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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.
Some 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:
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Every week I will put up a new post and we can all chat about how we are doing.
For me I have certainly been getting more runs in again and mixing my runs up which certainly helps and i have started to increase my distance again , so, so far so good!
So, How’s it been going for you ?
Tell us all about it in a comment to this post !
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I haven’t even managed to get my quest in for the first one, I think! 😳
But questing on we must, so here are mine:
1) Continue on with aiming at weekly 5 rows, 2 runs, 2 YWA sessions, and that includes seven 15min post-workout stretching and mobility sessions. This week might just throw me off again to not hit that target, as we had to go to a family funeral of my mum in law😢.
2) On the horizon is something which might become a goal but I’m too timid to set it as such, yet. So I’m just tentatively hinting at myself on here, and we’ll see where it takes us!
3) for the two runs per week, progress on my C25k journey, Zombies,Run version.
That’s it! Voila! Now to getting up and going out there!
And thanks guy or hosting, seeing this quest post gave me that little added nudge. So between posting my quest and writing this reply I got Run 3 of Week 2 done! 🙏👍🏽🏃🏼♀️🧟♀️
I don't remember if I joined the quest last week... but in any case, my running plans have gone awall for the moment. I currently have the plan to walk over 1000 km in 1 year for the LOTR challenges of Conqueror. This means I will have to walk every day for 3 km or 1 hour and because of that I won't have the time to run during the week anymore. So my running plans are now to run 1 time per week and I want to try to run 5K every time. I will have to see how that works out, seen I was still building up again from scratch after my 3 month hiatus. Oh well... we'll see how it works. Maybe I can run a bit more on holidays. So my quest:
A big hole in my plans last week, what with catching COVID. Thankfully it manifested more like a cold but with a few odd extra symptoms like a burning sensation in the palate and a slimy sensation in the back of the throat.
I'm over the worst now. I've a residual "clearing out junk" cough. I'm still testing positive, but the line's not going black as quickly as it had been on previous days.
Obviously I'll not be doing parkrun tomorrow. Too many people!
I did my usual Friday morning walk route this morning just to see how I felt in the cold air, which was OK. I may do a short solo run tomorrow to see how I cope with that.
If that goes well, I'll ramp up the activity again.
Ah…. um…. I think this week my quest will be to get out of bed before lunch time 😳 I seem to have aged 20 years almost overnight but onwards and upwards, this can’t last forever 😃 I will get out the door and I will run, but for the moment I think all hospital tests are done and once the surgeon gets back from sick leave I’m sure he’ll come up with a plan to return me to normal, real quest then this week is to walk more than i have been lately and maybe even run a few steps
I have been busily questing away on my yoga mat, luckily this month's calender of Yoga with Adriene is a gentle one with Find what feels good practices! It's called Refresh and it's been just right for how I'm feeling as I recover from Covid.
It's been about four weeks since I tested negative again, but my energy level is still low and throat still not right, so I'm not sleeping at all well.
On Wednesday this week I slipped out for a little run, it was not my usual time of day 7pm and it was cold, wet and windy. But I went. I think because I was cold, my warm up walk was faster and shorter than normal and the stats show I ran faster too. Needless to say, I struggled with my breathing, had to take walk breaks and didn't really enjoy it much. Was happy to abandon it when my phone rang, took the call and walked home in the rain.
I can see where I made mistakes, so won't worry too much about my performance, but I am not in a hurry to go again for a few days.
Thank goodness for YWA giving me chance to keep stretched and flexible.🙏
On a happier note my little grandson is 1 year old this weekend💙 and I'm looking forward to his party.😊🎂🎈🎉🎁
Well done those getting out running in the wind and rain, and I hope those recovering on the IC or isolating feel better soon.
OK, this morning I did run 3 of the week... so that was my quest... and I want to do the same this week. Unfortunately someone in the house has tested positive though, just after I came back from my run!!! So I hope we don't all get it, and derail all quests and plans!! 😄
Well I have managed the YWA but mainly the short ones but I’m getting back to it and I’ve managed a couple of runs a week but need to manage my time better to get a third in, but feeling slightly better hello mojo !!
OMG!🤭 Just realised how far I’ve lapsed with my quest updates - My apologies to fellow questers (hope you are all well and making good headway) and to our March host roseabi . April host Instructor57 , will you accept this late arrival? 😊👋🙏
Happy to report that my rehabilitation is progressing well. (I fell in late Feb, badly spraining my ankle.) I’ve not once skipped my daily physio routine. I’m in the early plyometrics stage, but keeping my movements in the straight forward-backward plane. (I think I’ll be introducing the side-to-side and rotational stressors next week when I go back to the physio). I’ve been hopping, balancing on one leg on top of a pile of cushions, calf raising to tiptoe, walking about the house on tiptoes, and running in place, as well as continuing the theraband-challenged ankle inversion and eversion exercises (I’m advised that these are the most important).
