Ruthie Posted December 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Good job, Ruthie. I hope you continue on to the 10K app; it's way more fun than the 5K app. Rob Why is it way more fun? I haven't downloaded it yet... I kind of feel that right now, 30 or 35 minutes is enough for me (not sure if I can do more) And also, don't you need to invest more time in it? How long are the sessions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azatol Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 I kind of feel that right now, 30 or 35 minutes is enough for me (not sure if I can do more) Just want to see that in print again <G> Watch the addiciton take you MUHAHAHAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 yeahhhh, we'll have to see about that....LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Lang Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 LOL he is putting a whamy on you. Hey if it is the free version you have nothing to lose but space on your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azatol Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 I took a bit of time to just run before I made any decisions. I trained for 10k myself over 9 or 10 months. I was in no hurry. Ran many 5k races and very gradually eased my distance up until I saw a 10K I wanted to run and by that time I was up to 6 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 The nice thing about running with an app is the accountability, checking off runs etc. Like a written 2do list as opposed to a mental 2do list - nothing like checking completed tasks of a list... If I see I am flaking out, or perhaps not having as much fun or falling out of the habit, then I might just do the 10k app... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azatol Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 The nice thing about running with an app is the accountability, checking off runs etc. Like a written 2do list as opposed to a mental 2do list - nothing like checking completed tasks of a list... If I see I am flaking out, or perhaps not having as much fun or falling out of the habit, then I might just do the 10k app... I preplan my runs each week for that purpose. I know what I'm going to run and make sure I stick to the plan within reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 That is good if you can stick to it.... I have so many other things to plan and to stick to in my life, that the app or some very general plan would make it easier... I don't want running to become a chore...on the other hand, planning three runs a week isn't such a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Lang Posted December 9, 2015 Report Share Posted December 9, 2015 Ruthie you are a woman with a family. Make running a date like you plan time with hubby running is not a chore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 @ Anne - I didn't mean that running was a chore, only that the planning might become a chore. As a women with a family I am constantly planning, coordinating, etc. etc... it was really convenient just having to show up and participate, which is what running with the app is like. Anyway, today was my first independent, post app run, and it was a disaster. I had previously planned to skip the warmup walk and do a dynamic walkup instead, thus making it easier to start my tracking app (whichever I decide on) when I leave and start running right away. Found a dynamic warm up in runners world, but what they failed to mention is that one should warm up for the warmup... I think I over stretched (don't know how to explain it - cramped or over stretched) my thighs and inner thighs and upper arm and right shoulder. I even considered not running, but decided to brave it all the same. I have to climb a flight of stairs from my house to road level, which I could barely do - my muscles cramped or something midway... I got to the top, and decided that I might be able to run it out, so I pressed go on endomondo and on map my run and went for it. I could only run for about 17 of the 30 minutes I had intended to run. My legs would just not push the pavement back. Good thing is that when I came back, I did some post run yoga, from an app I downloaded (daily yoga) and that was good. I think I will go back to walking warmup and not do dynamic warmups until I am back in the Yoga swing and stronger. Azatol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 You may fair better with the dynamic warm-up than I did, since you have been doing other workouts, strength training and such. All I've been doing is running, and it seems as if the fumes have gone to my head, based on this morning... I now have to hobble over to the kettle to make me some coffee, and then hobble back over to my desk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 I think that I have been tricked (or have tricked myself) into thinking that the fact that I can run for thirty minutes makes me invincible, and that all the damage done by 10 years of sedentary living has just faded away on the way to 5k. It hasn't, and running for 30 minutes is wonderful, but my body is nowhere near capable of what it used to be capable of, and I will have to work on it... for now, I will settle for warming up by walking and doing post running Yoga when I come back, which will both stretch and strengthen me. I will also do some sort of Yoga on my non run days - and gently ease my way back to the days I had easy access to my toes (without bending my knees...) Azatol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 That is my arch nemisis.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Well, didn't run yesterday or today. Found it harder yesterday to get from standing to sitting, It was just about impossible, today was a little easier. As usual, my left leg is not fairing as well as my right. Serious lack of symmetry. I did a bit of yoga tomorrow, and although I am still hobbling, I will see if I can go out for my run tomorrow. I will try to go for 30 minutes, but will forgive myself if I can't. It's hard to know if I will do more damage or if its OK to push through this now since there is some improvement.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 A bunch of posts by Azotol seemed to have disappeared from here. Its just me talking to myself for about five posts...I know they were on here... Anyway, went for a run today, must have set my time goal wrong on endomondo - 30 hours instead of 30 minutes.... was surprised it wasn't letting me know that I had finished. Checked to see and I had run 34 and a half minutes and 4.78km. I could have run a bit more but I was struggling so I didn't. Didn't want to push my self and had already done four more minutes than I planned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Way to go Ruthie!!! It was really nice here yesterday (in the low 60's) so I was able to thankfully abandon the treadmill and do w8d2 outside. Around our block is exactly 3.3 miles, so I decided to run the whole thing, and I actually did it! I struggled though. 2.5 miles seems to be my wall. I'm going to keep working at it though. Lung capacity is a big problem I think. 20 years of smoking will do that to a person :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob129 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Ruthie: that's too cool - good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Thanks rob! Wendell when did u quit? I havent had a smoke in maybe 13 years after probably 20 or tewnty plus years of smoking and i dont feel the difficulty in breathing... its more in my legs...you probably need to give your lungs a fair amount of time to overcome the damage...i definitly need to strengthen my legs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Posted December 14, 2015 Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 I quit last October 30th, so about 14 months ago. I'm always looking for excuses...anything other than, hey! You're 44 and out of shape lol!! Ruthie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2015 I quit last October 30th, so about 14 months ago. I'm always looking for excuses...anything other than, hey! You're 44 and out of shape lol!! Sorry to say, its probably a combinations... I am 48 and out of shape... but more so in my legs than in my lungs it seems. Also, you did a 5k in 33 minutes... I would say that's pretty d-m good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Yay! and we're back! So today I ran my first 5k (not race, just the distance). My running buddy is back running with me after being sick for about 10 days, so it was nowhere near anything you could possible call fast... but we are going to run 5 k a few times now until we can cut the speed a bit... then we might incorporate speed intervals or something else to make it more interesting. We have changed our route from doing laps around the same street to splitting the laps between our street and the one below with the steep hill, just to add some interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendell Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Thanks Ruthie Ruthie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeshi Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Go, Ruthie!!! The first 5k run is SOOO exciting!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted March 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 Long time since my last post... still running, though. I came on here to check when I completed 5k for the first time....it seems like I have been running for a really long time, but in reality, it's only about 10 weeks since I first did 5ks. Anyway, yesterday I ran 10k (not a race, just the distance) for the first time. I am quite pleased with myself...Would never have believed I would ever make this distance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natcatvet Posted March 6, 2016 Report Share Posted March 6, 2016 I'd like to think I can get to expand to 10k. With my 5k so slow it seems impossible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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