DFW running club part 4!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

bank_of_slate

jess444 wrote: »

Hi,

I would like to join please. I signed up for the Race for Life last night. Last time I walked it, this time would like to run. I am very overweight, so it will be a challenge.
I had a look on the Race for Life site last night for their training plan, and there wasn't one. Can anyone recommend one. It really will have to be for a beginner, as at the moment could't even run for a bus.

Thanks,

Jess

Hi and welcome Jess :wave:
...Linda xx

RichOneday_2

bank_of_slate wrote: »

Race for Life is 6 June.

I can't get on the e-running site, I've been approved but it tells me I've got an invalid email and/or password
...Linda xx

I'm sure its straightforward but Becky wont be online over the weekend I dont think. I've posted your shiny new PB result though.;)

bj-sailaway

oh, it did that to me - but I got there in the end - can't quite tell you how though! Just kept trying to login from different routes.

jess444_2

Thanks for the advice Beer Tins. I do a lot of walking, so I think it is the speed I need to build up. The RfL is 27th June, I am hoping that will be enough time to train for it? How do you measure the distance you cover, use a pedometer or just have a regular route?

bj-sailaway

bank_of_slate wrote: »

and is that without the added shots, cream, syrup etc?
...Linda xx

that's with one shot and cream - but not all the chocolate sprinkles! Grief, they shouldn't be allowed to sell them. Think - if you add a muffin to that 'snack'!!! Up to 2007, I was that chick!

bj-sailaway

jess444 wrote: »

Hi,

I would like to join please. I signed up for the Race for Life last night. Last time I walked it, this time would like to run. I am very overweight, so it will be a challenge.
I had a look on the Race for Life site last night for their training plan, and there wasn't one. Can anyone recommend one. It really will have to be for a beginner, as at the moment could't even run for a bus.

Thanks,

Jess

Hey Jess - so good you're here! Go for it, you can do it, all I'd say is when I started i tried the walk/run plans and failed at every attempt - it hurt so much. Becky told me to try running - so slowly that it felt dumb- for as long as I could, then walk the rest of the way. Each day, you'll find you can run a little further, then gradually, without realising, you'll speed up. I'm sure Becky or Rich will be along with a little advise soon, or refer to our old posts for you. I started out at 5'4" tall, age 43 and well over 17 stone, I'm just under 11 stone now and not fast, but can run a 10K.

The best thing I ever did was give up diets and start walking, then running, I'm on a bit of a plateau now - but working on it!

Go Jess!

RichOneday_2

Jess, this is a copy of a post I made elsewhere...hope it helps.:D

1. I have no idea how to get started, what do you recommend?
   There is a myriad of conflicting advice for new runners.
   
   Unfortunately, a lot of it is based on trying to make progress look quick and easy (to appeal to the quick fix mentality) with little regard to the long term health and fitness of the subject.
   
   The end result is often repeated injury and/or disillusionment with the whole activity of running. That is why the London Marathon is packed with approx. 45% of new runners in any one year. What happened to the 45% from the previous year, and the year before that and the year before that? Sadly, the answer is that the vast majority just gave up after the suffering of doing too much training too soon or, more likely, trying to run a marathon on woefully inadequate training.
   
   Real fitness is achieved through consistency and patience, resulting in a far more enjoyable experience all round and long term fitness and body shape that the quick fix victims will never achieve.
   
   So what do we recommend?
   
   1. Establish your current starting point. Have you run at all before? How far can you walk before getting very uncomfortable feet?
   
   2. As a beginner it is likely that you will struggle to walk more than 1-3 miles and will be able to run less than 1 mile continuously without discomfort. Does this mean that you're simply not capable of running like those 'Real' runners you see in races? Absolutely not, as long as you take things slowly.
   
   3. Set your stall out to do nothing but walking for a 6 week period. Start by walking a comfortable distance (to the point where your feet start to ache but no further). Do this 3 times per week. It is easier to do small loops near your home to start with as you dont really know when you're going to have to stop. As the weeks go by you should be able to extend one of the walks quite significantly. Keep this routine going for at least 6 weeks but, in any case, until you can walk 2 x 4 miles and 1 x 10 miles in a week. You have now significantly strengthened your tendons, ligaments and muscular infrastructure and are in a far better position to start to think about running than if you had just piled in trying to run from the outset.
   
   4. Now it is time to start running....but cautiously. Set out on a 4 mile loop (remember that you will now be able to walk at least 10 miles so you know that you can get around a 4 mile course one way or another). Start running from the off but very, very slowly. In fact you shouldnt really be moving much quicker than walking pace at this stage, the additional stresses on the lower limbs of running compared to walking is very significant and needs to be built up slowly. Run until it stops being comfortable, if this is 400 metres so be it. Whatever the distance covered simply stop and continue on the 4 mile loop as a walk. DO NOT RESTART RUNNING.
   
   5. Keep doing the 2 x 4 miles and 1 x 10 miles each week, but until you can run 4 miles continuously (it will come, just be patient) keep the 10 miler as a pure walk.
   
   6. Once you can run 4 miles continuously you are now a runner and can embark upon a proper running program. You may think that it has taken a long time to get to this stage but you will be far better placed than those that rush in and end up injured and, as a result, make much less progress than you will in the following weeks/months/years!
   

RichOneday_2

33:15 Linda.....so a full 2:15 improvement on last week!:T:T

And you beat a lot of people that were in front of you last week too.:D:D

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/leeds/Results/LatestResults.aspx

Did you spot Bob Hope in 23rd, Linda? I must have been half asleep this morning.....:p

jess444_2

Thank you for the warm welcome and advice. I will go for a walk this afternoon and see how far I get.

Jess

bank_of_slate

RichOneday wrote: »

33:15 Linda.....so a full 2:15 improvement on last week!:T:T

And you beat a lot of people that were in front of you last week too.:D:D

http://www.parkrun.org.uk/leeds/Results/LatestResults.aspx

Did you spot Bob Hope in 23rd, Linda? I must have been half asleep this morning.....:p

Ha, I didn't hear him attempting to crack any jokes while he was running round

I'm really pleased with my result, my hubby pilfered all the Lucozade goodies that i got this morning!
...Linda xx