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

redsquirrel80

becky_rtw wrote: »

Any sort is fine! Just a run with hills - it works the lungs much harder than the same pace on the flat

Okey dokey - can certainly find plenty of them round here!

poorbabe

RichOneday wrote: »

Okay, so I've put my neck on the line, who's going to join me with setting a parkrun target to be reached by next May?

http://www.parkrun.com/results/Challenge.aspx

Dear Lord................ I'll join you :eek::eek:

I'll have to root for my only Park Run to date to see what I would like to whittle it down to. I have a cross country club race this Saturday so I'll start the challenge next Saturday.

Will I really get out of bed on a cold winter morning to do this? :eek:


PS: Found my time. It was 25.46. I'll aim for 20 mins. Plenty of time to work on it, hopefully!

becky_rtw

Nice one Poor - mucho braver than me!

(I want to sign up but dont want to be ashamed when I dont do it!!!)

1HANNAH

Hello all - winge warning!

Week 17 - W4/9 to Reindeer 10k
Mon 26/10 - no run - in London with a couple of blisters :mad:
Thu 29/10 - 2.12m 26:11 - this is the first time I have run any hills and I gave up after completing 2 of the 4 laps I had planned. I found it really hard, didn't feel like I got into any sort of rhythm & then started to feel niggles all over too :mad: I wish I had just gone and done my normal 4m flat route today tbh as I am just feeling really deflated now

Anyway the run is done and I will do better next time x

evab_2

Hannah don't feel bad, hills are hard work and that's what they're meant to be. Well done for doing the 2 laps, the thing with hills is you have to take them slow and if you're finding it hard then set little goals on the way up. Once at the top use the the decent as your recovery time, and off you go again!

Honestly I did a lot of hill work in my training and it was always hard but achieveable, there was one hill when I first started running that I found awful but looking at it now it's more of a bump to the ones I train on now.

Once you've done hill work for a while you'll notice the difference on the flat. Hope you're Ok xx

RichOneday_2

Week 6/30 (Blackpool)
Mon19/10 10K 43:47 (7:04/mile) (Pulse 98)
Tues20/10 Rest Day
Weds21/10 4 x 1Mile (5:48,5:58,5:41,5:59)(Avge 5:51/mile) + 2 Miles WU/WD
Thurs22/10 10K 46:25 (7:29/mile)
Fri23/10 Rest Day
Sat24/10 parkrun Wimbledon 5K 19:22 (6:15/mile) (Posn 11th) [71.13%]
Sun25/10 Booze Day

Week 7/30 (Blackpool)
Mon26/10 10.0 Miles 1:14:57 (7:30/mile) (Pulse 112)
Tues27/10 2.0 Miles WU
Weds28/10 2.0 Miles WU
Thurs29/10 12.0 Miles 1:32:19 (7:41/mile) (Pulse 114)

A very nice flowing run tonight in pleasant conditions.:D:D

And just to show that you're not the only one that can do consistency, Simply, the first 6 miles took 46:09 and the last 6 miles 46:10!:p

There was still some restriction in the hip flexor range of motion, so it was definitely the right decision to skip the intervals this week.

RichOneday_2

poorbabe wrote: »

Dear Lord................ I'll join you :eek::eek:

I'll have to root for my only Park Run to date to see what I would like to whittle it down to. I have a cross country club race this Saturday so I'll start the challenge next Saturday.

Will I really get out of bed on a cold winter morning to do this? :eek:


PS: Found my time. It was 25.46. I'll aim for 20 mins. Plenty of time to work on it, hopefully!

Wow, I'm impressed with the target....go for it!:D

And how did you get on the list so quickly? It took me the best part of a week!:rolleyes:

evab_2

Nice one rich, you said you should feel good tonight

At least we know you don't need a hip replacement just yet! :rotfl:

RichOneday_2

beer_tins wrote: »

Tempting! I'm wondering what a realistic target would be for me, though? 21 minutes?

P.S. And 17 minutes! That's a tough target, but I'm sure you can do it.

Why not? Challenging but achievable, I would say!:D

Get your email off to [EMAIL="chris@parkrun.com"]chris@parkrun.com[/EMAIL] before Saturday to be included in the challenge.

Simplycynical

Well done I'm glad you're following my example Rich :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Now I just need to run 12 miles at 07:41/mile :eek:

Hannah - I find hills hard work too that's why they're my least favourite run. I echo what evab has said - take them slowly and set small goals on the way up. Focus on something a short distance away - a car, lampost or something and when you reach it set another one. It does seem to help.