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

becky_rtw

Jeez Hypno - on weekends I can been known to sleep till 2pm, go for a run, then go back to bed at 7pm

But then I am lazy to the extreme - my family and friends still cannot believe I run 40-50 miles a week

hypno06

2pm :eek: flippin heck girl!!!!!

Wanna swap for a couple of weeks

becky_rtw

Nope not a chance - I dont sleep well though so I need the weekends to catch up otherwise I wouldnt be able to get up on Monday mornings

The best things about being a runner:
1. it gives me an excuse to be lazy and stay in bed
2. it gives me an excuse to eat chocolate
3. even though I do the previous two I'm still the thinest (and fittest) I've been since I was 15!
4. I get a legal high every day (twice a day more often than not now)

I LOVE RUNNING

RichOneday_2

Week22
Mon26/1 Rest Day
Tues27/1 3 x 1 Mile Intervals (6:32, 6:17, 6:10) (Average 6:20) (Pulse 130)
Tues27/1 10K 54:18 (8:45/mile) (Pulse 92)
Weds28/1 10 Miles 1:22:10 (8:13/mile) (Pulse 96)

BGB - Hope your ailments ease soon, it sounds annoying and possibly a wee bit painful. Good luck with the recovery.

JJ - You certainly do deserve a rest, thats some good fitness work you've managed there.

Hypno - I suspect you didn't try too hard to sort those tickets out!;)

Becky - You're just a pillow junkie!:p

becky_rtw

Rich - no fair you beat my 10 mile time for Fred Hughes in a training run (with that huge hill) on a pulse 96!!!

*Becky goes off to cry in a corner*

RichOneday_2

becky_rtw wrote: »

Nope not a chance - I dont sleep well though so I need the weekends to catch up otherwise I wouldnt be able to get up on Monday mornings

The best things about being a runner:
1. it gives me an excuse to be lazy and stay in bed
2. it gives me an excuse to eat chocolate
3. even though I do the previous two I'm still the thinest (and fittest) I've been since I was 15!
4. I get a legal high every day (twice a day more often than not now)

I LOVE RUNNING

Shushhhh....don't tell everyone!;)

When you put it like that, though, its amazing that there are people who DONT run!:D

becky_rtw

RichOneday wrote: »

Shushhhh....don't tell everyone!;)

When you put it like that, though, its amazing that there are people who DONT run!:D

I think everybody in London does - jeez the embankment was busy this morning :rolleyes::rolleyes:, maybe it just looked worse than usual because I was walking some of it

jjwhittle1981

Running is great, but i never see anybody else out and about on my runs. I think i saw 2 cars last night that was it. I probably wouldnt be able to cope with a lot of people around me as i find that when i have run in a group i push too hard at the start to stay with them and end up burn up and not getting a good time. So i guess that makes racing a bit of a problem for me!!!!

becky_rtw

On the embankment everyone is running their own way anyway (switching bridges, other directions etc) - I dont really get tempted to push anymore (I used to), but now I can happily say to myself 'oh they are faster than me' or 'I could take them if I wanted to but I'm on an easy run'...

A lot of runners out at the moment seem to just be pushing all the time - its not a race its training - slow down! Ah well when they are tired on marathon day I'll be running past

RichOneday_2

jjwhittle1981 wrote: »

Running is great, but i never see anybody else out and about on my runs. I think i saw 2 cars last night that was it. I probably wouldnt be able to cope with a lot of people around me as i find that when i have run in a group i push too hard at the start to stay with them and end up burn up and not getting a good time. So i guess that makes racing a bit of a problem for me!!!!

You're quite right JJ in that a lot of races are ruined by getting sucked into too fast a pace early on.

But you soon learn what works for you and having people around you will improve your times for exactly the same effort (due to drafting effects).

But certainly training is far better on empty roads/pavements where you can switch off and go with the flow!:D