<p>D wants to do a short race/ event with me- probably 5k.
I can do that easily, but after reading warnings about the implant coming unglued, I am not going to risk running.
Perhaps if I was a runner, like she is, but even when I was on the track team in high school, I didn’t love racing.
A local lake has a walking/ bike path all the way around it- its just about 3.2 miles.
I need to add a few things to my current repertoire, wonder how the dog will do.
He can heel for short walks, but the lake may be too big of a distraction.</p>
<p>New Years goal update: I guess I have to decide my resolution, since it’s d-day, so here’s my modest body-movement goal for 2014:</p>
<p>Weekly: three miles uphill, snowshoes in season, bare minimum; 3 miles min dreadmill Nordic style walking; three strength routine sessions min. (Kbs, planks etc.), two weekly airdyne sessions in season…summer adds swimming and cycling and likely omits airdyne :)</p>
<p>Weight: continued tracking, recovery to -43 with ultimate year end goal to -50 despite holiday excesses 
which means I’d better target -60 hi ho.</p>
<p>Additional goal: find a consistent mechanism to track the mileage.</p>
<p>Idad, what do you use to track your hikes? I’ve historically just used an iPhone app but didn’t log over time.</p>
<p>IDad- pace doesn’t matter, especially uphill and in snow! That’s great hiking and snowshoeing! </p>
<p>The thing about running mileage goals is that you have to RUN. It does necessarily cut into other cross-training activities, which are important, too. At my level of running, with a demanding job and other commitments, there is little time for other fitness things like strength training. I don’t think this is a good thing, but it is what I had to do in order to run 2000 mikes and complete at long distances. My daughter was successful (15 minute marathon PR) with a program called Run Less, Run Faster which is pretty much derided on our running forum. She cross-trained a lot (swimming, weights, biking) but was pretty good about sticking to the prescribed running workouts. The workouts are not easy, and I don’t think I could do them. There was track work at an aggressive pace (depending on your race goal) and tempo runs. She did all this in summer weather. </p>
<p>I chose to do higher mileage, but with less intensity. I think track workouts bring too much injury risk for me. I did my speed work in races and sometimes during a longer run.</p>
<p>There are lots of ways to skin a cat. Generally, though, it requires running mileage to be fairly significant in order to run longer races and get faster. Runners run.</p>
<p>I hear you, MOWC - you tell me exactly the same things my running friend does … and that’s what I’m struggling with, because I’d kind of like to run the 15K but I don’t know if I want it badly enough to do all the running (and dial down the other stuff) to work up to that point. Do I really want to run a 15K, or do I want to say that I’ve run a 15K? Kind of different things, LOL!</p>
<p>I cannot even imagine how you fit everything into your schedule, MOWC. Running definitely takes time but it is time I feel is well spent. I feel great when I’m running. I’m winning the Olympic marathon; I’m winning Boston; I’m running across every finish line in first place. I have a very active imagination, as you can tell! </p>
<p>I like to run. I didn’t like to run when I was overweight. But this time I’ve been patient and worked up to it. Now it’s habit. I almost always feel better after I’ve run. I don’t think or know if I would have stuck with exercise if I had gone the route of group classes - that’s when I feel like the kid picked last in gym. I always feel like I’ve stumbled into the secret group of popular kids on the playground! </p>
<p>How far is a 15K? A little over 9 miles? The 10k program I did a while back had the longest run of around 12 miles. I will need to look it up - initially I thought it was the 5k to 10k program but it isn’t. I would think you could follow that program and be well prepared for a 15k run. If you really want to do it.</p>
<p>Sabaray - I think for me at least, the classes I like are structured so that you are in your own “zone” so it doesn’t feel like you are competing with anybody else or that anyone else is paying attention to you. At least that describes the hot yoga that I do, as well as the deep-water running. (The pilates and strength training are with a private trainer.) For something like zumba that requires coordination, yes, I would definitely be self-conscious and aware of my lack of coordination, and would likely abandon it!</p>
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<p>Ready to usher in 2014. :)</p>
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<p>I wear my Garmin watch and heart rate monitor chest strap whenever I exercise. So, for outdoor stuff, I get heart rate and GPS time/distance/elevation. Indoors, GPS is turned off so I just get heart rate and time for strength workouts. For Airdyne, I’ve got bike sensors, so the Garmin records time/distance/and pedal speed. I categorize each workout as strength, Airdyne, walk, walk/jog, hike, or snow shoe.</p>
<p>This all gets uploaded to the Garmin website. I actually log it in program called SportTracks, which is nice because it’s open-source with all kinds of third-party plug ins – for example, one that is a lot better than Garmin’s software for programming custom interval workouts.</p>
<p>Anyway, I can pull up a list of all workouts in the HIKE and SNOW SHOE categories in a given week, month, or year. It will give my totals.</p>
<p>None of that is really necessary, but it’s kind of fun and just one of those things that keeps it interesting.</p>
<p>I’m thinking Airdyne intervals today. Or, maybe KB circuit. Too damn cold for outdoors – it’s 16 degrees right now.</p>
