JUNE CHALLENGE - GO GO GO!

June Challenge:  Get out and GO!

OK.  Here's the deal:  I'm going to take a paragraph break here to insert names and distance or times of anyone who's participating.  Then I'm going to outline the challenge, and post some training tips.

PLAYAS:

cdelorme - running - current (TBA) goal: current distance + 20%

dr1zztth3hunt3r - running Current: 1.5 miles in 13 minutes Goal: 2.0 miles in 17.5 minutes

finewine58 - running Current 1.5 miles/20 minutes. Goal: 2.5 miles/30 minutes

gemini1681 - running - Current: 1.75 miles - goal: 3 miles with no walking

hkellick - running - current: 2-3 mins - goal: 5-10 mins

jessimarshmallow - running - current: 5K - goal: 5.5K (give or take)

jvhoover - walking - current ?? (i never got back to you! I'm horrible! I think you could be walking for 15 minutes at least comfortably by the end of the month, how much do you weigh and how long are you comfortable walking now?)

meljo - running - long run! current: 12 miles - goal: 15 miles

mugsie - running - current half marathon time 2:10:43 - improvement of time over distance goal

obsidyan - walking or biking - current: 20 minutes - goal: 30 minutes

pandajenn - running - current: 8 minutes - goal: 20-30 minutes!

rahana - running - current: 2 miles - goal: 3-4 miles ( at apx. 10% per week increase) 

saroful- running - current total weekly mileage: 27 miles - goal: 36 miles

secret_squirrel - running - current: 3 miles - goal: 5 miles

sesoz - running - current 5K time 38 mins - goal of 8K run.

singpraisetojesus - running - current: 0! - goal: 2 miles in 30 minutes 

slappy - running - current: ?1.5? miles - goal: 3 miles ALSO: 2 miles at 4mph walking pace (craziness!)

sydthekid - walking - current: NADA, ZIP ZERO! goal: 1 mile or 15 minutes (I presumed, please let me know if you want more!) 

CHALLENGE:

I'll break this into two parts, TIME and DISTANCE.  Pick one, and then plan to increase it.  You can walk, run, bike, skateboard, or scoot, just as long as you're outside and moving (ok, treadmills are fine, too, but I'd love it if we all got some fresh air).

TIME:

Figure out how long you can comfortably walk/run/whatever, then try to increase that time, if you have time to spare, this is your option!  Don't push it too hard, though!  Quit while you're tired, but comfortable, and don't wear your joints out.  You'll thank yourself the next day.  Let me know if this is a "per day" time, ora total weekly time. (Also good if you have kids!)

DISTANCE:

How far can you go?  How far do you want to go?  I'm posting some runners' resources, and please feel free to add to these!  The general rule of thumb is for runners and walkers not to increase by more than  10% each week, both for total mileage and for "long run" mileage.  generally, as I'm working toward a marathon, I run short runs 4 days a week, with a rest day on either side, then a long run one weekend day when I have the time.

RESOURCES

Here are some training resources- I tried to start on teh mileage buildup pages from a 0 starting miles approach.  If you already run, please surf forward until you find the weekly mileage that matches what you're doing.  sesoz, because I love you, marathontraining.org has a button to switch to kilometers.

http://www.marathontraining.com/marathon/m_mi le.html
http://www.bostonmarathon.org/BostonMarathon/ MarathonTraining.asp?training=rookieprogram

WALKERS, here's some distance training love (and plenty of stuff for runners):
http://www.teamoregon.com/pmc/#YOURSELF

And, of course, www.coolrunning.com and www.mapmyrun.com for training tips and all things runnable, plus a NIFTY google map for you to see how far you go and map runs and walks around your home, worldwide (except in parts of Iraq which are classified, sorry, I tried)

Thanks Saroful....

Now IT IS OFFICIAL I will have to do it. Guess that means I will have to run tomorrow......plus I have committed to 6k on sunday.

just back from 9... i really hope the humidity can stay in check on fridays! i mean is it too much to ask for no wind, heat, or humidity every friday this month?

good luck everyone, let's have some fun with this one (you'll probably have to remind me that "fun" was my idea when i am sucking wind trying to pull out mile 15!)!

hey, sesoz, let us know how the 6k goes on sunday!

its really humid here this morning.  MIL just took the kids for the day!!!! yippee!  Im eating an eggwhite omelette right now and then Im going for my run.  its been since mothersday since I ran so lets see how far I get.  Im going to keep a personal spreadsheet of my time and distance.

