DFW running club mark 2!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!!

RichOneday_2

Yep, you've got it.

The actual intervals form less than half the session - the warm up is the most important part, of course, and there is between 0.5 - 1.0 mile gentle warm up before the warm up mile, which is a gently accelerating mile. So that's usually 2 miles, followed by the warm down. Warm ups/downs are slightly optional for most sessions, but not when undertaking intervals.

So your maths is fine, Idio!:D

becky_rtw

Afternoon All!

So are there any lurkers out there based in central London who want a parkrun race (free 5k races) North of the River??

Here's the site:
http://parkrun.com/Default.aspx?tabid=36

I'm thinking Hyde Park would be great and I'm bored of treking to Wimbledon to do one...but I'm too busy to organise one by myself - come on there must be someone...

Happy running all!

Idiophreak

Just to report my first run in a while (again) - 5.4 in 41:53...7:45 pace was quite nice to blow out the cobwebs.

Will try a longer one tomorrow, weather permitting.

becky_rtw

Nice running Idio

Okay having a traumatic moment...just been on runners world for the first time in ages and some of the peeps on my hoped for pace for FLM are running 15 miles at 7:30 pace - gulp... surely thats way over what they need to be doing at this stage - Coachie??

Eeeekkk - Becky goes off to have nightmares about finishing in 6 hours...

Idiophreak

becky_rtw wrote: »

Nice running Idio

Okay having a traumatic moment...just been on runners world for the first time in ages and some of the peeps on my hoped for pace for FLM are running 15 miles at 7:30 pace - gulp... surely thats way over what they need to be doing at this stage - Coachie??

Eeeekkk - Becky goes off to have nightmares about finishing in 6 hours...

I'm no expert (as we know), but I'd have thought that 7:30 over 15 now would translate to a 7:45 or certainly <8min pace over 26 in a couple of months..., so probably a bit under 3:30...

Maybe these guys are just a bit ahead of the game

As always, don't worry - your training's going well, don't worry what other people are doing...

Ukevas

becky_rtw wrote: »

North of the River??

Whoop!!!! im north of "THE" river :rolleyes: :rotfl:

becky_rtw

Idiophreak wrote: »

I'm no expert (as we know), but I'd have thought that 7:30 over 15 now would translate to a 7:45 or certainly <8min pace over 26 in a couple of months..., so probably a bit under 3:30...

Maybe these guys are just a bit ahead of the game

As always, don't worry - your training's going well, don't worry what other people are doing...

Well thats what I thought - surely they'll be expecting to take at least a minute a mile off between now and then (I know I am) - just having a panic, because no one else on this thread is aiming for my time so I cant track their progress directly either :o

If they do get down to 7 mins a mile that'll put them at just over 3 hours which means they need to be on another thread and stop cluttering up mine - overacheivers :rolleyes::rolleyes:

becky_rtw

Ukevas wrote: »

Whoop!!!! im north of "THE" river :rolleyes: :rotfl:

True but you fail on the other condition ' central Londoner' - jeez you Northerners and your inability to use exclusive conditional logic :p:p:D:D

Idiophreak

becky_rtw wrote: »

just having a panic, because no one else on this thread is aiming for my time so I cant track their progress directly either

Well feel free to compare yourself against me any time you want to make yourself feel better

becky_rtw

Idiophreak wrote: »

Well feel free to compare yourself against me any time you want to make yourself feel better

Actually you are the closest to me now I think - short distances you are ahead and you dont do many long runs so I suspect I'm slightly ahead there (thats where my strength seems to lie - plugging away at the same pace for miles and mile) :cool:

Chick's not far behind me either - which is good because it gives me a push in the right direction when I'm being lazy for fear she may overtake