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Ok guys
We havent all quit have we?
Have had a week or so off with the flu but feel fighting fit again and may run at midnight ish if work isnt too busy.
Just popped in to say good luck slowjoe. I don't know if this is helpful or not but it took me months to be able to run 3 miles and not have to walk bits or fall over in a heap at the end. My mistake was to go too fast at the outset and I slowed right down to just above walking pace. When I got "comfortable" (its never really comfortable but when I didnt have jelly legs or gasping at the end) I started to get the mileage up. I heard talk of 5k pace and marathon pace but I only had 1 pace - ie slow for about a year, and averaged 12 min miles. The distance just started to increase quite quick from there on and when I managed 10 miles (gasp) I then felt able to pick the pace up a bit for shorter distances. I'm still very slow but love running and now completed 5 marathons and about 20 HMs. And I've only been last (jointly) in a race once so theres definately room for everyone out there.
Its the best thing I've ever done so stick at it and your reward when you cross your first finish line will be amazing. Don't worry about walking bits either. And the first 10 mins is always the hardest as your body warms up.
Hope your flu is better. Keep at it!
Hi SD
Just been out and did 3 x 6mins run and 1 walk
This is on a loop that used to take me 8 minutes.
Ive found that I can run - well stagger really - for 30 mins or so - but actually cover the ground quicker when I take walk breaks.
Am actually aiming for the - drum roll -
Amsterdam Half Marathon
Its mid October - the bro in law lives there and me and the wife are gonna do it together
The wife ran Reading half a coupla years back but hasnt ran much since due to a neck injury of all things - we reckon we can run walk it below the cut off time of 3 hours.
Wish us luck!!
You'll be fine - and nothing wrong with run/walk. I got a massive 40min pb at London marathon last year by doing run 5mins/walk1.
Enjoy!
SD
I seem to be coming on leaps and bounds with it.
Tonight I did a min of 2.4 altho it could have been 2.8 miles - a bit vague I know - in 23.30 mins .
Im buzzing.
Good stuff, Slowjoe. Are you managing okay in this heat?
I went to see a specialist yesterday about my back - he recommends I have cortisone injections. I just want the pain to go away and to be able to get back into my running! I'm sure I'm going to have to start again from scratch.
Im sure it will all come back nice and easy when u start again Sue.
As for the heat I work nights and go out at "lunchtime" 11pm last night
Hi guys, been reading this thread quietly for a while now, and just wanted to say that it's taken me over 3 months but i finally managed 5k on Tuesday without walking
only thing is it took me 52mins which is so slow it's painful...but i know i couldn't have done the distance if i had tried to run faster. I usually do 16/17min miles 
I am adding interval sessions now to try and get my speed up, and it's hard work! But for those of you finding it hard to go for longer than 20mins, and saying you are going at a "slow" 12min mile, i would love to go that fast! So if you wanted to go further you could slow down even more and still be going faster than me
So basically i am jealous lol and well done for doing so well and trust me the 5k will come soon! Even if it's probably slower than walking pace like mine 
hello
can i join - i can mince my way round a r4l but its not without stopping - would love to get to 5k without stopping (can mince in 41 mins - usually 37) just need consistant training which i hope to get ideas from - from here.
any advice welcome - will go back and read thread from start later.
shaz
x
Hi all
Thought I would join you all on here been running for about 5 weeks now and tomorrow I'm going on my first 5K distance - will be walking and running it hopefully half and half. Would love to be able to run all of it but think thats a long way off yet. Can I say thanks to the person who mentioned mapmyrun as until this week had no idea how far I was huffing and puffing.
Hi Sassy
You will find plenty of us here that are run walking.
Funnily enough I am quicker doing that than just running
hello everyone
ive just started out on the run walk thing!! not sure how far im going as yet as ive only been going a few days but have been reading this thread and thought I would join in for support.
im finding it hard but determined to succeed this time. Ive done a few 5k and 10k runs before and want to start up again as when im out there trying to run i get a real buzz.
its been great reading all the advice
Hi all
Well I've done it my first 5k distance wanted to do half walk and run but think may of been more walking managed it in 43mins so think i may wait a little longer before i book my first 5k race.
