Log on or Jog on....

Peonygrace

Yikes. So I'm back to running after having a baby and doing very little exercise for almost two years. 31 years old. Have always been sporty but never ran in any serious or concentrated way...just enjoy being on the road or on a bike.
Don't ask me my PBs cos I don't know! Very average.

Training with an excellent coach to keep me motivated.

Depressed because I am so unfit. I lost a lot of weight after the baby. I'm down to 50kg (5'5) and I am very weak at the moment but this focus should get me back on track.

Signed up to dingle marathon in September. Aiming to finish. Doing the half in cork in June.

Today I ran 5.8km at average pace of 06.02 which I know is not great but I'm just glad I could run without stopping.

I'd love to join a club if I can sort out childcare.

Will keep posting my logs here! Hope to run in to some of you at one of these marathons

denis b

Welcome on board and I know a few who would be very happy with your pace average. There is plenty of time. Enjoy it all

Peonygrace

Have been having a hit and miss time of it with getting back into running. Started with a personal trainer and a goal of Dingle marathon. was going to do the cork half but got injured due to tight calves. Been very exhausted and up and down due to various stressors so was feeling glum about this.

Tried the BHAA 5k race IN Mahon tonight (my first ever) to try snap out of this funk I am in, and ran it in 24:32 I think was what the clock said!! I guess this is a reasonable time for a female beginner? I took it reasonably comfortable the first lap to gauge it, and gave it a bit more in the seconds lap (to the point of fighting off the puke feeling and feeling like I was seriously overheating towards the last mile...👷)

Feeling a bit better and will continue on now. Might adjust my marathon goal to the half in Dingle as I don't want to hurt myself...

Rururun

Peonygrace wrote: »

Have been having a hit and miss time of it with getting back into running. Started with a personal trainer and a goal of Dingle marathon. was going to do the cork half but got injured due to tight calves. Been very exhausted and up and down due to various stressors so was feeling glum about this.

Tried the BHAA 5k race IN Mahon tonight (my first ever) to try snap out of this funk I am in, and ran it in 24:32 I think was what the clock said!! I guess this is a reasonable time for a female beginner? I took it reasonably comfortable the first lap to gauge it, and gave it a bit more in the seconds lap (to the point of fighting off the puke feeling and feeling like I was seriously overheating towards the last mile...👷)

Feeling a bit better and will continue on now. Might adjust my marathon goal to the half in Dingle as I don't want to hurt myself...

Impressive time is right! Enjoy the running - keep the pressure off - steady is the way forward! Your fast anyway so speed will come naturally so just try to enjoy it as much as you can!

HigginsJ

Peonygrace wrote: »

Tried the BHAA 5k race IN Mahon tonight (my first ever) to try snap out of this funk I am in, and ran it in 24:32 I think was what the clock said!! I guess this is a reasonable time for a female beginner? I took it reasonably comfortable the first lap to gauge it, and gave it a bit more in the seconds lap (to the point of fighting off the puke feeling and feeling like I was seriously overheating towards the last mile...👷)

Feeling a bit better and will continue on now. Might adjust my marathon goal to the half in Dingle as I don't want to hurt myself...

You might say 24:32 is reasonable for a beginner (of any gender), I would say it is pretty fantastic to be honest!!

Best of luck with the training, you will get lots of fantastic advise on here and people can recommend you some good training plans for the half (which again will be a great achievement).