Comments on: birthday gift

By: cygnoir

cygnoir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:37:00 +0000

Thanks, Rachel! I will definitely let you know about my progress.

By: cygnoir

cygnoir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:37:00 +0000

Wendy, I am so impressed and encouraged that you are doing this along with me! It makes it so much easier knowing I am not struggling with all of this alone. You and I are going to run the hell out of those kilometers!

By: cygnoir

cygnoir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:35:00 +0000

Thanks for the luck, Eva. I did notice that the knee rotations are a little uncomfortable, and I tend to do a modified version. Interesting to see that my gut instinct may be warranted.

Ditto here on the gadget-suckering. :-)

By: cygnoir

cygnoir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:34:00 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement, M! I am tracking my runs on http://dailyburn.com, which I find very motivating. I just love the gadgets. I might try Nike+ in the future.

Great note about the water … I am so bad at it too.

By: cygnoir

cygnoir — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:33:00 +0000

Thanks for the luck, Ned. I will need it!

I love that we both do the wake-up-and-o-hey thing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:20:00 +0000

Because you’ve tried this, I became aware of it and started last week as well. I’m struggling a bit with an injured knee that’s not 100% yet, so I’ve had to take the easy week and make it easier already. But I’m not giving up! Thanks for letting me know about it and for trying it and for your enthusiasm! Good luck towards your 5k!

By: Rachel T

Rachel T — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:10:00 +0000

Congratulations!!! It sounds like you are doing what you need to do when you need to do it. Let us know how the 5k goes!!

By: Eva

Eva — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:34:00 +0000

Sounds great, good luck! I do the Jillian MIchaels DVD too, but be careful… A woman I work with tore her meniscus doing the the warm-up knee rotations and had to get surgery. Yikes.

And agree on the Nike+… I’m sucker for gadgets and data, so it really works for me.

By: meredith

meredith — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 15:29:00 +0000

I ran a 5k run last spring with very little preparation. 5k races are abundant in the spring. If you have interest in running a race, they are very exciting and if you start training now, you’ll probably be well prepared. I also find that my Nike + little gadget helps keeping me motivated by tracking my runs and such. Good luck and remember to drink lots of water! (That’s something I am very bad at.)

By: Ned Morrell

Ned Morrell — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:58:00 +0000

Impressive! Good luck for the next few weeks.

Incidentally—”I could not tell you why Monday the 28th was any different.”—I am finding this more and more with goals I always wanted to achieve and never got around to doing. Suddenly I wake up one day to find I’ve started them without trying.