The Running Thread

Me. They're insanely good. I got the Garmin 405CX, which comes with a heart rate monitor, for about 250 quid.

I haven't been running for a week now Had a bad week and didn't feel up to it and now I'm feeling very unmotivated. Tomorrow morning I will drag myself out of bed and out for a long run, just hope I haven't lost too much fitness.

Wow! They are very colourful! How did your toenails get to that stage?

I only do one run a week but I make it a long one, I don't find myself losing any fitness. According to the competitive runners handbook, I think it's okay to take a week off but anything after that and de-training starts kicking in rapidly.

The best time to train I find is when you don't feel up to it, I know that sounds like a paradox. Forcing yourself to exercise when you can't even be bothered getting out of bed is a really good exercise in self-discipline and mental strength. No matter how bad you feel beforehand, you always end up feeling better afterwards.

I haven't been running for a week now Had a bad week and didn't feel up to it and now I'm feeling very unmotivated. Tomorrow morning I will drag myself out of bed and out for a long run, just hope I haven't lost too much fitness.

Sort your goals out guys !!

A half marathon in 1:09 equates to a marathon time of ~2h25 (it is FAR better than a 3 hour marathon which anyone can do). If you ever want a hope to run anything like this fast you will never do it without first getting the base speed blatchcorn.

Also pie monster if you are only just running 40 mins dont try and aim for a ridiculous 5k time. UK ranking for the senior male 5000m race starts at 16.45 and you need to be running at 5.20 min miles to achieve this.

Have your goals as achievable ones to keep your motivation high. Good luck.

Ermmm correct me if I'm wrong but 4.15 miles in 35 mins works out at over 8 minute miles, infact according to my calculator that is 8.43minute miles. That's decent though, keep increasing the distance and incorporate shorter, faster runs as well which will be vital if you want to do a 1:45 half marathon.

I had big problems with my shins when I started running, after a few months it went away, resting up properly, only going for 3 highly quality runs a week helped as well. As opposed to doing 4/5 shorter runs that is.

My bad, it was in 31.58, which is 7m43s per mile.

I appreciate the rep, thank you!

it takes three months not training to lose sufficent fitness

If you're looking to increase speedwise with it being track season, what sort of distance would you do for the long weekend run? Doing speedwork twice a week now, plus the occasional run in-between.

Does anyone know how I can incorporate some slow steady state running into my routine? I've been doing 20 minute HIIT sessions for a month or so now, but I also want to do some slow running sessions on other days. How do I incorporate it and where do I start?

Obviously I'm not expecting that I'll be able to do a full on 20minute run/jog since its not as intense as HIIT so should I just start with a 10 minute jog on other days and increase it every session or ever week?

I think HIIT is a lot tougher than LISS running. Or is there a typo?

I have a question for you running experts - I have had 3 kneecap dislocations in the past, and stopped running - I used to run outside. So anyway I started running again a year after my last dislocation -
but this time on treadmills for short periods of HIIT (20 mins) or perhaps up to 45 minutes of fartlek type treadmills. So I need new trainers.

Would it be worth my getting a proper consultation, given I probably run for a maximum of 2 hrs 30 mins a week? Or will I be okay just getting a cheapish pair of Asics with motion-control? Right now I don't fancy spending more than £50 for a pair of trainers and there are sales on at my local sportsworld - unless of course it really is necessary. Any advice would be much appreciated.