Seem to have quite unintentionally been running for 14 days. As I have tweaked my right bicep at the gym I have had to drop/take easy a few of the usual sets so have been filling the gap with a bit of dreadmill, as much as I loathe the thing. It is probably useful for doing intervals(if i can figure out how to set it) and for practicing running up hills.. of which there are hardly any around me.
On googles terrain view I struggle to find a contour as generally they are 50m apart and well there's not much higher than 20foot around here with much of my running done under sea level hehe.
But back to streaking, ju-ju's week two video popped up on my youtube notification and there is discussion about determination(nearly brought a tear to my eye). I'm not sure what my determination is but I don't think it is streaking although now I have gone two weeks it may be difficult to not do three hehe.
I don't really advocate streaking and on my rest days i'm typically doing other cardio at the gym with the treadmill being just a kilometre or two, but does anyone else find themselves tempted Also interested to hear where other people see there determination coming from?
Mine I think was to lose weight/ get fitter/stay fit enough to run after a small boy.
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Streaking, I am lost already,I assume it’s continuius running. lol.
JuJu’s week two, also have not seen.
Respond to two things,I think they would interest you, coincidentally they just happen to be two Scots, no nationalism with me,quite the opposite.
Jim Mann.google Berghaus Dragon’s Back.Holds all UK records on mountain challenges, first ever, like you, no substantial mountains or hills, nor time,where he lives.
Dreadmill, full incline, main training element, huge times/daily ? see his book.?
For me Eric Liddell story, interesting. The power comes from within and as a missionary and devout Christian he ran for his Maker’s pleasure.?
Now that is lofty.?
Hey Michael, I want to thank you for your input on this forum.
I am interested to see the replies.As a senior citizen I think I am going to have a bit of lunch and get back to you with the determination thing.
You certainly know the questions to ask.Fair play.Yes you and others on here can walk the walk.
I'd like to say I have lofty motivations for running but I don't really. Basically I just gave it a whirl and happened to like it.
I felt I wanted to wrestle back some time for myself in which I could not be disturbed, and was also aware that the fairly regular but limited exercise I was doing was not really cutting it in terms of cardio. But I didn't really set out with a plan. "On holiday" last year I was basically alone by the sea with three kids as my husband was working and leaving the house at 6.30, so my only chance to have some peace was to go for a short trot at about 6 am. I loved it, and so I started looking up running plans and tips, discovered c25k (which I remembered my cousin had completed, before going on to be a marathon runner...), and that was it. I continued because of the elation and sense of wellbeing it brings. I think the determination arose from that, and also because I am a stubborn pig-headed sod.
I don't have the option of streaking as there aren't enough hours in the day so it's not something I can comment on, but my determination simply comes from the fact I'm very stubborn and contrary. And the more people say 'I didn't picture you as a runner' the more I'll run.
My half marathon/marathon running program means running in blocks of three continuous days, then a day rest, then run, rest/run, etc. Some runs go to 15/16/17/19K and so on and you need to know what you're doing or you get hurt. I don't want to get hurt again. It's very structured and time consuming, and I love that.
My main initial determination came from a doctor's news. My looks are deceptive, always been tall and slim, could walk for long, no issues. Except, my blood pressure (The Silent Killer) was bordering on stroke levels, and I didn't even feel anything. For years (decades) I had fun. And fun can raise one's blood pressure. Fun can also put you in a fast moving ambulance and when they connect you onto those monitors, and look into you with their little powerful lights, you realise that certain type of fun would be no more.
Hence - running! Still fun but very different. I'm still slim but fit and my blood pressure has dropped to a normal level. So, effectively, I'm still having fun but on a different level and this is not going to stop any time soon.
I took up running at almost 74.5 because I always wanted to run.
It was not until I found the C25k programme and the knowledge and generosity of this forum, that my somewhat daunting dream could begin to become a reality.
Having got the running taste my determination is driven now, not only by the same initial desire to run, but in appreciation and gratitude for life’s blessings bestowed.
We all want to do our best and that is in our our nature.
Do I wish I could be given a second chance on some stuff, you bet ya.
For me time runs out and you have to find peace and you just have to accept graciously any doubts of being unworthy.
This gift is given that we can run and it is an opportunity unselfishly presented by others unconditionally.
I think perhaps just like unconditional love.
Of course we are all given the power and have to find the desire to throw a switch from within.
Well for me it ceases to be less about determination and it just simply becomes about giving something back to the team. An affirmation and confirmation that this Healthunlocked Running activity does what it says on the tin, and continues to be both sustainably successful,so hopefully many others can give themselves this gift that we/I can continue to enjoy.
Philosophically, It’s not where we start from but where we finish in life.
Coincidentally at the completion of your 10 the magic number the 10k plan.
Where I will have reached the HM distance 21.5k and I will do that with 8.3 circuits x 2.6 k round my local Woodland Coastal Park and make a private donation to The Macular Society.
