losing jusme's quest to the Minnie marathon

[losingjusme 12]

from my blog as well...

week 3 of couch to 5K is not going well for me.

i did my 90 seconds of running, then my 90 seconds of walking and just couldnt do the 3 minute run. i dunno what it was / is... my calves cramped up like a mother and it hurt just to walk, much less run.

now, 3 hours later my legs are crampy, my feet need a REALLY good rub/massage and my right glute is achey... i did walk over 3 miles. 2 miles on the treadmill (31 mins) then i went to a new park to scope out the new trail. its a pretty good one that i will more than likely go to. it does have a slight incline, but i can deal with it. i did a lap (.298 miles) in 5:21.4. next time i will time the entire run/walk (ok, i walked 99.5% of the time). i may even go tomorrow ...

WTF????

i want to run ... i love the rush of running ... why wont my body cooperate?? and i'm not running fast at all ... 4.4 is my 'average'. i even dropped down the speed to 4.2 and i just couldnt do it.

so instead of c25k - this is what i did:

30 seconds running 4.2

1 min walking 3.5-3.9

45 seconds running 4.4

2 min walking 3.5-3.9

1 min running 4.4

2 min walking 3.5-3.9

1 min 15 sec running 4.4

2 min walking 3.5-3.9

45 secs running 4.5

cool down.

this is nowhere where i want to be ... NOWHERE... i am disappointed in myself and my will power (or lack there of..) im depressed. the one good thing - my eating was on target today! in fact, there are some "brownie bites" (that i bought this weekend and had 3-4ish), and didnt have any today! yay me.

i need to work on posting my food all the time - not just my good days ... :eek:

[DeltaDawn 0]

Losing just me... there are days like that. When I started running I ran for 30 seconds and walked for... I don't know 5 minutes... it took me three months before I could really increase my run time. After years of abuse to my body, I needed to give it time to adapt. It was tough though!!!

I had a great run this morning btw... 5 km in 26 minutes!!! Which is a pace of 5:11 a km... Yep I am Canadian can you tell. BTW I lived in Toronto for years!!!

Dawn

Banded April 4th, 2006

Montreal

358/158/148

[losingjusme 12]

**sigh** i know, Dawn. it's just so frustrating!!! grrrrr!!!

i am going to the park today and test it again. i figure if im not running much, i can run back to back days.

congrats on that wonderful run! 26 mins!!! wow!! i am in complete awe of you!!

Tor-AHN-TOE, eh? :eek: i loved living there... well, except the frigid temps!!!

[KarenG. 0]

You can do it! Think how far you have come. Also, if you been able to do it once you can do it again - just keep repeating each week until it is no problem for you!

[whosyadaddy 0]

Delta Dawn WOW on the run!

Every year i go to Montreal on buisness in April. it sure is a crazy place!

[Chickie 15]

Hang in there! We all have "bad" runs!!

[losingjusme 12]

off to go run.. actually sitting in the parking lot finishing a song... 'lips like sugar' I love the 80s!!

[jmarruda 22]

losing, how was the run this time?

[losingjusme 12]

it was good. my stupid toe is still a problem, but im running 3, walking 90seconds then repeating...

[jmarruda 22]

running 3? It sounds like you're back on track......

[losingjusme 12]

yeah, i love it.

one thing i've found though - if i am going to run, it has to be in the morning. the afternoon i can barely get 90 seconds. bizarre!!

[losingjusme 12]

27 days left and i really need to kick it in gear. having my plastics so late in February (the 29th) really put a damper on my training. soooo, this week im going to walk M, W, F for a mile or two and Saturday i'm goign to try for 3-4 and see how i feel.

the only bad thing is that i still swell so horribly when i am active. but it's just something i have to deal with, right??

[whosyadaddy 0]

HEy Lady...good luck...i got a run this weekend in Osh Kosh.. Half Marathon but i picked the 5k! In June im doing a 10k.

Ive done a 10k on the treadmill before and im doing about 3 5k's a week but i wanted to break in easy.

Keep trainning.

[losingjusme 12]

just under 6 miles (5.96 - i had to calibrate my Nike+ for .25 miles)

loved it! i had DH drop me off at the gym and while he worked out, i walked home.

below is my print out from Nike+. its actually accurate...

Edited April 12, 2008 by losingjusme

[Chickie 15]

The Nike+ is pretty accurate when you are not on a treadmill. Doing well LJM! You excited about the MM?