Hi to all - am new to the site and am being brave!
I have started a running programme a few times before but always given up in the past - this year I am determined to keep it up and have been out 3 times a week for the last 2 months and taken it rediculously slowly but at least I am still going! I am STILL run/walking but this has enabled me to start running to one of my work sites which is only about 2.5-3 miles away but it's a good feeling that I manage it.
Today I was feeling madly positive ( think it was the sunshine !) and got all inspired and..............entered the Run for Life in July AND the Flora Challenge in Sep! Any advice very welcome!
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Keep it up!
I've got my first week 2 session (jog 2 walk 1) after work today, so you're weeks and weeks ahead of me...
I guess there's loads of us who start/come back to running this time of year. Lets be the ones who carry on :-)
Also, is it just me that finds it a lot more difficult to run outside ie park/pavement than on the treadmill? Why is this - is it different muscles or something? I can do alot more in the gym than I can in the park, without needing a walk break.....
When you first go out on the road after the treadmill it is hard - I think everyone finds that. But stick at it, cos it is great running outside, fresh(ish) air, you can do it anywhere and at any time.
The treadmill is easier because the "ground" is always moving away from beneath your feet. To counteract this you should put the incline up to 1 (or whatever - I mean the first degree of slope!). Outside, the ground is more uneven, too, so you have to try harder, but you get people's gardens, sunshine, trees, flowers, etc. Guess where I prefer to run!
Good luck everyone.
I find that although I'm completely exhausted when after an outside run, when I stop to track what I have done, it is always a lot better than on a treadmill. I naturally go faster outside for some reason. Perhaps this is the same thing with you? If you are going a lot faster than usual, you may be wearing yourself out quicker.
I feel like i'm going really slowly, even though i do "the talk test" - I have to stay at this pace or i am gasping!
I shall have a go on the treadmill today and see how far I go at a comfy pace on the first incline.
The good things is that I usually brisk walk to the local park, run round the whole thing and a little tiny bit more ( by the way, it's Victoria Park , East London, does anyone know the distance round it?) then brisk walk back as a cool down.
When I run to work in Whitechapel (2.6 miles according to my bike computer!) I am there before I have finished my walk/run plan - so I am probably running about 5 k?
Which is my goal for R4L in July!
Hope you all have a great weekend - the weather is great today for a run, Cheers, Shellyx
Have fun and give yourself a big pat on the back!
What I meant ( and hope!!!) is that what i usually do is run/ walk for 3 sets when i go to the park. When i run to work, I use the same run/walk sets but I get there before I would normally finish my run - therefore I am running more when i go in the park, hopefully it's the extra half a mile(It's an extra 8 minutes) to make it to up to the 5k?
Hope that makes sanse - it's Shelly logic....
This is where somone tells me Victoria Park in half the distance I thought......
No idea about Victoria park bit, sorry.
well done on starting out. yes it will seem as if you aren't making any progress and you dont seem to get any better but as the saying goes 'perfection takes time'
Keep plodding away and you will gradually notice that what seems hard now will become an easy training run.
When you feel you arent doing too well read the various threads and you will always find that there is someone either in the same position you are in or struggling at an earlier stage of their training.
There is a whole world of experience on the forums, from absolute beginners to top athletes who are glad to help with advice and encouragement
good luck for the future
Have changed my nickname to a nickname( getting computer savvy at long last...!)
so I will now be known as Shellfish....
Keeping you posted - have just finished a night shift, then did my longest run so far -2 runs of 13 minutes with a 1 minute break in between finishing on a 14.5 minute run, then cycled back from work!
Feeling very pleased so thought I would share it - hope everyone's training is going well and that you all have a good dayx
By the way you seem to be building up nice and slowly which is good - small improvements are the best thing. When I restarted I aimed to do my normal route then an extra tree (when in the park) or another lampost etc each run just to make sure I was adding something each time.
Couldn't have imagined 2 months ago that I would be running to work or running before I left for home after a shift but it's TRUE - I felt great this morning and I am sleeping really well.
Thanks guys, hope you are all enjoying your running, have a good day! Shellfishxx
Just a thought - I started runing five years ago, the day before I was 50, and one of the things that kept me going when I needed something to motivate me was looking back at in my "training log." I just had an old notebook and recorded the date, distance, time, route, how I felt, etc. I took it gently, as I wasn't fit and because of my age.
I can't find the first (1999) log, but the entry goes something like this:
"1 mile, 14 minutes, 50-50 run and walk, women's beginners group. Enjoyed it."
(Could hardly walk the next day)
Here are the entries for the some other years:
2000 - 5.5 miles; 1 hour 11 mins; OK
2001 - 8 miles; 1:30; weather sunny, cool, windy; New shoes, leg ok, walked when muscle felt tight. (This was a training run for the London Marathon the following week)
2003 - 26.2 miles; 2:25:36; very hot, good run (London marathon). Enjoyed it. Walking at normal speed afterwards (great way to spend a birthday!)
I'm not bragging, but though I thought I might one day do a marathon, I didn't think I'd ever be so comfortable after finishing as I was this year. Good luck to you.