tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26146626269949043592024-03-13T14:32:48.282-07:00run with erun with me was already takenemi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.comBlogger363125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-75491508227458952862011-05-05T05:00:00.000-07:002011-05-05T05:01:23.803-07:00Run in Style<a href="http://sofiaspringer.elle.se/">Advice from running fashion journalist Sofia Hedström.</a>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-14198207561081227682011-04-14T03:25:00.001-07:002011-04-14T03:27:10.208-07:00before and after -kevinBefore - content:<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WNPT21pEVGE/TabLu2nmW_I/AAAAAAAAEKg/TqAGn_uI8mw/s1600/5611588571_49cf8cd7bd_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WNPT21pEVGE/TabLu2nmW_I/AAAAAAAAEKg/TqAGn_uI8mw/s400/5611588571_49cf8cd7bd_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595383592850447346" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>After - delirious!</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y42Vcs9ABLM/TabL3B5QdcI/AAAAAAAAEKo/DDZH-E-Vcc8/s1600/5612171850_576cacde90_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y42Vcs9ABLM/TabL3B5QdcI/AAAAAAAAEKo/DDZH-E-Vcc8/s400/5612171850_576cacde90_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595383733316253122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-75194687878055891462011-01-01T09:53:00.001-08:002011-01-01T09:53:42.080-08:00Question for you runnersHow has running changed your body?<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-38108641160507610822010-12-28T09:13:00.000-08:002010-12-28T09:15:46.741-08:00Before and after - Ciléne!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TRoa6orBegI/AAAAAAAAD_8/aXuV3VhYTa4/s1600/20101226478.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TRoa6orBegI/AAAAAAAAD_8/aXuV3VhYTa4/s400/20101226478.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555782684967533058" /></a><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TRoa6zhtNuI/AAAAAAAAEAE/GfXk3e4Leas/s400/Bild%2B375.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555782687881246434" /><br />Here's super runner Cilene before and after a recent 9,36 km run. The second pic was supposed to show the icicles that had formed in her hair during the run.emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-77398089251380492792010-12-28T09:07:00.000-08:002010-12-28T09:13:11.337-08:00Before and after - Maja!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TRoZ1vfX5wI/AAAAAAAAD_0/tYsa7mJ2ZFQ/s1600/Bild%2B2010-12-20%2Bkl.%2B19.16.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TRoZ1vfX5wI/AAAAAAAAD_0/tYsa7mJ2ZFQ/s400/Bild%2B2010-12-20%2Bkl.%2B19.16.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555781501386745602" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TRoZ1octq6I/AAAAAAAAD_s/stMjMeZNkbo/s1600/Bild%2B2010-12-20%2Bkl.%2B20.05.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TRoZ1octq6I/AAAAAAAAD_s/stMjMeZNkbo/s400/Bild%2B2010-12-20%2Bkl.%2B20.05.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555781499496541090" /></a><br /><div>Here's Maja before and after her run! Before she says she was: tired & grumpy. After: happy and energized!</div><div>She adds "if it's like 5 below (celsius) I treat myself to some hot blueberry soup before I shower". Sounds so good. </div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-72251063041445356552010-12-20T06:33:00.000-08:002010-12-20T07:24:12.411-08:00Cold weather runningSome of you have asked what I'm wearing to run outside in this weather. <div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQ9pX2yHVwI/AAAAAAAAD_g/i3iQ7O6DgrU/s1600/IMG_1115.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQ9pX2yHVwI/AAAAAAAAD_g/i3iQ7O6DgrU/s400/IMG_1115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552772724134729474" /></a><br /><br /><div>This is what I put on now. I LOVE my new <a href="http://www.craft.se/products.html?tx_mdb_pi1%5Bview%5D=viewLVL3&tx_mdb_pi1%5Blvl1%5D=Craft&tx_mdb_pi1%5Blvl2%5D=Layer%25201&tx_mdb_pi1%5Bpageid%5D=6016&tx_mdb_pi1%5Blvl3%5D=Zero">CRAFT BUTTWARMERS!</a></div></div><div><ul><li>running tank with built in bra</li><li>buttwarmers</li><li>socks</li><li>fleecelined tights</li><li>icebreaker merino underlayer</li><li>windbreaker</li><li>hat</li><li>gloves</li><li><a href="http://www.polarnopyret.se/sv/Admin-Pages/Enova/Produktvisning/?productidentifier=60018218&colorid=2504596&sectionid=clothes&subsectionid=ENOVA_GLOVES_HATS">kid neckwarmer </a></li></ul></div><div>Missing in pic: shoes and regular underwear.