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  • Wideguy Legend
    Wideguy
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    10,695. Feb 5, 2013 8:32 AM (in response to Wideguy)
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    And here's where it starts.

    I'm supposed to do W1D2 today sometime. I want to. But I got home last night at 10PM, hadn't eaten, so had a light dinner. ( Just leftover soup) But couldn't drag my butt out of bed early today. I have meetings tonight until at least 8:30 - 9:00 so I'll be late getting home again. So how do I motivate myself to get right down to teh treadmill for that workout?

     

    Oh and meetings tomorrow night till 9:00 PM as well so pushing off a day doesn't have much better prognosis. :/

    This stuff is what derailed me last time. have to find a way to beat it this time




    C25K GRADUATE!
    Complete 10/30/10

    And then I let it all go again. So I'm starting over 2/4/13.

    I felt so much better once, need to get back there again.

  • edensacres Pro
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    10,696. Feb 5, 2013 9:52 AM (in response to Wideguy)
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    I hear you Wideguy.  Some days are tough to get the run fit in.  But since tomorrow doesnt look any better, if you want to do this now you don't have much of a choice.  Its W1D2, do it will only take 30-40 minutes.  How much time would you spend beating yourself up for not doing it?  Momentum is the second hardest part of this (getting out the door, or on the dreadmill, being the hardest).  Great quote I read this week - You can run your life, or your life will run you.  Hydrate on your way home from work, and get to it. 

     

    I look forward to hearing your success in the morning.




    Started C25K 3/29/11 for the third time - Graduated 7/1/11 - some of us take longer

    Completed Races

    Webster Co. Woodchopping Festival 5K (5/28/11) 38:03 "Holy crap! Did he just say 38 something? I was hopinig for 45 minutes"

    Never underestimate yourself!

    That Dam Race 5K 7/23/11 44:46 - a challenging route & a hot day- but I will do better next year!

    "Run for the Ta-Ta's 5K 10/29/11 39:54 in the snow!

    Woodchoppers 5K 5/26/12 36:08 My 5 year old was 5 minutes behind me. Way to go Liat!

    Fly By 10k 6/16/12 1:24:12

    And the dream race...

    "Flying Pig Half Marathon" Cincinnati, OH (May 2013)

  • Wideguy Legend
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    10,697. Feb 6, 2013 6:32 AM (in response to edensacres)
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    edensacres wrote:


    I look forward to hearing your success in the morning.

    Well, no success to report except I made some smart dinner choices when I finally got home at 9:30. But I don't have to stay as late tonight so I'm committeed to getting it in tonight.

    You're so right about momentum though. I remember back when I was running regularly, and enjoying it, going out for a run at 10PM was fun. And more importantly, it was simply expected.  Not doing my run just wasn't something I considered. I hope to be back to that mentality soon.

     

    Who had a successful run yesterday?




    C25K GRADUATE!
    Complete 10/30/10

    And then I let it all go again. So I'm starting over 2/4/13.

    I felt so much better once, need to get back there again.

  • edensacres Pro
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    10,698. Feb 6, 2013 9:54 AM (in response to Wideguy)
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    Ran my first set of hill repeats yesterday, or at least attempted.  I ran my first mile and ended up at the base of a hill and ran up as far as I could, (walking or jogging down), for a total of a half mile.   Then I ran the rest of my route for a total of 3 miles.  That half mile of the hill, seriously slowed down my pace for the last mile and a half.  I had no clue how hard that would be.  I thought I'd be able to go up and down the hill for a mile.  Well, there's room for improvement.  I'm going to try the hill repeats once every other week.

     

    Happy Running!




    Started C25K 3/29/11 for the third time - Graduated 7/1/11 - some of us take longer

    Completed Races

    Webster Co. Woodchopping Festival 5K (5/28/11) 38:03 "Holy crap! Did he just say 38 something? I was hopinig for 45 minutes"

    Never underestimate yourself!

    That Dam Race 5K 7/23/11 44:46 - a challenging route & a hot day- but I will do better next year!

