5k- will i freaken get there?!
My problem is i am only hitting the 3.7-4K mark att the end of my 30 mins..
I am sooo very discouraged! I run 3 days a week- which I feel is a healthy amount.
I have signed up for my first 5K run for end of august - The Color Run!
I am hoping i can get my **** together by then and get to 5k... Urgh what is my deal?!
Ive been sprinting the last minute of my run to push myself and thats been good..
Fellow runners, i am in desperate need of advice to get to this 5k ...
Help!
referral: October 18,2011 orientation: January 6,2012 np: July 11,2012
abdominal u/s: August 8,2012 psych: August 16,2012 nut/behav: August 27,2012 endoscopy: September 28,2012 follow up with dietician:October 1st,2012 surgery class:9 am, October 31,2012 meet the surgeon:November 13th,2012 Optifast start: Dec 3rd, 2012SURGERY by Dr. Yelle : December 24! 
Just curious, the the finish requirement within 39 minutes or is that a goal that you have made for yourself, to me 3.7-4 k within 30 minutes is awesome, just think about where you were 4 months ago!!
Ref- Aug 2011, Orient ( OWMC )- Nov 11, Transfer to Kingston- May 12, NP, DT,SW,H-pylori ( neg ), BW, Ab US,- Jul 12, NP return Aug 12 ( HBA1C 8.2 ), started insulin - Sept 12, Diabetic Opti Clinic-Jan 11 13 ( HBA1C 7.0 ), pre-op class- Feb 6 13, Surgeon Feb 22 2013 ( Dr. Hagen HRRH ), Dr. Glazier March 18 2013, PATTS Mar 12 2013, Opti Mar 21 2013 Surgery April 4 2013.
Ok first, relax, you are doing awesome! is your goal to run 5 km in 30 minutes? Cause I have skinny friends that can't do that!
Keep running! Do you do the run 10 min walk 1 min? When I ran I found that helped me with recovery so I could move faster/longer.
Orientation - April 25, 2012, Nurse - May 16, 2012, Social Worker - May 25, Dietician - May 25, 2012, Abdominal Ultrasound - June 29, 2012, Cardiologist - August 1, 2012 Pre-Surgical Education Class September 19, 2012, Meet with Surgeon September 27, 2012, PATTS November 9, 2012, Surgery Date November 16, 2012 (Dr. Mamazza)
Orientation: July 23 2012 Dr Sullivan : August 16, 2012 Dietician, SW, RN, Sept 26, 2012 Dr Sullivan Oct 17, 2012 and pick up Optifast PATTS: October 24, 2012 Surgery: November 6, 2012. Starting weight 277 surgery weight 268
WOW! I'm impressed with the fact that you've been running since 6 weeks out! How on earth did you do that??
Referral to Surgeon: February 12, 2013 Appointment with Surgeon: April 24, 2013 Endoscopy: April 30, 2013 Referral sent to Bariatric Registry: May 2, 2013 Orientation Appointment: May 27, 2013 Dr Klein Appointment: June 6, 2013 Second Upper GI Series: June 11 Dr Glazer: August 12, 2013 RN/RD/SW: August 29. 2013 Follow-up With Dr Klein: September 23, 2013 Start Opti: October 23, 2013 Surgery Date: November 14, 2013
Getting the full 5K done in 30 mins is tough - My best time for completing 5K is 32-33 minutes.
Why don't you focus instead on keeping at the same pace, but adding another 5-10 minutes of running (whatever it takes to get to 5K)? That's what I did at the end of the C25K training. I ran my first race this weekend and finished it at 34 minutes, and there were another 500 people who completed it later than I did!
Good luck to you as you continue your training!
Referral - December 2011 * Orientation TWH - March 13th, 2012 * Nurse Practitioner - April 17th, 2012 * Nutrition Class - April 17th, 2012 * Social Worker - April 24th, 2012 * Dietician - May 1st, 2012 * Psych - May 1st, 2012 * Surgeon - August 17th, 2012 * PATTS - Sept. 12th, 2012 * SURGERY TEGH, Dr. Cyriac - October 16th, 2012
Starting Weight - 320 lbs * Current Weight - 178 lbs * Goal Weight - 165 lbs
Here i am conplaining of not being able to run the 5k -- well duh i stop running after 30 mins.. I know i can run more! **** ok i will be trying a new program tomorrow instead of alwys reusing the c25k program and will run until i cant and see how far i can go!
Thank you all sooooo very much for the support and words of encouragement! Tomorrow morning i will give it a go and let yall know how it goes!
referral: October 18,2011 orientation: January 6,2012 np: July 11,2012
abdominal u/s: August 8,2012 psych: August 16,2012 nut/behav: August 27,2012 endoscopy: September 28,2012 follow up with dietician:October 1st,2012 surgery class:9 am, October 31,2012 meet the surgeon:November 13th,2012 Optifast start: Dec 3rd, 2012SURGERY by Dr. Yelle : December 24!
LOL, set your goal for 40 minutes. My best is 27:38 and that is super-fast. And i'm two years out and training for a marathon. Your time is great, and you are allowed to run longer yanno? You go girl!
Surgery March 23/2011. Completed three full marathons and two half marathons, two half Ironman distances. Completed my first Full Ironman distance (4 km swim, 180 km bike, 42.2 km (full marathon) run) in Muskoka August 30/2015. Next Ironman Lake Placid July 23/2017!
Like the rest have said do the 10 and 1 and as you become a stronger runner you will be able to do a 5 k non stop. Lets face it you know you are not going to come in first right. This is your first race so set the the goal to just finish. Take that time write it down than you will have something to work towards when you race again. You just aim towards taking time off. tempo run will help build your speed. They are not fun but so worth it.
HW: 293.4 SW: 261.4 CW: 161 Referral - Dec 5/12. Orientation: Feb 21/13. Upper GI and Ab u/s March 7/13. RN, NUT, SW Apr 8/13. 1st appt Dr. Klein Apr 11/13. fu NUT May 2/13. Dr. Glazer May 27/13. 2nd appt Dr. Klein June 3/13. Opti June 19/13. PATTS June 20/13 . RNY - July 3, 2013
