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  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    sammy115 wrote: »
    Spud why don't you try doing intervals on the tready....run for 30 seconds out of your comfort zone and then do a walk for maybe 3 mins.....do you want me to come and do a jillian on you :rotfl:

    I'd LOVE you to hun :D

    I ran a minute, walked for 2 a few times, then brisk walked the rest. Made it to 40 minutes, but could barely get back to my chair afterwards :o
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    spud30 wrote: »
    I'm still wheezing from earlier though, not attractive :rolleyes:

    Spud it WILL get easier...i couldn't run for even a minute just over twelve month ago. not without thinking I was going to die.....
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    spud30 wrote: »
    I'd LOVE you to hun :D

    I ran a minute, walked for 2 a few times, then brisk walked the rest. Made it to 40 minutes, but could barely get back to my chair afterwards :o

    bit like me now then......:rotfl:
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    sammy115 wrote: »
    Spud it WILL get easier...i couldn't run for even a minute just over twelve month ago. not without thinking I was going to die.....

    How soon does it get easier? We only have 8 weeks :confused:

    I cant help thinking what with the heart tests, then starting CD all delaying things, that i've left it too late :o
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    sammy115 wrote: »
    bit like me now then......:rotfl:

    To be honest, I was knackered and had a stitch at 10 minutes, but made myself carry on :p
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • System
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  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    hypno06 wrote: »
    snags - someone was handing out jaffa cakes on the course - I silently thanked you for telepathically telling said chap that they were a necessary accessory......:D

    *runs off immediately to sign up for next years marathon*

    Free Jaffa Cakes - whoop whoop!!


    Actually, I'm not doing very well with the running - my ankle now hurts like hell. :(

    I have trainers that fit, sorbothanes, I've tried resting it, I've got a support bandage - nothing is really working.

    I'm still fairly confident of managing the 5k at the end of May, but the 10k I'm really not confident about. :undecided
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
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  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Sorry to hear about your ankle Snaggs. Shall we defer till next year :D
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    For all you who are thinking you are crap at running, and will never get anywhere - you WILL get there, if you want to, and you work at it.

    Last October, when I got my marathon place, Pania and I struggled to get to the end of my road without stopping. When we got to the end of the road we had to walk.......that meant we had managed a whole quarter of a mile running..........

    There is a lot of difference between quarter of a mile and a marathon, but in 6/7 months, I did it.

    So you can do your 10k - it doesn't need to be fast, or pretty, as long as you get round. Remind yourself of how much you have improved over the last few days/weeks and give yourself a pat on the back! And remember that these races are DESIGNED for all types of runners - those who have been running for years, and those that have been running for weeks.
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
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