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Monday, April 13, 2015

Running Out of Time

Everyone had a good weekend? If you consider sleeping as being good, mine was really good as on Saturday I was napping almost every 2 hours, and even though I had my usual hours of sleep, I was still feeling tired. Sunday was busy, we went to the flea market, Sam’s club and later in the evening we drove to the airport to pick up our daughter.

This morning when I woke up I was still feeling tired; it took me a long time to finally go for my walk. I walked about 10 K. steps, that was enough at that point.

We are going to visit the Clearwater Marine Aquarium today, so more steps will be involved. Also tonight I’m going to do my run training. So it will still be a good exercise day.

Speaking of run training, I had started the C25K training but I realized it’s not for me. The C25K program doesn’t take in consideration the weight or the physical shape of the person. If you are obese and try to follow that program, you might hurt yourself rather than do good.

In my case, I learned when I was younger and fitter that my knees were weak and could easily be hurt. Countless times I started a running program to get in shape only to end up having to stop because I was getting pain instead of health.

So keeping my knees in mind I created my own training schedule. As I lose weight, I will increase the time I run until I reach 30 minutes of run. 30 minutes is about 5 k (3 M.) at a slow jogging pace and that is all I want for now.
Why would I want to run when walking is working so great for me? The main answer is time. I walk over 3 hours per day. When I eventually add more training (weight and flexibility), taking into account any sports, including pickleball I would be spending in excess of 4.5 hours a day exercising. That is just not manageable. Olympic is not in my goal.

By running 30 minutes a day, I will drop my walking to about 45 minutes. This will leave me more time to diversify my training.

I’m including my run training schedule. I will be running 3-4 times a week.
Before running I always walk briskly about 5 minutes as a warm up. I also walk briskly 5 minutes at the end to cool down. It’s very important to have a warm-up and cool down period to prevent from hurting yourself.

My training plan is designed for me, I can get too excited so it’s a way to slow me down. However for others, this might still be too fast too quickly. Everyone should always aim for a respective feasible goal.


14 comments:

  1. Hope you have tons of fun with my awesome sister!

    -WWE

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    1. We do, she just finish vacuuming... not she will have fun dusting!

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  2. I think you're right about C25K! It's not designed with weight in mind at all.... It's good to ease in and do what's right for your body.

    You got this!

    Sarah
    www.thinfluenced.com

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    1. My aging overweight body, you mean? ha ha ha

      It just made sense to me to do what will work for ourselves rather than a program that doesn't take your situation in consideration.

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  3. Good stuff. Your plan is very reasonable. But shouldn't there be certain types of Olympic games for us 'older' folks :)

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    1. But Martha you would not qualify in the 'older" folks!

      There is no Olympic for us the more mature folks because we know that getting a gold plate medal is just not as thrilling as rocking a chair for a few hours. :)

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  4. I've tried three different Couch to 5K programs. Two of them were just way too hard, expecting me to be able to do far more than was reasonable for my body, straight away. The other one, "Zombies, Run" was a lot more realistic for me but I still found I got shin splints every run. So I guess it's just not for me, at least at this weight, no matter how slowly I take the training.

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    1. Between your Gym, Fantasia and walking do you really need to run? I didn't start running until my weight was down enough. Some people can run when obese, not me. Before I actually run 5 K, it might take 9 months (not 8 weeks), you have to do what YOU can, and allow your body to adjust.

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  5. Oh, and a day sleeping sounds wonderful to me!

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    1. Not to me, I don't have time to sleep during the day, I'm a busy retiree LOL

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  6. Wishing you the best, sorry you're so tired. That bit, sucks.

    I don't run but I love to jog. It's my meditation. I look forward to being strong enough to get back to it.

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    1. I meditate too when jogging, it is one great side effects :)

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  7. It is important that when we exercise we take our strengths and any weaknesses into account. Good job with your plan - hope all goes well.

    All the best Jan

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    1. WhenI was young and training, I was not taking any thing into account. That's how you get hurt. When you are older, if you hurt yourself, it will take a lot longer to heal... so you are a lot wiser.

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