    "Run for the Ta-Ta's 5K 10/29/11 39:54 in the snow!

    Woodchoppers 5K 5/26/12 36:08 My 5 year old was 5 minutes behind me. Way to go Liat!

    Fly By 10k 6/16/12 1:24:12

    And the dream race...

    "Flying Pig Half Marathon" Cincinnati, OH (May 2013)

  • Wideguy Legend
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    10,699. Feb 11, 2013 9:17 AM (in response to edensacres)
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    edensacres wrote:

      Well, there's room for improvement.  I'm going to try the hill repeats once every other week.

     

    Happy Running!

    I've read that hills can also be excellent interval workouts. Just running full effort upfhill for 60 seconds, rest for 90, sprint for 60, rest for 90 and so on for 15 minutes.  Something I'd like to include when I get back into the groove too.




    C25K GRADUATE!
    Complete 10/30/10

    And then I let it all go again. So I'm starting over 2/4/13.

    I felt so much better once, need to get back there again.

  • edensacres Pro
    edensacres
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    10,700. Feb 11, 2013 10:36 AM (in response to Wideguy)
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    Speaking of the groove Wideguy - did you get W1D2 in?  I've been wondering....




    Started C25K 3/29/11 for the third time - Graduated 7/1/11 - some of us take longer

    Completed Races

    Webster Co. Woodchopping Festival 5K (5/28/11) 38:03 "Holy crap! Did he just say 38 something? I was hopinig for 45 minutes"

    Never underestimate yourself!

    That Dam Race 5K 7/23/11 44:46 - a challenging route & a hot day- but I will do better next year!

    "Run for the Ta-Ta's 5K 10/29/11 39:54 in the snow!

    Woodchoppers 5K 5/26/12 36:08 My 5 year old was 5 minutes behind me. Way to go Liat!

    Fly By 10k 6/16/12 1:24:12

    And the dream race...

    "Flying Pig Half Marathon" Cincinnati, OH (May 2013)

  • Wideguy Legend
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    10,701. Feb 18, 2013 1:11 PM (in response to edensacres)
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    Nah I didn't ... still looking for the "right time" to get back at it... 

    Tonight after dinner maybe?




    C25K GRADUATE!
    Complete 10/30/10

    And then I let it all go again. So I'm starting over 2/4/13.

    I felt so much better once, need to get back there again.

  • Wideguy Legend
    Wideguy
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    10,702. Feb 21, 2013 9:35 AM (in response to Wideguy)
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    OK ... only took 17 days to get back to it but I finally did. Jumped ahead to Week 2 Day1 and felt really good.  My speeds aren't nearly what they were when I quit running a year and a half ago but I suppose that is to be expected.  I did finish with a 5 minute sustained run.  So that felt good.

    Now to find the strength to stick with it 




    C25K GRADUATE!
    Complete 10/30/10

    And then I let it all go again. So I'm starting over 2/4/13.

    I felt so much better once, need to get back there again.

  • edensacres Pro
    edensacres
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    10,703. Feb 22, 2013 9:11 AM (in response to Wideguy)
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    Well done Wideguy.  When's your next run?

    Stephanei




    Started C25K 3/29/11 for the third time - Graduated 7/1/11 - some of us take longer

    Completed Races

    Webster Co. Woodchopping Festival 5K (5/28/11) 38:03 "Holy crap! Did he just say 38 something? I was hopinig for 45 minutes"

    Never underestimate yourself!

    That Dam Race 5K 7/23/11 44:46 - a challenging route & a hot day- but I will do better next year!

    "Run for the Ta-Ta's 5K 10/29/11 39:54 in the snow!

    Woodchoppers 5K 5/26/12 36:08 My 5 year old was 5 minutes behind me. Way to go Liat!

    Fly By 10k 6/16/12 1:24:12

    And the dream race...

    "Flying Pig Half Marathon" Cincinnati, OH (May 2013)

  • Wideguy Legend
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    Aug 27, 2009
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    10,704. Feb 22, 2013 10:15 AM (in response to edensacres)
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    Well, as it turns out my next run was 10 minutes ago.

