For Joggers and Runners

MissItalianDiva · 11-05-2012, 12:14 PM

I am an odd duck but for me personally I love running or jogging in the frigid air. Just makes me feel even more driven. Getting out there and just running from it all...an escape of sorts.

Angeltoes · 11-05-2012, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by MissItalianDiva

I am an odd duck but for me personally I love running or jogging in the frigid air. Just makes me feel even more driven. Getting out there and just running from it all...an escape of sorts.

I think I need you to run next to me and tell me to quit my cryin'

Dance-with-me · 11-05-2012, 12:26 PM

Sigh. I miss running so, so much. I was a regular runner in my early 20s until I let life just get in the way. Two years ago (after almost 30 years of not running) I started the Couch to 5K program (C25K) and went from barely making it through 5 minutes of exercise to half walking/half running a 5k just a month later. A week later I started having weird weakness in my leg and arm that a year later they finally diagnosed as two disks in my neck pushing way into my spinal cord - after three docs said that there was no choice except surgery, stat, I had a two-level discectomy and fusion last January. It's probably not at all smart for me to consider running again, but I wish with all I have that I could go back to it.

A friend who started the C25K program with me finally tired of running 5ks, just ran her first two half-marathons, and is going to train for a marathon in the spring.

Sigh.

MissItalianDiva · 11-05-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Angeltoes

I think I need you to run next to me and tell me to quit my cryin'

LOL anytime...I love running with company

sylvie · 11-05-2012, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MissItalianDiva

I am an odd duck but for me personally I love running or jogging in the frigid air. Just makes me feel even more driven. Getting out there and just running from it all...an escape of sorts.

i love the frigid air as well.. The only thing i have problems with are the snow and ice.. If we had proper street cleaning, i would be all over it indeed.

i completely agree with the escape, it's been very much that for me as well.
i love running off a stressful or emotional day!

JAGG · 11-05-2012, 12:29 PM

I loathe running when it is below 48. I prefer 70 - 80 . I havent been able to run since last Wed. Too cold in the am. And I was too busy all weekend. Getting too cold means I will be buying a new eliptical and recumbant bike.

MissItalianDiva · 11-05-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sylvie

i love the frigid air as well.. The only thing i have problems with are the snow and ice.. If we had proper street cleaning, i would be all over it indeed.

i completely agree with the escape, it's been very much that for me as well.
i love running off a stressful or emotional day!

I am glad that it isn't just me...the burn from the air feels so good

Dance-with-me · 11-05-2012, 01:15 PM

Also, to anyone who would like to start jogging or running, look into the C25K program. I have several friends who went from very sedentary to now regularly running. There are very helpful apps that you can get for your iphone/smartphone or ipod touch that you can use to prompt you through it and record your accomplishment. I also suggest signing up over at DailyMile.com -- fantastic and supportive community there.

A few pointers for anyone just starting:
- Don't wait to get yourself some decent running shoes. Your worn-out walking shoes or your cute sassy lime-green chucks are going to hurt you.
- Wear wicking socks. Only wear 100% cotton socks if you really like blisters.
- Go for endurance, not speed. If you're doing the C25k program, it doesn't matter if your "running" speed is slower than most people's walking speed, or if your walking speed would let you cover a mile in 45 minutes. The important thing is to just do it at a pace that you can sustain for the 30 seconds or 2 minutes or 5 minutes or whatever time it is that you need to do it. You can work on speed after you push through the endurance.
- Don't overdo it. No, doing it every day is NOT going to be better than doing it three times a week. Your body is doing something really new, and your muscles and joints need to rest and repair in between times in order to build up the capacity to let you really do this.

Greco · 11-16-2012, 01:56 PM

Hey Joggers/Runners,

Its been 5 days since I last ran (sounds like confession, damnit), anyway , home getting over seafood, worried about my family in NY, overwork, saying yes to a new part of my life, has all left me with fever, sore throat, a cold to boot.

Enough of the whining...the beach that I found here, and became a 7mi friend to me continues closed due to H-Sandy...I walked up there yesterday, and yes, the ocean continues a bit still on the parking lot...I miss this beach, it was the first place I felt comfortable running when I got here. Changes, and more changes...still I'm grateful to have had the runs there that I did and know that they'll never be the same again.

Still, today at home, on computer, wanting and not being able to run this week has left me irritable, pissed, and otherwise crabby.

