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Date: 24 Aug 2006 09:52:23
From: Beginning runner
Subject: Week three finished
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Well, I just finished week three of the couch to 5K plan--and it took me
almost sox weeks to do it.
The first time I tried it, I could do only 2:22 of the first 3 minute
split. The second time, I could do only 2 minutes of the first three
minute split.
So, I started week 2.5, in which I did two minutes instead of three.
After a week of that, I had to take a week off because of a vacation,
but I did get in some treadmill time.
The next week (week 2.75), I did 2:30 instead of three minutes.
The next week, I tried three minutes, but kept falling short by about 15
to 30 seconds each time on the second 3-minute split.
And then this week, I did the full three minutes each split.
At this rate, it might take me a year to finish the eleven week program,
but I will finish it.
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 17:23:26
From: bj
Subject: Re: Week three finished
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"Beginning runner" <bogus@invalid.com > wrote in message
news:bogus-DDC805.09522324082006@news.west.cox.net...
> Well, I just finished week three of the couch to 5K plan--and it took me
> almost six weeks to do it.
> ....
> At this rate, it might take me a year to finish the eleven week program,
So what?
This is a lifelong lifestyle change, isn't it?
You're not planning to quit when you do the 5k are you?
> but I will finish it.
That's the spirit!
Best wishes.
bj
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 14:47:04
From: Beginning runner
Subject: Re: Week three finished
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In article <iglHg.11088$St4.2658@trnddc01 >,
"bj" <bjones44@bellatlantic.net > wrote:
> > Well, I just finished week three of the couch to 5K plan--and it
> > took me almost six weeks to do it.
> > ....
> > At this rate, it might take me a year to finish the eleven week
> > program,
>
> So what?
> This is a lifelong lifestyle change, isn't it?
I hope so, but at age 63, who knows how much longer lifelong will be? <g >
> Best wishes.
Thanks.
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Date: 25 Aug 2006 05:59:01
From: Dot
Subject: Re: Week three finished
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Beginning runner wrote:
> In article <iglHg.11088$St4.2658@trnddc01>,
> "bj" <bjones44@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
>
>>>Well, I just finished week three of the couch to 5K plan--and it
>>>took me almost six weeks to do it.
>>>....
>>>At this rate, it might take me a year to finish the eleven week
>>>program,
>>
>>So what?
>>This is a lifelong lifestyle change, isn't it?
>
>
> I hope so, but at age 63, who knows how much longer lifelong will be? <g>
>
Google for "Helen Klein" if you want some inspiration.
Dot
only 59
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"Success is different things to different people"
-Bernd Heinrich in Racing the Antelope
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Date: 25 Aug 2006 02:23:58
From: bj
Subject: Re: Week three finished
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"Beginning runner" <bogus@invalid.com > wrote in message
news:bogus-B4D7A9.14470424082006@news.west.cox.net...
> In article <iglHg.11088$St4.2658@trnddc01>,
> "bj" <bjones44@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>
>> > Well, I just finished week three of the couch to 5K plan--and it
>> > took me almost six weeks to do it.
>> > ....
>> > At this rate, it might take me a year to finish the eleven week
>> > program,
>>
>> So what?
>> This is a lifelong lifestyle change, isn't it?
>
> I hope so, but at age 63, who knows how much longer lifelong will be? <g>
>
Plenty, I hope, if I don't get hit by one of the red-light-runner-cars or
buses around here.
I certainly want to get up into the next age group!
bj
(pushing 63)
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Date: 25 Aug 2006 14:20:59
From: bluezfolk
Subject: Re: Week three finished
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Beginning runner wrote:
> Well, I just finished week three of the couch to 5K plan--and it took me
> almost sox weeks to do it.
>
> The first time I tried it, I could do only 2:22 of the first 3 minute
> split. The second time, I could do only 2 minutes of the first three
> minute split.
>
> So, I started week 2.5, in which I did two minutes instead of three.
> After a week of that, I had to take a week off because of a vacation,
> but I did get in some treadmill time.
>
> The next week (week 2.75), I did 2:30 instead of three minutes.
>
> The next week, I tried three minutes, but kept falling short by about 15
> to 30 seconds each time on the second 3-minute split.
>
> And then this week, I did the full three minutes each split.
>
> At this rate, it might take me a year to finish the eleven week program,
> but I will finish it.
Fitness and health are worth all the work you put into it. Keep up the
good work.
Eric
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Date: 25 Aug 2006 11:13:16
From: Daniel
Subject: Re: Week three finished
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:52:23 -0700, Beginning runner
<bogus@invalid.com > wrote:
>Well, I just finished week three of the couch to 5K plan--and it took me
>almost six weeks to do it. . . .
> . . .
>At this rate, it might take me a year to finish the eleven week program,
>but I will finish it.
Don't ever be discouraged. Even when it feels like you're moving at
the wrong rate or the wrong direction (going "back" a week) it is
progress in this sense: you're still moving. The slogan of The North
Face company is, "Never stop exploring" -- I like that thought,
whether it's trying to build a physically active lifestyle or
challenge the brain.
By the way, are you keeping a "training log"? It is so encouraging to
look back over the months/years and see where I *was* 20 pounds
heavier and unable to complete many weeks of the couch-to-5K "on time"
back in 2004.
Peace,
--
Daniel ( deltaechomike@usa.net )
--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
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Date: 25 Aug 2006 14:12:26
From: Beginning runner
Subject: Re: Week three finished
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In article <cp5ue2llvhgt51qktgn5il6pciju0t3siq@4ax.com >,
Daniel <deltaechomike@usa.net > wrote:
> >Well, I just finished week three of the couch to 5K plan--and it
> >took me almost six weeks to do it. . . .
> > . . .
> >At this rate, it might take me a year to finish the eleven week
> >program, but I will finish it.
>
> Don't ever be discouraged.
I'm not. I may not be progressing as well as I like, but I am
progressing. Even though it took me almost six weeks to be able finish
week three, I know I couldn't do it six weeks ago, but can do it now.
Today was supposed to have been a day off, with tomorrow another day
off. But about 10 am, I got the urge to run, so I got dressed in
cutoffs and a tee shirt instead of my usual running togs, put on my HR
monitor and iPod (but without the Nike+iPod gizmo) and ran/walked a
route completely different from my usual one. I ran three minutes,
noted my HR, walked until my HR was at the bottom of my range, then
walked until my HR was at the point I noted at that three-minute mark,
and continued like this until I looped back to the place where I was at
the three-minute mark, then ran back to my starting point. The entire
thing took 13:58, which is about a minute shorter than my week-three
workouts were. But it was 88-89 degrees instead of the low eighties
that I usually run in, in the mornings.
And I felt good afterwards.
> By the way, are you keeping a "training log"?
I started to keep it about a month ago. I didn't log today's run
though; I deliberately kept myself from knowing how far it is or what my
pace was.
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