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07-02-2009, 3:53 PM Domestika Joined on 06-10-2009 Posts 54 WOW that was a bad run - support please! Ugh! Just when I was starting to feel a bit confident. I've just completed Week 7, Run 3 and it was a nasty one! Usually the first 5 or 8 minutes of a run feels pretty decent for me, but TWO MINUTES into this run I felt like death, and it didn't let up. Argh. My knees started hurting, my breath got short and, somehow, I felt like I was carrying around a lot more weight than I am. I honestly felt 50 pounds heavier than normal. I was slow as a snail and barely getting my feet up off the ground. Didn't help that on the hardest part of my run (uphill) I was running directly into the wind. Ugh. That added resistence killed me. Then I got a stomach cramp, which I never get. And by the last few minutes of the run I was starting to get pain in my back! That's never happened! Got home and plotted my run on gmaps then used cool running's pace calculator and, unsurprisingly, this was my slowest run ever. Booooo. To top it off, I got home, went straight to the kitchen without taking my shoes off to get a drink. Filled myself up a nice glass of refreshing water, took a big sip...and then promptly realised that the last time I used the water I used the HOT water. I took a big, refreshing sip of HOT water after my warm, sweaty run. Good riddance to week 7! (though, if I were a smarter person I'd probably repeat at least Run 3)    Report

07-02-2009, 5:21 PM janey Joined on 05-20-2009 New Brunswick, Canada Posts 195 Re: WOW that was a bad run - support please! Bah! That sounds wretched.  Good riddance indeed.  I don't think you need to repeat run 3 -- run 1 of week 8 is basically the same, just an extra three minutes -- 25 to 28 minutes isn't that big a stretch. It sounds like everything was working against you -- the wind, the cramp, your back, the hot water (bleah!).   The next run is bound to be better.  Did the cramp & the back pain go away shortly after the run, or did they linger?  Hope you're feeling better! C25K graduate 7/11/2009 Currently doing OHR    Report

07-02-2009, 5:23 PM PhotoBob Joined on 05-20-2009 Columbus, Ohio Posts 485 Re: WOW that was a bad run - support please! Just write it off to being a bad run that you got through and move on!  Congrats on getting W7 done!   Bob   C25K Graduate: 07/18/2009    Report

07-02-2009, 5:48 PM Domestika Joined on 06-10-2009 Posts 54 Re: WOW that was a bad run - support please!  janey wrote: Bah! That sounds wretched.  Good riddance indeed.  I don't think you need to repeat run 3 -- run 1 of week 8 is basically the same, just an extra three minutes -- 25 to 28 minutes isn't that big a stretch. It sounds like everything was working against you -- the wind, the cramp, your back, the hot water (bleah!).   The next run is bound to be better.  Did the cramp & the back pain go away shortly after the run, or did they linger?  Hope you're feeling better! Yeah, I guess you're right. I've been adding a minute to most of my runs so I'm actually running 26 minutes already. Running 28 shouldn't be much of a stretch. Good thinking! The cramp went away during the run and the back pain went away right away when I stopped. Everything just felt really tight and unhappy. I felt fine once I finished running. Silly muscles. Thanks for the well wishes!    Report

07-02-2009, 5:50 PM Domestika Joined on 06-10-2009 Posts 54 Re: WOW that was a bad run - support please!  PhotoBob wrote: Just write it off to being a bad run that you got through and move on!  Congrats on getting W7 done!   Thanks! I thought to myself once I realised it was going to be a crap run, "Wow, if I get through this it'll be a miracle". So I guess I experienced a miracle today. I guess that's something. :)    Report

07-03-2009, 12:12 AM TrixEMac Joined on 07-01-2009 Posts 52 Re: WOW that was a bad run - support please! That hot water thing would've put me over the edge, too : ) I really appreciate hearing about the bad runs, especially from someone ahead of me in the program.  I don't know, it just makes it seem realistic and okay to not be perfect - as long as I keep going, like you did.  Thanks!  Hope Week 8 brings back your confidence again! ~Trix    Report

07-03-2009, 3:45 AM Nendy Joined on 05-08-2009 Iowa, USA Posts 125 Re: WOW that was a bad run - support please! Your next run will be better....I hate bad runs! It happens every so often, the stars align and BAM! Keep it up! At least you finished. I've been known to cut my run short if I'm not enjoying it....    Report

07-07-2009, 10:13 AM abcboys Joined on 04-01-2009 Posts 94 Re: WOW that was a bad run - support please! I hate bad runs too, I always feel really bad, like I should be able to do better than this!!! Sometimes the next run is better and sometimes it's not but you will definitely have better runs soon....don't feel bad.    Report

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