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Workout Thread IV (pg. 616)
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| Domesticated |
| Jack, prior to attempting further distances, consult a coach of some kind, even if it's just the Internet. Running 10k the Tuesday before a Saturday race is ridiculous; you should be tapering your distances a week or two out to ensure you're fresh. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Yeah I know, but because I've been starting a new job I haven't actually done any training in the last few weeks. I very nearly didn't do the practise on Tuesday, for fear of injury. |
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| Domesticated |
I realise you're just doing a fun run and not trying to win the Olympics, but if you're scared of injury during a training session, what does that say about the race itself? If you haven't been training, a quick run here or there isn't going to change things. If you find yourself in a similar situation again, run 3-4k just to get your body back into gear and be fresh for the big event.
In other news, I busted my nut four times today (flying solo twice, wise-crackers). Quite the workout. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| I'm scared of injury only because it'd be just my luck, and you never know when you might twist your ankle or pull something. My standard run now is about 9 miles through a hilly park, so I figured a mostly-flat 10k would technically be scaling down my run. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Also, I've figured out why my Tuesday practise was so ty - I ran too far, 10.864km to be precise. That ty 55 minutes in the blazing sunshine would actually have been just over 51 minutes if I'd got my route right, which was actually (then) a PB. I had genuinely tried hard and was severely disappointed that I'd posted such a terrible time despite my best efforts. That disappointment probably spurred me on to run even harder this morning, where as if I'd realised I'd done 51 minutes on Tuesday I'd have been happy with that and been complacent.
So yeah... I've actually only taken about 90 seconds off my PB (still pretty impressive, though), but not realising that probably made it happen. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Yeah so I mapped the run I usually do. Turns out it's just over 4km. I do it in usually 30-40 minutes. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Don't be one of those people who go at jogging pace but still call it a "run". |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Oh excuse me! At what point does one call it a run then? |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| When I did my last official run, the big display screen at the start said if you can do 10k in under an hour you're running, if you take more you're jogging. So I presume running pace is under 6 minutes a click, although your 4km pace should obviously be a lot better than your 10km pace. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Hahaha, what a crock of ing . |
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| SYSTEM-J |
Yeah, because they like to be artificially competitive and discourage people at charity runs. I guess this guy knows less than you as well:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/hea...ess/4286146.stm
| quote: | Do you jog or run?
Mike's definition of jogging is simple: If you are "moving" slower than 6 miles per hour you are jogging, and quite frankly you would be better off walking! |
I'm afraid 4km in 30 minutes is bang on 5 miles per hour, Jenny, and quite frankly you would be better off walking! Although given my average walking pace is 4m/h, you practically are walking. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Hahah, get ed, douche. My running form is just fine. And I don't give a what ONE says about running. |
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