slow buggers running club (Page 6)

I'm wondering if this club is still active! I have never been a runner, but have done some slow running miles to participate in a few triathlons in the past two yeard. I battled shin  spints which are not my issue at this time. Plantar fasciitis is. So this keeps me further from running, but I want to try to at least see if I can do some consistent walk/jogging. I don't even have a mile time at this point but would be surprised if it would be below a 12-12.5 minute mile.

So -- is anyone still out there in this slow buggers club? I could at least have you folks as a possible motivation! Perhaps after a consitent February of checking in once a week with mileage and one measured time we could move on to some sort of "challenge" like xxx number of miles per week for the month of March, and set something new for April. Just some thoughts.

I wait to hear from anyone who might still be out there.

Nancy

resurrection time! managed a 1 mile run today. first run in months and my itb felt ok, not gone but ok. guess that is all i can hope for.

how is everyone else getting on?

saph  

I wanna join this club!

I'm seriously at 16 mm pace for a regular run (or even slower) and my race pace PR (this year!) is 14:29 per mile. Yeah, I think I fit right in here...

I'm training for a 1/2 marathon in May, plus various and assorted other races. Next race is Saturday it is a 12k, I am HOPING to break 2 hours.

wish me luck!

I am happy to see this thread/club resurrected!! I will gladly be a member. But I will start at the walking stage as I continue to heal my plantar fasciitis. I have been doing more swimming than anything, but have also been slipping in some spin classes as well as an ocassional bike ride outdoors.

 As soon as I think I am able (like perhaps sometime this or next week) I will start walking and time myself for a mile and report in here.

Thanks for doing this -- it is just what I need!

Read a few more posts on here.  If anyone wants to join in on a basic challenge for this month, I think it would be good to post goals for March and see how we do.

I, personally, do NOT track by miles because I am so slow - the mileage amount seems too pathetic.

Goals for March (and what do you guys think if we update weekly how we are doing?)

(1) Run 4x per week - at least 15 min per session.
(2) Run at least 3 hours every week.

I think this puts me at about 10 miles per week, but don't hold me to that.

I want to join you guys! I think however, that April will be a better month for me to really participate since I am continuing my treatment for plantar fasciitis. Today I will count as my first walk (did 2 miles) of a plan to walk 3 days a week for at least 30 minutes. I won't count miles yet nor will I time my walks for March. I will just use the remainder of the month to be my starting point.

 I hope we will do this again in April so I can track some numbers with our club here. I'm thinking of April being a month to track time not miles, and see how I do.

Let's keep this going. I can really use this club for some motivation.

Hey, just posting how the week went (would love to see some other people posting how they are doing... come on... it's nice in here!)

Anyway.  Ran 3x this week, which included a 12k race which I finished in 2:05 which is an average pace of 16:46 per mile.  Feel really good about this week overall, although I am very sore today from the run.  Did not hit my goal of running 4x this week, but I did make my goal of 3 hours.  On to next week.

Next week:
Goals  - Run 4x this week, run for at least 3 hours.  Based on my schedule should be easily doable.

Anyone else have goals for the week they want to post?

I'm happy that you are posting! I for one want this "club" to continue.

My goal is to walk 3 times this week for 30 minutes. Unless my doc says for me not to do this while I am still working on that pf problem, this should be an easy goal.

My plan is to walk Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I will check in with my sucesses.

Nancy

hey nancy and cadreamer

how is it going?

good news on the slow buggers front - i managed to run yestreday! i think it was only 1200 metres but i managed most of it barefoot and pain free

did you both hit your goals? mine is just to build my running up slowly and mainly barefoot, stay itb pain free, and within a few weeks hopefulyl be running 3 times weekley for a mile each time.  its weird that for months i've not wanted to run and been so pissed off about my previous itb pain, yet this experiement seems to be working and gotten me excited again! yay

Hey Sappho -- nice going with your itb rehab and slow start. As for me --- I didn't quite hit my goal of three walks this week but will maintain that for the following week. I did do one walk and my feet were somewhat OK. My doc says walking is OK, but no jog or runs yet. Will keep checking in here.

 Carry over goal of 3 30 minute walks this week. 

I run my weeks from Monday through Sunday, so my week is not over yet.

So far I have run around 2:35 and run 3x. I'm planning on doing a short easy run on sunday of about 20 minutes (but maybe I should just go for 25 so I can make my time goal.) My legs are feeling tired though so I'm not going to push it just to meet an arbitrary number.

Overall I'm feeling good and like I'm progressing. Still ramping up for the 1/2 marathon I'm planning in May.

I'll check back in this weekend with next week's goals and how I did - keep up the good work everyone!

sappho96 - 2007-03-25 11:30 PM brilliant news cadreamer, and well done nancy on sticking with it! i haven't run since i last posted as i've had various niggles and also travelled down to my parents. they've now buggered off on holiday so i have some peace and quiet (haha!!!) and i'm hoping to do a bike tomorrow (with hills - yipee) and a wee run in their back garden which i am excited about

well the bike ride went well, despite nearly being squished by a bus and getting chased down by a car driver after having sworn at him - oops!

good news on the slow buggers front - i front a 10 min mile! just one but i did it  

i hate wardrobe malfunctions!

btw any idea what i meant by i front a 10 min mile? lol!

Last week...

3x running about 2:40 total  (lost my oomph on Sun and vegged instead of working out... blah)

Once again: This week 4x running 3 hours total (at least)  Planning the long run of 2 hours this week - got only 5 weeks left til the half marathon!