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Posted 3/24/2013 1:21 AM (GMT 0)
I signed up for a half marathon today. Eeep! I need to get back in shape and lose 40 pounds to have my next surgery...so I needed another short term goal besides "surgery."

I'm not a huge fan of running, but I've wanted to do a half for years. Add on to that the fact that many of my friends are now running halves and wholes, it seems like an achiveable goal.

But still...6 months, 1/2 marathon. Eeeeppp!
Posted 3/24/2013 2:00 AM (GMT 0)
YAY for you! You can always walk if you don't feel like running the whole time.
I'm sure you will love it.
Posted 3/24/2013 4:50 AM (GMT 0)
Runners World has a Couch to Half Marathon Training Program. One of my team members used it and did very well in our first half marathon. Good Luck!
Posted 3/24/2013 5:14 AM (GMT 0)
So awesome! You can definitely do it!! I have a goal of running a 1/2 marathon for CCFA next year. I just started doing C25K (http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml) again :)
Posted 3/24/2013 8:12 PM (GMT 0)
Yup, I'm looking at various running programs. There's also a nice store where I live (running specialty) that has run groups. AND a jpoucher works there :).

Good luck on your running too!
Posted 3/26/2013 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
You will have a blast!!

I am a fan of Jeff Galloway. You can google him and get an idea of his training methods. I read many of his books early on...I was new to running and older (but had my health!) and was never a runner when I was younger.

I have two planned this year:-) The May Cleveland 1/2 got me motivated through the winter and the September CCFA's Nashville Women's 1/2 because I've always wanted to go there!

You'd be surprised to find out the people you know on a daily basis that have ostomies or j-pouches...I worked out with a woman for a year before we both figured out we had had colectomies and the same CR Surgeons!!!
Posted 3/26/2013 9:10 PM (GMT 0)
Oh wow! Same CR-surgeon?? Small world :)

It is definitely amazing if you are ok bringing it up (not that I go up to random people and introduce myself that way!).

I connected with the running person because I used to dehydrate fast with a colon. Without it's going to be worse! So I told the person working that I needed help with hydration options since I didn't have a colon...and she had me talk to the jpouch worker!
Posted 3/26/2013 11:21 PM (GMT 0)
Wow, those are crazy stories! I wish I could meet a j-poucher in real life. Weirdly a lot of my friends have an extended family member who has one (I'll be halfway through explaining the j-pouch when they stop me and say "Oh, I know, my aunt/cousin/grandma/etc has one") but no one local.
Posted 5/22/2013 2:57 AM (GMT 0)
Hi ActiveUCer, Wanted to give your thread a bump! How's training coming?

I love running. I'm 3 weeks out of my latest surgery and am itching to get back into my routine. For now I am walking a moderate pace increasing my distance each walk. Its been really motivational for me. I'm up to a mile twice a day. Feels like a long way from a half but I guess I have to start somewhere:)

Post Edited (Mossmi33) : 5/21/2013 9:03:51 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/22/2013 3:14 AM (GMT 0)
Training has not been going well. So far this year...

The flu
One URI
Bronchitis
2ER trips
A minor illness
One partial blockage
Stomach bug, ER trip
More bronchitis ( allergy related, now being treated)
A UTI with horrible meds that made me sick
And now I have a fever. So probably going to the doc tomorrow.

I just can't catch a health break. I'm probably missing some health issues. I'll be ok for a week then something else will hit hard. I can't blame myself for anything really. I will exercise through laziness but not illness. There's still time and I'm still hopeful! Thank you for askin though.
Posted 5/22/2013 3:26 AM (GMT 0)
I'm sorry, That's a lot to deal with in such a short amount of time. I feel the same but am hopeful I can get back to a sense of normalcy.

I hope you feel better soon and can get back to running:)

Post Edited (Mossmi33) : 5/21/2013 9:33:16 PM (GMT-6)

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