Re: Quick Post about my run!

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Awesome job Donna. Scary about getting lost. I'd probably panic.~~ Sent from my Thunderbolt 4GLTE ----- Reply message -----To: <exercisevideos >, <FitFirmies >Subject: Quick Post about my run!Date: Tue, Mar 20, 2012 7:53 pm Hi!I managed to run outdoors tonight while DD was at her art class. To be conservative and safe (in terms of injury prevention) I decided to do the workout from week # 1of Couch to 5K which is alternating 1 min of jogging/running w/ 1.5 min of walking. I warmed up w/ a 5 min walk, then planned to do 10 cycles of the run/walk combo. It went great - and at the end, after 8 cycles, I decided I would try to run for 5 min straight (so two cycles of just running). I did it! THere was a hill though so I stopped to walk it for about 30 sec and then resumed running. The really interesting part is I got lost! The neighborhood where the art studio in is one of those planned developments where everything looks the same - lots of circles and cul de sacs and - seriously, all the houses look exactly the same! So, I was walking in circles (literally!) checking my cell phone for the time. I ended up having to ask 2 people for directions back to the main road. By this time, I had only 10 min to get to the art studio - so I literally had to run to get there on time. I survived! I don't feel too bad - I may be sore tomorrow, though b/c it is a lot harder to propel yourself forward than to run on a TM. To be safe and conservative, I'm planning just yoga for tomorrow morning - either Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss or Rodney's Yoga for Athletes or a practice from Body Wisdom's Yoga for Athletes.Whew!I'm looking forward to next week's outdoor run!Donna

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Good job, Donna.   Carol

Hi!I managed to run outdoors tonight while DD was at her art class.  To be conservative and safe (in terms of injury prevention) I decided to do the workout from week # 1of Couch to 5K which is alternating 1 min of jogging/running w/ 1.5 min of walking.  I warmed up w/ a 5 min walk, then planned to do 10 cycles of the run/walk combo.  It went great - and at the end, after 8 cycles, I decided I would try to run for 5 min straight (so two cycles of just running).  I did it!  THere was a hill though so I stopped to walk it for about 30 sec and then resumed running.  The really interesting part is I got lost!  The neighborhood where the art studio in is one of those planned developments where everything looks the same - lots of circles and cul de sacs and - seriously, all the houses look exactly the same! 

So, I was walking in circles (literally!) checking my cell phone for the time.  I ended up having to ask 2 people for directions back to the main road.  By this time, I had only 10 min to get to the art studio - so I literally had to run to get there on time.  I survived!

 

I don't feel too bad - I may be sore tomorrow, though b/c it is a lot harder to propel yourself forward than to run on a TM.  To be safe and conservative, I'm planning just yoga for tomorrow morning - either Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss or Rodney's Yoga for Athletes or a practice from Body Wisdom's Yoga for Athletes.

Whew!I'm looking forward to next week's outdoor run!Donna

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Wow, Donna! I get lost so easily, I'm with , I'm sure I'd be panicked! Great job on the running though!!

Quick Post about my run!

Hi!I managed to run outdoors tonight while DD was at her art class. To be conservative and safe (in terms of injury prevention) I decided to do the workout from week # 1of Couch to 5K which is alternating 1 min of jogging/running w/ 1.5 min of walking. I warmed up w/ a 5 min walk, then planned to do 10 cycles of the run/walk combo. It went great - and at the end, after 8 cycles, I decided I would try to run for 5 min straight (so two cycles of just running). I did it! THere was a hill though so I stopped to walk it for about 30 sec and then resumed running. The really interesting part is I got lost! The neighborhood where the art studio in is one of those planned developments where everything looks the same - lots of circles and cul de sacs and - seriously, all the houses look exactly the same! So, I was walking in circles (literally!) checking my cell phone for the time. I ended up having to ask 2 people for directions back to the main road. By this time, I had only 10 min to get to the art studio - so I literally had to run to get there on time. I survived!

I don't feel too bad - I may be sore tomorrow, though b/c it is a lot harder to propel yourself forward than to run on a TM. To be safe and conservative, I'm planning just yoga for tomorrow morning - either Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss or Rodney's Yoga for Athletes or a practice from Body Wisdom's Yoga for Athletes.

Whew!I'm looking forward to next week's outdoor run!Donna

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Donna, I really enjoyed hearing about your outside run!  It's addictive, isn't it!  And I'll bet you'll be injury free tomorrow but I do agree it's good to stretch, because you're likely to be sore in a good way and that will help

I get lost all the time but so far it hasn't been in a suburban area where all the houses look alike - that would be a Lou nightmare!  I bring my bus pass with me for all runs longer than 5 miles in case I'm too weary to go on or if I'm lost.  All busses in PDX go either to downtown or a big transist center so that's always helpful!

I can't wait to read more of your outdoor adventures!HugsPinky

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hi donna! you are doing so very well with running, you must feel

great!!!

im sorry but i did laugh a very small bit about getting lost

because i would have been lost in 10 seconds!!! if i were a

runner, or even a walker, in the city then i would have to take

my GPS with me....LOL

:*carolyn.

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What an adventure! Hey, I'd take this kind of an adventure over the Dreadmill every time. I like the way you keep things balanced!

Hi!I managed to run outdoors tonight while DD was at her art class.  To be conservative and safe (in terms of injury prevention) I decided to do the workout from week # 1of Couch to 5K which is alternating 1 min of jogging/running w/ 1.5 min of walking.  I warmed up w/ a 5 min walk, then planned to do 10 cycles of the run/walk combo.  It went great - and at the end, after 8 cycles, I decided I would try to run for 5 min straight (so two cycles of just running).  I did it!  THere was a hill though so I stopped to walk it for about 30 sec and then resumed running.  The really interesting part is I got lost!  The neighborhood where the art studio in is one of those planned developments where everything looks the same - lots of circles and cul de sacs and - seriously, all the houses look exactly the same! 

So, I was walking in circles (literally!) checking my cell phone for the time.  I ended up having to ask 2 people for directions back to the main road.  By this time, I had only 10 min to get to the art studio - so I literally had to run to get there on time.  I survived!

 

I don't feel too bad - I may be sore tomorrow, though b/c it is a lot harder to propel yourself forward than to run on a TM.  To be safe and conservative, I'm planning just yoga for tomorrow morning - either Yoga Conditioning for Weight Loss or Rodney's Yoga for Athletes or a practice from Body Wisdom's Yoga for Athletes.

Whew!I'm looking forward to next week's outdoor run!Donna

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Hi Carolyn,

That's ok - I thought it was funny, too. I really wouldn't have minded if I didn't have to pick DD up from her art class at a certain time!

Donna

Subject: Re: Quick Post about my run!To: exercisevideos Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 6:50 PM

hi donna! you are doing so very well with running, you must feel great!!!im sorry but i did laugh a very small bit about getting lost because i would have been lost in 10 seconds!!! if i were a runner, or even a walker, in the city then i would have to take my GPS with me....LOL:*carolyn.