It is December... and here I am, ready once more, to bring us all together, in the What is Your Week chat.
I can hardly believe that we are in December and that Winter is upon us!
The darker days are established...the weather, seemingly unable to decide which way to turn. Over the last couple of weeks, we have had,here, just two days of frost, glorious sunshine, torrential rain and strong winds. The daffodils are beginning to poke their green spikes skyward, yet the last roses of Summer are still clinging to their stems!
But, as ever, whatever the weather, we are able, hopefully, to still find the right time and the opportunity to complete our runs.
With numbers increasing, it is great, to have a little fun post, so we can see who is on which week of the programme, and hopefully it will help everyone to feel more included on the forum.
We can support, encourage and generally help each other, in a positive and friendly way, with no thought of comparison.
Please remember it doesn't matter if you stay on the same week for a while, that is fine; it is a journey and it really doesn't matter how long it takes, it will be so worth it when you get to the final run.
If you have just graduated, also, this will be a great place to keep you motivated,and there is always the Quest on the Bridge to 10k forum also, for Graduates.
So, come and join the fun.... Let us know how it is going
Oldfloss xx
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Im on week 6. I was doing my runs in the playing field, and now that it's dark in the evening I haven't much enjoyed running on the pavement with traffic, wet leaves and poor street lighting, as well as the weather, so I've only managed 2 a week recently.
Week 5R3 on Monday. I’m retired so I can still use the park. I’m trying not to dwell on the 20 minutes run bit. It’s a busy time though so I’ve only managed 2 per week. Come a long way though. I ran with the dog yesterday, she was surprised.
Frustrated postponed graduation run! Two weeks ago the weather was fine and I planned to graduate at my inaugural Parkrun, then injury and a two week break. Restarted week 9 this week and woke up this morning to pouring rain and a me with a heavy cold grrrrr! The best laid plans and all that. Oh well, I'll do my graduation run quietly during the week and save Parkrun for another time ☹️
Morning, I'm currently on Wk 8... R1went well on Monday.
Thursday was rather stormy but I attempted R2 anyway... Boy I Struggled! Running towards the wind literally took my breath away, it really was an eye opener, and I felt like it was W1R1 all over again. I ended up walking half of it,but did manage to run the last 14 minutes which was great. Did R2 again at 4.30am this morning (yes really lol) and got through it. So I'm behind in my normal routine, as Mon I'd be starting a new week, but it's not to be this time.
It's highlighted how much I've missed my running routine, and how much I'm enjoying this running malarkey👍
Oh and I LOVE running in the rain ☔.... Reminds me of how lucky I am to be alive 😁
Well I am 12 months down the line and still running 3 times a week with my dog ( if life doesn’t get in the way ! ) not getting much faster than slow motion but still hanging on in there thanks to this forum ! Have just discovered Zombie Runs my grown up children can’t believe it !
Four weeks after graduation but I have only managed one or two runs per week since because of the darker evenings. However I managed my first 5k yesterday. Very pleased with myself!
I’ve just completed Week 7 Run 2 and loving it. Also signed up to Run up to Christmas but I don’t think I’ll run every day, will keep with the programme and have a rest day in between and try and reach my 50K target. I think as I add on the extra three mins in week 8 and 5 in week 9 I should get there. Hopefully.
Doing it your way and enjoying...that is what it is all about!
I’m starting W8 on Monday. I had the lurgy a few weeks back which meant I didn’t run for 6 days but I just started back where I left off and managed ok. Feel like the finishing line is almost in sight and achievable. Storm Diana gave me a few challenges this week but didn’t hold me back.
Technically week 7 but have already run for 30 mins as run leader likes to mix things up a bit. Missed a couple of runs as I have been ill or hubby has. Too many bugs going round when you have kids. Running with a cold isn’t fun. Just taking it slow and trying to remember I was enjoying it when I was fully fit x
It will return... so many of us suffering right now... I need to get out...but the chest won't let me. You take it steady and look after yourself..the runs always wait!!
Well ran for 15mins and walked for a couple and ran for another 10. Only realised I should have run for another 15 when I got back. Good job I didn’t and poorly boy was shouting for his mum when I walked in. Daddy isn’t good enough when he is ill x
No running for me yesterday, probably just as well as now coming down with sore throat, etc., etc. today. Hopefully will feel well enough for 2 runs this coming week. Won't be able to do three as Ill be home late on some days and I'm not kitted out for running in the dark yet!
