princess&her4princes
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2008
Just checkin' in to see how everyone's doing....still no running here, too much pain, but hoping to get back into at least walking this week! Hope you're all doing well!!
What is the difference between maintaining or building a base and training for a race? I've only been running for a year and I've either been taking time off running or training for a race. What is just building a base?
How is your approach (mental or otherwise) and exercise routine different when building your base versus training? Do you run less? Do different exercises? Approach the run differently psychologically?
You can most definatley walk a marathon....just have to keep a 16 min mile pace and you are good!!!. Plus all us cool kids hang out at the back of the pack
I have been doing the research! I developed shin splints last weekend - and on Saturday my pedometer read i did 6 steps in 30 minutes that made me very frustrated, so I reset and headed home and had to estimate the time and distance.
Anyhow it appears to be working now and I am tracking my progress!
I also disclosed to my family my goals and have their support - which I was always surprised. I have been fighting joint pain and being quite lazy for the past year so this change has taken some will power!
Hoping this thread keeps going and that we will all keep each other going.