Check-in & January mileage challenge

[blnchflr]

How goes it?


January mileage challenge - post updated mileage in the comments:

cadenzamuse: 20 miles. Status: 2 mile = 10 %
ell: 100 miles. Status: 46.1 miles = 46.1 %
gnomad: ??? miles. Status: 11.1 miles = ??? %
ilanarama: 200 miles. Status: 89 miles = 44,5 %
nanila: 20 km. Status: 4 km = 20 %
semielliptical: 40 miles. Status: 15 miles = 37,5 %
silveraspen: 40 miles. Status: 13.5 miles = 33.6 %
blnchflr: 50 km. Status: 31.3 km = 62.6 %
temve: 100 miles. Status: 46.1 miles = 46.1 %

Comments

[cadenzamuse]

Ran another 1 mi. Still having major asthma issues from the cold I had--had to stop twice while I ran it, and that was yesterday--so going to try slow half-miles until I stop feeling wheezy all the time.

In good news, I got a sports bra I think I like? (Difficult with 32FF breasts.) It's a Panache, and I'm going to test it out for the next few days. Yay sports bra that actually fits!

[blnchflr]

Yay for getting out, if it doesn't bother your asthma issues too much.

Have you tried run/walking - e.g. 1 min running, 1 minute walking, or whichever ratio works well for you? I've had great success with this method for getting back into running after breaks.

A good sports bra is gold - I have a large chest with tiny breasts that need a lot of support. According to sports bra manufacturers, I don't exist. They neither believe small-breasted women could have large chests, nor that we could need a whole lot of support. So it's a pick between large band and sorta correct cup-size without enough support, or sorta correct cup-size and support, but band tight enough to bother my breathing >:[

[cadenzamuse]

I have not tried run/walking in the past year or so--I know it's a good idea, and I think it's how I first got into running, but I'm too impatient right now! Heh. So currently I'm going with the tried and true "stubbornly try to run a mile, stop counting mileage when you walk, start upping mileage when you can finally run a mile again without dying." :-P

And yes, omg, it is SO HARD to find sports bras that actually work for people with the normal human variation of breast and chest sizes. And most of the standard running brands pretend like we all fit within 34A-40D, the end. Urgh.

[blnchflr]

I'm reading about Maffetone, and how a lot of runners are having great success with slow runs, so I'm going to try that out.

But when I'd started up again after a long break/injury, it was mentally easier to get out and run, if I knew I could walk every third minute or whatever. And I found that I ran the running intervals fairly fast, and got in shape quicker than I had been used to, because they acted as sort of gentler interval training.

But whatever works best for you is what you should do :)

[cadenzamuse]

Ha! I actually had to eat my words yesterday. I went on Monday to the local running store for a "core training for runners" free class, so I was sore yesterday. I made it .5 mi, then knocked on the front door and begged my spouse to give me some sort of encouragement to go a little further (he has been running since middle school, so has had a lot of coaching at various points in his life). He said to go run mailbox to mailbox intervals on our street, running for two mailboxes and then walking to the next one.

So I ended up running/walking a total of 1.25 mi yesterday. (Said Spouse when I came in, "There's not a prize for Running The Farthest Without Walking. The prize is for exercising.")

So I am eating my humble pie and am going to try run/walk intervals--at least until my legs stop being so sore!

[blnchflr]

Yaay! And clever spouse you have :)

[ilanarama]

Good luck with the asthma issues - I have friends who struggle with them.

[cadenzamuse]

Thanks! It's not so bad normally, but I seem to be having extra fun asthma after the cold I had for the last couple of weeks. I need to just suck it up and go with my "sick" routine until all the wheezing goes away.