DFW running club mark 3!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

evab_2

:jHiya SW - I was thinking about you the other day and wondering how you were getting on, well done on marathon and _pale_ to getting run over! I hope you are taking it easy x

Well done Becky on your interval times, your fitness is getting right back up, would you mind sharing your intervals programme with me as I'm going to attempt them again on Thursday, properly this time!

Well done on getting out there Squizz, 6am is the middle of the night for me!

RichOneday_2

SW - that does sound nasty! Its also a scenario that I'm sure most drivers have come close to on the odd occassion while trying to get back into a car that has started moving under its own free will.

It could obviously have been worse but nonetheless those sound like pretty serious injuries so to be running at all again as soon as 10 weeks sounds very encouraging.

becky_rtw

Evab I run a rolling 4 week program...

3 miles broken down into mile reps, 800m reps, 400m reps or 200m reps...

With a minutes rest between each rep and a mileish warm-up and warm down...

So starting week 1 with mile reps you run 3 and you take a minutes rest between each (although not after the last one - made that mistake once and ouch the pain on warm down )

Week 2 - 800m you run 6, Week 3 - 400m you run 12, Week 4 - 200m you run 24 (:eek:) - every one has a minutes rest...
So every time its 3 miles with breaks in - thats how I think about it anyway!

Then you start again

evab_2

thanks becky, sorry nipped to the shops just then!

RichOneday_2

evab - dont push the intervals until you've got the routine going over several weeks. Think of running them at normal pace just to get the mechanics sorted out in your mind first.

They are a dangerous method of training - in fact it is probably fair to say that you get injured pretty much every time you do them, its just a question of how severely

evab_2

OK Rich, thanks I'll promise to be good this time!

beer_tins

"Interval Training" is my middle name.


Not that I've even tried it yet!

beer_tins

RichOneday wrote: »

SW - that does sound nasty! Its also a scenario that I'm sure most drivers have come close to on the odd occassion while trying to get back into a car that has started moving under its own free will.

It could obviously have been worse but nonetheless those sound like pretty serious injuries so to be running at all again as soon as 10 weeks sounds very encouraging.

I always leave my car in gear as well as putting the handbrake on, just to stop it rolling off if the handbrake fails.

Mind you, the danger then is that your wife gets in, starts the engine and the car lurches forwards (not that she's hit anythign that way yet)!

RichOneday_2

You dont let her drive, surely?:rolleyes::rolleyes: (;))

beer_tins

RichOneday wrote: »

You dont let her drive, surely?:rolleyes::rolleyes: (;))

That's where I'm going wrong, obviously*


*disclaimer: my wife is a very good driver. She should check to see a car is in neutral before starting the engine though, it's in the driving test!