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"Feed Me!!"

guest — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:54:45 GMT

I get like that so what I do is before I head out I place a glass of water and a piece of fruit so that when I come in the door it is there, but I don't eat it right away, I wait to see if it is actually a hunger feeling or a mental feeling. I did a fair amount of reading on this and then actually calculated my calories burned and was shocked to discover that my 30-50 minutes of run walking actually only burned like 300-500 calories which if I remember right is like eating one bigmack at mcdonalds lol I am not saying that I eat there but putting that intop my perspective opened up my eyes allot so I really watch my caloriy intake. now like I meantions I have a glass of water , a peice of fruit and on some days I replace the fruit with 1 real cup of home made plain yogurt. my home made yogurt is not very thick I like to drink it.

now on some days after my run I do't feel hungry for up to an hour after my run.

Newbie having breathing issues

guest — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:45:17 GMT

one thing that I always do is slow down my running and also calm down , I always get a little hyper when I start my running and I have to pay attention to my leg feelings, meaning that if I can feel my legs pumping then I should slow down. after about 10 seconds of doing this at a slower pace my breathing calms down. it takes me a while to actually calm down enough to do this properly. on SOme days I down calm down my breathing until the last part of my run meaning that I finally find my rythem and pace that feels like I can keep fgoing for ever. I actually let the feeling continue and kept running for about 20 minutes non stop but my legs started to feel a little heavy . I hav`nt pushed to that since but now I do know that I can do this just as long as I slow and calm down.

gave up on c25k but trying something different

guest — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:00:40 GMT

ty for replys , I guess that is probably what is going on. I wished I could run indoors on a tread mill but I have tried that a few times and just couldn't focus at all I think it has to do wih the fresh air.

gave up on c25k but trying something different

guest — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:00:59 GMT

Last year I was doing the c25k and ended up giving up on it.

back in April I just started to run walk without using any timers or distances I just run until I fell a little uncomfortable then slow down and keep going until I just don't feel like running any more, then I walk until I feel like running again.

I am going to be 50yrs old and 6'2' and starting weight of 248lbs. now I weigh around 238 lbs my legs are stronger but I seem to be having a problem. I run pretty good when I am not around any one, for instance.,I walk out my door down the road for about 5 minutes, at the bottom of a say 30 degree angle hill, I run up the hill over the top and down the other side ( which is a little bit steeper and allot longer), at the bottom of the hill there are lights and if I am lucky the light will be green so that I can just keep going until I get to the path of the lake. now all of this is maybe 1/2 -3/4 of a km and if I keep reminding myself to slow down I usually enter the path of the lake feeling just a tiny bit sore and can adjust my mind set and breathing accordingly. when I get to the lake side all is good unless there are people around. For some reason or other people totally mess's me up and I have to stop and walk.

My question ,is there a trick or something I can do so that I can get past this problem?

I have know real idea why this mess's me up. I know that when I was doing the c25k program I seemed to get a little messed up worrying about when the timer was going to go off this is the reason why I quite

Is it better to run at a pace you like or a pace that you can do?

guest — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:50:23 GMT

For some reason I cannot seem to get past D1W4 of the C25K. I have triedslowing down speeding up changing routes . it seems that if I slow down my muscles seem to get a little sore I don't know sounds strange I guess lol.

Well today I tried again but this ime I ran at a pace that felt good and even though I seemed to run out of energy I still felt better then any of the times when I have slowed down and was able to finish ( talking about pevious weeks like W3D1-3).

This makes me wonder if I should just keep at it but stay at a pace I like.

what are your opinions on this?

I am not flexable....?

guest — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:39:36 GMT

what I would do is just get out and walk for now walk a route that you would like to run and after a while when your muscles become acustomed to walking then maybe get checked out by your doctor to see if it is ok to start running , running something like the c25k. I am 49 years old 6"2' and weigh around 238lbs and am in better shape then I was a few weeks back but I started out doing what I sugggested. at first I walked around 4Km which was up and down some long hills , after about a month I wasn't breathing to hard coming up the longer 45degree angled hill ,I decided to walk to the hill then run up it, I kept doing this for a while until I found out about the C25K so I started that . the C25K was easy at the beginning but now it is harder but still feels good, I have been working on W4D1 for about two weeks lol becasue if I can't acomplish one of the days I just redo it when I am supposed to run.

I live in the North and winter is coming HELP!!

guest — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:31:29 GMT

hehe

emilu28 wrote:

I went through this exact same panic last winter. Being from the Land of 10,000 Lakes and 10,000 degrees below 0, I was REALLY concerned about the running in winter thing. A few tips I learned:

1. Layers are your best friend. I usually wear running tights/leggings with windpants over them to keep the wind chill out. On top, I go for a longsleeved running shirt and a good, lined, wind resistant jacket. A hat (preferable) or ear band and good warm gloves complete the outfit. If I weren't so fashion-conscious I would go for a ski mask...maybe you're more gutsy than I!

2. Try yak tracks or other non-slip devices that fit over your running shoes. I personally did not try them last year, but invested in a pair this year and am super excited to try them out!

3. If you suffer from windburn, vaseline will be really useful. On your lips, your chapped skin....the uses are endless.

4. Some days, you just have to suck it up and run indoors. I hate it, but when it comes down to it, some days are simply too cold! Treadmills and indoor tracks can be a great alternate when it's just downright too cold to stick your head out the window let alone run outside.

Active.com has a couple of great articles on winter running. You should definitely check them out!

If I where to do that I probably would get arrested from people making phone calls to the locakl authorities of a man running down the street whereing a skimask in the early or late hours of the day lol.

these ae great tips that I am going to follow. as for the tredmills I have always had problems with running indoors I think that it is becasue when I run I really enjoy the fresh air and the sounds , the full inviroment helps me allot. indoors on a tread mill would be hard for me.

When does it get fun?

guest — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:24:09 GMT

hehe I am still like that every other run day, I just take my time and go outside start walking then next thing I know I am feeling good. I also try to remember the feeling of Success and invigoration when I finished the last run.

As of today I just finished w3d3 which took me a while because of the little mental barriers of mine also now that it is cooler out I seem to run smoother.

I live in the North and winter is coming HELP!!

guest — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:25:37 GMT

where is the North

I am not sure as to why you won't be able to run out side soon unless there is deep snow but on the other hand I have never ran out side in the winter as of yet and I am also currious as to how to go about this.

the only info I have is through mild hiking all year round In British Columbia , and what I would do is the standard layering of clothing. I am also in a simular boat as to not being able to do the gym thing. I but you could always wa;lk and also do Pushups and Pull up inside your own hope , also things like the 100 push up challenge that someone on the site here posted http://www.hundredpushups.com/week1.html .

Week 4 question

guest — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:08:08 GMT

I
know how you feel today was the first time I was actually able to complete week three day one which is

Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds)
Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes)
Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)

it took me 5 attempts to do it but I finally was able to do it , what happened to me was I could do the first three minute run but I couldn't finish the second three minute run so I just kept my schedual and repeated it until I could do it which was today, now I will do week 3 day 2 when I can do it I will move on to day three and so on, now if for some reason I am not able to finish day w3d2 I will just stay at w3d2 until I can do it.

I am notr say that this is what you have to do but I am saying that this seems to be working for me.

Just dio what you think is right I don't think that there is a "strict" rules I just think that you do what you can do .

I wished that I made it to week 4 before this happened lol good work