Comments for Dooalot http://dooalot.wordpress.com It's me! On the internet! Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on JogBlog: Week 4, Day 3 by Christine http://dooalot.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/jogblog-week-4-day-3/#comment-512 Christine Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:05:19 +0000 http://dooalot.wordpress.com/?p=1615#comment-512 You are doing an awesome job! You will be a runner! I finished the program in May, and now I am training for a half marathon! I ran 10 miles without stopping last Monday, something I would have thought impossible. You can do this, and any other thing you put your mind to! You are doing an awesome job! You will be a runner! I finished the program in May, and now I am training for a half marathon! I ran 10 miles without stopping last Monday, something I would have thought impossible. You can do this, and any other thing you put your mind to!

]]> Comment on JogBlog: Week 4, Day 2 by Chris McIntire http://dooalot.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/jogblog-week-4-day-2/#comment-511 Chris McIntire Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:44:58 +0000 http://dooalot.wordpress.com/?p=1608#comment-511 Laura, training is like winding a toy up which you let go on race day. I am the king of psyching myself out from training distance wondering if I can complete the FULL distance on race day. You never have to run the full distance in training that you want to run on race day, so don't worry about it...if you can run 15 minutes, you can definitely run 5 more on Race Day... :) 2 pieces of advice for race day, actually 3: 1.) work VERY hard to run slow for the first 5-10 minutes and do NOT try to keep up with anyone - run YOUR pace no matter what. 2.) Run with someone else or make a friend with someone that is running the pace you want to run on race day (after the first 5-10 min) 3.) RELAX and ENJOY the race day and just have fun and finish...you'll always enjoy the memory of your FIRST race..I sure do. Laura,
training is like winding a toy up which you let go on race day. I am the king of psyching myself out from training distance wondering if I can complete the FULL distance on race day. You never have to run the full distance in training that you want to run on race day, so don’t worry about it…if you can run 15 minutes, you can definitely run 5 more on Race Day… :) 2 pieces of advice for race day, actually 3: 1.) work VERY hard to run slow for the first 5-10 minutes and do NOT try to keep up with anyone – run YOUR pace no matter what. 2.) Run with someone else or make a friend with someone that is running the pace you want to run on race day (after the first 5-10 min) 3.) RELAX and ENJOY the race day and just have fun and finish…you’ll always enjoy the memory of your FIRST race..I sure do.

]]> Comment on JogBlog: Week 4, Day 2 by Fianna http://dooalot.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/jogblog-week-4-day-2/#comment-510 Fianna Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:11:25 +0000 http://dooalot.wordpress.com/?p=1608#comment-510 My distance is horrible. Like Effie, I just want to finish the time, worry about distance later. I am not sure how to begin increasing my speed and am considering going back to the treadmill so I can step it up there first to train myself to run at a faster speed before I do so on the street. My distance is horrible. Like Effie, I just want to finish the time, worry about distance later. I am not sure how to begin increasing my speed and am considering going back to the treadmill so I can step it up there first to train myself to run at a faster speed before I do so on the street.

]]> Comment on JogBlog: Week 4, Day 2 by Effie http://dooalot.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/jogblog-week-4-day-2/#comment-509 Effie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:33:05 +0000 http://dooalot.wordpress.com/?p=1608#comment-509 As a painfully slow runner myself, I went back & forth on this, changing my mind from week to week. In the end, I decided to finish the C25K as written for time (not distance) and then if I was still way behind in the distance, then I would add on extra weeks after week 9 to increase my distance. In my opinion, the training program is flawed since most runners doing C25K cannot run a 10 minute mile within 9 weeks of getting their butt off the couch! My first 5K since starting the C25K is tomorrow. My C25K blog is here if you want to check it out: http://effieruns.blogspot.com. Good Luck on W5D3! :) As a painfully slow runner myself, I went back & forth on this, changing my mind from week to week. In the end, I decided to finish the C25K as written for time (not distance) and then if I was still way behind in the distance, then I would add on extra weeks after week 9 to increase my distance. In my opinion, the training program is flawed since most runners doing C25K cannot run a 10 minute mile within 9 weeks of getting their butt off the couch!

My first 5K since starting the C25K is tomorrow. My C25K blog is here if you want to check it out: http://effieruns.blogspot.com. Good Luck on W5D3! :)

]]> Comment on JogBlog: Week 3, Day 3 by Mom http://dooalot.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/jogblog-week-3-day-3/#comment-508 Mom Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:41:42 +0000 http://dooalot.wordpress.com/?p=1591#comment-508 Way to go Laura. You can do it! We'll miss you guys this Thanksgiving! Love, Mom Way to go Laura. You can do it! We’ll miss you guys this Thanksgiving! Love, Mom

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