AIBU to feel proud?

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Over the last few (nearly 10) years I have gradually put on weight, I have issues with my knees and hips, exercise is painful in general and I live with a family of very fussy eaters. I have finally had enough and come up with my own plan. I have found family meals which are a lot healthier and taken ages to just come up with a weeks worth that will actually be eaten, and been using my cross trainer every day. Over 2 weeks I have managed to increase what I do. Yesterday I reached 10 km in 30 minutes on the cross trainer. I felt really proud, and my DH encouraged me to actually post something on FB because 'its worth being proud of' so I did.

A friend commented and basically called me out as a liar, that her very fit and healthy father who does amateur competitive running, can only do 5 km in 25 minutes and therefore what I claim I did is an obvious lie. 3 days ago the same person put up a post about her diet plan asking for encouraging messages so ignorance of how that comment might make me feel isn't the problem.

AIBU to be proud of my 'achievement' and expect others not to pick holes in it? I upped the resistance today on the cross trainer, and did 10km in 31 ish minutes and took a photo of the figures to prove I'm not lying, part of me wants to metaphorically bitch slap her with the photo and the other part of me is just angry that I can't just have my tiny moment of pride.

Just delete any proper friends would be supportive.

Well done you by the way

Is that 10km in 30 minutes running?! It’s pretty impressive if so, dh runs competitively and can just about do 10k sub 45 minutes.

Cross training and running are totally different. 10k on a crosstrainer is more like 5k running. Still a great achievement though OP, genuinely - I'm not knocking it at all, just explaining why your friend was confused.

I think your cross trainer is not properly calibrated, 10 km is a very big distance on foot. A fit person could do that but if you’re not fit I would just disregard the distance thing.

I reckon with something like a cross trainer, whether it's 'really' 10km or not doesn't matter - you've worked at significant effort for a good length of time, and you're able to measure that you're getting fitter and stronger.

So of course you can feel proud of yourself, any true friend would tell you well done - and to keep doing it!

Couch to 10k in 2 weeks?

I'm with your friend on this, sorry.

Somethings wrong with your running machine.

can only do 5 km in 25 minutes and therefore what I claim I did is an obvious lie

I think you've both got your wires crossed.

Your distance and time is on the cross trainer and I presume hers is actual running. Cross trainer distance and time are different to actual running. You haven't run 10km in 30 minutes.

But well done anyway I forgot to say.

I agree with pp, there's a genuine misunderstanding here regarding the difference between running and cross training.

A cross trainer is a different kind of exercise and apparently is the equivalent of 5-6 km of actual running, but in all fairness I never claimed it was actual running, I did say it was a cross trainer when I had my little boast. Maybe this is just a case of not understanding a cross trainer isn't running or a treadmill?

Can you explain this? I don't understand?

You did 10k how?

I'm thinking I need to get a cross training maybe! 😊😊

Cross trainer distance is very different to running distance. You haven’t run 10km in 30 mins

Can you explain how TheHop?

I think your friend thought you'd said you'd run 10km in 30 minutes as in actual running, which is near the world record time!

I would post the photos that you've taken! You've achieved it, and you're quite rightly proud of it.
If your friend doesn't know there's a difference between a cross training machine and going outside for a run, then it's down to them to educate themselves...

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This is a cross trainer.
Congratulations on your achievements OP.
Your friend is assuming you were quoting a running time and is therefore confused. She was a bit of a dick about it though.

Take no notice, keep doing what you are doing and well done!

Dontbitetheboobthatfeedsyou its because its low impact, the energy saved in not hitting the pavement and fighting gravity as you move means you can 'travel' further, so for the same amount of energy doing 10 km on a cross trainer you would be doing 5-6 km of actual running. Although for someone like me and the impact of actual running, despite what I can do on a cross trainer I couldn't deal with the impact of running.

Wow, well done! I really wouldn't care about her comparing figures. You achieved something good just for you.
Why can't people just be happy for their friends

Don't listen to the naysayers OP.
You are clearly an exciting new talent that the whole country should get behind. You were fast enough to win the gold medal at London 2012.

Well done. Yes, be proud.
As for your friend she has misinterpreted and been an idiot about it.

I think most people put the resistance up on the x trainer rather than try and go super fast. Maybe that's what's making people doubt it. I definitely don't think I've got even close to 10km in 30 minutes but would have resistance anywhere between 6 and 13.

She’s being an arse! Nowhere did you say you’d “run” 10k - seems like you said you did 10k on a cross-trainer. Running 10k in 30 mins would indeed be improbably impressive! Once you feel more confident and fit, I’d really recommend taking up running though, there’s nothing like it!