Comments on: The Best Running Advice You Will Ever Get http://balanceinme.com/balanced-body/the-best-running-advice-you-will-ever-get/ practical life balance Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:39:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anastasiya http://balanceinme.com/balanced-body/the-best-running-advice-you-will-ever-get/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Anastasiya Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:55:30 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=552#comment-498 @Krishna Cycling is one of the things I would like to try in the future. I must confess though, that I cannot ride a bike :-( When I was growing up I never had one and never actually had time for it. My husband's big goal is to teach me to ride a bike in the nearest future. Regarding running, my biggest achievement so far is not too impressive. I run 3.5-4 miles every other day and I enjoy these runs. I do not have time for longer runs right now that is why I am not increasing my time. Every time I try to run a little bit faster so now I finish my run in about 30 minutes and when I started it took me about 40 minutes to run this distance. When the babies get a little bit older I want to compete in a 5 k and see how I am going to do there. @Krishna
Cycling is one of the things I would like to try in the future. I must confess though, that I cannot ride a bike :-( When I was growing up I never had one and never actually had time for it. My husband’s big goal is to teach me to ride a bike in the nearest future.
Regarding running, my biggest achievement so far is not too impressive. I run 3.5-4 miles every other day and I enjoy these runs. I do not have time for longer runs right now that is why I am not increasing my time. Every time I try to run a little bit faster so now I finish my run in about 30 minutes and when I started it took me about 40 minutes to run this distance. When the babies get a little bit older I want to compete in a 5 k and see how I am going to do there.

]]> By: Krishna http://balanceinme.com/balanced-body/the-best-running-advice-you-will-ever-get/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Krishna Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:20:38 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=552#comment-496 Very inspiring, Anastasiya. It resonates so well with what I have started a year back. Cycling... Initially I was looking for a way to lose weight, but moving "towards" something you enjoy, (in this case cycling) is so much more effective than running away from something (my weight :-)!). And of course, the key is to get passionate about this, start hanging out among groups that do cycling, make new friends who are passionate about this too. So it becomes a habit and something to look forward to... You become a "cyclist", how cool is that :-)? And very soon, I was looking forward to crunching those miles and discovering new parts of the city and the outskirts on my "push bike".... Anyways, I think I went on a tangent there :-). Just wanted to say this post resonated so much! If you don't mind, what are the successes you have achieved since taking up running? And hope you are having as much fun running now as when you started :-). peace, Krishna Very inspiring, Anastasiya. It resonates so well with what I have started a year back. Cycling… Initially I was looking for a way to lose weight, but moving “towards” something you enjoy, (in this case cycling) is so much more effective than running away from something (my weight :-) !). And of course, the key is to get passionate about this, start hanging out among groups that do cycling, make new friends who are passionate about this too. So it becomes a habit and something to look forward to… You become a “cyclist”, how cool is that :-) ? And very soon, I was looking forward to crunching those miles and discovering new parts of the city and the outskirts on my “push bike”…. Anyways, I think I went on a tangent there :-) .

Just wanted to say this post resonated so much! If you don’t mind, what are the successes you have achieved since taking up running? And hope you are having as much fun running now as when you started :-) .

peace,
Krishna

]]> By: Arvind Devalia http://balanceinme.com/balanced-body/the-best-running-advice-you-will-ever-get/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Arvind Devalia Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:37:30 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=552#comment-482 Excellent post and very relevant to me. I wish I could have read this article 8 months ago! Earlier this year in January, I started training for the London marathon and followed a 14 week program. Within a month I was comfortably running 40 minutes every other day and then disaster struck. I over did my training and injured my left knee. My physiotherapist said that I had overdone the training and my leg muscles were just too tight. He put me on a regime of rest and stretching for 4 weeks. I lost so much time that in the end I decided to walk the whole way! I trained for 6 weeks with long walks and on the day finished in 7 hours and 25 minutes. I walked all the way, except for the last 20 yards when I thought the TV cameras were on me - but alas they had long since gone home! But all is well thats end well - I finally achieved one of my life goals! You can read more here:- http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/05/01/may-day-time-to-make-your-dreams-become-goals/ Excellent post and very relevant to me.

I wish I could have read this article 8 months ago!

Earlier this year in January, I started training for the London marathon and followed a 14 week program.

Within a month I was comfortably running 40 minutes every other day and then disaster struck. I over did my training and injured my left knee.

My physiotherapist said that I had overdone the training and my leg muscles were just too tight. He put me on a regime of rest and stretching for 4 weeks.

