Here’s a final shot from the last race I did on July 5th. Jessica (right) did the 5-mile and I did the 2-mile and we both had to do some walking because it was over 90 degrees at 8 freaking a.m., but I was really happy with finishing at all. Later though, last Thursday actually, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘c25k’
June 26, 2010
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State of the Union: Running
By Brandice in Main, Pictures, WellnessSo, I had planned to blog about my second 5k race a week ago, the Jackson Night Glow 5K, but it just didn’t go well and I think I blocked it from my mind after last weekend. I had wanted it to be my first ALL running 5k and it just didn’t happen after I [...]
Tags: 10k, 5k, brandice, c25k, jackson, night, night race, running, struggle
June 5, 2010
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First Ever 5K… CHECK.
By Brandice in Main, PicturesThis past Monday, on Memorial Day, I ran my first ever 5K. It was rough (damn that kid who gave me my race packet and told me the course was “pretty easy, mostly downhill”), I had to walk twice due to a couple of seriously daunting inclines, I saw stars when I crossed the finish [...]
Tags: 5k, brandice, c25k, memorial day, milestone, pics, running
May 6, 2010
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Sweaty Victory Face = ME
By Brandice in Main, PicturesThis is the face of a gal who just ran for THIRTY minutes of her own free will. Not because Couch to 5k said to, because C25K said to run twenty-five minutes today. C25K said, “Hey, just run 25 today, and we’ll ease you into a 30 minute deal in a few weeks.” My body [...]
April 29, 2010
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Rockstar Milestones
By Brandice in MainThis evening, I did a crazy thing… I ran for TWENTY minutes straight without stopping. Today is the last day of Week 5 of Couch-to-5K and the most non-stop running I had done prior to today was 8 minutes, so a 12 minute increase had me feeling a little queasy earlier today as I anticipated [...]
March 7, 2010
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Wellness Update
By Brandice in Main, WellnessSo, the past week was a tough one all around. Work was stressful in spite of a low census, I gained .2 lbs at my weekly WeightWatchers weigh-in, I didn’t feel well for a good portion of the week, so running was NOT on my list of things I wanted to do, and I found [...]
Tags: brandice, c25k, diet, fitness, running, weightwatchers
March 3, 2010
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Running: Doing It All Wrong?
By Brandice in Main, Videos, WellnessSo, I’m one running session away from completing C25K Week 2, and this video speaks to the reason for every ache and pain I have right now (lower back aggravation, right hip and right knee pain). I am TOTALLY running incorrectly. I always thought a person was supposed to run heel to toe and apparently [...]
February 27, 2010
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C25K: Week 1 + A 5K Race Commitment!
By Brandice in Main, WellnessSo, Week 1 of Couch-to-5K has been completed by a previously quite sluggish and lazy Brandice. Yay! I did the last run/walk session last night and since I actually finished the first week, I took a big leap and signed up for a freakin’ 5K on Memorial Day. (I couldn’t find a 2010 logo… sorry.) [...]
Tags: 5k, brandice, c25k, health, ohio, race, running, tallmadge
February 23, 2010
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C25k: W1, D2 – It DOES Get Easier!
By Brandice in Main, WellnessToday’s workout consisted of: Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. Five-minute cooldown walk. I embarked an EPIC journey this evening: I embraced the fact that I was now publicly committed to really sucked and, despite the fact that it almost [...]
February 21, 2010
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Couch-to-5k: Week 1, Day 1
By Brandice in Main, WellnessW1D1: Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. Five-minute cool-down walk. So. Brandice starts walking, happily embracing the five-minute warmup walk, listening to the first song on her playlist (“My Feet Can’t Fail Me Now” by Dirty Dozen Brass Band, which [...]
February 20, 2010
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Couch-to-5k
By Brandice in Main, WellnessI had a really crazy idea today. I think, after almost 29 years of being a lazy ass who could never do a mile in gym class in under 15 minutes, that I am going to take up running in the very near future. I’m thinking specifically of doing the Couch-to-5K program, a 9 week [...]