</div><div><br /></div><div>And this is what it looked like outside and how I felt (mute if you don't like the sound of a healthy woman panting):</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dymIX17iG6TWpcuuKTKRpvAfbx6SHmrMN4ab05b06s8mwYHJxZ5Kor61t9w2h0BS75DGmjoorXMH1Hm0WKevg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-42325415756917702532010-12-15T23:53:00.000-08:002010-12-15T23:56:33.522-08:00Before and after - Cilla<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQnFyZNlgdI/AAAAAAAAD_I/K-aZDWi7N6s/s1600/Bild%2B267.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQnFyZNlgdI/AAAAAAAAD_I/K-aZDWi7N6s/s400/Bild%2B267.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551185485262848466" /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQnFyZNlgdI/AAAAAAAAD_I/K-aZDWi7N6s/s1600/Bild%2B267.jpg"></a>Before run: Tired next to happy Eva</div><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQnFyUl_8XI/AAAAAAAAD_Q/8CpnHLinkqY/s400/Bild%2B269.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5551185484023066994" /></div><div>After - now in the same mood as Eva was in previous pic! Running fills you with toddler-age happiness!</div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-69973028147662850792010-12-13T05:23:00.001-08:002010-12-13T05:23:45.014-08:00Run to this!<a href="http://open.spotify.com/user/britaz/playlist/4pW5bMm1sODCzGPWzdT1gH">Running music, thanks BRITA Z!</a>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-39014782665729315212010-12-13T01:29:00.000-08:002010-12-13T01:46:03.602-08:00BEfore and after- ÅSA!<div><br /><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQXnsbNrp7I/AAAAAAAAD-Y/FaN-Qq6-M5w/s400/Bild%2B2010-12-12%2Bkl.%2B11.00.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550096866209408946" /><div>I received a mail from Åsa, who said she'd browsed through this blog to get inspired to run. Somehow it worked, cause look at the after picture, with cat!<br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQXnsrGDEyI/AAAAAAAAD-g/Rx3ljm4FdMk/s400/Bild%2B2010-12-12%2Bkl.%2B11.37.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550096870472356642" /></div><div>Running will do this to you!</div><div><br /></div><div>It was so cold yesterday, I was in no mood to run either but I felt that if I had inspired Åsa else, she could inspire me too! So I went out! </div><div><br /></div><div>I ran a distance I know is 5 k, my iphone said 2,88 k because it's an apple product, made in california, where they never have to run in weather as freezing as ours!</div><div>It was -12 C or 10.4 degree Fahrenheit. Sissies.</div><div><br /></div><div>Ps. I was wearing too little, my ass and thighs were freezing! let this be a lesson to me! those body parts were so freezing I ran with almost straight legs. Ridiculous.</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQXq_wvSAfI/AAAAAAAAD-o/ev_XyDYgFxU/s1600/IMG_1079.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQXq_wvSAfI/AAAAAAAAD-o/ev_XyDYgFxU/s400/IMG_1079.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550100496939876850" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQXq_wvSAfI/AAAAAAAAD-o/ev_XyDYgFxU/s1600/IMG_1079.jpg"></a>And it was dark.</div></div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQXrAHIBO8I/AAAAAAAAD-w/TTPCQc6bF2w/s1600/IMG_1083.jpg"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TQXrAHIBO8I/AAAAAAAAD-w/TTPCQc6bF2w/s400/IMG_1083.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550100502949215170" style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div></div></div><div>After. I look crazy here, mostly because I hated Nike+ for failing me after my heroic burst. </div><div><br /></div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-78070740329537300972010-12-01T01:49:00.001-08:002013-03-10T23:54:16.717-07:00UpdateHow are you doing out there? Only 3 weeks til Christmas!<br />
This week, aim to run 3 kms without stopping, alternatively run for 21 minutes without stopping. For each workout from now on, add 1 minute of running time so that in 5 workouts from now, you've run 25 minutes continuously. keep doing this until You've run 30 minutes without stopping in time for Christmas. <br />
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You can do it now, if you've done your work. If you haven't don't panic. <br />
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Then just extend your own deadline til say January? February? <br />
The more you run, the easier it will get and the more you will love it. <br />
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The other day I thought to myself: <br />
