Taielyn

Hello! I'm just finishing up week 1 of C25K, and I'm feeling great. But my ultimate goal of the Pixie Challenge at Disneyland is looming (it's a half marathon on Saturday and a 10k on Sunday). I'm not doing it this year, for obvious reasons (its in May). But I want to do it next year. So I figure I have 14 months to be able to run a half marathon. Considering I am not a runner, and will probably have to re-do a few weeks here and there. Will I be able to make it? I mean, I figured that I can finish 10k training, and then start half marathon training. But how long does that really take? Thanks, Taielyn

I sync my Fitbit to my WW app. That's the easiest for me. I've never eaten fitpoints (once you get really going, theres no possible way you could eat that many points without gaining). If you don't have a fitbit, then my suggestion would be to time how long your full workout is, and subtract the amount of time you ran. Depending on how specific you want to be. For example, week 1 day 2 is 30 minutes in total, and you do eight 1 minute runs. So you ran 8 minutes and walked 22 minutes. Ask your leader if they have any other suggestions, or of any other members have done it. Your meeting group will always be a wealth of information.

I used to get a super bad sore throat when I ran, which is why I didn't for a very long time. I don't know if you do this, but try breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth. Since I started really paying attention to my breathing, I don't have that problem anymore.

Google running stores in your area. I live in Seattle, so there is a pretty big community of runners. But when I was looking for my shoes, I went to a specialty running store, they watched how I walked to tell how my foot hits the ground, and then sent me out to run in 5 or 6 different shoes. In the end I spent $120 on shoes, but it really is the best thing I think I have done for my health short of joining Weight Watchers in October (26 pounds down!!).

Hi Everybody, I started C25K last week, I'm on w1d2 and feeling great. My yoga instructor is also a runner, so she's been an immense source of info (got new shoes already - best investment ever), but I still have a few in regards to the program, other peoples preferences ect. I was never really a runner, so this is a big learning curve for me. Should I expect to re-do a week or two? If I follow everything without having to redo any, I'll be done May 10th. The bummer is, Color Run Seattle is May 3rd. Is it advisable to finish the program before I try at the first 5k? I know other people that have done runs like that and mainly walked, so I know I won't be alone. Where does everybody run when it's wet out? I live in Seattle, so I'm used to a little drizzle, but our torrential downpours are an ambition killer to say the absolute least. I don't have a treadmill, and I am not too interested in joining a gym for the next 4 weeks until it starts to really get nice again. My last question: When I finish c25k and start c210k, do I start over at week 1, or do I get to skip a few weeks and work up from where I left c25k? How many weeks additional is that? I really want to do the Steve Prefontaine Memorial run in September, which is a 10k. Thanks for answering all my questions, and reading them. Taielyn