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<p>And, even if it did matter, there isn’t a whole lot I can do about it except keep hiking and get better at it. My pace is pretty much determined by heart rate (uphill) and terrain (downhill). The biggest speed gains come from just being more efficient over rocky terrain and learning how to adjust the pace to avoid ending up bent over panting like a dog.</p>
<p>Questions for a couple of people.</p>
<p>Ohio, I know of local running groups with participants who generally do, say, 5K through marathons, maybe tri, but I’m not aware of groups that do track, other than the kids or college students. I was wondering how you find the track opportunities. That might be something I’d like to explore. And I hope you’ll post a year end wrap-up.</p>
<p>And Lizardly, as I recall, you’re a very experienced runner, right? Want to chime in with any thoughts for PG as she goes about setting goals for the new year? PG, hope you don’t mind I’m soliciting additional input for you. :)</p>
<p>Thanks! Happy Pre-New Year, everyone.</p>
<p>Workout with trainer today–TRX, kettle bell workout with stair climbing between TRX moves (walked up/down 2 flights 3x carrying 16 kg Kbs in each hand). Ended the session with work on two machines (we rarely use them)–did leg presses (250 pounds) and seated rowing machine with weights (75 pounds). Followed training with tread mill walking–did 45 minutes and completed 2.75 miles. </p>
<p>Fitness goals for 2014: 1) to master the rear-elevated split/leg squat (trainer helped me with form today); 2) to increase my yoga to two sessions a week; 3) to be consistent with spinning–start at 1x a week and increase to 2x; 4) to get back to pilates reformer–I did quit a bit when my oldest lived near by (she’s a certified Stott pilates instructor but she’s living out-of-state now). Friend of my D’s has opened a studio in my area so my plan is to start again.</p>
<p>Also–I’ve got a Garmin watch that I never use and if anyone on here wants it (for free), sent me a PM. Person who wants it can send me a Starbucks card to cover the postage. I decided that I prefer my Polar FT4 HRM.</p>
<p>12 miles on the 10k app? Could that be right??? I was planning on downloading, but have NO interest in attempting that caliber!! Gonna have to look that up!!</p>
<p>Today’s exercise was a warm up for the next couple days of heavy snowfall predicted. We had a scant inch overnight but I went out and did upper body by brooding off our large deck, regular drive, circular drive and double lot/corner walks for about 45 mins. :). Heading to the movies soon and will have my NYEve splurge by sharing some movie popcorn with as much butter as is legally possible. :)</p>
<p>Abasket, it’s not on the app, it’s on a different training schedule that I was using. I had a foggy brain this am!</p>
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<p>We’re not worthy!</p>
<p>That is impressive. Just walking with two 16 kg KBs isn’t easy. I had to stop doing stairs with weights. The time I almost lost my balance and tripped down the steps got my attention!</p>
<p>I did actually just read that they suggest that when training for a 10k someone at my level would be recommended to do a 12 week program as opposed to a 9 week and that my mileage should top out at 7 miles - but that more experienced runners might do up to 12 miles.</p>
<p>PG, I think you can do it. </p>
<p>I’d start off gently, trying to instill the running habit without sacrificing too much of the other stuff you like to do. Can you run thirty minutes three or four times a week to start? That is about three miles, and you could run by time or by distance. Just figure out when and where to run, how to squeeze it in to your schedule. Can you run first thing in the morning? At lunch? While you watch some show on TV or while you have something on the oven? If you need some time to think or compose something, running is a good time to do that. While you are already at the gym? Don’t worry about pace, and if you have to run/walk, do that. Build up to twelve miles a week. Once you get there, come back and we can talk about adding some more miles. </p>
<p>One hundred hundreds done. Whew! It is really lots of fun. I do it with my masters group and people drift in and out all morning. We do ten sets of a thousand, each one a different drill.</p>
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<p>Ha ha. You have never seen me run! All of my 5K’s have clocked in between 34 and 42 minutes. And I think the 34 min was one where it wasn’t a full 5K. A 10 minute mile is well out of my ballpark at this point! I appreciate all the thoughts and insights, and am just mulling through my goals here. Happy new year to everyone!</p>
<p>I was running some errands and stopped at a Starbucks today; it was lunch time so I grabbed something to eat, and it occurred to me that in the past, I would probably binged on some of the brownies and similar goodies, but instead I had the egg salad and the cheese-and-fruit plate - while probably the whole thing was higher in calories than I would have liked, there was something about the fact that I was drawn towards “realer food” that was good, if that makes sense. So let’s hear it for continued real-food in 2014!</p>
<p>I don’t know if I’m stupid or crazy and probably both but I just signed up for an 8k! I have until the middle of March to train but still… I will probably have to do all of my training on the treadmill although I may be able to get out on my XC skis. Today it is 10 degrees, snow and wind. I can not venture to guess what the windchill. </p>
<p>I’ve been slacking on exercising, lots of family and lots of food. My mom is still here, she’s leaving Friday and I will be back to it. Looking forward. </p>
<p>Btw, this will be my first race ever, I guess it was go big or go home. My SIL asked if I would run the 8k, she is running a half on Memorial Day so she wanted to do this 8k. She is faster than me so I don’t think we will run together, I guess it’s for moral support.</p>
<p>deb, you can do this! :)</p>
<p>Go deb!</p>
<p>1 hour with weights then a 3.7 mile lhr run.</p>