JCC 2018 Fitness Goals

That's an incredible time. I'm currently trying to get my 5k under 19 minutes

 

I see strong runners here. My current goal is to stay below 1 h 35 min in the half marathon. I still need to find some cool place for running. In Switzerland it was easier 'cause I wasn't in the middle of a big city and the lake offers amazing landscapes.

 

I've not been able to run regularly for over a month due to a bad hip. I find it very frustrating.

 

I can understand your frustration. I hate it when an injury prevents me from running.

Recently, I have been thinking of getting into hill running. I'm a short drive from some great mountains, but winter is coming and it's not the safest option once the weather changes. It's definitely something that I want to get into next year.

 

Hills are great for running. I'm finally back into decent shape after missing about 3 months with plantar fasciitis, ran hills today, and felt strong for the first time since May.

Did the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope 10K a couple weeks ago, took it easy and finished in about 55 minutes.

 

Nice to hear the runners are back.

 

I forgot to post about the annual local triathlon last month. It was scheduled for a Saturday morning, but the forecast was for scattered thunderstorms, so we called it off. A few of us decided to get together Sunday morning instead. 4 of us did the swim, about 750 m across the creek and back, one girl did the swim twice. None of us felt like the bike ride was a good idea, so 3 of us went for a 5 k run. My sister and I were the only 2 who did both the swim and run. As usual, she was a lot faster in the water and I was a lot faster on land.

 

@Sarge that’s awesome!

Finally starting to get my diet back on track and walked again today.

It is nice to just miss the mad rush of noon time lunch goers in midtown Manhattan.

 

So I'm at 190 now. After a month finally to get below 194 it took only a couple weeks to lose 3 lbs.

In my state there are several walk/jog activities around Thanksgiving. I've signed up for a turkey walk which is a 2K in my area. This whole time I thought the k meant a thousand. Its kilometer.

 

I've been out of running since February. Running is my life, so I have been very frustrated. My gym has a pool and I swim when it's open. I mean it's open like 3 weeks a month, but they seem to have lots of maintenance issues, sometimes the showers are cold, sometimes the washing machines are broken and there are no towels. But it's the only indoor pool in the area that's 25 meters and doesn't share time with high school swim teams. I'd never get to swim in the winter if I had to deal with that. I tore my hamstring and my right leg has been hurt about once every 2-3 years ever since I was in high school. So I probably have no business trying to run. But I hope someday I can run again. Of course the pool is out of commission today at the gym so I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and walked 40 minutes on the treadmill. I hate swimming, even though lots of people think I'm good at it. Every morning the water is freezing cold. It's boring as hell. Back and forth, back and forth, no tv, no music, no scenery. I have been doing it for months sometimes 7 days a week. Luckily I did swim in high school so I am good enough at it to burn calories and stay in shape.

As far as the injury goes, it was so bad for months that I couldn't sleep at night. It hurt 24/7. This was a ridiculous bad injury. Finally after 2 rounds of PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) injections I only feel pain on occasion. The elliptical today was a total experiment and I hope I don't find out it was a mistake. I'd also like to get back to spin class. I have literally done nothing but walk and swim for nearly a year and I am going bonkers! I have refused pain meds, finally I don't need them anyway mostly because if my leg feels better, I'll run on it and if it's meds making it feel better, that would be really bad!

Anyway thanks for letting me talk.

 

I've been nursing a hurt ankle. But it's snowing now, so running season is over anyway. I guess that's good news... ?

 

Snowing?? Where are you at?

 

Hopefully, I've got a month of outdoor running left. For me, it's weather dependent. Once the hard frost or snow starts, I concentrate on the gym instead and swimming. Last year, we had an unusually long winter with snowfall in April. I'm hoping for a shorter, milder one this year.

 

The elliptical was a success so I did 20 more minutes today. The pool was open today too, so I swam thirty minutes as well. If I could give up my habit of going to Hanson concerts I could afford a bike and do a triatholon. But that is so not happening. I'm off to take my son to the Grinch now, and tonight I'm going to a Hanson concert. I also have upcoming tickets to shows on Dec 9th and May 2019. Hope everyone has a great Sunday! And most of all if your a Vet, hope today is special.

 

At the moment, eastern Canada.

 

Oh well that explains it.

 

A runner overtook me the other day. I'm not fast and I don't push myself, but boy is it depressing when something like that happens.