Monday, August 31, 2009

Weigh In & First Walk with Dream Team


Weekly weigh-in: 526 lbs.
Loss: -10 lb.
Total loss: 106 lbs.
Emotion: happy

Alright, I'm back on track. Last week was a great week!

 
We had our first walk/run group training session yesterday. Coach Danny Haralson told us what we need to be doing everyday. We had a good turnout of aprx 25 people.
Here's what Coach Danny told us:
  • Run/Walk at your own pace. Speed is not important. Remember the Tortoise and the Hare.
  • Keep your eye on your goal (finish the half marathon)
  • The 1st week you should walk/run 4-6 days, and you should walk 1/8 mile, then jog 1/8 mile until you have put in one mile. Then walk 1/4 mile to cool down.
  • Rest at least one day! Don't run 7 days a week!
  • Shoes are ultra important. 95% of injuries can be prevented by having the correct shoes. If your shoes are older than three months, get new shoes. Also, get RUNNING shoes. It's best to go to a store like The Track Shak. They will analyze your walk to determine the best shoes for you. Mention Danny's program for a 10% discount at Track Shak.
  • It's always good to have a carrot for running. Our carrot was free beer/water. That's our motivation.
Check out Danny Haralson's blog at http://blog.rununiversity.com/ - Danny has run over 50 marathons and he is a certified running coach. He has an excellent program at http://www.rununiversity.com/

As we started the walk for our training, Danny told me that he's gonna time my lap. I walked the entire 1/4 mile lap instead of alternating walking and jogging. I walked the 1/4 mile in 6 minutes, and put in another 6 minute 1/4 mile.

Danny told me to alternate my walking distances every day. For example, day one walk one mile, day two walk half a mile, day three walk 1.4 miles. This way my body won't know what distance I'm gonna walk. It'll be fooled into thinking that every walk's gonna be a long walk. This will burn max calories per walk.

I'll be walking every day and working out every day. (Of course I will have a rest day)

Everyone loves having the beer as the carrot for out group runs. Of course, I drink the water because I've got that big carrot in April next year. Do you have a carrot?

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20 comments:

  1. You are doing great. I think it's wonderful you have a walking group. Keep up the good work!

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  2. Way to go Stephen, it's all about keeping the course even if we had a rough week the week before. You are doing a great job, congrats on the big loss!

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  3. P.S. To answer your question, my carrot is Europe in the winter! Gotta keep my eye on the prize. :)

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  4. Look at yoU! Great job this week!

    I am glad you are enjoying walking/running so much! I am doing a half marathon in 6 weeks; the training is hard but the feeling after finishing a long run is worth it! My long run was 8 miles this week!

    I love the idea of having a "carrot!" I'd have to say mine is new clothes. I always used to be a shoe junkie because I couldn't find cute clothes in my size. Now that I've lost 100 lbs though, I am all about the clothes!

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  5. Stephen, 10 pounds is awesome! Way to go!

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  6. My carrot is an actual carrot. How ironic is that?

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  7. Man, it is great to see you doing so well! The transformation continues...keep up the good work!

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  8. Just found your blog and Love It!! I'm currently training for a 5K and I'm looking forward to following your 1/2 marathon training.
    Awesome!

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  9. I'm jealous at your ambition to do a half-marathon, I just walked 3 miles for the first time in my life, adding ~10 miles to that is inconcievable.

    My carrot is to fit into a roller coaster at cedar point next summer!

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  10. Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doesn't it feel great!!! Keep it up!!!

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  11. Congratulations!!! This is awesome news. My carrot? I've had so many already---Hmmm, I'll have to think of that a little more.

    Great post.

    My best always
    Sean

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  12. Congrats on hitting the 1/3 mark on your big Race Countdown!! I think that's awesome!

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  13. Keep up the great work. Part of the formula for success is having a great support network to reinforce your inspiration and motivation. From the comments on your blog, you certainly have that part in place.

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  14. awesome weight loss!! must be a great feeling to see it is under 200 pounds to get to your goal next year!!! keep up the good work; your training sounds good too!

    betty

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  15. Well done on the great loss this week!

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  16. My carrot is health insurance. Keep up the good work!

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  17. Way to Go - keep that carrot in the forefront!

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  18. You're doing great! My carrot is my trip to Europe at Christmas. I really want to comfortably fit in an airline seat.

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