Here I am, with a brand new Quest on March 1, which is the first day of meteorological spring.
The weather may, or may not be improving...but we shall get out there and enjoy ourselves anyway
What the Quest is;
The Quest takes one calendar month . You can at join any point during that time.
The aim of the Quest is to help you find a focus or goal that you would like to achieve by the end of the Quest period.
I ask that you will be a Graduate to join the Quest. The main reason I ask this is that while you are completing the programme, your plan is very structured so I wouldn't want the Quest to interfere with that.
Most popular goals are:-
To run three times a week
To slowly increase distance
To train for a specific race
To add In Stretch and Strength exercises
As you can see they are personal to yourself and it's totally your own choice. So if you want to join, all you have to do is put;
I would like to join the Quest, or, count me in and then, I would like to. ..............
Each week in March I shall put up a new post...it is important that we get together and we can chat, support and encourage each other, and generally just see how we are all doing.
At the end of the Quest, there will be a certificate that you can download to keep should you wish to.
Stay safe, stay healthy and stay running x!
Oldfloss, Realfoodieclub, Millsie-J, Ju-Ju and Roseabi x
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I am in. I have two events this month. A 2.4 mile run on the 10th ( strange distance) but there is a medal and I am a trophy hound π, and a 2.5 km swim on the 30th, so I have to keep going with my training.
My nasty cold has left me with a chesty cough and little energy. So i am going to start the month with gentle walks, then the following week just short run/walks. I will listen to my body and be sensible. Hopefully by the end of the month I will be doing a couple of longer runs each week π
Love the rabbit - fab picture. So my quest here is to complete once again theMagic 10K, swim at least once a week, and remember to do the strength work on non run days π³. Been a bit of a struggle so far, but I shall do it π¬π»π
Count me in. Plan for this month is to finish the magic 10 (time not distance)next week then follow ju jus outline and increase time I run by 5 mins every 2 weeks whilst running 3 times a week. Hopefully that will move me toward actually running 10k in a few months. π
My birthday this month and my little trip to Bakewell to look forward to tooπ...
An exciting (but scarey for some) month...
Well, this 'cold' I have is not responding to cold treatments..Remember last year, and the year before those allergies I had? I'm beginning to suspect this may be seasonal rhinitis, that I have, as it came on so suddenly after my run last Friday...and I do have itchyness around my eyes.
Today I have started antihistamines and Sudafed to clear my blocked nose. Hopefully this will make it easier to sleep, and I will feel better.
No running at the moment, but like Millsie I will enjoy some lovely walks until I feel ready to don my running shoes. Unlikely to be able to do the last speed challenge run, but I will be happy at the moment for a nice gentle plod!
I will report back of any improvement...
Good luck to everyone haring around in this March Quest!πxxx
Mmmmmm all I can think about now is bakewell tarts π€ͺ. Yum...... I get hay fever this time of year. It is going to be interesting this year as for the last three years I was prescribed beconase for London pollution that I took all the time, but last year they told me I canβt have it anymore as you canβt use it for as long as I have been even though they prescribed it so it will interesting to see how I cope with the hayfever this year. I hope you get it controlled soon xxx
I do plan to meet up with my speedy over 60 buddy. In fact I would chicken out without her. There is so much wind and rain forecast for noon that I dread it. She says βitβll be grandβ π
The snow paused long enough that I could run on the snow-packed roads with Rocco this morning and also yesterday. Rocco seems to have better breath control than I do, as I am unused to running again, but my goal in March is to get used to it again. We went an embarrassingly short distance, but are at it again and thank you for the quest. Come on, March!!!
Happy St Davidβs Day Oldfloss and all. My Dad was Welsh, so this is a special day for me. Thereβs no daffodils growing in Breckenridge to mark this occasion though.
The pine trees are cloaked in snow where weβve had 8β overnight and itβs still snowing as we head for the slopes. This is going to be a fun day. No , this is going to be an hilarious day. Fresh deep snow is very different! βοΈβοΈβοΈβ·β·βοΈ
I will be in the quest once I get over the jet lag. I wonβt have run for about four weeks so there may be some catching up to do.