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If what I have to do to stay in shape, sleep better, be happier and have more energy is to spend half an hour moving to music I love a few times a week, is that so bad? NO. <br />
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If this perky attitude annoys you - great, the hormones activated by anger - adrenaline etc, is actually not a bad thing when working out. <br />
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love<br />
-eemi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-71353617157782948142010-11-18T02:21:00.000-08:002010-11-18T02:29:37.746-08:00Tip tipIf you're a rookie runner in a cold country, running with an iphone or iPod touch, you might feel the need to remove your gloves to change the music, start, pause or stop a workout. Don't, you need your fingers warm and happy. Instead, use this tip from the arctic region: use the tip of your nose.emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-55710370568860810802010-11-18T00:31:00.000-08:002010-12-12T06:41:32.209-08:00Before + after or show me where you run -Emi<img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlP8DYLWI/AAAAAAAAD5w/xIQJdVXKGxE/s400/IMG_0829.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540805503553645922" /><br /><div>Ok hands up people who really felt like going running this cold, gray morning. My hand is now touching the floor. But I put on running gear anyways cause you can't always succumb to your inner lazy child. Here I am pre-run, walking the kids to daycare and school. Vanja took this pic, that's why you can't see her. </div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQ0w7SAI/AAAAAAAAD6I/TlZgIqu-NE4/s1600/IMG_0835.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQ0w7SAI/AAAAAAAAD6I/TlZgIqu-NE4/s400/IMG_0835.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540805518777075714" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQ0w7SAI/AAAAAAAAD6I/TlZgIqu-NE4/s1600/IMG_0835.JPG"></a>What I saw on my run. Beautiful winter landscape.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQmirmnI/AAAAAAAAD6A/8mfp3QyfkBA/s1600/IMG_0834.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQmirmnI/AAAAAAAAD6A/8mfp3QyfkBA/s400/IMG_0834.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540805514959231602" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQmirmnI/AAAAAAAAD6A/8mfp3QyfkBA/s1600/IMG_0834.JPG"></a>Ran into my neighbor Matilda.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQa6bEFI/AAAAAAAAD54/PnkFwq-KNDM/s1600/IMG_0830.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQa6bEFI/AAAAAAAAD54/PnkFwq-KNDM/s400/IMG_0830.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540805511837585490" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlQa6bEFI/AAAAAAAAD54/PnkFwq-KNDM/s1600/IMG_0830.JPG"></a>Kept running.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlPnkrntI/AAAAAAAAD5o/_iOd7ljUreI/s1600/Bild%2B116.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlPnkrntI/AAAAAAAAD5o/_iOd7ljUreI/s400/Bild%2B116.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540805498056187602" /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TOTlPnkrntI/AAAAAAAAD5o/_iOd7ljUreI/s1600/Bild%2B116.jpg"></a>Back home. Happy, warm, ready to shower. Have never regretted going for a run once it's done.<br /><br /></div><div>Now send me your pics! emi@lovegun.net</div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-79073445675497637072010-11-16T12:46:00.000-08:002010-11-16T12:48:52.417-08:00Before & after or show me where you runHi people, blogs with pics are more fun. So starting now, please send me a pic showing hwat it looks like where you run. <div><br /></div><div>Or, if you're brave/ not all that self-conscious, send me before and after pics of yourself from your run. I'll try to post my own pics here tomorrow to lead the way. </div><div><br /></div><div>send pics to emi@lovegun.net</div><div><br /></div><div>thanks!</div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-89572949477442731142010-11-12T23:22:00.001-08:002010-11-12T23:33:41.793-08:00Training Lisa Chong -week starting November 15This week, get your three workouts in and indulge yourself for doing so great. To my mind, this indulgence should not be food or drink-related as I think it's confusing for the brain to always think of gratification or comfort in terms of food or drink. <div><br /></div><div>I'm sure you know something else that what would feel like an indulgence. </div><div><br /></div><div>.....