Up and Running - Week of April 14

[Kimmyt]

Ran today, first time increasing weekly runs by 10% instead of 5. THe doc had me playing it safe for several weeks by only increasing 5%. Now I can finally start seeing larger increases in mileage. Do you know how frustrating it is to increase a measly 0.1 mile per week? Ugh.

Anyway, 2.6 miles today and felt good. Can't wait to make it to 3 so I can do my outside loop during work.

K.

[jesvetmed]

KIMMYT: Hang in there! Baby steps are safest! It is SOOO hard though!

[DDH]

okay girls, I did the run one minute walk one minute on the treadmill today. I had to cheat a couple of times and wait a minute and a half to get my breath back a little more before I ran again, but other than that I did fine.

I fell on my knee yesterday so I was a little nervous that it might hurt, but it was fine.
I ran at 4 mph and walked at 3 and then a couple of times I ran at 5 mph, but that one really took the breath from me.

The sheet I printed off to that website you guys gave me said to do it 10 times but I did it 12 just cause I wanted to see if I could run 5mph for a minute.

[minn]

Finally a nice day in Wisconsin!! I ran 3.5 miles today. The weather was beautiful, unfortunately I way overdressed..silly me. Can't wait to get out tomorrow!

[kelownagirl]

OK, I'm up to a 10 min run and a 1 min walk so I did 5.2 km at lunch today, some with the kids. I have a charley horse (I think) in my right calf though. How do I make that go away? I've tried stretching and massaging to no avail. Maybe I'll google it.

[jesvetmed]

KG: This is a common problem for me -- ICE helps right after exercising, ibuprofen, and stretching after warming up. Always stretch after running and lots of fluids. I fight this a lot and it can be so frustrating... I always take a couple days off running when it gets bad. GOOD LUCK! They can hurt SO bad! The other thing I've learned is that when I feel it starting to tighten while running, I walk. Otherwise, it is really bad when I'm done, or stops me dead in my tracks when I am a ways from home!

Also, I'm sure I read something here about cramping a while back and things to do to avoid it -- ie, hydration, electrolytes, etc.

Here's one: http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...eferrerid=4859

[OakLeaf]

Oh well goodness, someone has to post in this thread!

4.92 miles, back on the beach. Nothing in mind for this run, but while I was out I resolved I'm not going to post "no goal" any more, because it's just a depressing reminder of how my life is too up in the air to allow for any real goals right now

Today's theme on the beach: wind somewhat off the water, so the tide was higher than I'd expected - good thing I didn't wait until any later. The last few vehicles were being kicked off the beach, and I was running way up by the dune limit poles. A pretty day.

Passed 100 miles on the "new" shoes today ... and I got my lat workout too:



so was I so bad to reward myself?