And the winner is…Barbara! We will contact you through email. My First 5K I did it! Trained and ran my first 5K. Here I am crossing the finish line in under 48 minutes… That averages out to a 15.5 minute mile…not bad for my first race…and it was a hilly little town, too. If I Can Do It, You Can Do It Almost anyone can train and run a 5K….
Read moreLast week’s giveaway winner, Michael L, mentioned in his comment that he was starting the Couch to 5K training program, and his knees hurt. Here are a few suggestions to help anyone getting started with jogging. Running Shoes? If you are just getting off the couch, you probably do not have a decent pair of running shoes. I am definitely one of those people that gets knee pain if I…
Read moreLast year Perfect Supplements employee, Kristen, trained for her first marathon and ran the Disney marathon in January 2011. This month, Kristen and her sister and training partner, Kara, convinced me (64 year old, Alice) to train for my first running event ever, a 5K. We are using the Couch to 5K application that several people told us about. It is a training program designed for true beginners with no…
Read moreHere’s a picture of me just after the marathon, holding my very cool Mickey Marathon Medal. Here’s a picture of me fifteen minutes later waiting for my dear husband to open the car door. You probaby already know this, but running a marathon is really hard! Would I do it again? Maybe. How Can Something This Difficult Also Be Fun? I highly recommend the Disney Marathon if you are…
Read moreMy marathon training partner and sister Kara and I strapped on our running shoes at 8 AM on Sunday to run 20 miles before the blizzard really kicked in on the East Coast. I had snow stuck to my eyelashes and the bottom of my pants were frozen, but we did it! The first 15 miles or so were actually quite pleasant, sharing our run with a variety of birds, little animal prints…
Read moreNational Best Seller, Born to Run, was published in 2009 and written by Christopher McDougall, a contributing editor for Men’s Health magazine, and three-time National Magazine Award finalist. This was the most entertaining book I have read in years. Written as a first-person non-fiction narrative, Born to Run combines the excitement of ultra-racing with very interesting scientific running research, and just a dash of a spiritual journey…it is perfect! McDougall begins his story with…
Read moreLast week I mentioned that I wanted to research barefoot running because my legs hurt. The Running Barefoot website has some excellent basic information about “How to Run”. Of course we assume we know how to run, however, most of us learned how to run in shoes, and our bodies were designed to run barefoot. Barefoot-Ken-Bob’s website has an extremely thorough explanation of exactly How to Run. The point of learning how to…
Read moreI have a 3/4 mile loop around my neighborhood. On my first attempt to run around the loop I needed to stop and stretch at least four times. After completing several runs over the last few weeks, I was able to complete most of the 3/4 miles without a walk-break. But…my legs still hurt. Is it my shoes? They are not expensive running shoes. Have you heard about barefoot running?…
Read moreAs I mentioned previously, I’m not a runner. My exercise routines consist of gentle yoga, and hikes with the kids. You can read all my reasons for deciding to train for a marathon in my previous post. I hate to start out complaining, but, this is hard work! On my first ¾ mile run, I had to stop and stretch four times. My sister Kara, who has done this before,…
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