Weekly check-in

[vyola]

"Everyone who has run knows that its most important value is in removing tension and allowing a release from whatever other cares the day may bring." - Jimmy Carter

What did you accomplish last week? What are your goals for next week?

Is thinking about running equipment a fun part of your hobby?

Comments

[vyola]

Last week I completed week 8 of the c25k program, and I got my joy in running back :-D

After switching from running by time to running by distance I had been finding it more boring and more like work, but luckily it was just because I pushed myself too hard.

Tomorrow I get to run 5 km for the first time in my life! I look forward to it so much, it's going to be a real accomplishment and a milestone for me.

I'm already making plans for what to do after I graduate. I think I'll continue to add half a km every week to my weekend run. On ordinary weekdays I'm not sure if it's best to stick to 5 km, or what. I plan to make the first run of the week a short one with speed intervals.

I find myself fantasizing about clothes and gadgets and tools more and more, the more confident I become as a runner. I used to think the bare necessities was enough, but now I'd like clothes for different weather conditions, and some gadget which can measure my pulse and time and distance.

But yeah, ordinary clothes and online pedometers do the job :-)

[melusina]

I had the opposite experience of yours - I realized that I hadn't been pushing myself enough in my training sessions, so I stepped it up a notch and on Saturday I ran just under 2 miles in 20 minutes (10.30 minute mile). My pace has been between 11 and 12 minutes per mile, so I was very pleased.

This week I'm back into a regular training routine - I have a longish brick (45 minute bike/25 minute run) on Tuesday, a 25 minute run on Thursday and a 40 minute run over the weekend. . .My goal is to keep my pace between 10 and 11 minutes/mile, but also to avoid aggravating my IT bands/knees.

I'm not much of a gearhead when it comes to running, but like you, I find that the more serious I get about it, the more stuff I'm interested in. . .I'm definitely looking to invest in comfortable cold weather running gear when the weather changes - in previous winters I've tended to stop running, in part because I don't have the right kind of clothes.

[shanaqui]

I finished Couch to 5k on the elliptical last week! May start tomorrow with trying to transition to running outside.

[bewize]

This is why Jimmy Carter was a smart man.

I'm up to week 7 in Couch to 5K, so I've got 3 25 minute runs planned for this week with the hopes of fitting in a 4th one.

[temve]

I accomplished some running, which is something - breaking in a new pair of shoes with one 6.2K and one 10K. One run got dropped off the schedule because I was busy test-riding bicycles...

As for goals, I want to get back to three runs a week, and am hoping to make Wednesday's a long one again (12K or even more depending on weather).

Thinking about running equipment is actually the least fun part of my hobby, because running gear in my size (14 US, 44 Euro) is scarce and often doesn't fit. Or it's pink. *blech*

[yvi]

One of these days, I will continue running again :/

(Moving + new job + starting new medication with heavy side effects = not a happy Yvi)

[ilanarama]

Up to 37 miles last week and a 15-mile long run, a new post-injury high for me on both counts.

This week I will try to get a similar mileage total. I also have a 5K on Friday night at which I hope to at least run as fast as the last time I did on this particular course, last year.

I don't really think much about the equipment - running is very non-equipment oriented. I did decide to buy some new insoles and tried them out today.

[sophinisba]

Last week I ran about 19 miles over five days, the most I'd done since this time last month. I'm really pleased and hoping to do 20 miles the next few weeks.

I'm mostly really satisfied with my iPod Nano. I like to hold it in my hand and use it as a stopwatch as well as for the music and podcasts and podfics. Sometimes I wish I had a GPS or a heart rate monitor but I don't think I want to spend that much money. (Seeing my heart rate just tends to make me nervous anyway!)

[cyphomandra]

Last week I ran 23k total, and felt really good about it! The long run on Saturday was through a pine forest reserve, and when we started out there was ice on the puddles, but by the time we finished I was more than warm enough. I also need to get better at spotting pine tree roots - tripped on one and righted myself, tripped on another and ended up sprawling, after which my fellow runners spent the rest of the run pointing out any remotely dangerous tree root to me...

I'm not all that mad about the clothes - I use cycling tops, mostly, because they're made locally (Ground Effects) and have lots of pockets - but I do have a Garmin heart rate monitor/GPS that I bought with my economic stimulus boost from the Australian government. I would probably get more obsessive about it if the software were compatible with my Mac!

[gnomad]

Oops, a bit of a late check in. I always open the tab and then promptly forget it exists.

Last week was pretty good. I ran indoors because of the heat and they were good runs. Worked on speed mostly, though I've yet to test that speed outdoors in the heat and humidity. :\