<p>Happy Bday, Pearl.
have to recommend the Galloway walk/run method for anyone starting or restarting running. I am really finding it helpful for me after my long break from distance running and am using his 10K training plan just to have a plan, not even sure I will be running a 10k soon. I have had IT band problems in the past, and I think the “Gallowalk” method aids in injury prevention of just that type.
Plus, it got MOWC’s stamp of approval, so I felt good to go ;)</p>
<p>I think the thing about starting running or restarting, is to really build SLOWLY. Build the volume slowly and run WAY slower than you want to. The low heart rate training method mentioned upthread ensures just that.</p>
<p>CJane is this training method the same as Couch to 5k? If not, where do we find it? (Sorry to be too lazy to search previous posts:( ) I definitely hear you about starting very slow… </p>
<p>Another question, i have never exercised with my ipod as i just don’t seem to need it. But if I am going to do Couch to 5K, I think I need to get equipped to hear the instructions. Are the earphones you guys were talking about earlier meant for this? Other tips?</p>
<p>Journey, the training plan is probably very similar to Couch25K, but emphasis on those walk breaks.
Here is Galloway’s 5 and 10k training plans:</p>
<p>7 miles on Precor; 8:40 pace. I must be really stupid, because I ran in my brand new shoes. A pair of NB 630 fell off the shelf in my arms at the Nordstrom Rack on Friday, and I thought what the heck, it is not the worst way to spend 50 bucks. I thought I would use them as my yard shoes, but they felt just right. Nordy did not have any Brooks in new colors or my size, so…</p>
<p>We still have power, but snow is piling up in the yard. I estimate we got about 4 inches. The sound of Douglas fir branches cracking and falling on the ground is NOT music to my ears. Pork and cabbage dumplings for lunch sounds wonderful at the moment.</p>
<p>Journey, the New Balance website has PDFs of training plans for 5k as well as other races. You might want to take a look at them.</p>
<p>I was surprised at the ages of the Olympics trials yesterday - I was expecting more women in the late teens and early twenties and I see more older ladies - do those trials exclude collegiate track and field competitors?</p>
<p>On new shoes, I usually like to break them in with short runs and mix them with an older pair until they loosen up a little. Heading out for a two mile run with son in a minute or two. Weekends are my “recovery run” days which means short distance.</p>
<p>BC, I too noticed that the marathoner ladies were on average older than the guys.</p>
<p>The new shoes were just fine. I would have stopped and ditched them if I felt discomfort, but I felt surprisingly good. They are a step up from minimalist footwear, just like Brooks’ Pure shoes.</p>
<p>I didn’t think marathon winners were ever much late teen/early 20s – rather like opera singers whose voices don’t mature quite so early. (Not sure why that is, but it seems to be true.)</p>
<p>Got in an easy two miles with my son. I think that I feel like I can do this every day and then Friday rolls around and I feel like exercise is too hard. At least my wardrobe is getting in better and better shape. I wore the dri-fit tee today as the Y field house has been chilly lately.</p>
<p>While looking through the clearance racks at Marshalls, I stumbled upon the Adidas equivalent of Nike Pro Combat. I didn’t even know that Adidas made this stuff as I have never seen it at Sports Authority. I also found Nike Sleeveless Pro Combat and some kind of variant of Pro Combat that could best be labeled as super-expensive Pro Combat (retail price was $40 and the sale price was around $20).</p>
<p>I spotted some womens dri-fit shirts at $9.99 and was a bit envious as the mens stuff is $12.99 when you can find it. I haven’t been able to convince my daughter to take a look yet.</p>
<p>I’ve never looked at the UA brand. The styling doesn’t do much for me and I’m not a fan of the name and they don’t seem to have any tennis presence. I’ll take a look at their stuff next time I’m at a sporting goods store.</p>
<p>Did a hard strength workout yesterday, and the glutes are still telling me about it today. (Yet another series of the one iDad passed on where you get down on all fours, and then raise one leg with the knee still bent and the foot flexed and hold it for five seconds. 3 super-sets with 12 on each side of the “bun killers” and I am indeed toast.)</p>
<p>But, went for a good intervals walk today. Kind of meh weather – 57, but solid cloud deck. Good news was no wind. All in all, very decent walking weather, and the ice is gone as long as you stay on the sunny sides of blocks. Yay me. </p>
<p>I’m impressed at all the active wear you guys buy. I have about 5 athletic shirts, 3 pairs of pants (all black) for workouts, and a washing machine. If it is Tuesday it must be the blue shirt. :)</p>
<p>Today is D’s 21st birthday, and tonight we’re celebrating with lobster tails, shrimp, asparagus, a great salad and a bit of blueberry cobbler. (She’s back at school, but wouldn’t consider lobster or even shrimp much of anything for a celebration. I don’t get it.)</p>
<p>I think I’ve got 3 pair of long workout pants and 6 long sleeve workout shirts with this new red one. Don’t need a ton of winter stuff because I can wear it several times. Remember, guys only do a wash once a month or so! :)</p>
<p>Summertime, when it’s hot… not so much!</p>
<p>Actually, I tend to wear a clean long sleeve tech shirt as a base layer a couple of times and then wear it for a workout before it goes into the wash.</p>
<p>It’s all I buy. I very seldom buy cotton shirts. I would say 90% of my clothes are either Nike, adidas, or Under Armour. That includes my polos and khakis…</p>
<p>"Remember, guys only do a wash once a month or so! "</p>
<p>I forgot. I ought to remember, because way back when I worked in a consulting group where several of the guys routinely headed over to the downtown department store to buy more boxers, socks, and shirts before out-of-town assignments. Weekly.</p>
<p>Luckily, I’m married to a guy who loves to do laundry. :)</p>
Not many young athletes step up to marathon distance until they are finished with college competition and even then, have to build a base, not get injured, etc.
Good workout tonight… Was supposed to meet two co-workers at the gym. One showed up but only did like 10 minutes on the treadmill. The other bailed for the second week in a row…
-20 minutes on the elliptical doing an interval program.
-Graston Technique on my left ankle
-Pilates for about 10 minutes
-Various mini-band walks
Supersets 4x8 each
-Dumbbell Bench Press
-Lat Pulldown
-KB Walking Lunges
-Leg Press
TABATA
-KB Swings
20 seconds on; 10 seconds off. 8x
Ended up with 90 swings total.
I was going to do weights this evening but I took a nap after a shower after running. The nap went about three or four hours. It’s just one of those times when you’re feeling really weak and you leave the light on as it’s only going to be a ten-minute nap and you wake up and it’s a lot later. I’ve had respiratory problems this evening so I’m pretty sure that I caught a cold - it doesn’t feel bad enough to be a flu (so far). My weather app says that it’s 6 degrees outside and maybe that’s not helping.
I might be on the DL for a little while - we’ll see how it goes tomorrow.
Pork and cabbage dumplings for lunch sounds wonderful at the moment.</p>
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