Way to go graduates!! I know you must be so dang proud!! Finished WK9 D1 today- on the home stretch! I have decided to do the one hour runner plan- a half marathon is just too big a hurdle for me as I am only going about 2 miles in 30 minutes (15 min miles) at this point. Maybe sometime down the road, I could think about training for a half marathon, but right now- I still am working up to running 3.1 miles straight! Sorry about your run today Lizard. It can be downright discouraging to have a bad day- at least it can for me! I ran Saturday evening in the cold and rain and just could not get it going. I finally just had to stop after only 1.25 miles and burst into tears. My husband was great and able to pull me together and focus on the accomplishment rather than the failure I saw it as- So I can relate to having a bad run- and frankly, I am glad I am not alone. Not that I would wish a bad run on anyone, because it can be horribly deflating to your ego, but just knowing that I am not the only one takes some of the pressure off. Here's to the Graduates for this week: GOOD LUCK EVERYONE AND CONGRATULATIONS!

Can't believe I have made it this far! Keep up the great work everyone. It is very motivating!

Hey Homeskillets!

I am very proud of those who have already finished! Good for you! I went to day and had a lovely run, I am starting to drop some weight and starting to feel like a hoochie mama! I am back to the point where I can feel every muscle in my body moving. Makes me feel like a bad ***! And to think 7 degrees nearly kept me from leaving the house!

Nighty-night

Sarah

Hiya, just checking in. I am considering today Week 2, Day 1 of the OHR program. It calls for running 30 minutes 3 times a week for 3 weeks to begin with so I am including the last week of C25K as the first week. Otherwise I will be running for 30 minutes 3 x a week for a month and that sounds very boring to me. Does that make sense?

lizard, sorry about the crappy run. Those are so frustrating. I have a very basic and old Polar S120 heart rate monitor. Here's a link to figure out a your ranges but you will need to know your resting heart rate and your max before you can get ranges: http://www.ottawarun.com/heartrate.htm

Ohio, are you excited for your Feb 19 race? I have been toying with the idea of signing up for the Carlsbad 5000 on April 6. I have not fully committed to the idea of it though.

Ali- bad runs suck. But you were out there making the attempt and that's all that counts. Keep at it sister!

nyc, good luck on your final run!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sarah, you ARE a bad a** !

slwrunner, I loved your comment that there are empty couches everywhere. How true it is.

How's everyone else doing so far this week?

Peace out- Turtle

C25K DONE! I also broke 50 miles today since I started running (I've been tracking my mileage since week 1.) Woo hoo!! Thanks so much for everyone's support. I couldn't have done it without you.

Tomorrow begins HHST -- 1.5 miles should be easy. Looking forward to it...

nyc

NYC,

I hope to see you on the HHST thread. I am starting my WK4 of it today but the thread has runners in all weeks of training.

Mike

Ok team, time to move on...

I've been reading A LOT and here is my plan for the following 42 weeks (in november, I'll run Nike 10K and I must be in peak condition)

a) Base Building: 10 weeks using OHR combined with Parker program that Turtle shared with me. It means running three times a week (maybe some weeks will include an additional day). I will run at 70% HR according Karvonen and in my middle run of the week I will spend 1 or 2 miles running at more than 80%. These 10 weeks will be used to train my aerobic system and the runs will be slow to keep in this heart rate range. According to Parker, this will help me run faster at the same HR.

After finishing this 10 weeks I'll run a 5K to test my VDOT, an index that shows my current condition according to some tables included in the book that I'll mention next.

b) Jack Daniels' Formula, Red Plan: This is not the name of a drink but the name of the best running coach in the world according to Runners World Magazine. He wrote a book that includes a lot of science. The book has a white, red, blue and gold plan. The red plan is the one that I'll follow. It includes not only easy runs but also tempo and interval runs.

The program will take 16 weeks to complete and, according to Daniels, I'll be in a much better condition. The program demands 4 days per week. At the end of these four months I'll run another 5K to test my new condition.

c) Finally, I will follow a 16-week plan created by SmartCoach (look at www.runnersworld.com). This is an idividualized program for you: You decide how many weeks it will last, what will be your weekly mileage, how much you want to increase it, etc. After finishing this 16 weeks that include both base training and speedworks, I'll run Nike 10k. My goal is to run it in less than 55 minutes... better if I can run a sub 50-minute race... let's see what happens...

By the way, yesterday I ran W1D1 of OHR...

Keep running !!

JC

Congrats on finishing the 3M lizard! I am a little nervous about my 5K myself, as it is in less than two weeks and I still have yet to actually run 5K. I did day 1 of HHST this morning, running 1.5 miles at about an 11:45 pace. Day 2 (tomorrow) calls for 3 miles, so we will see how I do with that. Mainly I would just like to finish without walking, but it would be a major bonus if I could do it in under 40 minutes.

Happy running!

nyc