DFW Running Club!!

Hobsch

I'll join that. I am doing the Great North Run on 30th September too. I did it last year and it was fantastic but I want to do a better time, be fitter and recover quicker. I am doing it for charity too.
I think it would be a good idea having this club. As with the debt although I was trying to clear it earlier joing MSE gave me a proper go at it, advice and support from all the lovely people on here and challenges to keep the motivation. I think that will help with my running. So I'm in and many thanks. Also congrats on breaking the £30K mark Pania. I recently broke the £27K and its always a great feeling to hit another target.

findingmyownway

ooh cool i like running. well, maybe 'like' is too strong a word for the act itself. i like the fact that i can beat people who are far thinner than me - and i like eating chocloate without the guilt! hehe

i have done a few 10Ks and the great north run. Planning a couple of 10Ks for this summer again.

poorbutrich

Great idea! I was going to join, but you're all running marathons and the like; I was just hoping to run to the pub!

cnoelj

Rout wrote: »

I'll have some of that action, first ever Great North Run on September 30th, cost me £38 as well so have to make it worth my while by training lots so I enjoy it!

Good luck with that!

How much running have you done?

Here are one or two tips from my experience

1. Train regularly. Maybe 3 times a week to start. Closer to the race maybe do an additional run a week. Avoid overtraining, planning rest days is just as important as planning training days.

2. Build up your milage gradually.


3. As you progress vary your training routine. Build up to one long run a week of 10-12 miles. Avoid doing the whole 13.1 miles in training - keep something in reserve for the day. Have a session where you are concentrating on speed
work. For example stride rather than sprint from one lamp-post to the next and then do a recovery jog to the next and repeat 6 or 8 times. You could do this in the middle of a 5 mile run at an easy pace. You could alternate that with repetitions up a hill with the downward journeys as recovery. Again 6 or 8 reps would be good. Increase reps and speed if you like as you are able. I would caution you to build up to this. Apart from this any other sessions you do should be 4-8 miles and not with great intensity. Do not go all out on every run.


4. Try and vary your routes. Do your favourite routes the other way round. Experiment sometimes by saying to yourself I will run for say 40 minutes and see where you end up. Sometimes I will get on a bus and run back or I will travel part of the way back from work and run the rest. This alleviates boredom.

5. Find running buddies and better still join a running club. You will stretch each other and have companionship

6. Be aware of hydration particularly when you are training and running during this time of year. Drink before going out on a run. Sip sensibly during it and continue to drink after it. I personally stick to water but it may be worth experimenting with sports drinks, but this should be done well in advance of any organised competitive race.

7. Eat well. Plenty of protein and we runners need more carbohydrates in order to store slow burning sugars for energy.

Hope this helps

System

pania wrote: »

thanks lenny, how long are you at sea for? And yes good luck on the 30k mark is a great feeling!!

Thanks for the helpful hint pavlov's dog i'm sure we can use that for some training ideas!

I shouls be back in time for the Blackpool meet.

redsquirrel80

What a good idea - I've just done the Race For Life, and rather than doing my usual which is to stop training until it comes round again next year, I'm planning to keep going and maybe do a 10K in the autumn.

blackangeluk

cnoelj wrote: »

Good luck with that!

How much running have you done?

Here are one or two tips from my experience

1. Train regularly. Maybe 3 times a week to start. Closer to the race maybe do an additional run a week. Avoid overtraining, planning rest days is just as important as planning training days.

2. Build up your milage gradually.


3. As you progress vary your training routine. Build up to one long run a week of 10-12 miles. Avoid doing the whole 13.1 miles in training - keep something in reserve for the day. Have a session where you are concentrating on speed
work. For example stride rather than sprint from one lamp-post to the next and then do a recovery jog to the next and repeat 6 or 8 times. You could do this in the middle of a 5 mile run at an easy pace. You could alternate that with repetitions up a hill with the downward journeys as recovery. Again 6 or 8 reps would be good. Increase reps and speed if you like as you are able. I would caution you to build up to this. Apart from this any other sessions you do should be 4-8 miles and not with great intensity. Do not go all out on every run.


4. Try and vary your routes. Do your favourite routes the other way round. Experiment sometimes by saying to yourself I will run for say 40 minutes and see where you end up. Sometimes I will get on a bus and run back or I will travel part of the way back from work and run the rest. This alleviates boredom.

5. Find running buddies and better still join a running club. You will stretch each other and have companionship

6. Be aware of hydration particularly when you are training and running during this time of year. Drink before going out on a run. Sip sensibly during it and continue to drink after it. I personally stick to water but it may be worth experimenting with sports drinks, but this should be done well in advance of any organised competitive race.

7. Eat well. Plenty of protein and we runners need more carbohydrates in order to store slow burning sugars for energy.

Hope this helps

Thanks for that! I live in a fairly hilly place and so I don't think I have ever done a flat run but I sometimes struggle increasing my time. I have been running with DH whilst best friend is on her holidays and he has really pushed me hard and I have run loads faster, but I know as soon as she comes back we will be back to our 10 min mile

I tend to leave my car at the train station which is 3 miles from my house and then run to it, varying the routes. Thing that keeps me going is knowing that I have no choice but to carry on and get the car.:rolleyes:

pania

WOW!!! Lots of Dfw runners, Doesn't matter how far we want to run, we can all set the goals. Even if just to the pub and back poorbutrich:T

Thanks for the training hints cnoelj, very very handy.:beer:

So, lots of people on board, any suggestions as to training/how to get the motivation going? would membership numbers or a challenge get it going?

System

Well, whilst I'm away, I will be doing 30 mins each day on the treadmill - a fat burning jog at 6mph. I will do abs everyday and light weights everyother day. Every day for 9 weeks bar maybe Sundays.

OliveOyl_2

blackangeluk wrote: »

Thanks for that! I live in a fairly hilly place and so I don't think I have ever done a flat run but I sometimes struggle increasing my time. I have been running with DH whilst best friend is on her holidays and he has really pushed me hard and I have run loads faster, but I know as soon as she comes back we will be back to our 10 min mile

I tend to leave my car at the train station which is 3 miles from my house and then run to it, varying the routes. Thing that keeps me going is knowing that I have no choice but to carry on and get the car.:rolleyes:

Perhaps you could leave your car at the next station along the line sometimes, just to increase your distances? (As a fat pedestrian, I'm ALWAYS being advised to get off the bus a stop earlier, I just wondered if that would work in running to your train station?:D )