It's the first week of the May Quest - please feel free to join
What is the Quest?
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.
The Quest takes one calendar month. You can join at any point during that time.
I ask that you are a C25K Graduate before joining the Quest. The reason for this is that pre-graduation your week is very much structured according to the C25K programme, and 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 Stretch and Strength exercises to your weekly routine
This is a personal challenge, so it's completely up to you! If you want to join, all you have to do is comment below with something like:
I would like to join the Quest, or, count me in! I want to ..............
At the end of the Quest, there will be a certificate for you to download and keep!!
Wishing you a wonderful week of running! 💥
Millsie-J, Realfoodieclub, Oldfloss, and Roseabi xxx
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My quest for this month is to finish getting ready and complete my HM on 19th May, recover and start my off season training. Also keep up with my Move Every Day that I have been doing this year.
Hello Realfoodieclub, I’m very excited about our last minute entry to the Bristol 10k, and hopefully meeting up with cheekychipmunks . It will be my first official 10k race with closed roads and chip times.
After that, I want to consolidate the 3 runs a week , before seeing if I can or want to run further. I am going to make more effort this month to do all those physio exercises that I’ve been given to strengthen calves and ankles on my non-running days.
My physio has me doing those as well, i saw Him today and they have made so much difference so well worth it. Good luck for Sunday, I love a little meet up, they are fun. Rfc x
OK then, aiming to keep progressing on 3 fronts towards the Great South in October:
Stretch the long slow run to 14k (from 12k in April)
Stretch the race-pace run to 11k in 66 mins, stretch target 60'30" (from 10k in 53'30")
Stretch the 13 kph dreadmill run to 1500m (from 1k)
Dexy5 and I also seem to have entered Sunday's Great Bristol 10k at the last minute, so anything better than that 53'30" would be nice there. But things are going so well at the moment (including Stanley staying up ) that I can't help feeling there's a gremlin lurking round a corner somewhere
Some great goals there, If you find any Gremlins I find the best thing is to come on here and expose them, they soon make a sharpish exit after that. Good luck and enjoy Sunday. Rfc x
For May, I am hoping to have left a lot of baggage behind in April, but we'll see! There are fresh challenges. In April I put on as much weight as I intended to lose as a minimum. The cake to active minutes ratio has not been quite right.
Yoga practice on 16+days (ie 'more often than not') with 4+ online classes, focussing on core work this time
For running I want to focus on two things:
1) getting some longer distances back in - time for some bling motivation so I've signed up for some virtual challenges - one has a minimum mileage of 10k total in the first half of the month, so there's some nice flexibility there.
2) bringing in some neglected and new locations. G's been a bit off lately so I've been a bit wary of on-lead running but I don't want to have renewed my Peak Park Authority car park pass for nowt, and I'd like to investigate others which are, shock horror, The Other Side of the A38.
Swimming - just to get back in the water and pootle on with my virtual River Wye swim, keeping that goal very loose, I'll be into the Peak Park in no time.
My quest this month is to get back to running after a good few months on the IC ....and the too busy and the .....it’s dark and cold outside. Ran a short run yesterday - really short and want to get back to it. So my Quest is to Run 3 x Week in May.
My quest this month is to slowly increase distance beyond 5k. And to aim to do three runs a week, preferably of 5k+distance, but at a minimum of two 5k+ runs each week.
Virtual running for the charity Mind in the month of May....”Miles for Mind” chose 25 miles so that will keep me motivated and hopefully achieve results by the end of the month. 🏃♀️🏅
That is a nice weekly break down at that distance. It will help to get you out the door. Good luck. Rfc x
I've got a 10km race at the end of May in a castle grounds. I'm very excited as there will be a triathlon and a HM and a festival village there. Hope the sun shines My main quest is to keep my knees in good shape and to build up my iron levels while running, doing Pilates and my new found shoulder, knee and balance routines. I'm probably going to do less of my strength classes as they are too tough (for now).
It makes sense to do what is right for you right now. You can always add in later if you want, it is not as easy to dial it back after you have done too much, especially with iron tablets. Good luck for your event that sounds like a very fun day 😀. Rfc x
Hi RFC !! This month,s quest is what started the whole running game for us both ,our initial goal being to complete the 10K charity run through the streets of Englands second city on the 26th !! Training going well ,presently on a 4 day sabbatical and hopefully will return rested and ready to rock out a 5K 'easy run', on friday!! Calf feels much better since finishing sunday,s 5K and having had 2 days rest - new shoes definitely helped on the last run even though my tank was empty !l To maintain my regular supplementary exercise routine 3 days per week ,and stay injury free are my main goals at present .Now, 'June-' will be when I plan to step things up a bit , but for the moment its a matter of staying focused on my running style whilst getting another 3 10K sessions in before B,ham !! Getting exciting now , love this running game , constant effort to synchronize mind and body ,
I have spent April and too much money having maintenance done to myself. I’ve had my feet sorted out and seen the physio, so May is time to consolidate. It’s been a couple of weeks now and I’m already feeling the benefits but I still have a very stiff knee when I get to the end of a long run. I have a 10k race in early June which is quite hilly so I need to be good for that. So...
- do my physio stretches at least 2 x per day
- keep my routine up
- practice run the 10k route at the end of the month
- nail down and tweak a plan that suits working towards a half marathon run in late June/July
I have also entered the ballot for next year’s London Marathon 😱, so if that doesn’t give me an incentive to keep going nothing will! Even if I don’t get a place it’s still scaring me to keep going until the ballot is drawn in October!
Great Quest plans. I’m doing physio work as well at the moment, it makes such a difference 😀. Take the hills in your practice run nice and steady you don’t want to be tweaking anything too close to your event. Good luck. Rfc x
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