And more exciting news: In this phase, I had permission to start introducing running, so long as I stay on proper even paths, didn’t overdo it and adjusted to body feedback. Two are under my belt - a 25-min and 30-min run - in the past few days (a day rest between); my third is planned for tomorrow. Both were really comfortable, no pain or discomfort at all from the activity itself or afterwards (however, there is still tenderness if I prod around the ankle, so I have to stay aware). I’d only intended to test the first run for about 15 mins. I kept to my recovery pace, although found I naturally accelerated once settled, which was just so wonderful to feel, and to feel to be easy, but which I sensibly reined in. I can feel some loss of aerobic fitness, but it’s not too bad, and I know that’ll soon rebuild. So, I’m back! Could be a while yet before I get to test my new hydration vest (yes!! that’s the long term plan) on the trails, but I’m definitely running again.
My April quest? Simple: keep up my physio exercises and run consistently (aiming for 3xpw). 🏃♀️
My late joining in quest is to continue my three runs per week, a 4, a5 and an ever increasing one...today it was 9k. Not very fast but pretty standard for me 1 hr19".... It was 0' when I started so did wear long leggings and 2 t's but could probably have got away with shorts...pleased to note my fitness age is 53..... That gets more important as I reach 71 in a couple of weeks...it still doesn't stop me feeling stiff when getting up from the sofa in the evening 😣
Go you... I was 72 last Sunday! You did really well. reaching that 9K and a good time. My time when I did my first 10K way back in 2017, ( I think) was 1hr 17.... so you did a great time too on the 9K, getting ready for the big one
You were just a youngster back in 2017! My first 10k at the end of 2019 was 1hr 22...double My first 5k....I'm a very consistent plodded! Have you got used to the 70's yet? I still find it hard to believe I'm in that decade now.
Hello Instructor57 hope you're well and keeping those sinus problems at bay. I won't be able to complete this month's quests now as I'm having an operation and won't be able to do any exercise for 6 weeks (apart from walking). I wish my fellow questers good luck with theirs. I almost managed to complete week 1's quests though:1) ALMOST - continue with garmin 10k coaching plan. Managed to do 2 workouts only as mid way through the week I ran for the bus in my snow boots and slightly hurt my foot which is now completely better. Moral of the story - don't run in inappropriate footwear or without warming up! Also won't be able to do my 10k race in April now and have asked the organisers if my place can be transferred to a similar value event in July.
2) ALMOST- run 3-4 times a week - managed 2 runs although and one included hill repeats so happy with that
3) NO - run at least 50km this month - will only have managed 7.9km
4) NO - cross train at least 3 times a week. Although managed a 5 hour spring clean last weekend which used muscles I didn't know I had!
5) NO - run 2 parkruns and volunteer at 1 - haven't done any
6) YES - warm up longer than usual to avoid IC. Yes did this for both of my garmin runs (but not before running for the bus!).
7) ALMOST- get at least 8 hours sleep a night. Managed this once. The other nights I averaged 7 hours though which I'm happy with.Providing my operation goes well I will be aiming to restart my quests in June again. i'm really going to miss being able to run when the weather starts to improve but at least I will be allowed to go for long walks
many thanks Bluebirdrunner that's very kind of you. Hope you've had or are having fun at your grandson's birthday party and I hope you fully recover from covid soon. Glad to hear you can still do YWA.🤗
Plan to increase distance and/or time running, for my first HM on 8th May.
A bit behind on my schedule as had COVID last week, timings meant that I lost 10 days running.
Lovely run along the river this morning. I recorded my longest run 15.91km over 90 minutes and somehow my fastest 10k at 1:02 (although I have ran faster but Mr Garmin didn't record it!).
Hi there I57, I thought my new shoes would mean I'd be reporting vast distances run by now but not so. After my first run in them I felt a nasty niggle and decided to be cautious so haven't run since Wednesday. 3 days of rest and not even a long walk and it's feeling so much better so today was Parkrun. This means I have run 3 times this week. Onwards and upwards
Still here, still slow and steady, still aiming to complete Bridge to 10K again,( for the umpteenth time), and just finished Week 6 Run 3 on Friday.
Frequency of runs is not always ideal but I am getting the three runs in, within a 7 day period! In fact the longer time between some of the runs has actually made me stronger I feel.
I had to run the 9K ( longest run of Week 6) on the Fridays as we had gale force wind, hail and torrential rain on the Thursday.
Week 7 next week and Week 8, hopefully completed back here in Wales.
I have also increased my core strength and stamina work. Using, also, some strategies highlighted by you in your, secrets to running faster, post, thanks for that.... and putting in some real ankle exercise work.
Thanks for hosting this... it does give me a point to check in
Yes, as far as run frequency is concerned, that's sometimes the tricky one for me , but we do what we can when we can !
I have started some strength and mobility work also (Something I should have done ages ago but better late than never I guess) I just started the James dunne 30 day challenge 😁
This is what I feel has held me back in the past and prevented me getting beyond 14K
Week 7, Run 1 today.... got a day to run which I don't usually have. So 5K completed...picked the pace up a tad too...going to do the 4K on Wednesday hopefully and the 9K on Sunday in Wales
Run 1 of the week... it was on a low heart rate training plan on my coros watch... 5 min walk, 3 miles (4.85km, it said... I'm not used to thinking in miles for running 😁) zone 2 run, and then 5 min walk to cool down. I really enjoyed it!
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