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Royal Parks half marathon booked up for October!! Training in progress :-)
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It made me
 "exhilarating till i hit the hills"
How I did it: running has always been something i have been afraid of. i have bad knees, i don't have a classic runner's body by any stretch of the imagination, and i am not getting any younger. but i wanted to conquer this fear. a few friends recommended that i could learn by volunteering with Team in Training. i had never heard of them, but once i went to the intro meeting i was hooked. i am big into volunteering already so raising money for leukemia was a great motivator. subconsciously i knew that if someone else was counting on me, i would absolutely be sure to finish my training and finish the race. i was surprised to see the great variety of body types and ages there and thought 'if they can do it, surely so can i'. i am lucky to have had great coaches with Team in Training. i followed the training schedule maybe 60%. but i was there for almost all of the long weekend runs. it is amazing how quickly the body improves. oh, you suffer to get there! but it is empowering to gauge one's improvement. and the first time i ran 8 straight miles, i was on cloud 9! but to be honest, i continued to have major knee problems. i love the way your mind feels after a long run, i would sing out loud and find myself whistling like i was on 'andy griffith'. i have since taken up swimming but am glad i actually did it. were my knees better, i would still be running. Lessons & tips: while you are training, remember that your body is different every day, and your progress is not linear. it goes in a spiky zig zag manner. also, for me the first mile or two were always the roughest. once i calmed down and stopped thinking about my breathing and i got into the rhythm, it was smooth sailing. Resources: in the bay area, La Foot in Berkeley was invaluable! they kept my shoes performing and helped get my knees race-ready with straps and tricks.
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run/walk with the group. Not as difficult as previous long runs, though those last 3 miles were hard. I think it helped that I had done a maintenance run, and, I was one of the timers to keep the 3:1 run/walk ratio. It was easier to keep going knowing when the end was coming (a walk break). I feel a great sense of accomplishment. Even though I am not fast, I am doing it.
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Second Guessing...
2 days ago
Thinking of doing this…but unsure:
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So it's official
2 days ago
I’m registered for the Royal Victoria Half Marathon on October 11th at 7:30 am.
I’ve started training this week, and let me tell you about how intense it was.
Monday: Weight Training
-Leg press, Explosive lunges, Squats, Chest Press, Shoulder Press, Bicep Curls, Roman Chair, Plank, Pushups…lots.
Tuesday: Boot Camp
Wednesday: Ran 3 miles
Thursday: Ran 3 miles
Friday: 1 hour of weigh training
Saturday: 3 mile run.
This is totally ridic!
I am currently training for a half marathon
3 days ago
I just found out that there’s a half marathon in Lake Tahoe in 10 weeks. I am currently training for this event, running five days a week. Monday’s and Wednesday’s I ‘race’ a normal 5 or 10 k, Fridays consist of Farlek running, Saturdays consist of Hill(s) training, and Sunday’s are black-out, long running days. This is week is my second consitant week, and my long run is at 5 miles. I up my long run by 1 mile a week, which give me 9 weeks to get my mileage up before the marathon in September. I’ll run around 14 miles this week. I think its a good start considering its my second consistant week of running.
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So Totally PUMPED!
3 days ago
Had some kind of a major breakthrough this morning. Did ten miles in 113 minutes. I know that’s slow, but you have to consider that I started off training with not even being able to run a full minute. :) I think I can definitely pull this off by next year’s race. Maybe even consider doing the full marathon instead?
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more hills
4 days ago
I’d taken this weekend off from running, because my hip has been bothering me. Today was my first day back, and I ran hill repeats with my running group.
It was a different hill than last time (shorter and steeper), but it went well. I did about 4.5 miles if you include warm-up and cool-down.
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Untitled
4 days ago
Got behind on reporting my training because I was out of state for a week. While traveling, I was still able to run about 2 miles a day. Since being back, my training schedule went like this:
Thursday, July 2nd – 5 mile run
Friday July 3rd – 3 hour bike ride, 5 mile run
Saturday, July 4th – 3 hour bike ride, 2 hour hike
Sunday, July 5th – 2 hour climb, 2 mile run
Monday, July 6th – 2 hour climb, 1 mile run
Tuesday, July 7th – 5.5 mile run
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2 days in a row!
6 days ago
4 mile run/walk with the group on Sat July 4, then tonight I did an approx 3.5 mile run/walk in my neighborhood. Going very slow but still going!
For my wife
2 weeks ago
I don’t really want to do this, but my wife plans on doing one this November, so I told her I’d run with her. In our other races (shorter ones, only 5k’s so far) I go at my own pace, which is much faster than her, but in this one I’ll be with her the whole way.
My plan is to only train enough for a 12k (7.5 miles) at my pace, which I’m hoping will translate into enough training to do 13 miles at my wife’s pace.
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“Training at sea level and racing at an elevation of 2,640 m (8,661.4 ft), what's the best approach?”
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