Trying to fit run 3 of week 6 in today. Later than my normal schedule but I had to work on my days off this week and then felt crappy yesterday. Still not cracking but not ill (cramps, backache...) hoping a run will sort it out! Missing it, and it’s only been since Wednesday! Very busy few weeks at work but trying hard to get 3 runs in per week to graduate before Christmas 👍
I’m in my first consolidation week after graduation. Did a hilly 4K on Saturday and ache like I did back at weeks 1 and 2 😂. Lots of extra stretching for me today.
I start week 6 today but came down with sore throat, chest pain and muscle aches. I got up late today, and may or may not decide to start W6R1 today. No particular rush. Muscles still hurting from W5R3
I am starting week 3 today but will also run week 4 run one this coming Saturday to support my 8 year old daughter who is running her 25th Parkrun since Feb 28th. I am so proud of her so going to do my C25K run for that day incorporated into the Parkrun. Excited to do week 3 on Sun, Tue, Thur and get a bit of an early jump on week 4 and to celebrate how awesome my daughter is!
Loving running 🙂 Looking forward to making 5k in 30 minutes, this morning was wk9 r3 💥🌟🎉 So happy, never thought I could do this! It's been great reading everyone's messages, really kept me going! Thank you 🙂
Dear Oldfloss, I have stopped running. All I do is walk our dog .8 mi/day. It is all I seem to be able to do: cooking/cleaning/animal caregiving, and the rest you know about.... I'm not sure I know how to start up again or whether I have the energy to do so.
Dear Oldfloss, the fact that you are HERE is a GREAT help. I have both a cross trainer (in my living room!) AND a treadmill (in my basement,) BUT 1) my basement has radon in it and I hate to exercise down there. I have no where to put it upstairs--the house is too full! AND 2) the living room is really too hot to exercise on the cross trainer.... I could open a door in the basement leading to the outside to let the radon out, but that would increase my heating bill since it's nearly winter here. I know I sound like a complainer, but my home is stressful and I want to enjoy(!) running.... This morning when I walked the dog, it was SO awesome--it was quiet, no one else was out, and we had beautiful fog here with little drops of water hanging from the trees and bushes.... However, the dog walks .003 mph because he wants to smell EVERYthing.
Oh, I had an expandable leash for the dog and I will get another one; they allow you to walk more quickly and the dog can stop and sniff but run to catch up--and so on, but my silly dog bit it and broke it at the vet's. I will get a new one but for now I am using the old "short" leash which means I have to stop when he does.... No, I have no one to spell me, but I am going to get someone to come once a month so I can go to a book club. Even that will be expensive. The most revered/reliable(?) agency in our area charges $25/hour--certainly more than I ever made in my life. Instead I am getting a student nurse to come for this once a month outing for $15-17/hour. Thank goodness someone suggested that to me at our Alzheimer support meeting. Other members of my family are 60-1000 miles away, so I have no real option. I just have no energy for running right now, it seems, as well. Oddly enough, the aches and pains I had pre-running have not started bothering me again yet like they did the last time I stopped running. I know I will have to start up again but I'm just not able right now, yet I need to keep this conversation with you going, as it is the thread that keeps me in "the running family." For that, thank you sooo much!
You are welcome....You are sorting things gradually.. and I can empathise with the way you feel.
Just take each day slowly and steadily..one step at a time... and when you are ready to take a short jogette...you will know. Please, do, stay with us.... and you know where I am xx
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Oldfloss. You have no idea how important you are to my physical health! Today our dog, a hundred pound black lab, saw an Irish Setter receding on our road and decided to take after it doing a comfortable "trot." It was grand! I ran with him for a little less than a tenth of a mile but then we turned around, "walk" over.... I took yr advice and "ran" with this opportunity--so even your recent words were helpful.
I will start W6 tomorrow...not to cold here in Italy and no rain, but I miss your parkrun, so I probably will decide to take a flight to join one of yours😁!
