Here we are in week 3. Summer seems to of arrived in London last week and as usual the change of temperature means change of running gear. I have no idea how it happened but I managed to come home from lidl with two pairs of capris a sports top and two tshirts followed by a trip out on Saturday that ended up with 6 pairs comfort sports socks and a lovely pair of trail shoes. I have no idea how these things keep happening and ending up in my basket as I walk round shops.😜
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The quest takes six weeks. You can join any time within that six weeks.
The main 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.
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To run three times a week
To slowly increase distance
To train for a specific race
To add In Stretch and strength exercises
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Change of plans for me a bit. I had an idea last week that I put into action. The next six months for me is all about building up my body to go faster for me. So a bit of strength, core and intervals. I also got to thinking that a couple of speed walking sessions would help. So off I went last week. I loved it I covered 5km in 48 min and my heart rate was lovely compared to were it ends up when I run/walk. So the new plan for the next year is
5km event September/October run/walk
10 km 31 Jan run/walk
2.5 km swimathin
HM next year probably Hackney speed walk
Then I would like to do the same every year for a bit. I worked out this would cost me £10. 00 a. Month but would keep me happy healthy and motivated.
I just think personally for me walking the HM is probably a bit healthier as my heart rate was horrible with the run/walk ( most of the time up at the 188 bpm limit) if I can train the same as I can walk now I should be able to complete a walking HM in 3.30.
Another week closer to 10k off road run at the end of June. In between meetings and uni open day visit with daughter I did my 3 training runs as planned; 5 k, long run now up to 8.5k and my 6.65k route through our local hilly woods at the weekend . Then early morning fitness class at work this morning with lots of squats!
I think it's great to re-evaluate how things are feeling and not get too stuck on doing things the one way. We all need to find out what suits us best (and that can change). Good luck with the new plan!
Oooohh.. don't even start with me with the shopping spree. My daughter and I walked round shops last weekend trying to find a costum for my her school performance (she's going to be a hardworking little ant, bless her little antennae) but I kept on dragging her into sport shops. Well, what could I do?The beautiful colours of those running shoes were calling. Imagine my daugther's distress! Thanks to her though, I managed to keep my purse intact
On the running track things are going as planned. Ran 3 runs from the stepping stone podcast last week and very well chuffed on the third day when run keeper finally told me that I got 3.8k in 30 minutes. That's 0.3k more than my usual distance on w9 runs.
So 5k in 30 min is stil my everest. The plan this week is to continue running with stepping stamina podcast.
I have decided to enter for two events- a 10K race for life on July 5th and then two weeks later a 10L trail race. Paying my entry fee finally motivated me to start doing longer runs and yesterday I completed 8.5K at a a very slow pace, but actually enjoyed it and felt I could have kept going at the finish, which is reassuring. Up until now I have been running 2 or 3 K against the clock and have never felt I had anything left in the tank when I reached my allotted distance. So from now on it's going to one long run a week as slow as I like with two slightly faster, shorter runs in between. Not sure if my hips will hold up hough They are giving me hell today. I think may also need to work on my running technique...
I'm completely off running now after last Thursday's shambles. Resting up. Ordered a massage stick and foam roller today. Groan
Good luck to my fellow questers. May your runs always be successful and pain free. May the weather always be kind and your road always flat. Run free my beauties
One pretty rubbish run last week. Thanks to a path being closed (or my map reading skills being lacking!) I ended up on a fairly major road, going uphill in the very overgrown verge. Needless to say I had to walk, for safety and peace of mind! So, about 2k walked out of 6.8k. Nearly sat on the verge and cried...
Plenty of walking and working locks though, 24,580 steps Friday!
I ran only twice last week, a 6K and a 3K as I've had a week of continuous socialising and driving around! Last friend left today and I have a race tonight! So catching up on posts here now and drinking lots of water and getting "in the zone". Never ran this late so will be interesting to see how it goes.
This week I have on my plan, 5k, 5k and 7k . Went to the Great Run Local 5k run on Sunday , but managed to get lost again
Everyone starts off so fast , I cant keep up with them and then I ended up going the wrong way ! There weren't the same number of Marshalls as the week before and I cant concentrate on running and thinking which way to go at the same time ha ha . What a twit !
I've not achieved my goal to walk or run every day.
