2013 Running Thread

AWESOME news Firstcall!!  I'm so happy for you!    Luvlulu - in SC today, we have 70 degrees and sunny! 

Katlou, I'm jealous!

Had a very fun time raising money for Breast Cancer Research tonight at Bunco for Breast Cancer!  Guess I'm all carb-loaded for a good run tomorrow! LOL.  

Thanks, Sharon...I'm expecting nothing but good! 

OH I had a great run this morning, I have to brag.  My usual running partner is 6 years younger than me and much faster but she will sprint ahead and then come back and do my pace.  This morning we had a 38 year old kid (with a perfect body I might add) run with us.  She joins us on occasion. Today I kept right up and did 8 miles at a 9 minute pace, which I haven't seen in a long time (and don't plan on doing too often).  So for right now I'm on a high, w/that endorphin rush.

Have a wonderful day, everyone!

So great to see this thread!  By way of introduction, I used to post on the annual running thread, then took an extended break from BCO, but am now checking back in regularly and thrilled to connect with other runners!  I recognize a lot of the names from before (hi goldlining!  hi natsfan!  hi MOTC!) and am really looking forward to getting to know the rest of you.  (Belated congrats, firstline, on your successful surgery and benign results.)

I was diagnosed back in 2008 and managed to run all through chemo, albeit slowly and with a lot of walking at the end.  I credit running with helping me keep my mental balance through treatment.  Afterwards, I hoped to get back to more-or-less where I was before.  That didn't happen, but I also found I cared less than I thought I would.  Just being able to run, however slowly, was enough.

I didn't race at all in 2011, then decided to try to get back into it with a couple of 5K's late last year.  This year, my goal is to run at least 5 races and train more consistently (including dreaded track workouts).  So far I've done a 10K and a 5K, with another 5K coming up March 30 and a half marathon (gulp) on May 18.  

So if the keeper of the list could add the Brooklyn Half on May 18 to the list of upcoming races, that would be great!  (The 5K is more of a fitness check than a goal race, though I do have two time goals in mind . . . one realistic, one a stretch; if I make my stretch goal, I'm going to reward myself with my first pair of honest-to-goodness racing flats in six years!)

I didn't see this weekend's NYC Half on the list of upcoming races, but if anyone is planning to run it, let me know, and I'll be somewhere along the course cheering for you!

Linda

Ugh.  So I am in Sea-town for my MUGA and follow-up, and pre-op for exchange next month.  I decided to get up early and go utilize the wonderful gym at my hotel.  Put on my running shoes and hit the treadmill...everything was completely off!  I only ran two miles and the bottoms of my feet are super sore, like I blistered them.  This is so not cool, since I'm on foot for the next two days.  Yikes!  Same socks, same shoes, same pace, different treadmill--any ideas?  Tomorrow is going to be a bike and strength training day!

Yay, firstcall!  And welcome back, lewing.  MMTOMH, it could have been the treadmill.  They can have a kind of drag on them that may have been throwing off your feet.  And remember, its a different surface.

For my half marathon on Saturday it looks like rain.  I'm not happy about that but I;ve done it before.

I hate running in the rain. I wear glasses and I can't see through the raindrops and they fog up. What do other glasses-wearers do? I already run with hearing aid off because the sweat (let alone the rain) would wreck it. If I leave the glasses off, I am deaf-blind. I did one miserable Half in a plastic poncho. I'm not a rainy runner, but am open to any suggestions for hating it less.

Hello everyone.  Finally ran my first 5k on Saturday.  Had been intimidated by an office race because I am not that fast.  I have only been running for 2 years (and had never ran before).    

Looking forward to chatting with you all.  I think I may train for a half marathon.  However, it may take a year...LOL.  

Congrats on your first race, Belinda!  You're going to get addicted like the rest of us, I just know it.

Goldlining, I wear glasses and also have problems in rain (and snow and mist and fog).  Mostly I just leave them off --only one of my eyes is really bad, and so I can see pretty well without them (well enough to avoid cars, anticipate curbs, and even read street signs if the light's good and I squint a little).   There *is* an anti-fogging product I got for my husband, an avid cyclist who can't see at all without his glasses, that helps a little.  You rub a small amount on your lenses before you go out.  I don't use it regularly (I always forget), nor does he, to be honest (it was one of those "gee, honey, how . . . thoughtful" presents) but in my experience it kinda sorta works for mist and light rain.  The stuff I got is called "fogzero"; you can probably find it at a bike store, maybe at a running store.

Sharon, that's a major bummer on the groin tear.  I have tried what I told myself was "aqua running" when I was injured, but I didn't really know what I was doing.  It was sort of a combination of treading water and drowning.  So you probably don't want pointers from me!

Linda

Mary, thanks for the 10k info.  They seem to be hard to find.  I need to do this.  The Tamoxifen is causing some weight gain.  Very frustrating but blessed that it is avaiable.  Seems crazy to work out every day, follow Weight Watchers the maintenance level and still gain.  UGH.  I figure more running!  Please it really helps me relax.  

Yes, a little concerned.  However, did not want any bad cells to escape.  If it gives more 40 more years it's worth it.  

Belinda absolutely a Half is reasonable. The only question is speed/pace. I went from never running other than catching a bus to a Half in 18 months. That Half was my personal best time, since the magnified-views mammogram that started this BC crap was waiting for me when I flew home. I always say, for a 10K, to impress anyone, you want to be fast, but a Half, you just need to be stubborn. As long as you can walk steadily and reasonably briskly for 3 1/2 hours, you can do a Half. Now the question becomes, can you do it in less than 3 1/2 hours? I did 3:06 6 weeks post-DIEP, when I had not even been able to straighten up full until two days before the run. There is really no need to go any slower than that!!

Bottom line, I'm not going to win THE race. I'm just racing MY race. if it is fun to be there, I will take what I get. There's enough medals for everyone :-)

I had the most amazing day yesterday which included a hug from Bill Rogers!