Meenzer 15199 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Been struggling with my feet again (I am an old man) so it's been a cardio-light few weeks, but I've managed to maintain my weight and I dragged myself around Parkrun on Saturday so things are getting back to normal. In Newcastle this weekend so I intend to do the Town Moor run on Saturday morning. Anyone care to join me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34306 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Sounds like he took one look at your feet, and immediately wanted you out of his shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 0 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Been struggling with my feet again (I am an old man) so it's been a cardio-light few weeks, but I've managed to maintain my weight and I dragged myself around Parkrun on Saturday so things are getting back to normal. In Newcastle this weekend so I intend to do the Town Moor run on Saturday morning. Anyone care to join me? I've been meaning to go to that for about the last 2 years and still never bothered. As with every other Saturday I did have it down as a possibility this week, but since I need to incorporate the weekly food shop and dropping my dad's present round his before being in town for lunchtime, it might be a stretch. I'll do what I do every week which is either not bother, or just go for a run round where I live as sitting on a bus for half an hour just to run 5K is always the part that puts me off. Hoping they get the Rising Sun one going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4545 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 12-4 tonight nearly back within reaching distance of sub 12 stone. Certainly harder the shift the closer you get to an ideal weight. Going to try and cut the home drinking out for this final push. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15199 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I'm still about 8kg above the lightest I've ever been as an adult and that's still about 7kg above my ideal weight. Depressing really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41526 Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 12-4 tonight nearly back within reaching distance of sub 12 stone. Certainly harder the shift the closer you get to an ideal weight. Going to try and cut the home drinking out for this final push. This'll shift those last 4-10lb. http://www.clinicbeaucare.co.uk/women-cosmetic-surgery/surgeries/chin-lift.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15199 Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Turns out we've been doing it wrong all this time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 So I went swimming today and in a moment of madness joined the gym/pool/fitness classes. Must have a word with myself cos it's not like me to exercise publicly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 43270 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 How's your couch to 5k going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 How's your couch to 5k going? Well it's clearly not, is it? Just found it impossible over the bairns 6 weeks holiday as I was either at work or had him with me. Joining the gym gives me a chance to start it again but I still hate running. Every fucking step of it. And yet I thrashed out 30 lengths of the pool this morning with no bother at all. I'm just not built to be a runner.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 43270 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Good luck with the gym! I've never been up for gym classes but if you find one that you like it's a good way of "having an appointment" with the gym. Suppose it'll depend what time they run them for you though, with the little un and your shifts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 0 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 The gym's fine once you get into the habit and it's part of your routine. I go 3-4 days a week straight from work and a lot of the time I hate it but once I'm there I figure I might as well put some effort in. Good luck with it. I've been meaning to get into swimming but wearing a swimming costume is just far too much of a trauma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 43270 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I look incredible in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Good luck with the gym! I've never been up for gym classes but if you find one that you like it's a good way of "having an appointment" with the gym. Suppose it'll depend what time they run them for you though, with the little un and your shifts. Once he's at school I've got most of Mon/Tues free and they do 9.30am classes which is canny. Plus I'm planning on using the gym on the way home from work which would work out nicely unless it's been one of them nights when I need to come home and drink wine at 8.30am.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 The gym's fine once you get into the habit and it's part of your routine. I go 3-4 days a week straight from work and a lot of the time I hate it but once I'm there I figure I might as well put some effort in. Good luck with it. I've been meaning to get into swimming but wearing a swimming costume is just far too much of a trauma. Y'see, I should be the same but swimming's the only thing I'm really bloody good at so it's not too bad. It's just the hassle of getting showered and changed etc afterwards that puts me off going after work. It would be easier to go to the gym, go home, have a shower and go to bed instead of faffing around at the pool. It's easier to swim on my day off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15199 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 It's definitely a mental shift like. I still feel daft sweating and panting in front of other people, but you've just got to persuade the paranoid side of your brain that nobody's looking down on you for it - you're all in the same boat and, if anything, you get to collectively look down on all the people who aren't shifting their arses off the sofa at all. It's fun being on that side of the equation, even if it probably shouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4545 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 So started running again to day in a push to get under 12 stone again. Fuck the couch to 5k, thats for wimps. Just download a running app that tracks your distance, plays 80's diva music, plug in the bairns pink headphones and off you go. I now fully understand the term "blowing out your arse" and have nothing but even more admiration for those people who do the GNR. Ended up with long walks in between runs and feel a complete tit for not just using the very sensible couch to 5 k program. As for the running app, it tells me I did 5 miles and was averaging 3 minute miles. Both bollocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15199 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 As for the running app, it tells me I did 5 miles and was averaging 3 minute miles. Both bollocks. Glad you added that, we wouldn't have been sure. "Long walks in between runs" isn't too far from the Couch To 5K ethos anyway, it just adds the structure. Whatever way you approach it you're not going to go from "no running at all" to "constant running" just like that. You should get yourself along to your nearest Parkrun course some time (South Shields I guess?), not on the Saturday morning to actually do the Parkrun itself, but some other time in the week. Walk the route, part-jogging it when you feel like it. It'll give you an active feel for what a measured 5K looks like in reality - no need for distance tracking apps - and what you're ultimately aiming at being able to run in one go. (That all sounds quite patronising, I realise. Sorry.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4545 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Glad you added that, we wouldn't have been sure. "Long walks in between runs" isn't too far from the Couch To 5K ethos anyway, it just adds the structure. Whatever way you approach it you're not going to go from "no running at all" to "constant running" just like that. You should get yourself along to your nearest Parkrun course some time (South Shields I guess?), not on the Saturday morning to actually do the Parkrun itself, but some other time in the week. Walk the route, part-jogging it when you feel like it. It'll give you an active feel for what a measured 5K looks like - no need for distance tracking apps - and what you're ultimately aiming at being able to run in one go. (That all sounds quite patronising, I realise. Sorry.) Not at all. Having done week 1 of the c25k before and found it very easy, I stupidly thought I could just go and run without stopping. (Not the whole 5k) But it's the structure and correct timing breaks that really makes that program. Hence the kicking myself all the way home. I'll have a look at that park run site. Never heard of it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 0 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I'm in a huff with my running app (MapMyRun) after I set off for a run at 6am and the fucking thing didn't record it properly. Had to satisfy my own pedantry by drawing out the route online and logging it. Bastards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15199 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I hate running with my phone or similar anyway, so it's http://www.walkjogrun.net/ all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 0 Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 I do quite like that for mapping out routes in advance. Not that I always stick to them mind, if I see a horrible looking hill that I hadn't factored in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4545 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Went to the gym straight from work this morning and started the couch to 5K again. Had a hectic night so did it in a bit of a haze which actually made it bearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15199 Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Not thinking about it is definitely the best way, if you can manage it! I just broke 30 minutes for a Parkrun 5k for the first time this morning, when I started Couch to 5k early this year it was a struggle to do the first week. It's a slog and there's no point in pretending it's fun, but my lazy bones prove it can be achieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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