However, I judge this past week a success as I had a couple of 30 minute runs - one a bit of an obstacle course and the other involving a much, much steeper gradient than I am usually prepared to try. I've also got out - new wheeze involving parking some distance from a National Garden Scheme open garden and walking the rest of the way if there's an offroad route (cake doesn't help with weight loss but cake plus walk does contribute a great deal to a happy life) - and done the first week of 30 Days Wild.
All this whilst wrangling a knee high pile of paperwork relating to my disabled younger son, managing to be firm but not rude to the local authority staff about them being incompetent and slow and although I am sitting here waiting for the phone to ring to tell me if they are going to fund the placement he needs or we're going to have to go to tribunal to avoid him being thrown on the scrapheap/to the lions, I'm reasonably calm and collected. (Saving my next run for after I've heard...)
I'm working towards my run in London this weekend - the City of London Mile, which should be great fun. I'm in the slow wave but I have been practicing and for the first time ever managed to get a time of under 10 minutes - hooray! Just to prove it wasn't a fluke, my next run was slightly faster than that, so I'm happy. I know it will be much slower on the day because I dislike running amongst lots of other people and find it slows me down massively but I'm going for the experience and the fun as much as anything. Oh, and the bling, of course! After that, it will be back to my longer runs.
I've also started some upper body work It's as simple as 15 vertical press ups 3 times a day, to start with, plus some flexibility exercises for my shoulders. We'll see how that goes.
Happy running, all Questers, and good luck to all those struggling, whether with injury or something else going on.
Week 1 I managed 2 runsof 5.5 and 4k before going away.
As expected no running whilst away (but I did play football in the park with my grandson), so week 2 I only managed one run of 3.5k . Week 3 did not start very well with a measly 3k this morning, so according to my calculations this leaves 47k to run over the next 3 1/2 weeks to achieve my quest.... Panic station.
Thanks RFC, I haven't yet managed my 3runs a week, thanks to half term and poorly children only managed the 2 each time. After a dreadful 30 min 5k (I felt shocking and didn't enjoy it at all) and then not clicking with the stepping stones podcast I did do a little evaluation too. I have slowed the treadmill down to 9.0 again and found that I can run for much longer or still have sone left in the tank for my big finish! So my new target is to get up to 40-45 mins consistent jogging/running. many thanks to all the other posters who have been talking about their post 5k epiphanies I feel good about jogging again and might even leave the gym and venture out into the real world for my 3rd run this week. Slow and steady wins the race right?
Last week stress and heat factored hugely in my week ...so I ran 5.2 K on the Monday,by midweek the heat had really racked up (36C on Thursday) so early..... but clearly not quite early enough,I managed 4.4 K of running in the shaded part of the track and walking in the sunny part. We( took dog as dog sitting at the mo) got back around 9.15 and it was already 23C.Did exactly the same combo and distance for my third run ,two days later.
I know I need to get out very much earlier now that summer has arrived ....except this morning is heavy rain and stormy,but I am just unable to shift my a*se out of bed at the moment .
Managed my 3 runs last week - despite the weather !
Monday I did the Speed podcast round our local park in the early evening and was quite please with myself for managing to finish it at all - as previous attempt had been a fail.
Thursday it was HOT but I decided that a lunchtime run in the shade would be better than evening with the accumulated heat of the day. I duly set off from the office along the riverside, carrying water for once, and staying in the shade as far as possible. Used STamina and was quite please that I managed it at all, though I skipped the "invigorating 5 minutes fast" at the end as the last 0.5k was in full sun, and just basically no way... (It was about 30C, I wore a hat and suncream and sipped water throughout, which I don't usually bother with).
Friday we travelled to Scotland for my parent's Golden Wedding so heat was not an issue and on Sunday morning I did a lovely slow 5k around Luss on Loch Lomondside. I actually wanted to do longer but not knowing the paths found myself back at my start point sooner than I had anticipated. The run hopefully got rid of some of the damage done by a weekend of party food and drinks.
Home again to the heat (southeast France). I already did a gentle 3k at 9pm yesterday after it had cooled down. Thursday i might risk lunchtime again as the forecast is for thundery showers and Sunday I've signed up for a colour-run with my 16 year old and her buddies, which I'm really looking forward to ! Forecast is again thundery showers so should be OK (teenagers insisted on signing up for the midday slot as its the day after their "prom" despite my suggestion that we run earlier while it was still cool.) Apparently those over 18 get a beer on arrival, so that should be fun !
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