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DFW Running Club!!

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  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    sallyx wrote: »
    Maz if you went out tomorrow on your own you could always do some fartlek training!

    Can someone explain to a thickie like me what a fartlek training is....
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    I ventured into a sports store this morning, and looked at things for running. Didnt buy owt, but it's progress innit :D

    Actually went in to get my ever so feminine DD some shin pads and a mouth guard for hockey :rolleyes:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
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  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    Ok Sammy I will do. Basically you alternate your running speed so that you go at an easy rate or normal rate and then speed it up to over a speed which you would normally race at. So for example I did a 4 mile run and did

    1 mile at what I thought was fast
    half a mile recovery
    1/2 mile fast
    1 mile normal run pace
    1/2 mile walk
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
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  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    spud30 wrote: »
    I ventured into a sports store this morning, and looked at things for running. Didnt buy owt, but it's progress innit :D

    running shoes:rotfl: :rotfl:
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    Thats progress...my problem would be walking away without buying something, I love shopping (doesn't matter what I am buying!)
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    sammy115 wrote: »
    running shoes:rotfl: :rotfl:

    Yep, blimmin expensive though arent they :eek: :eek:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
  • Snaggles
    Snaggles Posts: 19,503 Forumite
    spud30 wrote: »
    Yep, blimmin expensive though arent they :eek: :eek:
    Not according to our esteemed coach - let me see if I can find the post!
    "I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough."
    :smileyhea
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  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    sallyx wrote: »
    Ok Sammy I will do. Basically you alternate your running speed so that you go at an easy rate or normal rate and then speed it up to over a speed which you would normally race at. So for example I did a 4 mile run and did

    1 mile at what I thought was fast
    half a mile recovery
    1/2 mile fast
    1 mile normal run pace
    1/2 mile walk

    Okay - this is where I get a bit scared! I normally run 4 miles....but i do run/walk/run/walk.. I struggle for the first bit and then get better towards the end (perversely)....

    I haven't done many races so really wouldn't know what my race speed is..but I guess I could just run faster than I normally do for a mile (why is it so bloody hilly where I live?)

    What do you do in the half a mile recovery - just run slower:confused::confused:

    What is the benefit of fartleks?
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • sallyx
    sallyx Posts: 15,815 Forumite
    Snaggles wrote: »
    Not according to our esteemed coach - let me see if I can find the post!

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Just get some sorbatol thingys
    I'll make a wish, take a chance, make a change And breakaway. I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change and breakaway ....
    Finally Debt Free...
  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    Snaggles wrote: »
    Not according to our esteemed coach - let me see if I can find the post!

    I did manage to get DD some bargain trainers for £1 a pair ;)
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
    Loves being a Wonderbra friend :kisses3:
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