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Posted By: tink on

Saturday, October 25th, 2008, 10:44 pm

This morning I did my third 5K walk/run.  I have not done one in two years.  Last year I was unable to participate in the local 5K.  I was one week from surgery (hysterectomy) and in terrible pain.  I am not able to run very far, and usually do not run.  Several years ago I broke my leg in four places and limp on a regular basis.  This morning as I was running and walking the fastest that I ever have  I was so proud of how far I have come physically. I may not be able to walk this week, but it was worth it. 

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Posted By: Scarendipity on

Saturday, October 11th, 2008, 11:53 pm

So I ran my very fist 5K this morning and going in I just wanted to finish and not care about time, but my goal was to run the whole thing. Well I did walk several times, but only for less than a minute then went back to running. And I finished with a time of 29:13 (las time I ran 3.2 miles on a treadmill last week it took me 31:30 so I cut out 2 min) which from the responses of everyone I've told is good for your first time race, I even got invited to run a half marathon next month, but I told the guy he was crazy!!!  However there is another 5 K on Thanksgiving day and that sounds like fun so that will be my next race!

For anyone about to run a 5K let me tell you - music selection is key, sometimes my music slowed me down, the right tempo and you barely realize how fast you're going, which helps the miles pass by quicker!

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Posted By: Seasidedebbie on

Sunday, September 7th, 2008, 9:36 pm

Yesterday was a great day.  I walked a 5k wiith my daughter.  We walked for Lupus.  Food was also within calorie range.

Pedometer = 22,261

My pedometer goal for this week is 100,000.

 Seasidedebbie

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Posted By: mellers on

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008, 12:22 pm

Well the title says it all girls, I've been off running for what seems like ages now (but is in fact about 8 months) due to soft tissue injury in my hip area.

I finally got back to running a teeny bit in the new year and have been building myself up to longer distances using the Bupa plan as a basic guide since then. I did 3.3k without much bother on Monday, so set myself up to try for the full 5k experience this lunch time and am immensely proud and chuffed to say that I did it! Hooray!

OK, so my time was pretty poor (Mellers blushes) - can I admit among friends that it was 37 mins 46 seconds? (at times I was jogging along so slowly that a fast power walker might have kept up! lol!) but I did it and can work on improving my time from here.

My left hip IS a little sore - but nowhere near the excruciating pain of the previous injury last year. It means that I will have to take it easy this week and either run shorter distances to maintain my running fitness (and maybe improve my time) or just go for this kind of workout once a week so I don't end up in agony like before. I am really pleased that I have managed to maintain my overall fitness while not running through cycling and Salsa!

Mellers has HUGE grin on her face - I'm chuffed to bits!

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