I am going to try and just run free,like in childhood, no podcasts, just me and 1234, zone in, time my own circuits, 4x1.2k + 200m, and listen to my footfall and breathing and see if I can record a decent result for the my 5k speed challenge.
Yes grandfather. Two beautiful daughters, thought we would not see grandchildren,now 3 grandsons and a granddaughter.
I was wondering after reading this thread where my motivation does in fact come from, or at least my strong desire to be consistent in running. I think the moments that make me want to run are those when I feel like a child running down a hill with arms outstretched, pretending to be an aeroplane. At its best, running is about being carefree and just moving for the sheer joy and exhilaration of it.
What a lovely thoughtful response, Tbae - and I am astonished to hear you are 74! Further confirmation that age really is just an arbitrary number in so many ways. I like to believe, as you say, that aspiring to do our best "is in our nature". It is a flame that can be extinguished but, I like to think, always reignited again, and can take so many forms.
That is lovely of you Helene and what you think and say in your last sentence is so true.
Hope you do not think I am naive, we have spent generations breeding the so called best genes from tyrants and murderers and now only in the last 100 years started to care for people,why should we be surprised that there are some still a few unfortunate physcotics around.There go I, with someone’s blessing, I say, and with much hope for the future.
Relatively in this respect we are in our infancy.?
Just took up running this year.
I move into the PARKRUN 75-80 band in beginning of August.
As a side I see in the UK now GP surgeries becoming more involved with PARKRUN.?
All the stats say physically nothing to prevent a male in that band to achieve a 28 minute 5k run.
Would imagine fairly flat, no hills.lol.
So I can dream and apply myself to that enjoyment.
After all, I have all the emotional and motivational support I could ever need, right here on this forum.
Do not know anything of our C25k, 83 year old lady graduate last year and her current status.
Yes arbitrary number, as a non medic I am just blown away by how amazing and forever young our bodies can be.
The self healing powers and protective mechanisms that our bodies possess, quite extradinary.
Out of interest google 92 vs 98 year old males racing over the 100m distance.Amazing.
I have to say have never had any interest in running - couldn't see the point in it. Never did much exercise either - played a bit of badminton occasionally but that was about it.
Main things that changed for me were:
1) Signed up for my first annual health check at work - and found that you can be quite slim on the outside and not so good on the inside. Apparently 3 chocolate bars a day is bad for you - who knew? High cholesterol etc. is the result.
2) My wife started C25K and then announced last Christmas she had a ballot place in the London Marathon this year
So in January I was over six months since my health check with a few small diet changes and had a thought that if my better half can run a marathon i ought to be able to manage 5K. And that was my motivation to start.
My motivation to continue is mainly addiction. I really enjoy running, especially my longer weekend run where i have time to explore new routes (weekdays are all about plodding the same circuit round the village before work). But i'm also seeing health benefits. All my blood results in this year's health check were back to normal and that's hugely motivating. I'm not a great one for group activities so the fact i can go out by myself, when i want really helps.
In terms of run streaks I have had the "what if a do a couple of KM each day" thought but i'm suppressing that for now. I reckon my next year i may well be doing that on work days though with a long run at the weekend.
Love treadmills for intervals 👌🏽 Also I can watch tv at the gym too 😂
But surely you should be doing proper rest days at some point? Like no gym at all?
I’m not sure if I enjoy running. It’s so hard. I just want a sub 30 ParkRun (as I think everyone on here knows by now 😂). Trying to build in some strength work and intervals in the gym and have dropped my 10k run as really don’t like it.
No need to avoid the gym on a rest day as far as I know. I miss it if I don't go, maybe I'm turning into a gym bunny. Though at my age it's more gym weasel. Hehe
Yes my goodness, I do not advocate streaking unless you have been consistently running for at least 2 years, and even then it’s probably not wise!! My determination is to have a body so fit and strong that I can just walk out of the door and run a very long way exploring my surroundings should I want to. Not fast, or clever, but strong and powerful. I started streaking because it made it easier to FIND a way to run every day rather than Whether I was going to run that day which involved too much brain chat. Please do take care of those legs... and I hope the bicep sorts itself out soon too...
I'm often in the gym on my rest days, but substitute cross training, static bike and/or ski-machine for the cardio bits of my work out (in place of the treadmill), that way I know I'm getting a break from impact exercise and also exercising different parts of my leg muscles.
Mind you, I've now been given some exercises from my daughter to work on my bingo wings, so perhaps that will have to take priority, as they need to catch up with my bulging biceps 💪🏽.
😂😂😂
Streaking? You’re runnng onto football pitches in the buff? Might just induce me to watch the World Cup! 😂😂😂
I was brought up with marches. I went to them all in the 80’s. police were lovely especially when I got lost in my stripey leg warmers ( greenham common!)
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Also interested to hear where other people see there determination coming from?
I hate the ice! Always have.
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Gremlins ruining my running