I lost so much time that in the end I decided to walk the whole way!

I trained for 6 weeks with long walks and on the day finished in 7 hours and 25 minutes. I walked all the way, except for the last 20 yards when I thought the TV cameras were on me – but alas they had long since gone home!

But all is well thats end well – I finally achieved one of my life goals!

You can read more here:-

http://www.arvinddevalia.com/blog/2009/05/01/may-day-time-to-make-your-dreams-become-goals/

]]> By: Anastasiya http://balanceinme.com/balanced-body/the-best-running-advice-you-will-ever-get/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Anastasiya Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:34:07 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=552#comment-480 @Annalisa Thank you Annalisa for your great comment and support. You just prove one more time that you CAN enjoy running no matter how hard it seems at first. The more you enjoy the more you can do. @Justin I feel sorry that you had a bad injury because of the wrong pair of shoes. It's surprising how often injuries result from such small things that most people do not even care about. I hope that you will get past this injury and you will enjoy running again. @Jai Kai Running in a different place every time - it is my dream, it is so inspiring and so interesting. You just enjoy everything that is around you and forget about any pains or difficulties of running. Pure freedom and enjoyment. @Annalisa
Thank you Annalisa for your great comment and support. You just prove one more time that you CAN enjoy running no matter how hard it seems at first. The more you enjoy the more you can do.
@Justin
I feel sorry that you had a bad injury because of the wrong pair of shoes. It’s surprising how often injuries result from such small things that most people do not even care about. I hope that you will get past this injury and you will enjoy running again.
@Jai Kai
Running in a different place every time – it is my dream, it is so inspiring and so interesting. You just enjoy everything that is around you and forget about any pains or difficulties of running. Pure freedom and enjoyment.

]]> By: Jai Kai - SharingSuccess.tv http://balanceinme.com/balanced-body/the-best-running-advice-you-will-ever-get/comment-page-1/#comment-478 Jai Kai - SharingSuccess.tv Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:49:12 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=552#comment-478 Great post and great tips on running. I love to run especially in new and different places. It's quite amazing to really engage the senses as you run - to hear pieces of conversations, to view the sceneries, to smell the nature around you, to feel the breeze and raindrops on your skin... and as you said just smile ;) Great post and great tips on running. I love to run especially in new and different places. It’s quite amazing to really engage the senses as you run – to hear pieces of conversations, to view the sceneries, to smell the nature around you, to feel the breeze and raindrops on your skin…
and as you said just smile ;)

]]> By: Justin- AlittleBetter.net http://balanceinme.com/balanced-body/the-best-running-advice-you-will-ever-get/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Justin- AlittleBetter.net Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:50:07 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=552#comment-477 Thanks for the mention! I failed to heed the advice on being weary of which shoes you wear, and really injured myself badly. Its definitely an important point. Thanks for the mention!

I failed to heed the advice on being weary of which shoes you wear, and really injured myself badly. Its definitely an important point.

]]> By: Annalisa http://balanceinme.com/balanced-body/the-best-running-advice-you-will-ever-get/comment-page-1/#comment-476 Annalisa Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00:38 +0000 http://www.balanceinme.com/blog/?p=552#comment-476 I agree, great article! I tell everyone I know that I started running consistently (3x/week) and it was HARD. But it only took 3 weeks to be able to run 6k, which I was SURE would never become "enjoyable". At 3 weeks I was able to ENJOY 4-5k and I could do 6k, but not enjoyably. In another 3 weeks, I enjoyed 7k, but I wouldn't have thought 10k would be an "enjoyable" amount. I always told myself that if I wanted to continue to run, I MUST be able to enjoy it. Now (10 weeks running) I am running 8-9k enjoyably, and sometimes challenge myself to 10k just for extra weight-loss. I'll let you know how much I ENJOY in another month... wanna bet it will be 12k? :) I agree, great article! I tell everyone I know that I started running consistently (3x/week) and it was HARD. But it only took 3 weeks to be able to run 6k, which I was SURE would never become “enjoyable”. At 3 weeks I was able to ENJOY 4-5k and I could do 6k, but not enjoyably. In another 3 weeks, I enjoyed 7k, but I wouldn’t have thought 10k would be an “enjoyable” amount. I always told myself that if I wanted to continue to run, I MUST be able to enjoy it. Now (10 weeks running) I am running 8-9k enjoyably, and sometimes challenge myself to 10k just for extra weight-loss. I’ll let you know how much I ENJOY in another month… wanna bet it will be 12k? :)

]]>