Well done Sassy!!
Theres no rush for the race - you will get there in time.
Thanks feel really down now fell down last three stairs about an hour after getting in this morning and my ankle is swollen right up so not sure how long before it feels ok to run on. This is the third none running injury since I started and the second to the same ankle.
Hi all, am new to RW so am perusing all forums!!!
I am new to this running alrk but would like to say 8 weeks ago I couldn't run 350metres!!! Seriously!!
Yesterday i did 5k Race for Life.....ok so it was pretty slow at 38 minutes but I 'ran' the whole way. One up hill bit almost killed me and i felt like I was jogging backwards almost but hey i didn't break into a walk!
So if I at a couple of stone over weight and the girl who was always last on the school cross country run can do it then anyone can!!!
Brilliant RW
A Personal Best!!
Well done RW4 - thats great news
shows there is hope for us all
Hi all,
First post at RW, started running yesterday doing the couch to 5k program. So far i'm enjoying it, just trying to not push myself too much although I am feeling it today haha.
My first goal is to be able to run 5K so thought i'd post in here as at the moment, I'm no where near it!
Hi all
Have had a shocking couple of weeks.
Had man flu - then kicked the shower door when getting out and had 2 toes and the top of my foot turn purple.
Everything ok now I think.
Out tomorrow night for a gentle jog with the dog.
Hi Joe
Know how you feel as well as the dodgy ankle I have also had flu last week. How long should you give it before you run again after the flu as ankle not to bad now and itching to run again but don't want to make myself bad again.
Good luck for your jog with dog.
Thanks sassy
I gave ut a week after the flu
But just did a very gentle jog tonight
Ease back into it very slowly
Thanks will do think it will have to be towards end of the week but typical I was just begining to feel i was getting somewhere.
well had a couple of gentle jogs beginning of the week
then
had to take the wife to edinburgh to see duran duran
I survived.
Hows everyone else doing?
Hey Slowjoe maybe we should swap dogs
When I take mine out we get halfway and she just stops and toodles back home!
I ran my first EVER straight hour the other day, was so happy! "-" bet you guys today I'll be huffing and puffing through it though.
And Sassypurple I agree! Mapmyrun has made things much easier, its always nice to know how far we can go, my guesswork always seems to be way off the mark!
Did my first proper race today! The Sherwood Pines 5K, in Sherwood Forest. (No men in green tights as far as I could see...)
I did it in 37 and a half mins, and crucially, I didn't come last, which was the main aim. It was harder than I thought it would be, probably on account of being overtaken by sprightly old codgers putting me to shame. But it was a great location and it hasn't put me off doing it again (I'd worried I'd be the worst one there, and while there were indeed a good number of professional-looking types, I'd say it was a good race for beginners).
Still not sure how I'll get any faster, but it's early days, and maybe you gotta just keep training to strengthen the muscles up - my legs just felt like jelly towards the end, but I didn't feel worn out otherwise.
Hope everyone else is doing ok.
PS: I've got a tip - whether you need to or not, wear a support bandage on one leg, then when you're not doing very well, people will assume it's because you're injured, and not because you're crap!
Well done RW4, that's super!!!
HullCitysam, you know - I didn't know you could add in a run log on that website. Thanks for the tip! Will take that on board if you don't mind))) Can't wait to start maping week distances and see the improvements, however small, week by week!
Sassy & Slowjoe, am so sorry for your accidents!!! That sounds pretty brutal, for both of you. When do you think you'll be able to go out again Sassy, any clue or?
HullCitySam... just saw your last post! Well done on your PB, and LOLOLOLOLOL about the tip!!!!! Will definitely be doing that when I pluck up the courage to run my first race!!!!!!!!!