probably remain a mystery, I guess. Sorry about your horrible run. It is never fun to be interrupted, but .94 miles is better than none. I hope your make-up run went off without a hitch!

As for me, I'm pretty tired. I'm getting back to that dream of being athletic, though, and it feels good!

 

[corinnak]

Hi Allie! It's nice to meet you and to see your progress with the running is really nice too. 2.2 and 2.3 miles are super - a favorite distance in these here parts, come to think of it!

It's tough to stay on track on vacation, that is for sure. I'm sure you'll be back to your points (you are flex, right? or core?) and you'll be back to where you were before you know it - seriously, I bet a good bit of it is water weight. You know how many calories you'd have to eat to put on 3 pounds of fat in a week?


Thaks for telling us about your trip a little - too bad about the slopy beach, but I'm glad you enjoyed your surroundings from the sidewalk as well.
In fact, I'm SO glad that you are enjoying the running and are thinking of continuing even after January. I am only speaking for myself here, but I feel like running has improved the quality of my life so much, and it's nice to talk to others who are enjoying it as well!

 

[aldisneygrl]

Hi Allie! It's nice to meet you and to see your progress with the running is really nice too. 2.2 and 2.3 miles are super - a favorite distance in these here parts, come to think of it!

It's tough to stay on track on vacation, that is for sure. I'm sure you'll be back to your points (you are flex, right? or core?) and you'll be back to where you were before you know it - seriously, I bet a good bit of it is water weight. You know how many calories you'd have to eat to put on 3 pounds of fat in a week?


Thaks for telling us about your trip a little - too bad about the slopy beach, but I'm glad you enjoyed your surroundings from the sidewalk as well.
In fact, I'm SO glad that you are enjoying the running and are thinking of continuing even after January. I am only speaking for myself here, but I feel like running has improved the quality of my life so much, and it's nice to talk to others who are enjoying it as well!

Corinna, yes I am on the Flex plan. I didn't keep up with my points over the past couple of days. I did it in my head (which obviously doesn't work very good ) Anyway, I tried not to go overboard, and I did eat salads for dinner, but I still snacked on chips and cookies, which I don't do at home. I figured I was on vacation, and I could let my guard down a little. Hey, I even took my scale with me to make sure I didn't get too far off track. How crazy is that? Well last night was my last night, and I splurged and had nachos. Well the plate was huge, and it was covered! YUMMY! I am sure that the sodium intake was enough to make me gain at least half of that! I am going to try and do my lemon water trick and get rid of some of my water weight. I also didn't do to well with my water drinking which I am religious about at home.

Thanks for the encouragement. I am glad to know that I am doing ok with this running thing. I NEVER thought I would ever run in my life. I used to always get so winded, but with this C25K, I have been able to work my way up each week. I actually woke up at 7:00 and was ready to get up and run. It felt really good. It was starting to feel like fall down there so it wasn't excruciatingly hot. It was actually quite pleasant. Then 30 minutes later, I'm done and ready to start the day. In fact yesterday morning, I came back to the room and dd wanted to walk down the beach with me, so we did, and it was great mother/daughter bonding time.

Sorry I have rambled on here, but I am having fun with all of this!

 

[corinnak]

Allie,
I know what you mean about keeping track in your head not working so well - that's where I always get into trouble as well.

It's amazing how this program works you up to running gradually, isn't it? That is the thing that I loved about it SO much - you don't even need to worry about what is coming up, as long as you get through this run, you will be prepared for the next one. Pretty much that is the way it worked for me anyhow.

The Tower of Terror is right around the corner at this point. I just finished a 5 mile run - 5.75 with warming up and cooling down. Just a few more runs until I am there. Austin has suggested I go ahead and run an 8 this week, plus a couple of slightly shorter runs, so I think I probably will do that, but I have been running more on the treadmill and with these longer times on there, I start to notice the differences in treadmill running versus outdoor running. Someday I will follow a REAL training program again, I swear!

OK - time for some all-important stretching and showering.....

 

[aldisneygrl]

Well all, dd and I did our first day of C25K training yesterday. Not too bad for a first day. We did 1.61 miles in 28 minutes. She walked most of it. I am going to have to teach her how to relax. She ran like an ironing board. I am going to email her PE teachers because they are running in PE right now. Maybe they could pull her aside and give her some pointers. She is more apt to listen to them instead of me.

Hope everyone is doing well. I am looking forward to our 5K next weekend. Although after yesterday, I have a feeling we will be walking most of it. But that's ok.

 

[corinnak]

Bumping us back up.... (I was too late! Great minds think alike, Allie!)

I can't believe the month is half over and I am 3/4 there on the challenge. How in the heck did that happen? I'm planning to run 8 miles tomorrow on flatter terrain, but my throat is a little sore and I may need to rethink that, depending on how I feel tomorrow.

Kat - you have to be leaving pretty soon, right? How is that packing going? I have not even started. Shocking, I know!

 

[katerkat]

I've been boring, running on a treadmill mostly so far. Not putting in Corinna's miles yet. But most runs are 4 miles or so. Last week I ran all the way to my friend's house on the other side of base - I had no idea her house was actually that "close!" Only 2.25 miles away! (And of course, another 2.25 back, though I begged her to just drive me home. She gave me a bottle of water and kicked me out.)

I need to start packing - I leave on Monday!! I just checked the weather - 80s and even some low 90s! We're very into fall here, highs in the low 50s already. I like being warm! (Except when I'm running, this has been perfect running weather!) I guess since I've already packed up our summer clothes, it should be easy to put them into a suitcase since we don't need them here!

Kim - we should definitely meet up! I know we have to drive down to McGuire AFB to register the health insurance, so we will go down there at least once or twice while I'm in Jersey. Is that a little closer?

 

[corinnak]

Hi Kat! We have fall weather here. I have been almost entirely treadmilling lately - I justify it by saying that I don't want to lose my warm temperature conditioning.

What a good friend - kicking you out with a bottle of water. It is so funny how not far so many distances really are, isn't it?

Well, if you leave Monday, you've still got a little time to get things together. I just hope it cools off in the evening. When I was there last year at this time, we sweltered and it was steamy at night. Do you have your race outfit picked out yet?

 

[redheaded mama]

I've just been reading through your posts, and I'm inspired. I did the c25k in the spring and then I hurt my ankle. I had to take two months off of running and I'm back to running. I was doing ok, running about 30 minutes (pretty slow speed), but the last two weeks it has been so hard that I'm not as motivated to run.

Please tell me that it will get better and that I'll want to run again. I'm sure that I just need to get running and that it will take care of itself.

I needed to read some real stories and some sucess stories. Thanks for sharing all your running experience.

Linda