Loser's Ink - The Jaxie Towers' 10k Challenge

[duke3016]

Our "wave" starts running at noon.  There"s music, live mc, beer tent, food, drink and kids activites if any of ya want to join us on the day for a laugh.  Don"t worry...ya don"t have to run.  Just save us a beer at the end.  

Wouldn"t miss it for the world  

[AAroddersAA]

Our "wave" starts running at noon.  There"s music, live mc, beer tent, food, drink and kids activites if any of ya want to join us on the day for a laugh.  Don"t worry...ya don"t have to run.  Just save us a beer at the end.  

Wouldn"t miss it for the world  

Not wanting to think of Ger drinking alone, I will also attend. Timing is good as it will be APAT off season so good time for a group effort in my opinion.

[Laxie]

Our "wave" starts running at noon.  There"s music, live mc, beer tent, food, drink and kids activites if any of ya want to join us on the day for a laugh.  Don"t worry...ya don"t have to run.  Just save us a beer at the end.  

Wouldn"t miss it for the world  

Not wanting to think of Ger drinking alone, I will also attend. Timing is good as it will be APAT off season so good time for a group effort in my opinion.

YAY!!!  Be great to see ya both there!

[Fatcatstu]

Did someone mention beer? Will get it booked off work

[Laxie]

Did someone mention beer? Will get it booked off work

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii - good Lad!  

[Laxie]

Jack has set up our JustGiving page -

http://www.justgiving.com/jaxie/eurl.axd/d88b7a437957184b9dc79f1f4d999cd3

Plenty of time to try and reach the target...no pressure.  lol

[kinboshi]

Will be joining you for this one

[Laxie]

Will be joining you for this one

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii - about time ya got yer **** together

[HOLDorFOLD]

Really thinking about entering this despite the fact I have never run since the pelvis slipped.  Will sleep on it for a few more days and decide by the end of the week.

Only other concern is that it"s in a Forest and I"ll probably be verging off every now and again to touch trees!

[Laxie]

Phil TC should run too.  He can keep ya away from the trees.  Proberly  

[technolog]

Jaxie did their first proper training run tonight. We were following the well-known (apparently ) Couch to 5K (c25k) training program. Week 1 is 5 minutes warm-up (brisk walk) followed by jogging for 1 minute / walking for 1 min 30 sec repeated for 20 minutes, i.e. 8 repetitions then a 5 minute warm-down (eh?). This to be done three times during the week. We used the free c25k app to time the intervals. It worked very well but we (I) didn"t realise that the 5 minute warm-up time was included in the total time and ended up stopping after just 6 repetitions - that"s my story and I"m sticking to it!

We made the mistake of taking Archie & Fib with us. They loved it, chasing round with Mum & Dad, but the author of the c25k program never thought to schedule pooper-scooping into the training.

[duke3016]

the author of the c25k program never thought to schedule pooper-scooping into the training.

And the dogs needed looking after as well

[technolog]

the author of the c25k program never thought to schedule pooper-scooping into the training.

And the dogs needed looking after as well

Luckily, we saved dinner until after our exertions

[technolog]

Did the second training session tonight. I used a different app to time the running/walking stints. Dawn found it and used it earlier on her run. It"s a lot more user-friendly and takes you through all the way to 10k distance in 14 weeks - if everything goes according to plan.

I also used Runkeeper to keep track of distance travelled, average pace and estimated calories burnt. It says I walked/ran 3.05 miles at an average pace of 11m32s per mile. It sounds a bit fast to me and I"m worried I"m going to have "boshi on my case

It was reasonably tough but I enjoyed it and I"m looking forward to Friday when I"ll be able to take advantage of my early finish to run in daylight.

[Curlarge]

Keep up the good work you two/four xx/xxxx