DFW Running Club!!

Sue-UU

Ho folks!

Just letting you know that I'm keeping up with the 5 miler brisk walks, with the 1/2 mile run to finish off, as often as I possibly can and feel great for doing so.:j

Good to see everyone's doing well and reaping the benefits.

Sue

Bunnyinthelights

Morning all,
I've ventured over here because I need help-I've only gone and entered this mad 10k race in June and I've never ran before in my life...

PLEASE HELP! Where do I start?

(I have been told by a few people that you are an awfully nice lot...)

Snaggles

Bunneeeeeeeeeeeeeey :wave:

How do you fancy a hangover reducing first run tomorrow morning? Just round the block slowly, and we'll walk if we get tired?

Let me know and I'll pack my trainers!

Bunnyinthelights

ok matey...
Will be v slow and painful...for you as well as me...

pania

Morning bunny! fab to see you here! we are an awfully nice lot with lots of support and tips. Biggest one is go at your own pace. if you start off running a lamp post walking a lamp post then that is good for you! aim short first just up the road and back and build on it when your body feels able to.

Well i've not been doing tooo bad lately, ran 7 miles on thursday night (and is was a hilly one too!) and then went out with hypno last night, got a dodgy tum half way around so we had to cut it short so thinking i may have overdone it slightly. Its a problem i used to get when i was marathon training last time. Hoping to head out over the weekend for another longish one then one with Hypno and I early next week. The distances seem to be getting easier as do the hills I just need to sustain that now!

Hope everyone is doing ok today. xx

hypno06

Idiophreak wrote: »

I just press "reset", then "start" and that's that

That's about as far as I have got - I got lost when trying to download stuff and I haven't got as far as using the HRM yet. I will get there - I don't want to end up with a very expensive stopwatch!

Sallyx, I got it from Amazon - it was the cheapest I could find, but from reading other forums it seems that places do have "silly prices" at times -it is just a matter of catching them!

bunny, glad you have joined the gang - good luck for tomorrow - you will be fine for running a 10k in the summer, promise x

Sallyx - glad you are seeing the doc about your knee......be careful with it in the meantime!

Sue-UU, 5 mile brisk walks are just as good as a run, in my opinion. Good for you!

I am having a rest day today, having done 4 miles last night, and am hoping to do a longer one tomorrow - 6 miles is my longest so far, and so I am hoping to have an attempt at 7 or even 8 :eek:

Happy Running today xxx

sallyx

Morning All
Bunny glad to see you have ventured over here. Just start slowly with the running. I couldn't even run a mile when I started but you will see improvements quickly if you stick at it.
Hypno and P, glad you have been enjoying the running together. I wish sometimes I had a run partner, that reminds me to look into a new local club I have heard about
Off to work today and going to walk the 2 miles there..in the rain! Have a good one everyone

derbyjo

Nothing ventured, nothing gained! I'd love some tips, I have a load of goals... the first is to get through my fitness test, which is coming up at the end of the month (I have started the training, promise). I need to run 1.5 miles in 14 mins I think (having done half mile warm up in 5 mins), but before that I need to have done 50 sit ups and 18 full press ups. I can do the run in 15 mins, I have been trying for the last couple of months. Is it better to run a bit faster at the beginning, or save some energy for the end? Should I think of it as 2 separate runs, or all together? The situps I can almost do, but the press ups are a complete and utter nightmare. Someone suggested I must have had the muscles removed from my arms!
Once I have managed that, the next aim is to be able to run 10k. Is it possible to do that by the end of the year in an hour? Or will I be pushing myself too hard?
All the tips on here are much appreciated!

hypno06

derbyjo, I am sure some of the more seasoned runners on here will happily give you loads of advice - personally I would set off steady with the aim of gathering pace at the end, whereas if you start off too fast you will struggle in those last couple of hundred yards.

RichOneday_2

derbyjo,

I take it this is something to do with the armed forces? It certainly looks like their basic fitness test!

Trying to run 1.5 miles quicker and quicker each time will get you very limited results. You might get from 15 minutes down to 14 minutes but I wouldn't guarantee it.

What you need to do is forget about the pace and run further. You can obviously cope with the distance so trying pushing that out to 3 miles and maybe even 4-5 miles before your fitness test. Run as slowly as you like. The effect will be to strengthen your muscles enabling you to maintain a longer stride length and hence the speed improvement will come automatically.

Then, as you approach the fitness test, don't run in the last 3 days to enable any damage to be repaired and the muscles to be as strong as possible. 14 minutes for 1.5 miles is not fast - it doesn't need any kind of speed work!