Cool Running for the Week of April 6th

[ttdriver]

Re: Cool Running for the Week of April 6th

Thursday, 4/10: 5.2 miles.

Betty

[fowlergirl]

Re: Cool Running for the Week of April 6th

April 11th - 3 miles

[sadie147]

Re: Cool Running for the Week of April 6th

Friday April 11: 3.5 miles, my farthest run yet!


I have a question: do you all pay attention to only your distance, your time, or both...I don't really pay much attention to how long it takes me to run, I have short legs i figure i'll never be that fast.

But when you were starting out..did you concentrate on improving your distance, or improving your time? I'm thinking if i work to improve on distance maybe time will come naturally?

(i like that smiley so much i think he deserves a spot in my signature!)

[BigRunner]

Re: Cool Running for the Week of April 6th

5 miles in.


Jen: I think you have the right approach with working on distance to start with. Pushing the time can lead to injuries if you haven't built up a decent base. Pushing too hard can also lead to burn out. Believe it or not, that's why I prefer marathons to 5k races. The MUCH slower pace suits me better. I know, I'm a nut.

Anyway, nice job on all the miles your putting in.


RichF

[ttdriver]

Re: Cool Running for the Week of April 6th

I have a question: do you all pay attention to only your distance, your time, or both...I don't really pay much attention to how long it takes me to run, I have short legs i figure i'll never be that fast.

But when you were starting out..did you concentrate on improving your distance, or improving your time? I'm thinking if i work to improve on distance maybe time will come naturally?

Jen, you are dead on.

Speed comes with persistence .. for now, just focus on your distance, increasng slowly to avoid over-training .. what you want is slow, progressive mileage ... no more than 10% increase at a time .. IMO, a 10% increase over 2 weeks is a good safe amount. Your speed will improve as your mileage increases ...

SLOW and STEADY wins the race every time!

When I started running, I ran about a 13 minute mile. Not very impressive to be sure. Now, 5 years into running, I'm about a 9 minute mile. I can tell you my speedy years are definitely behind me (after all, I am 52!), but even so, that's pretty gosh-darned good for an old lady like me.

Betty

[ttdriver]

Re: Cool Running for the Week of April 6th

Saturday, 4/12: 11.35 miles.


Betty

[BigRunner]

Re: Cool Running for the Week of April 6th

Saturday: 14 miles in the rain. 44 degrees. Yuck.

RichF