DFW Running Club!!

(Land_of)_Maz

becky_rtw wrote: »

Its fine we'll stay out a daily chat if you stay out of the house board...:rotfl:

house board! i can only dream.......!!

beer_tins

chickadee wrote: »

I took a brave step last night. I got a 12-month track pass for my local running track. £80 for the year, which is good value as a single session costs £4. I plan to use it when my son does his football training, which is on an all-weather pitch at the same sports centre. So last night I did:
3 x 400m warm-up slow jog.
7 x 400m at a moderate pace (for me) I tried to keep them consistent but they varied between 1:50 and 1:57. I had a 2-minute rest walking around between laps.
Then I did 3 x 400m cool-down followed by stretching.

I have done coached track sessions before, with a club, but only a couple, and a very long time ago.

I was wondering if anyone (Rich?) can advise as to whether this was worthwhile, and what other types of track session I could do.

I think if I went to a running track now I'd have flashbacks to a former life and sprint off like a lunatic! Don't think I could make myself run at a steady pace for a long time.

beer_tins

becky_rtw wrote: »

Its fine we'll stay out a daily chat if you stay out of the house board...:rotfl:

Is that any good these days? Last time I checked in there it was just people !!!!!ing at each other and no constructive posts!

(Land_of)_Maz

beinerts wrote: »

I think if I went to a running track now I'd have flashbacks to a former life and sprint off like a lunatic! Don't think I could make myself run at a steady pace for a long time.

i think i might die of boredom.... but would make a change to the running near killing me!!

you must be very fit chickadee to even consider going to an athletics place... i admire you for it....!

becky_rtw

beinerts wrote: »

Is that any good these days? Last time I checked in there it was just people !!!!!ing at each other and no constructive posts!

Ur thats why I like it - not that I ever post really, I just find it amusing...:o

chickadee

beinerts wrote: »

I think if I went to a running track now I'd have flashbacks to a former life and sprint off like a lunatic! Don't think I could make myself run at a steady pace for a long time.

To be honest I probably looked like a lunatic! Lone woman running round and round on her own. Well, there was a football team and a couple of referees running round too but they had a coach and looked very professional so i ignored them. Well, I tried, but the lap I did fastest was when they were having a rest and I could feel them watching me so I felt under pressure and ran faster

beer_tins

chickadee wrote: »

To be honest I probably looked like a lunatic! Lone woman running round and round on her own. Well, there was a football team and a couple of referees running round too but they had a coach and looked very professional so i ignored them. Well, I tried, but the lap I did fastest was when they were having a rest and I could feel them watching me so I felt under pressure and ran faster

They probably weren't timing your running :rotfl:

beer_tins

becky_rtw wrote: »

Ur thats why I like it - not that I ever post really, I just find it amusing...:o

I must confess that I once baited them just for a laugh. All it takes is one seemingly innocent post for them to turn on each other like pitbulls:rotfl:

(Land_of)_Maz

chickadee wrote: »

To be honest I probably looked like a lunatic! Lone woman running round and round on her own. Well, there was a football team and a couple of referees running round too but they had a coach and looked very professional so i ignored them. Well, I tried, but the lap I did fastest was when they were having a rest and I could feel them watching me so I felt under pressure and ran faster

isn't it funny how we all do that!

Where i run is so quiet that whenever a car passes i always go "oops, look like you know what you're up to" then slouch into a sweaty heaving blob along the road again until the next one passes!

i hate running club for that as it's in town, so i have to look relatively normal all the way round, which is against my sweaty heaving blob instincts... speed doesn't actually come into it!!!

chickadee

(Land_of)_Maz wrote: »

you must be very fit chickadee to even consider going to an athletics place... i admire you for it....!

No, I'm not! But the alternative is sitting in my car waiting for DS to finish footy and reading a book. I thought about going for a run around the roads but the main road is very fast and has no footpaths and the estates around the sports arena aren't very nice and I wouldn't wanting to be running into a gang of hoodies!

It took all of my courage and determination but I did feel quite smug last night when I got home.