I have always enjoyed running. I ran for many years and did several marathons and a lot of half marathons through the 90's.
15 years ago (I know LOL old) I moved back to Texas and quit all exercise altogether. WAY too many hours at work and kids activities. I ballooned from 210 to 290 over this time. I was not happy.
On January 1, 2016, I made a resolution to exercise more. Over the course of 2016, I lost about 30 pounds but plateued. I really could not run because I still weighed too much. I was bored with walking or biking. And I was doing no weight lifting, which I knew I needed to do.
So I started CG and it's been awesome. I now am in the 220's and an heading towards my target.
My question is about reintegrating running. I do CG four days a week in the morning. I have tried running on the off days and that goes fine. But when I run in the afternoons after CG, I have horrible times and my Achilles hurt like hell.
So I now only run on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, my non CG days. Respectively, I run 3 miles (at 80-90% race pace), 5 miles (decent pace) and 7 miles (slow pace). I've done this for a couple of weeks and feel good.
Question - can I reach my goal of doing another half marathon only running three days a week? At CG, we run some. I could always do some sprints after CG to "create" an extra running day if need be. Or should I cut back on CG? My goal of getting and staying fit is more important than running another half marathon.
I appreciate y'alls learned advice. My CG trainer is not much of a runner and hasn't had much good advice on this.
15 years ago (I know LOL old) I moved back to Texas and quit all exercise altogether. WAY too many hours at work and kids activities. I ballooned from 210 to 290 over this time. I was not happy.
On January 1, 2016, I made a resolution to exercise more. Over the course of 2016, I lost about 30 pounds but plateued. I really could not run because I still weighed too much. I was bored with walking or biking. And I was doing no weight lifting, which I knew I needed to do.
So I started CG and it's been awesome. I now am in the 220's and an heading towards my target.
My question is about reintegrating running. I do CG four days a week in the morning. I have tried running on the off days and that goes fine. But when I run in the afternoons after CG, I have horrible times and my Achilles hurt like hell.
So I now only run on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, my non CG days. Respectively, I run 3 miles (at 80-90% race pace), 5 miles (decent pace) and 7 miles (slow pace). I've done this for a couple of weeks and feel good.
Question - can I reach my goal of doing another half marathon only running three days a week? At CG, we run some. I could always do some sprints after CG to "create" an extra running day if need be. Or should I cut back on CG? My goal of getting and staying fit is more important than running another half marathon.
I appreciate y'alls learned advice. My CG trainer is not much of a runner and hasn't had much good advice on this.