I’m about to start week 9, so if all goes well I should graduate on Friday. I’m then hoping to have the rest of December to consolidate and run 3 30min runs a week with new year hoping to try and run further and at a faster pace because at the moment my pace is 🐌🐢
I’m going on a cruise from Southampton Monday 3rd I’m half way through week 7 I’ve been going steady and slow and on pavement. Next 12 days it will be probably on a treadmill 👍 see how it goes
Thanks Oldfloss! Enjoyed reading that especially having managed a walk this morning which whilst still painful and limpy, not as painful , slow and limpy as this time last week. I conclude that walking with a limp is actually quite good cardio as always so glad to get home! 😂
I was on w8 back in Oct but had to stop due to family emergency back on it and started back at W6 yesterday. Have also signed up for my first race in Feb, a meer 5miles. So have downloaded the 10k app and will start using that once I graduate. So glad to be back out running.
Hello, fellow runners! I'm doing W7R2 this evening, straight after work. I'm lucky that the route to the Sports Centre is very well-lit for my 5-minute warm-up walk, and then onto the Sports Centre itself, it's always busy in the evenings and again, well-lit, apart from one end which is pitch black, so I just have to hope the moon is up otherwise I could tumble into the empty boating lake! Speaking of which, this week's Park Run was called off 5 minutes before the start because a dead body was dragged from one of the lakes...
I’m starting W9 😊 still can’t believe I’ve managed to keep this up and biggest surprise is I actually enjoy it!! So this is my last week and it didn’t start great with torrential rain today for R1 but I got out there and did it. However I’ve realised how important drinking enough water the day before is ...I only managed one small bottle yesterday and really felt it on my run today with slight pains and cramping in my legs. Lesson learned ..hydrate!!
Try and drink at least two litres of water daily. If you struggle put some lemon or lime in there to flavour it and see how it goes. Your body will appreciate it. Try and avoid drinking much before the run, glass or half (or even none at your stage) will do or else you get all sorts of sloshing/toilet issues. You don’t need that stuff. Drinking a day before the run and right after the run is what counts.
Just joined the group so Hi! Yesterday I ran W5D1 so getting there. Looking at the plan I feel this is the biggest step up of all the weeks. Looking forward to it though 😀
Hopefully W3R2 tonight. My schedule is a bit all to pot so haven’t ran since Friday. I’m doing this on a treadmill so the weather doesn’t matter. I CAN DO THIS (saying it over and over in my head doesn’t always help!!!)
But you can... and you will... it is tricky right now.. I am glad this is a rest day for me.. ( if you can call ten hours caring for small runner in training a rest )
Take it steady and slow and you will do just fine!
This week I completed week 2 and have my first week 3 run today. Always strangely nervous at the first run of a new week, though I'm super chuffed I have completed the first two weeks!
Huge well done you.. just try to relax and go into each run with excitement.. they are all different, and all so structured, that they are making you stronger, and ready for the ones to come...
It feels good recording it on here! I definitely go slow and steady though, in time with my running playlist. And the relief at the end! But how ‘brisk’ is ‘brisk’? The temptation to STROLL on that last 5-minute walk is overwhelming - with a smile on my face! I love this forum for all the encouragement and shared experience 😊
i'm just about to start week 8 run 1. have been doing the couch to 5k on the treadmill and have decided to start running outside once i have 'graduated' from the couch to 5k as i will be in a sunnier climate
Thankyou! I finished the run without any problem......but the next morning I woke up and got out of bed and OUCH, my left inside ankle hurt hurt like hell! Pain shot up my leg. I rested three days and felt better, so completed week 8 run 2 at a slower pace and felt great. But about three hours later the pain was there again...... so frustrated. Will definitely have to wait a few days before I complete run 3. Never in my life did I think I would say I miss not running!!
Excessively busy at work and home & just doing the best I can around not enough time or energy. - About 2 & 1/2 runs a week, mostly enjoying other people’s Christmas lights at a snail’s pace! 😃
Ran W9R3 again this morning, having reverted to week 7 after a holiday. Not sure where to go next, though am planning on a park run in the New year. Proud of myself that I've got up at 7 and gone out when it's been really quite cold! I'll try and keep it up over the festive period, though with small grandchildren around I may find I'm on Granny duty so less time for myself!!
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Is there any chance you could run for part of the time when you take the dog out?
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