Stitch'sGlitch
Meega, nala kwishta!
- Joined
- Dec 26, 2007
After lurking for over a month in this thread and scouring @DopeyBadger 's journal for great information I decided it was time to introduce myself. Like most of us this quarantine has changed the way I live, but for me there has been one drastic change. Prior to the quarantine I was the first to joke that I run the "Air Force Marathon" twice a year. This consists of the 1.5 mile PT test that is required. Anything beyond that and I was just not interested. I hated running and only did it when forced to. Then the quarantine hit...
My apartment felt smaller than it already was, I started going a little bit crazy being cooped up. Then a co-worker suggested that we do a competition to see who could hit 50 miles in a month first. While I hate running I am highly competitive. So it started. My goal was to do at least 5 miles a day whether it was running or walking. I ended up in the trails around my place, since they were the easiest place to social distance. This started on April 2nd and 8 days 17hours and 31 minutes later I had done something I didn't ever believe was possible. Since then I have run/walked 137.4 miles. It has become a bit of an obsession.
When that challenge was over I needed something else to focus on. That is when I happened upon the Run Disney world. I am supposed to be going to Disney World in a few months for a Star Wars Birthday Extravaganza, while I am still holding out hope I know that there is a good chance that trip is going to be cancelled. When you have nothing else to do you watch a lot of youtube and read a lot about the upcoming trips for tips and tricks...that's when it happened. I stumbled upon the Star Wars Rival run and this Padawan decided it was time to take training seriously. The last time I ran a 5K was in 2010 and I was much younger and in much better shape.
When I become intrigued by something it often becomes a bit obsessive, I will read and read and read to ensure that I am coming at it from the best path. Which is when I found this thread. I have read everything from what the best shoes are to whether or not the Galloway method is the way to go. I just finished a book about the Hansen method for a half marathon and decided that was the path I wanted to go. Running everyday has become part of my routine and, after only a month, I feel strange if I don't get up, put my shoes on, and hit the trail. Most days I was averaging between a 5 and 10K. I wanted a plan where I could not feel guilty or like I was missing rest days because I needed to get up and run. So this is a good fit. The thing I am struggling with is I am so new I don't know what my pace is... with his plan it involves adding time to your race pace...I have no idea what my race pace is. I have only really completed a half marathon once and that was 4 days ago...and there was a lot of walking.
I am currently rocking On Clouds, but have been getting really bad shin splints in one leg so I am thinking of switching to the Brooks Ghost. I am an over pronator, this was easy to figure out because the outside heel of my boot essentially doesn't exist anymore and is the same for almost every shoe I own. If anyone has any other suggestions I would love to hear them. I am planning on getting fitted properly once things open up, but need to start looking at another pair of shoes in the next month as the ones I currently own are getting pretty beat up. I also took many of your advice and got the aftershokz headphones, since the first 2 miles of my run are often on busy streets and I'd like to have an idea of what is going on around me.
Thank you all for your post and advice I will continue to read and feed my need for information. Hope to see many of you at the 2021 Star Wars Weekend...sign up date is nearing! Till then I am prepping for the Air Force Half Marathon and no I don't mean 3/4 mile, this time I mean 13.1.
Current PRs:
5K: 32:37
10K: 1:14:41
Half-Marathon: 2:47:49
My apartment felt smaller than it already was, I started going a little bit crazy being cooped up. Then a co-worker suggested that we do a competition to see who could hit 50 miles in a month first. While I hate running I am highly competitive. So it started. My goal was to do at least 5 miles a day whether it was running or walking. I ended up in the trails around my place, since they were the easiest place to social distance. This started on April 2nd and 8 days 17hours and 31 minutes later I had done something I didn't ever believe was possible. Since then I have run/walked 137.4 miles. It has become a bit of an obsession.
When that challenge was over I needed something else to focus on. That is when I happened upon the Run Disney world. I am supposed to be going to Disney World in a few months for a Star Wars Birthday Extravaganza, while I am still holding out hope I know that there is a good chance that trip is going to be cancelled. When you have nothing else to do you watch a lot of youtube and read a lot about the upcoming trips for tips and tricks...that's when it happened. I stumbled upon the Star Wars Rival run and this Padawan decided it was time to take training seriously. The last time I ran a 5K was in 2010 and I was much younger and in much better shape.
When I become intrigued by something it often becomes a bit obsessive, I will read and read and read to ensure that I am coming at it from the best path. Which is when I found this thread. I have read everything from what the best shoes are to whether or not the Galloway method is the way to go. I just finished a book about the Hansen method for a half marathon and decided that was the path I wanted to go. Running everyday has become part of my routine and, after only a month, I feel strange if I don't get up, put my shoes on, and hit the trail. Most days I was averaging between a 5 and 10K. I wanted a plan where I could not feel guilty or like I was missing rest days because I needed to get up and run. So this is a good fit. The thing I am struggling with is I am so new I don't know what my pace is... with his plan it involves adding time to your race pace...I have no idea what my race pace is. I have only really completed a half marathon once and that was 4 days ago...and there was a lot of walking.
I am currently rocking On Clouds, but have been getting really bad shin splints in one leg so I am thinking of switching to the Brooks Ghost. I am an over pronator, this was easy to figure out because the outside heel of my boot essentially doesn't exist anymore and is the same for almost every shoe I own. If anyone has any other suggestions I would love to hear them. I am planning on getting fitted properly once things open up, but need to start looking at another pair of shoes in the next month as the ones I currently own are getting pretty beat up. I also took many of your advice and got the aftershokz headphones, since the first 2 miles of my run are often on busy streets and I'd like to have an idea of what is going on around me.
Thank you all for your post and advice I will continue to read and feed my need for information. Hope to see many of you at the 2021 Star Wars Weekend...sign up date is nearing! Till then I am prepping for the Air Force Half Marathon and no I don't mean 3/4 mile, this time I mean 13.1.
Current PRs:
5K: 32:37
10K: 1:14:41
Half-Marathon: 2:47:49