I have a question though...  how long do you wait after eating?

Wait a little while, you dont want to go to soon and feel sick from running to soon. Maybe about an hour or so just enough time for the food to digest. And drink enough water in that hour also so it will be easier....

It's just my suggestion, that's what I do.

thanks dear!  wish me luck!!

*bump*

OK, everybody's awake, even us Pacific Coast sluggards, anybody else on board for this?

Slappy, wait at least an hour.

I did.  I went around the lake 2 times (2miles) and walk/ran both times.  it was too hot for me to keep up a  steady run the whole time so I ran most of the first mile and walked most of the second.

Time was less than an hour and if I can get this damn pedometer to connect I would know exactly how long.

*shaking pedometer hard!!*

I did.  I went around the lake 2 times (2miles) and walk/ran both times.  it was too hot for me to keep up a  steady run the whole time so I ran most of the first mile and walked most of the second.

Time was less than an hour and if I can get this damn pedometer to connect I would know exactly how long.

*shaking pedometer hard!!*

I think I would like to join this challenge...haven't done one before.  I would really like to start running - I've never really done it before (have actually hated it all my life...)  Someone suggested the Runners World Smart Trainer thing - I think I'll try to do that, although, I may have to alter it slightly as I do a step class 2x a week.  I guess my overall goal is to add an additional 2+ days of exercise to my current schedule, with distance going from 0 to...something!  Does that count? :-)

syd- that's fun- you can also come down to Portland Running and Walking just on the SE side of the Morrison Bridge, they have some GREAT people there and they have a bulletin board with info on people getting together for walks and runs.   I also recommend a little book you can get at Powell's upstairs by the travel stuff called I think 24 best day hikes around Portland, and the little corrugated pack of Forest Park maps rocks my world.

0 to something absolutely counts, but it's not fair, cause you'll have an infinite improvement :)

Mmmm Powells...such a dangerous place!  Actually we are planning to go hiking this weekend (yay! and the only free weekend from now until...forever...) and need to pick up just such a book!  Thanks for the suggestion!

Slappy, I was timing a 3k run the other day - but hit the wrong button on my phone - so did it in 0 seconds! I wonder if the pedometer and phone have a curse.......

squirrel sez:

I'm just adding jogging into my routine, about 2x a week.  Running has always been really hard for me. I've been jogging a 2 mile loop in my neighborhood, but thanks to Mapmyrun.com, I scouted out a 3.2 mile loop. And I ran it in 30 minutes yesterday - under a 10 min mile - I was shocked!

You want to keep under a 10% increase per week in mileage.  If you're comfortably running 3 miles twice a week, I see no reason you couldn't be just shy of 5 by the end of the month.

ETA:  Saroful!  You're too fast! How can I keep up with you???


I was thinking I should go for 5, but I've never run 5 straight miles in my LIFE. However, my 3 mile route and my 2 mile route could be combined in a lovely figure 8 throughout the suburban streets. Fate is calling to me...

so? Before this year I'd never done more than 5.  I did 6 last night as my SHORT run.  If I can do it, you can.

ED: so that means next week you're running about 3.5, the week after that run just shy of 4, the week after that, run about 4.4 and then around 5 at the end of June.  You can do it!

the thing is it was my mom inlaws and she never used it.  I lost mine so I made her give me hers.  I think she did something to it and it not registering on the site.  urrrr

I just completed a half marathon (harder than a marathon i ran a couple of years ago); my training group and I are training for a fall half. Through the spring I could only commit to four runs a week in my training schedule- I am now going to reintroduce a fifth run each week. My best time for the half was 2:10:43 - i would like to beat this time.

I've decided to use my sad, lonely diet log as a place to post my workouts.  (Sad and lonely because I don't use it for anything else.)  That way I can keep an eye on how I'm doing.  I pushed it pretty hard today, not sure if that was a good idea or not.  Guess I'll know in the morning! ;)

OK, I got obs and mugsie properly added.

i iknow i'm out of it.. but did you just change the name of the other thread?  because i totally didn't see it until now that i put my info in the wrong spot.. sorry..