Carol, I am a bad boy, but that is another story.  But seriously, one great thing about teaching is that most schools do have resources like tracks and trails that the staff can take advantage of after hours.  I don't do a lot of strength training, but I am considering using the school's weight room during the summer while the coaches have it open for some of the players to use if they want. 

We are on our last week of school, and actually I don't even have students this week because the program I teach is set up where I pull students out of other classes and they are staying in their other classes now to prepare for exams.  So I have been the jack of all trades around the school, moving boxes, fixing tech stuff, and watching other's classes.   That is why I have been able to post more during the day lately.

Carole- good luck on today's run, and I am not doing starting week 9 until Saturday so we will probably finish around the same time.  So we probably still can start GW28k together.  Thank you so much  for the words of encouragement for my wife, I will pass them on to her when she wakes up.  And good luck to you on quitting smoking.

Will- I am thinking about starting some strength training and I know you do some, do you have a set routine that you follow?

Cyn- Smart thinking planning out your running week in advance.

Hey Tracy, congrats on losing weight! I been eating like a piggie past few days!!! I feel it this morn! I don't know what to tell u, I run slow naturally!!! In fact I am so tired this morn that I don't feel like running, but I have to do it in a few min since I am babysitting for a frind in a while. Dave, that would be cool to start g28k together! I was all pumped up for running yesterday, now I am feeling all deflated!!!! Hope I can do it!

Carole

Carole, way to go.  I had the same time problem yesterday, I thought I had been running at least 17 or 18 minutes and it was only 13.  I wouldn't worry too much about the pace, it will come in time.  Also, how are you getting your distances, you might want to make sure that whatever you are using is calibrated correctly.  Just keep at it and go ahead and do a 5k.  My wife is doing the one Saturday with my son and me, she is going to use it to get her first 20 minute run in, then she is planning on walking the rest of it or maybe trying to get back to a jog after a walk break. 

It is great that you are not in pain now, and that it was a nice day to run.  I am on the MS Gulf Coast so I know the heat and humidity is only going to get worse down here.  Have a great time babysitting.

Dave

Carole

I use this site:  http://www.usatf.org/routes/map/  to figure out distance.  It is quick to use and you can zoom in as close as you need to get.  I have used it to do a couple of routes in my neighborhood.  I also was able to zoom in close enough to see the worn out trail around the practice field at school to make sure it actually was a quarter of a mile.

What is the date of your 5k?

Hi all!  Happy Wednesday.  I forced myself to not run today - I really wanted to but my right knee was just a little sore after my last run (no big deal, I could just feel the arthritis which happens occasionally).  I have read a couple of articles on burnout and overtraining, and with watching Will get a little sidelined it made me think that I don't want to start having "overuse" type problems, so I took two days off between runs.  I'll do G28K W1D2 tomorrow afternoon and D3 on Saturday (which I think I will run 5k for my long run on my "altered" program).

Dave - I think it is so awesome that you and your wife are doing the program together, even if you're on different weeks.  Once you both graduate, you can keep each other motivated to continue on, and you will be able to exercise together.  I've been trying to get my husband back into running - he's a retired Marine and spends a lot of time "volunteer coaching" at my daughter's charter school, so his running routine has been replaced with chasing kids around, which is not exactly the same thing.  We are thinking of doing a relay triathlon in July, though.  I will run, my husband will swim, and a friend will bike.  We'll see . . .

Carole and Tracy - in answer to your question on distance, I measure it a couple of different ways.  One is mapmywalk.com, but I think it's probably much like the site Dave recommended.  I also have the Nike+ system like Dave.  If you ever get Nike+, just make sure you go out to a track (or some very precisely measured distance) and calibrate it.  I didn't for a long time, and it was WAY overestimating my distance/pace.  Now it is very close.  Last Saturday it was about 200 yards off for the 5K I ran, which is not bad. 

Will - looking forward to having you back with your running shoes on!  But I think it is very smart to take it easy, and I'm following your lead before I get hurt myself!  I don't ever plan or expect to run a marathon or anything like that, but I do enjoy getting out for 30-45 minutes a day (maybe a little more later).  I don't want to get hurt and have to give that up!

Cheers to everyone - Friday will be here before you know it!

hi, has anyone considered The One Hour Runner? A friend on another thread sent me the link. What are your thoughts? http://mindplunge.com/c25k/one-hour-runner.html

Carole