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

sallyx

Hows the legs tonight H ?? Muscles are starting to feel better but I seem to have trapped a nerve or something which is agony all down my leg when I sit in a certain position grrrrr

Ukevas

hypno06 wrote: »

But there is no mention of their goody bags

:rotfl:.

Im sure i would give up the flapjack for this one.

http://www.rnrvegas.com/

Shame i allready been mind :cool:.

Plus it has a Run-thru Wedding. not to give people ideas of cause :P..

oh i can see it now...................

hypno06

My muscles feel a bit better this evening, I just have this overwhelming sense of tiredness! Mind you, that is as much down to the student locking herself out of the house at 2.15am as having run 26 miles I think!!

Stairs are a little easier to navigate tonight, so I am hoping that a good nights sleep will have me fighting fit tomorrow!

As long as I have some energy for race for life on Sunday, I will be happy! I know it is only a week after doing FLM, but I would really like to get sub 30 mins for the 5k, to keep my motivation going as much as anything!

Just off to find a summer 10k series.........

becky_rtw

Ukevas wrote: »

:rotfl:.

Im sure i would give up the flapjack for this one.

http://www.rnrvegas.com/

Shame i allready been mind :cool:.

plus it has a Run-thru Wedding. not to give people ideas of cause :P

If I ever get married I'm doing it in Vegas :D:D

Marathon sounds goooood

Ukevas

becky_rtw wrote: »

If I ever get married I'm doing it in Vegas :D:D

Marathon sounds goooood

Well dont forget to give us all some time to train for it then ..

hypno06

Found a 10k series - 3rd June, 1st July and 29th July.........surely I can get under 60mins in ONE of them!!

RichOneday_2

sallyx wrote: »

Becky you don't do any :eek:

Nor me!

The thinking on stretching has changed over the years and I'm absolutely convinced now that there is no point.

Put your kit on and get out of the door...your body will ease into it and let you know when it wants to speed up as the muscles warm up and become more elastic.

The only time I stretch now is when doing hard intervals, but that is only after doing at least a 2 mile warm up so that the stretches are done with a high blood flow present.

RichOneday_2

hypno06 wrote: »

Found a 10k series - 3rd June, 1st July and 29th July.........surely I can get under 60mins in ONE of them!!

Or ALL of them?;)

Ukevas

And could Rich please add me down for the Bristol Half.

Take away my Athens 2010 and swap it for Athens 2009 8th Novemeber.. :eek:

RichOneday_2

Idiophreak wrote: »

So, who fancies writing a post on complementary exercise for running? Is there any?

For instance, if you're running a marathon, is practising cycling for 4 hours actually of any benefit to you?

Can doing leg-weights improve your pace and/or stamina?

Are football, badminton and the like of benefit, or are you better off just running all the time?

To keep things simple:

If you want a perfect swimming body......SWIM.
If you want a perfect cycling body.........CYCLE.
If you want a perfect couch potato body.......SIT ON A COUCH.

So I reckon it is probably fair to say that to get a perfect running body.....RUN.

Complimentary exercises can be of use but you have to have a very specific purpose and know exactly what muscles you are working.

The danger is that if you are using muscles that aren't specific to your target activity then you are going to build some sort of muscle mass which is just spare baggage.

Top athletes certainly get involved in weight training but it is from a point of view of injury prevention for distance runners and isnt really worth it for most runners.