'Join my run challenge: How far can you go in 2014?' blog discussion

Twiggy_34

Indie_Kid wrote: »

I've found that signing up to races helps with mojo.

I have given that some thought recently, I don't think I'm far enough into my "training" to give that much serious consideration yet though. I'm only barely doing 2.5m per run! Hopefully the warmer weather when it gets here will help with consistency. My other half is very supportive though and that does help some with motivation (most of the time).

burtha

twiggy .. I think I am about the same as you ..,very slow 2.5miles , can walk 3 miles at a steady 14 mins per mile, needed some thing to stay on track so have just booked to do race for life 5k in july and Newcastle stampead 10k mudrun in oct , all my friends think I have lost the plot !

Indie_Kid

burtha wrote: »

t all my friends think I have lost the plot !

A friend of mine pretty much said the same thing to me when I mentioned a half marathon. This is the same man who once suggested I run from Plymouth to Newton Abbot (roughly the distance as a full marathon) when there are no trains.

burtha

hi hows everyone doing, I keep plodding along, has been better the last 2 weeks because I have been using up holidays,so have been running,walking and cycled in daylight hours , back to work Monday so will be back to running at 11pm again , joy , well at least not many people will see me lol

Twiggy_34

I'm ashamed to admit that I skived off all last week! However, I've arranged with a friend to start going for long walks once a week (or more if she can but she works strange shifts so isn't likely to be more than this very often). She has back trouble so can't run and I thought it would be a good way to mix things up a bit.

We have a rather well known hill on the outskirts of town that we can climb, and there should be fantastic views from the top now that the clocks have gone forward!

I've also booked myself a massage for 2 weeks time so if that isn't an incentive to try and work off some extra lb's I don't know what is!

Indie_Kid

Twiggy_34 wrote: »

I've also booked myself a massage for 2 weeks time so if that isn't an incentive to try and work off some extra lb's I don't know what is!

I nearly cried when I had my first massage done.:o

Just under 50 miles for the month. Club tonight. If I run another 2.5 miles, that's 50 for the month and just under 150 for the year.

Twiggy_34

Indie_Kid wrote: »

I nearly cried when I had my first massage done.:o

Just curious - was the masseuse a bit too heavy handed or was it the idea of stripping off for them that was too much for you? The first deep tissue massage I had years ago they thought they might actually have bruised me the muscles were so tight. I've tried to keep up with regular & more gentle massages since then, but had to have a break since last Nov due to tight finances. Unfortunately christmas wasn't kind to my waistline, however, it's my cousin who does them so I'm sure she won't judge, even if she is a skinny bean!

macca64

Monthly update from me, 18 miles this month, so up to 44.4 miles for the year, which is just under 18% of my yearly target.

Hoping to up the miles now the weather is improving, plus need to start running after work as this are just runs on the weekends.

Good to see everyone making progress.

Indie_Kid

Twiggy_34 wrote: »

Just curious - was the masseuse a bit too heavy handed or was it the idea of stripping off for them that was too much for you? The first deep tissue massage I had years ago they thought they might actually have bruised me the muscles were so tight. I've tried to keep up with regular & more gentle massages since then, but had to have a break since last Nov due to tight finances. Unfortunately christmas wasn't kind to my waistline, however, it's my cousin who does them so I'm sure she won't judge, even if she is a skinny bean!

In his defense, my muscles were very tight - that's why I almost cried. I didn't find him to be heavy handed at all.

Have passed the 50 mile mark for the month.

Dizzy_Ditzy

I did 5k tonight :j :j

In 42 minutes


I wasn't planning on 5k, it just kinda happened. Now the evenings are lighter, I've started to run on grass- I don't think I like it, my body certainly doesn't

Will that change do we think? Will I get used to running on grass?