</div><div>This week, try to run continuously for 2 km. You can do it. Then switch to walking for 1 km, then run 1 km then walk your last 1k=5k. You'll soon be able to run a slow 5 k. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also, do you have an iPhone? am thinking of setting up a challenge for you!</div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-26809781925939656612010-11-12T23:03:00.000-08:002010-11-12T23:21:51.696-08:00Training Lisa Chong - the treadmill challengeRunning on the treadmill is boring boring boring. Unless you watch TV or are listening to Lady Gaga and Beyonce singing Telephone and are dance-running and lip synching the words and feel like a million bucks. This can happen, I've experienced it myself. <div><br /></div><div>Here's a way to make it a little little bit more entertaining. </div><div><br /></div><div>1. Get on the treadmill at a slow pace. Make sure the settings show kms, not miles.</div><div>2. Warm up by walking briskly for 2-3 minutes. </div><div>3. Now start running SLOWLY at a pace of like 7 (km/h)</div><div>4. Now run for a minute at 7, then increase your level by one tenth the next minute, increasing till you get to 8,5 or whatever level is still ok with you but you have to give it some effort. Then go back down again. You do this and you have your 30-minute workout and a slight boredom relief. </div><div><br /></div><div>I've done it and loved it. </div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-10265995457069029752010-11-12T13:53:00.001-08:002010-11-12T13:54:32.247-08:00Training Lisa ChongLisa, where are you , in relation to the wagon?<div>Tell me, and I'll tell you a great thing about treadmills. </div><div>Other people, are you running/reading or should I quit this?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-20235443815134978482010-11-08T05:13:00.000-08:002010-11-08T05:18:06.456-08:00testing Nike+ GPSHave an iPhone? Then you can get the Nike+ GPS app for a few bucks. It will tell you your distance and cheer you up and all you people who try to follow this but get confused by the km-thing- you can set your settings to show you how far a km really is!<div><br /><div>I say it worked fine and the runs are really easy to sync. </div><div><br /></div><div>The Nike+ thing really helped me when I started running. By now, I've run and logged more than 1500 kilometers! Perhaps in a year or two, you will have done the same!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-68743052256516838592010-11-03T03:40:00.000-07:002010-11-03T03:48:17.709-07:00A former rookie shares with us<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TNE9g1Koi4I/AAAAAAAAD18/DtE3tYBx1xI/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TNE9g1Koi4I/AAAAAAAAD18/DtE3tYBx1xI/s400/photo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535273051251837826" /></a><br />I did this <a href="http://runwitherookie.blogspot.com/">Run with e-rookie thing</a> a while back. Jennifer in Canberra, Australia, was one of the rookies who started out then, and she's still running. Today, I received the pic above from her run yesterday. She wrote: "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">Your former rookies </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; ">still like to run..."</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I love it!<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div></div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-32128191074579006942010-11-03T03:34:00.000-07:002010-11-03T03:40:36.548-07:00Training Lisa Chong - sickJust heard from Lisa: <div>"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">i was sick last week and still don't feel good----i feel like i'm so behind now. my best wishes to your other runners---leave me in the dust! it's ok!!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">This brings us to an important point: what to do about running when you're feeling sick? Should you run anyways? Skip it alltogether? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">I say, try to go for a walk. It's so easy to fall off the wagon and many of us have a tendency to let even the smallest notion of not 100%-ness be an excuse not to go out an run. Excuse to whom? To ourselves! A common saying is that if your illness is above the neck, go running, below neck, don't. As in: I often go running when I have a slight cold but not when I have a cough. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">And 95% of the times I have, I've felt better both during and after the run than before. