New distance for me!

"JJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi all,

This is nothing for many of you, but for me, it's quite a feat. I did
four miles last night! That's amazing to me. I don't think I've run that
far non-stop since I was in elementary school! (I actually ran quite a
bit when I was a pre-teen.)

Congrats. Don't beat yourself up though. I only did one long run per
week.

Dave

"JJ" <[email hidden]> wrote in

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Hi all,

This is nothing for many of you, but for me, it's quite a feat. I did
four miles last night! That's amazing to me. I don't think I've run that
far non-stop since I was in elementary school! (I actually ran quite a
bit when I was a pre-teen.)

The new shoes (thanks for all the suggestions) and the slight change in my
gait (thanks again for that) has really helped me out!

Take care, JJ

Well done!! Now, just don't increase too much too fast. You are doing great!

--
Les <SlowFoot> Stewart
Beaumont, TX

JJ said:

This is nothing for many of you, but for me, it's quite a feat. I did four
miles last night! That's amazing to me. I don't think I've run that far
non-stop since I was in elementary school! (I actually ran quite a bit when
I was a pre-teen.)

We all ran a lot as preteens, but then SOMETHING happened to our
bodys, and 'other' seemingly more important things take over.

TBR

"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and
more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day
the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the
White House will be adorned by a downright moron."
H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
"Anyone with degrees from Yale and Harvard is presumed to be intelligent,
but George W. Bush has managed to overcome that presumption."

All joggers ran quite a bit when they were preteens............from
everyone.

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Hi all,

This is nothing for many of you, but for me, it's quite a feat. I did
four miles last night! That's amazing to me. I don't think I've run
that far non-stop since I was in elementary school! (I actually ran
quite a bit when I was a pre-teen.)

Congrats. Don't beat yourself up though. I only did one long run per
week.

Dave

Hi Dave,

Oh, I won't! I'm quite tickled that I did it *and* that it wasn't that hard
either. I really didn't feel "winded" until around the 3 mile or so
mark...But pushed on a bit. I still don't want to overdue the shins since
they are back to being mostly pain free. I'm feeling good today (day after)
so I take that as a good sign.

I'm trying to figure out how to do this...I'd like to add some distance/time
(length not speed really) to my runs. I've seen that adding about a mile
per week is a good way to go. I originally aimed for 10 mpw and was able to
do that in about 4 days a week. But it was too much too soon. I backed off
and now feel that I can be back at that level. But, that does included just
a tad of walking at the beginning and end. So, I'm going to aim for 10 mpw
*running* (which I'll get this week if no problems) and then slowly add a
mile every week or two. I'm being *very* conservative. I'm doing this for
fun. I'm also a T1 diabetic and need to learn what affect this running has
on my bg's. So far so good. I do get a rise in bg after a run but not
terrible.

OK...sorry, I rambled on...Thanks for the encouragement...What type of
schedule do you do? If that's not being to forward to ask. You said you do
one "long" run a week...Thx again! Take care, JJ

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Hi all,

This is nothing for many of you, but for me, it's quite a feat. I did
four miles last night! That's amazing to me. I don't think I've run
that far non-stop since I was in elementary school! (I actually ran
quite a bit when I was a pre-teen.)

The new shoes (thanks for all the suggestions) and the slight change in
my gait (thanks again for that) has really helped me out!

Take care, JJ

Well done!! Now, just don't increase too much too fast. You are doing
great!

Hi Les!

Thanks...I'm quite happy with it. I'll take it easy. I already suffered
the dreaded shin pain from starting out too fast. I should have known...my
cardio system and muscles can almost always out due my ligaments and
tendons. I've always been that way. I've been carefully stretching after
each run and that's helping a lot already. I'm not sure how to increase
over time...but figure I'll let my body tell me (I'll listen better too!)
and take it slow. I'm not aiming for any particular distance...just
enjoying the feeling I get when I have a good run. Even my "short" ones.
Thanks! JJ

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JJ said:

This is nothing for many of you, but for me, it's quite a feat. I did
four
miles last night! That's amazing to me. I don't think I've run that far
non-stop since I was in elementary school! (I actually ran quite a bit
when
I was a pre-teen.)

We all ran a lot as preteens, but then SOMETHING happened to our
bodys, and 'other' seemingly more important things take over.

Yeah...but I mean I actually ran...with my older step-sister. We'd do like
6 -10 miles after school. It was so *easy* for me then! I also ran for
distance/speed. I remember running at gym class a few times around the
football field and lapping all the other kids. My gym teacher used to tell
me I had to be a runner on the team but I didn't want to at the time. Too
shy to get out there and compete. :-) And I liked the running for fun, not
compete. JJ

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All joggers ran quite a bit when they were preteens............from
everyone.

Yeah, and it was so much easier with youth on our sides! ;-) JJ

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Hi Dave,

OK...sorry, I rambled on...Thanks for the encouragement...What type of
schedule do you do? If that's not being to forward to ask. You said you
do one "long" run a week...Thx again! Take care, JJ

I said I *did* one long run per week. Right now I run for fun when I
can make time in my schedule. That's not too often.

Dave