    I was feeling really good and decided not to take a day off just yet.

    So jumped right in to W2D2 and it felt great.  In the end I decided to push a little again. I ran the #5 and #6 segments all together and stretched it to an 8:45 constant run segment, then did my 5 min cool down. Total I did a 37 minute total workout and just over 13 minutes was running.  Which doesn't sound like much but after basically a year plus off, I'm actually pretty happy about it.

    tomorrow I'll do some calisthenics and stretching stuff, maybe a walk but take that as my rest day

     

    How about you Stephanie? things going well?




    C25K GRADUATE!
    Complete 10/30/10

    And then I let it all go again. So I'm starting over 2/4/13.

    I felt so much better once, need to get back there again.

  • sweetheartnmia Rookie
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    10,705. Feb 22, 2013 7:11 PM (in response to Wideguy)
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    Well all my first 5k is tomorrow in Miami I lost 27.4 pounds in a month and a half. Things are looking up I hope everyone is doing good!

  • Wideguy Legend
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    10,706. Feb 23, 2013 8:38 AM (in response to sweetheartnmia)
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    sweetheartnmia wrote:

     

    Well all my first 5k is tomorrow in Miami I lost 27.4 pounds in a month and a half. Things are looking up I hope everyone is doing good!

    Hope the 5k went great!  Give us a report?




    C25K GRADUATE!
    Complete 10/30/10

    And then I let it all go again. So I'm starting over 2/4/13.

    I felt so much better once, need to get back there again.

  • Karmody77 Rookie
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    Feb 24, 2013
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    10,707. Feb 24, 2013 6:37 PM (in response to Wideguy)
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    New to this site and to running.  Registered for my first 5k in May!  Excited but nervous too!  Looking for support and motivation!

  • bbee42 Expert
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    10,708. Feb 24, 2013 8:01 PM (in response to Wideguy)
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    OK, So I'm back.  Starting over because I'm stupid and quit... again.

     

    I've been through C25K a few times before.  This time I'm going to stick with it beyond C25K.

     

    Starting over at week 1. 

     

    Going to make it this time!

     

    That's all




    2010 - Run With The Heroes 5K - Austin, Tx - DONE

    2010 - Kyle-O-Meter 5K - Kyle, Texas - DONE

    2011 - C25K Graduate!!! (9/17/2011)

    2011 - Running Scared 5K (10/22/2011) (Coming Soon!)

    2011 - BridgeTo10K - W3 Slacker!

    2011/10/22 - Running Scared 5K - Bentonville, AR - 32:37:5 (PR!)

    2012 - No events

    2013 - Starting over once again!

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    Stuff I don't leave home without...

    HTC EVO 4G (Android) Samsung Galaxy SIII - with Endomondo Tracking Application

    http://www.endomondo.com/profile/506692

    and C25KPro Android App

    My Blog: http://thebeelineexpress.blogspot.com/

  • dkknaebel Amateur
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    10,709. Feb 26, 2013 8:38 AM (in response to bbee42)
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    Ok I started in December with C25k, then on 12/7, fell and broke my wrist. I started back running 2/17 W2D1, wasn't sure I'd make it. I had signed up for my first 5k to be 3/2, thinking I would be done with C25K, however a broken wrist tends to derail all of that.  Well I'm still doing the 5K on Saturday, I don't care if I only run for 1:30 of it. I didn't think I could run for 3 minutes sustained last night, but I did it twice!!! My first real 5k will be the day before my 36th birthday. My son and husband have been hugely supportive and even though I don't run fast, I did 1.11 miles last night at a pace of 12:12. That's not completely horrible, right? I plan on staying in the back of the pack on Saturday, but knowing my son is running beside me and my hubby is waiting at the finish line....totally worth it all.




    12/3/2012- Began C25K

    12/7/2012-Fell and broke left wrist

    2/17/2013- Back to C25K

    3/2/2013 First 5K- Suncoast Classic finished in 48:59

    4/6/2013- Seminole Stampede 49:17

    5/25/2013- Color Me Rad- Tampa

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