Carole I am glad you replied, was very interesting to hear from your experiences as a runner I do truly admire women who run for the fun of it, I hear so many women they hate to run or jog, well I cant blame them, everyone has its favorite thing to do, I dont like pilates or yoga, for example, no, I do not, I am not flexible at all and I am fustrated not able to strech like a pretzel, hahaha.
I find me talking about running too, I started to run on 2000, after a divorce I was 230lbs and ready to have a heart attack, I started to take care of myself, from eating healthy to excercising, I started with step bench every day at 5am on my own,didnt know about Cathe at all, I drop from 230 to 160, and then I went for biking which caused to connect with my inner child, I drop to 140lbs biking outdoors for fun, one day I was in a park over the Bronx and these kids were doing cross country runninng and I decided to run for 1 minute, little I knew I did 10 minutes, the next morning I started to run with music, one day I hit the runners high I started to cry out of joy, and I couldn't wait till next morning, I wrote about every run I did and all the thoughts that went thru my mind while runninng, I have a runnning diary, I drop from 140 to 120lbs. One day after reflecting and counting my bibs from my biking events I thought: If I like runnning more than biking why I dont have any reminder of a run event?, I decided to join a race, I did 5 miles and then 10k,,,, Last October I won 3rd place in a 5 mile race, category female 40-49... I am 47 by the way. I am a loner when it comes to running, I like to run alone with my music, I even have taped messages to me, runnning has empowered me, I grew emotionally after a terrible marriage of abuse,it has been a powerful therapy, when I run I smile at myself, tears of joy sometimes, running means freedom to me, so you see I can talk about running all day hahahaha.
I have read about a woman who does ultra marathons, one hundred miles!!!!... I run 9 minutes the mile, and the longest I have run is 2 hours and 30 minutes, got home and drop in bed for a long nap, couldn't even wait to take a shower. I registered for the nyc marathon this year, I am expecting the results If I've been chosen, b/c is randomly thru computer you are picked to run... any how, there is a 14mile run in Sep that I am planning to do, and I am a long distance runner too, when I do races I am really runninng with all my might and doesnt feel normal, when I run on my own pace i can go on and on and on. I have a pace and when I follow it I am very confortable and happy. I also do weights b/c is good for your bones and muscles, I don't do more than 10 lbs, that speaks volumes about my strength hahaha, I try not to mess up with my legs, I run and bike and do squats and lounges with no weights, I dont want them to be too tired, and i do crunches,,,, A LOT, millions!!!!! to keep a good spine. all for the sake of good health, last month I was doing kick boxing over YMCA in nyc, this young man was asking for our 100% during the workout, I think I gave 200%....that nite, after all that kicking I started to feel a little pain right between my hip and leg, hmmm I thought, this is weird,,,, I sit for a while and I never could stand up, when I did I felt fireworks, an explotion of pain, from my hip to the toe of my right leg, I went to bed in pain, I didnt want to say anything to my kids who are teens now, in the middle of the night I woke up with a burning sensation and I needed the bathroom, when I tried to get up I started to scream, I couldnt bear the pain anymore, my daughter came and said: mom what is wrong? I just was in tears, she had to help me to get up the bed and I had to drag my leg to make it to the bathroom, next morning I was on ER, I didn't understand what happend to me, so when I said to the doctor all my activities that day he said: it was the kickboxing, you suffered of a muscle spasm, and I cant help you with that, only time and rest, stay away from excercising..... and I thought: what?#*%$#???
Me? not excercising?, I have a 5 mile race in 8 days....I said: Dr. you have to give me something.... NOW!!! after begging he gave me a shot to kill the pain and more pain killer pills.... I spend the next 3 days resting from waist down,,, b/c I was doing my sit-ups every day, I am a freak! I thought I am addicted to excercise, my kids kept an eye on me, to not getting out the door with my running shoes, the pain was gone but I was still leaping, 4 days later the leaping was gone and so was I, went to the park and did 5 mile run and felt great! but I never thought that injuries can really mess up with your routine, I think about the people from Ironman who have lost legs and suffered injuries while performing and now they are in wheelchairs doing their races, that is beyond my mind, I can not comprehend, their spirits are super strong to keep going. I need to stop here or I never will. thanks for Replying.
The joy of moving, N
...took some time off between 1984 and 1992 because of achilles tendonitis. Then in 1997 I ran my 1st marathon and fell in love with distance running. When I turned 40 I discovered more trail running which I really love. I have run 12 marathons and 2 50K's since 1997, plus many other 30K's and half marathons. I am focusing mostly on 50K's because the Ultra runners I've met are a very interesting group of people. I can't help you with treadmill running as I have only done it once, besides the time in PT...I also love step and started doing Cathe workouts in 1990 or so. Weightlifting is also very important to me, and great as you age for injury prevention. The only other machine I use is a Nordic track, especially during injuries. I could talk about running all day...so I'll cut this short..glad to meet you...