So, if you are running, jogging do some for me will ya.

Regards, Greco

11-05-2012, 12:26 PM	#3
Dance-with-me Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: earth Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 264 Thanked 1,926 Times in 378 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Sigh. I miss running so, so much. I was a regular runner in my early 20s until I let life just get in the way. Two years ago (after almost 30 years of not running) I started the Couch to 5K program (C25K) and went from barely making it through 5 minutes of exercise to half walking/half running a 5k just a month later. A week later I started having weird weakness in my leg and arm that a year later they finally diagnosed as two disks in my neck pushing way into my spinal cord - after three docs said that there was no choice except surgery, stat, I had a two-level discectomy and fusion last January. It's probably not at all smart for me to consider running again, but I wish with all I have that I could go back to it. A friend who started the C25K program with me finally tired of running 5ks, just ran her first two half-marathons, and is going to train for a marathon in the spring. Sigh. __________________ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~Mahatma Gandhi

11-05-2012, 12:29 PM	#6
JAGG Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Butch Preferred Pronoun?: JAGG Relationship Status: =) Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tulsa (cat free zone) Posts: 6,093 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,651 Thanked 17,531 Times in 4,137 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I loathe running when it is below 48. I prefer 70 - 80 . I havent been able to run since last Wed. Too cold in the am. And I was too busy all weekend. Getting too cold means I will be buying a new eliptical and recumbant bike. __________________ I don't want to spend my life with someone I can live with, I want to spend my life with someone I can't live without.

11-05-2012, 01:15 PM	#8
Dance-with-me Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: earth Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 264 Thanked 1,926 Times in 378 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Also, to anyone who would like to start jogging or running, look into the C25K program. I have several friends who went from very sedentary to now regularly running. There are very helpful apps that you can get for your iphone/smartphone or ipod touch that you can use to prompt you through it and record your accomplishment. I also suggest signing up over at DailyMile.com -- fantastic and supportive community there. A few pointers for anyone just starting: - Don't wait to get yourself some decent running shoes. Your worn-out walking shoes or your cute sassy lime-green chucks are going to hurt you. - Wear wicking socks. Only wear 100% cotton socks if you really like blisters. - Go for endurance, not speed. If you're doing the C25k program, it doesn't matter if your "running" speed is slower than most people's walking speed, or if your walking speed would let you cover a mile in 45 minutes. The important thing is to just do it at a pace that you can sustain for the 30 seconds or 2 minutes or 5 minutes or whatever time it is that you need to do it. You can work on speed after you push through the endurance. - Don't overdo it. No, doing it every day is NOT going to be better than doing it three times a week. Your body is doing something really new, and your muscles and joints need to rest and repair in between times in order to build up the capacity to let you really do this. __________________ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ~Mahatma Gandhi

11-16-2012, 01:56 PM	#9
Greco Senior Member How Do You Identify?: GNC, not Trans, REAL. TIME. ONLY. Preferred Pronoun?: REAL. TIME. ONLY. Relationship Status: REAL. TIME. ONLY. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: In a good life. Posts: 3,200 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,160 Thanked 6,616 Times in 2,285 Posts Rep Power: 0	withdrawal Hey Joggers/Runners, Its been 5 days since I last ran (sounds like confession, damnit), anyway , home getting over seafood, worried about my family in NY, overwork, saying yes to a new part of my life, has all left me with fever, sore throat, a cold to boot. Enough of the whining...the beach that I found here, and became a 7mi friend to me continues closed due to H-Sandy...I walked up there yesterday, and yes, the ocean continues a bit still on the parking lot...I miss this beach, it was the first place I felt comfortable running when I got here. Changes, and more changes...still I'm grateful to have had the runs there that I did and know that they'll never be the same again. Still, today at home, on computer, wanting and not being able to run this week has left me irritable, pissed, and otherwise crabby. So, if you are running, jogging do some for me will ya. Regards, Greco

11-05-2012, 12:14 PM	#1
MissItalianDiva Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Miss Twiggy Preferred Pronoun?: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and that shit doesn't sound atrocious! Relationship Status: divorce happens..all that glitters ain't gold Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SLC Utah Posts: 2,284 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,768 Thanked 7,159 Times in 1,793 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I am an odd duck but for me personally I love running or jogging in the frigid air. Just makes me feel even more driven. Getting out there and just running from it all...an escape of sorts.