Over 30 races, 35 rounds of chemo since cancer came back

SandiaBuddy

NewHere said:

You Too SB

Your outdoor travels (and great avatars) are awesome.  I look forward to each avatar change and the beautiful outdoors that you see.

Outdoors

The secret is that I only change avatars with each new hike at Grand Canyon.

Real Tar Heel

NewHere said:

I Always Think About Watching TV

There are many days where I am tired (especially chemo weeks) and I am really tempted to watch TV and do nothing.  That little voice "Well, you have cancer, it is not like you are making this up."  But then I kick it to the side.  I have gotten better at figuring out if I am so tired I really cannot/should not do something or drag myself to do something.  I am fortunate that I work for myself with my family, so Ihave latitude in that aspect.  I am not sure if I could have worked for others (which I have done ) and been on chemo.  

Reading, music and movies are great hobbies (three of mine ) and I loathe running.  30 minutes every other day is a great target.  Something to keep in mind - more and more training is based on going slow and not pushing it.  For instance, the runners who can do sub-5 minute miles in the NYC Marathon will train at 10 minute mile pace.  It is a concept of 80/20 training.  80% of training is not driving heart rate too high.  20% is harder/faster workout portions, such as intervals, where speed gains happen.  It is based on heart rate and testing speeds.  The longer workouts are usually at slow paces/lower heart rates.  I am slow even when "racing", so I am a natural

 

It has to do with your make

It has to do with your make-up. I don't do well at distances. After college I tried only running distances and my conditioning (for club soccer) did not improve, and I gained some weight. When I started intervals, every thing improved for me, conditioning, weight, mile time and of course speed.

Real Tar Heel

NewHere said:

I hate running RTH

I never ran my entire life.  Maybe as a kid playing outside.  And even then sloths felt bad for me with my speed.  I always thought triathlons were cool - I did swim in high school but was not fast - and biked when in school with friends.  Casual around the park, not the spandex pelotons you see on the road nowadays.  But then there was the running.  Yuck.  

Before my lung surgery I was told that the stronger my lungs were, the better it would go.  It was 4 weeks or so from the time it was determined I needed surgery to the surgery, so I did some running then.  And I did a run a week after the surgery, just as part of my stubborn response to all of this.  Then stopped.  (This was September, 2016).   I started my current routine when my cancer was confirmed as back in December, 2017.  And for the record, I am really slow.  People like you who have run make me jealous.  It seems you never lose it.  LOL.  It is crazy.  I have people in my age group going sub 10 minute miles .  A race last week had 24 people go sub 8 minute miles after swimming 1.2 miles and biking 56 miles.  Crazy.  

Yup, it is difficult to get going during treatment, I just mentioned that myself in the other thread that Abita has on the eliiptical - really psyched for her that she has got that going on.

Yes, they are crazy, I was

Yes, they are crazy, I was lucky to run a sub 7 minute mile in high school. My coaches thought I was so lazy, I was just not training effectively.

abrub

not running races

But biking,  walking or kayaking at least an hour most days., and I feel great.  Thanking you for all of your support.  It means a lot to me.

Alice