Accountability group

[spotty_dog]

It isn't far, 10 feet? Fingers crossed!

[ladymoreta]

Weigh in today, and I've hit my goal weight (slightly under)!!! I'm so excited! Going to make sure I can stay here for a few weeks, and then I'll do an official "after" picture.

[spotty_dog]

Yay LM!

And [MENTION=4627]ballibeg[/MENTION] we need a follow up! Your time looked great, did you meet your goals? How did it feel?

[SoonerTexan]

Yay congrats Laurie! You are another inspiration to me!

I'm getting close to 20 lbs, 1/3 way there, but I want to hit it before I Celebrate


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[ballibeg]

Berlin! What a city!

History to explore around every corner and a vibrant culture that draws you in.

The half was very well organised, there were 8000 inline skaters and 30000 runners all needing numbers and timing chips. We registered on the Friday so no queues. Wristbands sealed to identify athletes and passports checked. That gave us Saturday to explore the city ACD we walked too much! Think it was about 10 miles on our feet exploring, not the best race prep. Pasta might before and we were ready to run.

The start was just 10 minutes from our hotel and it was a hot, bright windless day. I was in pen C for times 1.40-1.50. My PB was 1.45 and I was running for a 1.50. It took 10 minutes to cross the start line and I ran the race I planned from the start. First three miles at 8.30 min/mile. I was with similar paced runners and no delays but legs complained from start. I walked every aid station and 30s every 10 minutes to stretch my back out. Miles 3-10 I planned to run 8.15 pace but it was apparent I wasn't going to manage it so 8.30 it was, still on for a 1.50 but at mile 10 my neck/back started spasming. It s grit teeth and press on but my pace dropped dramatically and I ran past check point Charlie and a hot air balloon without noticing them.

I crossed the line in 2hrs 14 seconds with 13.25 miles on my Garmin.

Happy? Yes! I trained well, consistently, and followed a plan. Although slower than I liked I dug deep through the pain and that's my victory. Great atmosphere, great alcohol free erdinger beer at end and a result to be proud of.

Of the four of us running, 1 got a 1.41 PB, one a Berlin PB of 2.06 an dw nursed her hip flexor injury in for a 2.15.

Next race end of May, another half but with a section on the beach!!

[Thirteen]

Feet and calves are yelling at me today, so I am looking forward to a rest day (my usual). I also grabbed a pair of oofos to wear around the house -- I suspect the tile floor in my kitchen is aggravating this problem.


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[gcuthbe1]

Awesome [MENTION=4627]ballibeg[/MENTION]! Good work! I realized I'm wayyyy off my training schedules right now. Using you as inspiration!

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[spotty_dog]

Starting with April I've decided to separate my walks, hikes, and runs on Strava. I'd been categorizing them all as runs so I could see my total mileage, but I'm going to try to treat my running mileage separately now. Unfortunately I'm not sure when I can get a run in this weekend, but we'll see what shakes out. Maybe I'll get motivated enough to get out early in the morning on Sunday, before hubby takes his bike ride (or we do a family hike) and he goes to work.

[gcuthbe1]

Starting with April I've decided to separate my walks, hikes, and runs on Strava. I'd been categorizing them all as runs so I could see my total mileage, but I'm going to try to treat my running mileage separately now. Unfortunately I'm not sure when I can get a run in this weekend, but we'll see what shakes out. Maybe I'll get motivated enough to get out early in the morning on Sunday, before hubby takes his bike ride (or we do a family hike) and he goes to work.

That's a great idea. I should start tracking more walks etc. Ran 7 miles this morning. Need to get a bike in this week but it's so cold!

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[SoonerTexan]

I did 6 miles today!

15k training starts in mid May. Until then I'm doing 2 days of orange theory, 2 shorter runs (3-4 miles), and one longer run (6 miles) on Saturday.

The good: I'm still losing, albeit slowly. My resting heart rate has gotten way way better to the point it is almost annoying in orange theory as I have to work harder to get into the higher zones.

The bad: I'm doing pretty well eating but I still can't stop night snacking and always eat 2-300 calories I don't really need. Most of the time the exercise offsets it, but if I could get out of the habit I would lose more quickly.

Also...shin splints and plantar fasciitis. Shin splints aren't new to me, but the plantar fasciitis is. I can still run through it, but I'm afraid of it getting worse as I increase distance. I pronate, have high arches, and would get awful foot cramps in that part of my foot when I was pregnant, so I'm not surprised. I bought a foot massage roller and some toeless compression sock thingys to wear that are supposed to help. Any other suggestions?

Oh and I joined Strava, but I'm not sure I like it


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[rufflesanddots]

Back in my runner life I would do some barefoot feet strengthening exercises. I think DH learned them in his XC days. I will find some links. I imagine they'd be helpful for PF. Hate PF... So painful and annoying!

ETA: Link! http://www.runnersworld.com/the-body-shop/arch-enemy

The "doming" and "toe spreading" exercises were the ones I found most helpful. Otherwise I did what you're doing (mainly using a frozen golf ball to roll out my arches). At one point I had really bad PF that required PT and calf massage, but that was before I knew what I was doing. Hope it clears up soon.

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[spotty_dog]

Yeah, when the weather got cold, around mid-November, I decided I only cared about getting my heart rate up, but not about running per se. I figured if I walk at a brisk 14-15 minute pace, I definitely get aerobic, but I don't sweat enough to need running clothes or (usually) to change after I work out. And it keeps my base fitness up quite a bit. I still used my GPS and uploaded to Strava, because I wanted to keep myself honest as to the pace, and because I wanted to keep track of total mileage still. I started back to running in February, but only intermittently. In March I was doing 18-22 miles per week or so, including hiking and walking, but I'll be lucky to get 10 miles this week since it's only tracking running miles now. We'll see if this turns out to be more or less motivating than the other way.

Hubby got 288 miles in on the bike last week. >.< Plus three hours of hiking...

[spotty_dog]

Oh and I joined Strava, but I'm not sure I like it

I requested to follow you! I love giving kudos.

I don't think my foot thing is plantar fasciitis, but it's similar, some kind of a neuroma sitting on a tendon near my arch that makes it super painful to even walk the morning after I've been running. I've been amazed by how much it has been helped by my new well-fitting shoes.

[SoonerTexan]

Hey I'll take kudos! Going to look at the exercises...


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[ballibeg]

OK if I ask to follow on Strava? Always motivating to see friends training.