In March I also want to sign up for a 10k run, with or without UpTheStanley.
OldflossAdministrator60minGraduate in reply to Dexy5
Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day to you!
Have a super time and we look forward to your return...That 10K run sounds like a great goal!
I plan to continue with the next 4 weeks (weeks 5-8) of the Half Marathon training. I'm going to replace the Pilates sessions with regular knee strengthening exercises.
Oh and a short ski trip planned for later in the month.
Making the most of March as in April I will be back in an office full time!!
OldflossAdministrator60minGraduate in reply to O505k
Some great goals there....HM training sounds fun and keep up those exercises
Count me in please OF. Autumn has arrived here and its time to future plan for the cold weather coming and the quests will really help keep me focussed. Sister in law from Australia is still here for another week so currently shorter runs are all Iβm managing to do. When she goes home its back to running for longer distances (Iβd love 10k to happen again soon) so this week Iβll stick with 3 shorter runs. Iβve entered two more UK virtual challenges, because there arenβt any local races/runs for snails here and bonus with the virtual runs a charity benefits as well. (Awaiting my first bling in the mail for a February challenge) Happy Spring to you all π
OldflossAdministrator60minGraduate in reply to lexi6
Goodness.... Autumn there...Spring here!!! Some great goals for you! I love 10K.... I am wanting to do my HM and just get back to my 10s!
According to Garmin Connect, my last run was a Parkrun on 26 Jan, Feb being taken up with hockey, a snorting cold and ski-ing in that order. Back in the UK on Thursday, hockey Saturday, so the quest starts for me on Monday week.
Booger, think that just went off prematurely ....
Given the long term aim remains the Great South in October, I think Iβll just aim to get back to 10k in an hour by the end of the month.
Think Dexyβs goal is just to find a 10k race this month, to run later in the spring/summer, but Iβll certainly be running alongside her a time or two.
Me, I need a goal or a quest. So as i started March with a 10km road race, I'll keep going with my hilly quest. And my 2 core strength classes and one Pilates class per week. I felt strong during my 10km and I put it down to my classes. More of the same for March and maybe I'll finish the month with a 10km race on the 24th.
Hi OF, great idea! Iβm doing my own version of Ju-Juβs 10k plan and Iβm scheduled to do my 10k run at the end of the month, so I need to stick to my 3 times a week (1 x short/intervals, 1 x Parkrun, 1 x increasing longer run) each week. Hoping to add in either a viva or swim also during the week but main goal is to stick with the 3 runs to get me to my 10k target.
As a fairly recent graduate of C-5k - mid January, I have kept up since then with 3 x 30/35 minute runs per week. Sometimes with the NHS Laura week 9 and also with the three running-to-the-beat podcasts. I have just used the Stamina one to accompany my first post-C-5K parkrun: 37 minutes 49 seconds is something I would naturally like to improve on (it was 43 minutes for my very first parkrun last October, pre C-5K).
What do you reckon would be a reasonable goal timewise for a parkrun by the end of March? 35 minutes looks a tall order from here ... may be 36 minutes?
I am probably not the best person to ask as I am a Park run Newbie and I am, as you know well known for my , slow and steady mantra..After graduation..mixing up the runs s a great idea.. short. faster runs, a 5K here and there or a 6 or 7K and then a longer, see where you get to run.
It is the longer, slower runs that build up time and distance...and speed too. I have done three Park runs and shaved a minute off each week..but in between there have been short faster runs and mainly, longer, slower runs.
I run at a happy pace.. and my happy pace for 5K is between 35 and 36 minutes.. so, maybe go for 36... but, put in those longer training runs..they pay off.
I'm enjoying the longer runs so my goal is to keep doing an 9-10k each week and also to find time for a couple of swims this month as it's great for my back.
OldflossAdministrator60minGraduate in reply to Anren
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