DFW running club part 4!! ALL ARE WELCOME!!

mascott514

hey Julie,
I have been to a few park runs and once you have been you will love it. they are friendly and supportive. You will be suprised how fast you can run too....and how far three miles is if you go off too fast.....

good running ............all uphill too..........

RichOneday_2

Week 22/30 (Blackpool)
Mon8/2 Rest Day
Tues9/2 Rest Day
Weds10/2 10K 48:28 (7:49/mile) (Pulse 94)
Thurs11/2 10.0 Miles 1:08:53 (6:53/mile) (Pulse 104)
Fri12/2 10K 46:55 (7:34/mile) (Pulse 100)
Sat13/2 Bushy Park parkrun 5K 18:52 (6:05/mile)(Posn 25th/543) (3rd in Age Group)
Sun14/2 22.0 Miles 2:56:39 (8:02/mile)

Week 23/30 (Blackpool)
Mon15/2 Rest Day
Tues16/2 10.0 Miles 1:16:59 (7:42/mile) (Pulse 76)
Weds17/2 4 x 1 Mile (6:05,5:53,5:52,5:51)(Avg 5:55/mile) (End Pulse 126)

This was a pretty relaxed interval session - being the first of this campaign I didnt want to strain anything, especially with the main focus of this week being the 1/2 marathon on Sunday.

The aim was to run about 10K pace so maybe a little on the sharp side but it felt comfortable so no worries.

The session almost didnt happen though due to the fitness instructor trying to tell me that the track was unsafe ("it's elf and safety you know!!"). It may have been -3c, very foggy and the track was white but it would take something quite extreme to make running with spikes dangerous. A little demo proved the point.:D

becky_rtw

To be fair they probably dont know what spikes are

Great session though! I am feeling a bit better today so will go out for a nice relaxed one later I think

k_bagpuss

Hey Rich, Can you please take me off the list for the Kilomathon. After a lot of thought (and a cold hard reality check after going back to the running club last night!) I'm nowhere near ready so I've withdrawn my place and am going to concentrate on getting ready for the Scottish Half instead.
Feel crap about it but no point killing myself

becky_rtw

Dont worry K_Bagpuss - I felt rubbish when I had to withdraw from Freckleton Half last summer and look at me now

Put some consistent work in now and you'll be making great progress soon

RichOneday_2

k_bagpuss wrote: »

Hey Rich, Can you please take me off the list for the Kilomathon. After a lot of thought (and a cold hard reality check after going back to the running club last night!) I'm nowhere near ready so I've withdrawn my place and am going to concentrate on getting ready for the Scottish Half instead.
Feel crap about it but no point killing myself

Sounds like a good move, theres no point in suffering if you dont feel ready for an event.

Theres always another race so you might as well wait until you can enjoy the experience.....the painful bit is losing the entry fee!:(

Lurkio

hello :wave:

I have noticed this thread once or twice on my travels around, thought it was about time I showed my face



^^^^ that's it, there


*backstory* After many years of smoking I successfully stopped in 06. I then somehow talked myself in to doing 3m for Comic Relief 2 years ago. Amazingly, I did it having only gone for my first training session 6 weeks prior to it. I then did the Richmond Parkrun 5k a few times (think 26ish was and still is my PB).

Started again at the beginning of 09 and after steadily worsening times (down to 29m), I started to push myself a bit and got back up to just under 27, before christmas when the wheels fell off

I am now struggling to find motivation to get my backside moving again. have been meaning to go out at lunchtime at work for the last few weeeks but have conveniently found excuses each time :whistle: (snow, shin splints, etc etc).


So I'm hoping that I might find some here

I haven't yet read through to see what goes on (I guess I should), but it does say 'everyone welcome'......:)

becky_rtw

Hello Lurkio - I did Richmond a while back - arent the pacers very helpful

If you've had shin splints its likely you are trying to do too much too fast...I would suggest picking an event in the summer or a time to train for and then seeing how many weeks you have till that event/target parkrun and planning out a gradually increasing schedule.

If you have lasped in running then its not a good idea to launch back into a full training schedule but much better to take it slowly because you are more likely to stick at it then - less shin splint excuses

Good luck!

Lurkio

becky_rtw wrote: »

Hello Lurkio - I did Richmond a while back - arent the pacers very helpful

If you've had shin splints its likely you are trying to do too much too fast...I would suggest picking an event in the summer or a time to train for and then seeing how many weeks you have till that event/target parkrun and planning out a gradually increasing schedule.

If you have lasped in running then its not a good idea to launch back into a full training schedule but much better to take it slowly because you are more likely to stick at it then - less shin splint excuses

Good luck!

Hi Becky

Yes - I like the pacers (when I can see them :rotfl:)

This is the thing - I've never really had a schedule or target as such, just 'go out once or twice a week and see what happens to my time at Richmond'.... have I stumbled in to a 'serious runners' thread?

Maybe that's what I need to do? Never having had one, is the idea to increase speed or distance? All I've ever really done is the same 5k, but trying to go hard initially, then hang on for the remaining 4.5 km :rotfl: (in reality, I start wilting around half to two thirds distance)

Thanks for the advice (so far) though

RichOneday_2

I like Richmond.:D

(Except those stags get a bit scary when they start to charge!:()