Run Times

[TintaBoricua]

This dude ive known since college and coach kids soccer now with does iron mans. He's done over 10 of um. That stuff and marathons arent for me.

I never really get "runners high" or whatever that is.

See you just did 9 miles in a day. Good work. I hope to get back to sleep and run 6 in under 8:40 a mile this am if im lucky. I think sunday i want to run a fast 1 and 2 miler and see whats up with those times.

I think my stamina is getting better not necessarily because I ran 9 miles yesterday, but rather because I've recently decided to interval training. Run as fast as I can, rest, run as fast as I can, rest, etc. It gasses me out quicker but it makes those long distance runs easier because it's a slower pace. Good luck on your times!

This is what happens to me, i do get tired but its FAR more that my legs are just smoked than im out of gas!

Any tips Sugarj?

Same here. Although I remember when a friend of my brother said he had been running for about a month or two and said he wanted to run with me. He then showed me the route he usually takes when running. It included a VERY steep road. It was uphill, then flat, then uphill AGAIN, then flat, then UPHILL again. It wasn't a slight angle, we're talking about a 55-65 degree angle. Needless to say, the fact that he was running at a higher pace than I'm accustomed to and that there were uphill spots meant that I ended up gassing. I remember I was breathing really heavily so when he saw me lagging behind he stopped running and asked if I was alright. He told me to walk and as I did, I had to stop. I breathing so hard that I couldn't even walk. I had never run uphill before, much less something THAT steep. I know I've gassed out on other occasions, but that was the worst.

Yesterday, my legs were just swore. I wasn't breathing heavily when I stopped, it's just that my legs and feet were aching.

I dont know if running more distance or running faster is more important to increase your time. Sometimes i run with my bro in law and he jogs-slow. We do 5-7 miles and i feel like i did nothing.

What's more effective for getting your times up on say a 10k? The guy i know who does iron mans trains 1 hr a day then for 6 hrs once on the weekend. Im trying to find put exactly what he does in that hr that preps him for an 8 hr race.
He's told me "interval training and some other stuff" so far.

Im gonna see him today and try and get more info.

LOL!

Same thing happens to me whenever I go to my friend's house. He always asks me if I brought running gear to go running. We do two laps around the neighborhood (1.5 miles per lap) and by then he's gassed and can't do anymore. And I'm like..."Well, **** dude...you've got to start prepping that endurance up a little."

[chico 305]

any of yall got Exercise Induced Asthma or Asthma?

it's a mission for me to go long distance running.

[The Surgeon]

any of yall got Exercise Induced Asthma or Asthma?

it's a mission for me to go long distance running.

No but a guy i sometimes train with has asthma, he can run all day long on a tredmill but says when he runs outside his asthma comes on bad.... No idea how that works!

[The Surgeon]

I just did the same 10k route again today and felt like i was tearing it up but my time was slower! Its the first time ive used my i pod to track a run, the other times i just took what my mate said we done it in as gospel..... I think he was blowing smoke up my ass because i was definitely going faster today i even had a stitch at the end!

Anyway i ran 5k in 23 mins 11 seconds, stretched my legs for about 2 or 3 minutes id guess then ran the 5k back and finished with a time of 49 15 seconds

Was raining too which was not good, i feel like ive been to the dentist and had my mouth frozen from the bottom lip down!

[Sugarj]

This is what happens to me, i do get tired but its FAR more that my legs are just smoked than im out of gas!

Any tips Sugarj?

Yea, this simply happens when people who are otherwise physically fit try something they haven't done for a while.....or is new to them. The heart and lungs are in fine condition but the legs just aren't used to it.

I try and do some form of running 5 or 6 days a week and I never get sore legs the next day even after a 12-15 mile run...............UNLESS I take a week or two off. I spent 2 weeks in Ibiza in the summer and the only running I did was to the bar! But on returning I did a very easy paced 10K and had sore legs for three days!

I promise that if anyone runs 5 or 6 days a week consistently, week after week you will not get that nasty lactic acid painfulness or next day aching. You don't need to be sprinting, doing hill reps etc. The body adapts just fine after a couple of weeks to even easy paced running.

As for 'runners high', you get that when you start beating your times and seeing improvements. Its more addictive than you think.

[Sugarj]

I dont know if running more distance or running faster is more important to increase your time. Sometimes i run with my bro in law and he jogs-slow. We do 5-7 miles and i feel like i did nothing.

What's more effective for getting your times up on say a 10k? The guy i know who does iron mans trains 1 hr a day then for 6 hrs once on the weekend. Im trying to find put exactly what he does in that hr that preps him for an 8 hr race.
He's told me "interval training and some other stuff" so far.

Im gonna see him today and try and get more info.

I'm currently training for a 10K. I'm aiming for a completed time of 36 mins 30. A typical training week for me would be as follows:

Monday AM: 3.5 miles in the morning easy pace (7-7:20 pace per mile)
Monday PM: 12 x quarter mile reps (aim for 75 seconds a rep. 90 secs rest between each rep)

Tuesday AM: 3.5 miles in the morning easy pace (7-7:20 pace per mile)
Tuesday PM: Full body weights routine. Higher reps on legs 12-20

Wednesday AM: 3.5 miles in the morning easy pace (7-7:20 pace per mile)
Wednesday PM: 4 miles easy pace finishing with 10x100m steep hill reps with slow jog to beginning recovery.
Wednesday PM: Simple upper body weights routine and abdominal work.


Thursday PM: Time trial, say 4 miles at race pace, no rest (faster than 6 min miles). Jog home (half mile easy pace 7:30 per mile)

Friday PM: Boxing training (bag work/skipping/abdominal work)

Saturday PM: Long run 10-13 miles (easy pace, usually works out at 7-7:20 per mile pace)

Sunday: Rest day or easy 5 miles with steep hill reps. The 5 mile run tends to be done if I've missed a day during the week, though I have been known to train 7 days a week.


This is a typical week for me in training for a March 10K. My times seem to be improving each week so I must be doing something right.

[chico 305]

No but a guy i sometimes train with has asthma, he can run all day long on a tredmill but says when he runs outside his asthma comes on bad.... No idea how that works!

his asthma triggered by allergies

[Wannabeboxer]

Hi guys,
I have started running but i am doing it to help me to lose weight because my coach things that if i am going to fight i should move down in weight, wondering what sort of pace i should run at ? 10 minute miles???

[baya]

good ***** fellas. it snowed here last night so i just put in 8 miles on the dreadmilll - hate that ****en thing.

walt - after our 2nd kid wifey ballooned up to about a jr middle and i hit 205 - which is just grotesque ... had to put in the work and lead by example. she's smaller now than she was in high school. its important in a marriage to keep that sexual attraction going and i'm glad we're both on the same page with that.

[TintaBoricua]

good ***** fellas. it snowed here last night so i just put in 8 miles on the dreadmilll - hate that ****en thing.

walt - after our 2nd kid wifey ballooned up to about a jr middle and i hit 205 - which is just grotesque ... had to put in the work and lead by example. she's smaller now than she was in high school. its important in a marriage to keep that sexual attraction going and i'm glad we're both on the same page with that.

I'm a newly wed myself. My wife doesn't exercise. She'll get around to it sooner or later. She doesn't need to lose weight. She's perfectly fine. I think she weighs around 110-105 but I keep telling her that sooner or later age is going to set in and the pounds will start to settle in slowly.

Hell, I have pictures of late 2007 and I remember I used to weigh 145-148. These days I'm weighing between 158-162. I'm 5'11.

I exercise because I like it and it keeps me fit.

She needs exercise to...well, to develop some resistance/stamina. LOL