Keep up the great work everyone especially you old and slow ladies. So I had to share my running experience tonight - it was so bizarre! I'm out doing my Thursday night run ( I had to skip it last night ) when as I enter the woods I come across 6 or 7 skater dudes. I of course per judge them as hoodlums. As I get closer to them, the one with the bob marley shirt starts coming towards me and says something. Can't he see I have my headphones on - the universal sign for " don't talk to me " and why is he approaching me anyhow? I'm and old lady (45) and a slow runner. He says " working hard?" I said " yes?" He says " you running hard?" I said " not really, I'm very slow ". He said " come on!" And runs with me, at a much faster pace and for longer than my intervals ...I kept up, my pride wouldnt let me quit. He said " great job!" And turned to go back with his friends. I said, thanks for the encouragement and gave him a high five, that last part was probably lame but I really appreciated him running with me.
I had a really great run the rest of the way home with a great big smile
Melinda
. Thank you so much for sharing.
After work last night, I was so tired that I climbed into bed at 9pm...but didn't fall asleep until 11. When the alarm went off at 4am, I could not resist the urge to snooze it...and again...and again. By the time I managed to wake up, it was almost 5am
. Oops! I laced up the shoes and finally hit the road at 5:20. I went out for a wimpy little 2 miles. I walked the first .25 then ran the rest without using the intervals. I was in a hurry because I leave for work at 6:30 and I usually get up at 5:30 without a run.
.) The fever is gone and the headache too. I can deal with the sore throat and it doesn't lower my energy level so as long as it goes away, I will be fine
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I love being able to go on with my day knowing my workout/run is done
I will probably be out there with you tomorrow morning. I was all ready to go at 6 this morning and my Nike app on my phone would not run! It kept shutting down. So frustrating. I can't run without it! I can't just go for a 'run', I need to know my pace, my distance and I like to keep track of calories and distance for the month and the total distance since I started using the Nike app. Going to a friend's over night so hopefully I will wake up early and can go then.
peachygreen said:
Peachygreen - Good job on getting that run in.
Kristenrice - Even thought you were not feeling it, you got your run in! Woo hoo!
Speaking of the Nike app, what does everyone use to track their mileage? Just wondering
dlbwright said:Peachygreen - Good job on getting that run in.
Kristenrice - Even thought you were not feeling it, you got your run in! Woo hoo!
Speaking of the Nike app, what does everyone use to track their mileage? Just wondering
I love my garmin forerunner 10... I can't run without it anymore, lol
. I did 2.02 miles in 23:06 which is an 11:26 pace with no intervals. That pace includes the first 1/4 mile that I walked so I am happy with it. I just wish I could get myself up earlier so that I could actually run a decent distance. This 25-minute, 2 mile stuff doesn't feel like it is doing anything to prepare me for 3 hours/13 miles. At best, it is serving as a "placeholder" between the times when I can actually get out and go 5-6 miles. . I work 12-hour day shifts and DH works 12-hour day shifts as well. We are mostly opposite days with only one day a week that we are both off. The kids are terrified of staying home alone while one of us goes out and runs (the kids are 10 and 7) so I can either do a long run on the ONE day a week that we are off (and I have to coordinate it with him because HE is training for the race too), or I have to wait until he gets home at 6pm. There's no way I will run before he goes to work...he leaves at 5am! He prefers to run "at night". He will usually wait until I get home which isn't until 8pm most nights. Unfortunately, he is still recovering from his nasty bike accident and has only built back up to 3 miles
. He's getting back into running very slowly. He injured his shoulder, but he also had some pectoral muscle involvement which is affecting his breathing when he runs. He's working on it, though, and making decent progress. 
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Speaking of the Nike app, what does everyone use to track their mileage? Just wondering
Overall it's getting easier and easier every week, which is the goal! 
. I didn't quite make my whole three miles yesterday... I only got 2.62 in, but I was satisfied with that after three days off and three days on antibiotics. I experimented with taping for my PF and I liked how it felt, but combined with my orthotics, I think it was a little too much. PF is soo frustrating!!
