Comments on: Whoohoo! http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:24:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Isabel http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1791 Isabel Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:57:23 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1791 Kat: and if at all possible some sort of transportable music. seriously, without my carefully chosen, constantly rotating running playlist, I would NEVER run, but thanks to my iPod nano I've made it to week 4 of Couch to 5k and am starting week 5 tomorrow (probably). Kat: and if at all possible some sort of transportable music. seriously, without my carefully chosen, constantly rotating running playlist, I would NEVER run, but thanks to my iPod nano I’ve made it to week 4 of Couch to 5k and am starting week 5 tomorrow (probably).

]]> By: binky http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1789 binky Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:26:53 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1789 Great job! Good runs leave you with such a lingering positive mood. Related to the ice pack, an alternative I really loved when I did my couch to marathoner transformation was the cool bath. Just enough water in the tub to cover hips, knees, ankles (no belly), straight out of the cool tap or just enough warm to make it bearable, for 10 minutes tops. This worked much better than ice packs, was more widespread, and really helped my recovery time. I read it in either "runner's world" or "marathoning for mortals" or something and thought it sounded ridiculous until I tried it. Great job! Good runs leave you with such a lingering positive mood.

Related to the ice pack, an alternative I really loved when I did my couch to marathoner transformation was the cool bath. Just enough water in the tub to cover hips, knees, ankles (no belly), straight out of the cool tap or just enough warm to make it bearable, for 10 minutes tops. This worked much better than ice packs, was more widespread, and really helped my recovery time. I read it in either “runner’s world” or “marathoning for mortals” or something and thought it sounded ridiculous until I tried it.

]]> By: Linnaeus http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1781 Linnaeus Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:16:45 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1781 Thank you, zuz. I'll check it out. Thank you, zuz. I’ll check it out.

]]> By: Zuzu http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1776 Zuzu Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:15:21 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1776 It's the <a href="http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml" rel="nofollow">Couch to 5K</a> program, Linnaeus. And it's a nice, gentle way to start. I'm in the middle of Week 2, which means I've moved up from alternating 60 seconds of running with 90 seconds of walking to alternating 90 seconds of running with two minutes of walking. By the time of my fun run on Nov. 3, I'll already be at 2.5 miles at a stretch, which is pretty good. Kat: good bra and good shoes. And get your shoes fitted at a running shop, not Foot Locker. It’s the Couch to 5K program, Linnaeus. And it’s a nice, gentle way to start. I’m in the middle of Week 2, which means I’ve moved up from alternating 60 seconds of running with 90 seconds of walking to alternating 90 seconds of running with two minutes of walking. By the time of my fun run on Nov. 3, I’ll already be at 2.5 miles at a stretch, which is pretty good.

Kat: good bra and good shoes. And get your shoes fitted at a running shop, not Foot Locker.

]]> By: Kat http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1775 Kat Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:24:54 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1775 I am with you on the giving-up-drinking-thing. I like a glass of wine now and again, but overall drinking has not been a positive experience for me. Sure, it can be a real hoot sometimes. But certainly it is something that I can live without. Now, if you can only convince me to run.... (I am seriously considering it, once I get off this couch... ) I am with you on the giving-up-drinking-thing. I like a glass of wine now and again, but overall drinking has not been a positive experience for me. Sure, it can be a real hoot sometimes. But certainly it is something that I can live without.

Now, if you can only convince me to run…. (I am seriously considering it, once I get off this couch… )

]]> By: Linnaeus http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1772 Linnaeus Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:11:11 +0000 http://kindlypogmothoin.com/2007/09/26/whoohoo/#comment-1772 Nice job, Zuz. Do you happen to have a link to that running program you've started? I'd like to check it out myself. Nice job, Zuz.

Do you happen to have a link to that running program you’ve started? I’d like to check it out myself.

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