Hey runners! Here is your irregularly scheduled check-in. How have you been these past few weeks? Any races run? Any great or small accomplishments? Questions for the group?
I have continued my training and can now slowly run for 20 minutes. Also, can do 4 kilometers in 35 minutes run/walk. Not totally impressive, but one of those kilometers was actually under 8 minutes, yay!
I have a question for the group: I plan to run 2-3 times a week (I also do swimming, dancing and lifting) and will run my first race, a 6K at the end of June. Now there's another race I would like to run in October and I am stumped as to whether to go for the 5K one and try to run a good time or the 10K and just be happy about being able to run 10K.
I think it depends what training you do. Would you rather concentrate on speed or stamina? It'll be a long four months if you pick the one you like least.
I think it depends on which distance you like to run more and how non-worried you are about placing towards the back of the pack:
I'm a slow runner who prefer to run longer distances, even though my training doesn't really hold up to it - but a 5K, even a 10K, if I have a longer option now, is just over too soon! It may be more impressive to run a fast 5K than an endlessly slow 15K, but I like the running for a longer time and the challenges that brings.
And I'm never going to run a fast 5K, anyways :D
(When this ½-marathon idiocy thing is over, I do plan to running local 5Ks again, not least to see if my training pays off on that distance, too!)
I imagine you don't need to make a decision soon, so I'd just put it off. For me, I'd rather run a fast 5K than a 10K at the edge of my distance abilities - but I'd rather run a 10K than a 5K.
Accomplishments indeed - I ran my second half marathon, a lot faster than my first, and felt better too. All that training on the treadmill through the winter actually paid off. Yay!
Today, my thighs are sore though - did strides (=really fast short bursts of speed) uphill for the first time yesterday, and since we didn't have a hill available, we ran up one of the big river bridges again and again and again. And again. Ow. Still, the take-away from that was that running reallyreally fast actually engages the shoulders and upper arms too, so now I'm sore in all four limbs. Good thing I don't have to go swimming today :)
Haven't run for 6 days, and was going to run today, then decided not to, then looked at how little I've run and decided to, but I really am wiped, so how knows :)
I haven't been running much - been sick and been semi-injured (not badly), and had a dreadful race a couple of weeks ago. One thing I did recently was buy two pairs of compression sleeves (like socks but with no foot) to go along with my single pair of compression socks I've been washing daily so I can use. It seems to help my calf issues to wear them.
The yay thing is that the local trails have melted out and dried up enough I can get trail running back into my mix! Yay!
I've managed to distance PR at 4 mi, which means the 5k I'm running in two weeks is doable. So I've been focusing on interval work and hills, as the 5k course is very hilly. I run a 15 minute mile flat (ugh, I feel embarrassed about this, but I CAN RUN FOUR MILES so fuck that), so my reasonable goal for my first 5k ever is 50:00 and my stretch goal is 45:00.
And I have a sweatband that stays in place, and two new sports bras (Moving Comfort Fiona), although one of the bras has shrunk in the wash. >.< Next goal I reach is running socks for me!
Did I mention that I CAN RUN FOUR MILES?!?! It makes me feel powerful.
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I have a question for the group: I plan to run 2-3 times a week (I also do swimming, dancing and lifting) and will run my first race, a 6K at the end of June. Now there's another race I would like to run in October and I am stumped as to whether to go for the 5K one and try to run a good time or the 10K and just be happy about being able to run 10K.
Any opinions on this?
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I think it depends on which distance you like to run more and how non-worried you are about placing towards the back of the pack:
I'm a slow runner who prefer to run longer distances, even though my training doesn't really hold up to it - but a 5K, even a 10K, if I have a longer option now, is just over too soon! It may be more impressive to run a fast 5K than an endlessly slow 15K, but I like the running for a longer time and the challenges that brings.
And I'm never going to run a fast 5K, anyways :D
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idiocything is over, I do plan to running local 5Ks again, not least to see if my training pays off on that distance, too!)no subject
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Today, my thighs are sore though - did strides (=really fast short bursts of speed) uphill for the first time yesterday, and since we didn't have a hill available, we ran up one of the big river bridges again and again and again. And again. Ow. Still, the take-away from that was that running reallyreally fast actually engages the shoulders and upper arms too, so now I'm sore in all four limbs. Good thing I don't have to go swimming today :)
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Hill work is good for you.
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After going shopping I gave myself the rest of the day off, and I'm happy with that decision :)
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The yay thing is that the local trails have melted out and dried up enough I can get trail running back into my mix! Yay!
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And I have a sweatband that stays in place, and two new sports bras (Moving Comfort Fiona), although one of the bras has shrunk in the wash. >.< Next goal I reach is running socks for me!
Did I mention that I CAN RUN FOUR MILES?!?! It makes me feel powerful.
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