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">If you're a beginner, you might not have it in you to conquer the wall of resistance aided by sickness. Forgive yourself. Then get back on track. All is not lost. Nothing is lost. This is not about losing a few pounds before the holidays, it's about bringing a source of joy and health into your life from now on. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">hear that lisa? take a walk and forgive yourself. a slow walk if you're not feeling so great. but fresh air and moderate physical activity, fall colours and time to yourself never killed anyone. the training you've done up til now is never in vain. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">love</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">-e</span></div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-26974767172277789632010-11-02T07:27:00.001-07:002010-11-02T07:30:02.035-07:00First kilometer is the hardestThis week, starting today, you will try to run one kilometer without stopping. You might think this is impossible, but before the week is over, before Tuesday November 9th, you will make it. <div>I promise. Just keep running. Tell yourself it will soon be over. Tell yourself each step makes you stronger. </div><div><br /></div><div>you can do this. </div><div>i know you can. </div><div>cause I myself once thought it was impossible. </div><div><br /></div><div>Little known secret about running: Just like the first million, the first kilometer is the hardest. </div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-26931650816432457992010-11-02T07:26:00.000-07:002010-11-02T07:27:14.582-07:00Back from New York - report to me pleaseLisa? How's your running? Other people?emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-9395585156539646712010-10-22T03:24:00.002-07:002010-10-22T03:26:40.006-07:00How are you all doing?I'm leaving for New York on Sunday and won't be able to post much next week. But stick to the program! Work out for 30 minutes 3 times this week. This time, keep up the 2-miniute miracle and try to squeeze ONE 5 minute stretch of pure running into your half-hour. You can do it. Just slow down the pace. Keep running!<div><br /></div><div>So curious to hear about your progress. Obstacles? SHARE!</div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-25967992047543843182010-10-22T03:24:00.001-07:002010-10-22T03:24:41.022-07:00How Lisa is dealing with our program!<a href="http://dearhughlaurie.blogspot.com/2010/10/starting-late-in-life.html">http://dearhughlaurie.blogspot.com/2010/10/starting-late-in-life.html</a>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-40952035145928984022010-10-22T03:21:00.000-07:002010-10-22T03:23:02.351-07:00Unexpected, running related thoughts from my local post office<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TMFlyJi9ZkI/AAAAAAAAD0c/qokFC6QrHbY/s1600/IMG_0563.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TMFlyJi9ZkI/AAAAAAAAD0c/qokFC6QrHbY/s400/IMG_0563.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530813729618093634" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div>"Did you ever see a cheetah warm up?"</div>emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614662626994904359.post-40460132258711955682010-10-19T01:57:00.000-07:002010-10-19T02:06:58.315-07:00Question from Sara<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px; white-space: nowrap; "><span dir="ltr">Sara</span> said...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><dd style="padding-bottom: 0.75em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><i>Who is Lisa Chong?? Also, I was wondering what to wear when running in bitter-cold Sweden - How much is sensible to put on??? You (and Lisa Chong) seems to have all the good answers.. therefore I turn to you for some good advice </i>:</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.75em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px; white-space: nowrap; ">Emi says:</span>Well, Lisa is a reader who wants to start running but never gets around to it. We'll have her and who ever else wants to join run 5 km without stopping/switching to walking by Christmas. </span></p></dd></span><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_h6UOu_mhtw0/TL1fGPcA63I/AAAAAAAADzM/qObasfDIHeU/s400/image-upload-30-720919.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529680478308723570" /><br />Regarding your second question, this is what I had to put on while running in -14 below (celsius). That would be 6.8 ºF if you're into Fahrenheit. But that's kind of my limit. Any colder than that, I'll run on the treadmill.emi gunerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09114047925830852894noreply@blogger.com8