Runner's Forum: The Official: Training Summary Start Up Thread

Hey all. gfinkelde, Good luck on the half. I have one coming up in two weeks, though you look to be shooting for about 30 minutes faster than me. I'm looking to do it in around 2:00- 2:10. LexB, I, too have suffered a drop in speeds. I blame the heat and humidity that summer has brought about. Just stick with it. I'd suggest getting a running partner that is slightly faster than you.

Did a 5 mile road race with the wifey today. SHE BEAT ME!!! Honestly, I'm very proud of her. She ran a smarter race than I did. I took off about 30 seconds faster per mile than I planned, while she started off pretty conservatively. At about the 4.25 mile mark, she caught up, and managed to finish about a half minute ahead of me, with energy to kick at the end!!! She and I both know I'm the faster runner, but she's definitely the smarter runner.  

Hi all,

Ive been MIA on the thread for a week or so. Have actually stepped up training with a group to get ready for my first marathon in October. Doing a lot more strength and technique as well as speed work. That means the half I'm doing at Run Melbourne next week I will run steady rather than as fast as I can. Although my competitive juices will most likely get the better of me. Ran 20km today first half I did up tempo - second half I ran easy to rest up for next week.

 Still would like to make about the 1.45mins mark for the half next week.

Gfinkelde - I was going to do the Eastlink 6km run for fun but decided to put my time into a longer run for next week.

Ran 8 miles for my long run this week. Improved my last week by 1 minute per mile...finished in 1hr12min. Still a bit off the time I'd like to be at. For some reason had a pain in my calf, and had to stop 3 times during the run to stretch.

2nd 5k ever, ran my first 5k ever a few weeks ago in 19:56

My goal was 19:30 but i messed up my pace.  My first mile was a 6:07, and from that point i knew i wanst gonna be able to hold on to that pace.  My 2 mile time was 12:28, and my finishing time was 19:49, a little off my target but pretty happy. Sophmore yr. of XC should help me get this time better

I ran 6.2 miles today. I had planned on 15 miles but my husband came with me and I felt guilty leaving him to walk by himself (with today being Fathers Day).  We walked 5 miles together and of course he had to stop at his favorite bagel shop.

Had my long easy run today, a new 13km route. Was supposed to be easy but  1:27!!!! I SUCKED in terms of speed, that's a 10'55'' pace, which is c***

I am still pleased with myself in terms of distance coverage and over all performance but I am not very happy with my times. I didn't wear my watch as it was supposed to be an easy run, but next time I might have to! 

Have the week off work this week. Did 3 miles this morning at about 11 in 75 degree and full sun. Felt good. No problems with knees or shins. I'll try again Wednesday and Friday.

LexB - a long easy run is supposed to be slow! That is the easy part of it. Lot's of reasons why the times might be off for now. Do you have a race coming up soon, like in the next couple of weeks? If not, I'd not worry about thie times too much. Keep up the training, make sure you are eating and sleeping right and you'll get the speed back. Didn't you write about a banged up shoulder a little while ago? How is that doing and any other injuries?

Okay,  I'm thinking about joining this running forum thing, but I'll see how well I can stick to it. Most of you sound like pretty serious runners.... I am not so much. I am 14, run distance in track, and am planning to join cross county this fall. I have ran 23.5 miles since June 1, and that's the most amount of miles I've ever ran in 2 weeks. In an attempt to prepare for CC, I am trying to run 150 miles by August 11. I'm joining this so that hopfully you guys can keep me motivated to reach my goal. ( And maybe go beyond )

So, I guess I'll just say what I did today.

I ran to the high school (about 1mile), went to a strength and conditioning class, and then took a little bit longer way home. Total it was just over 2.5 miles, which is about how much I have been running on Monday's, Wednesday's, and Friday's. My hip was hurting quite a bit on the way home ( I pulled my right hip abductor and adductor in early May while long jumping), but I think the pain is mostly due to soccer, where I start and stop running a lot. Starting and stopping seems to make it worse, because when I just run the pain subdues somewhat after 1.5 miles or so. Anyways that's all I did, and am planning to do today. Hopefully I'll have something to report tomorrow!   

sabre - welcome on board. It is a great forum to be on. has helped me a heap. Ignore everything kdogg and chiggy do - they are freaks. ANyway good to have a younger one on here. Makes the rest of us feel really old. My advcie to you is enjoy your running. Enjoy whatever you do. And running is a hell of a lot better than sitting on the couch getting fat.

100miles in a week is insane. Nuff said!!!

Have had weird feelings this week. I am so much fitter, faster,stronger, better than I was four months ago, but kept on thinking that I wasnt doing enough running. Must be doing quality work which is pleasing. Coach is happy with the progress - I am nearly her poster boy!!!

Today was a huge session 3x1km, 2 downhill 1 uphill, 3x500m 2 uphill 1 downhill and 3 x 250m 2 uphill 1 downhill. Consistent pace inside 4min km's for all distances, which we managed to achieve comfortably on all but the uphill 1km which I just squeezed through. Everything else was well inside. The ride home was fast but easy, nice relaxing way to finish the day. Five days to the half.

No run today but took a 42 mile bike ride. Didn't really intend to go that long, but the weather was great and I felt good, so I just kept going.

Well havent posted in a while but it has been great to read how everyone else is doing, Im waiting on my Doc to tell me what is up with my X-rays of my knee to find out whats causing the pain. 
Keep up all the good work everyone it's good to hear about all your successes.

lets see, another double for me today. 11 in the morning and 5 in the evening. Nothing too special there. One little awesome thing is that I did get some wear test shoes in the mail today (I wear test for New Balance), so I am pumped to start those up. They are NB's high cushioned neutral trainer, the 1063 (current model is the 1062). 

As for my mileage I'm up to 106 for the past 7 days. Thats as high as I'll be for awhile though, since this week is actually my "off" week and the week after this will be only a small building week. I am gonna take a day off on Thursday (been going 33 days straight) and I will be cutting back on my medium long run and long runs.

I think I can handle high mileage pretty well because I don't have a whole lot of stress in my life right now. I work about 25-35 hours a week at a running store that opens at 10 am, so its not as though I have to wake up super early to get a run in. I'd say my body is setup to handle high mileage pretty well too, my quads are more like a cyclist's than a runner's, so they absorb a ton of shock. Also, since I work at this running store, I am able to cycle through shoes. So instead of wearing the same pair every day, I am able to alternate at least three pairs of shoes so that each shoe is allowed to recover between each bout of running - which in turn reduces the stresses on your body that stem from running.

Also, my body does not respond well to interval training. When I run intervals I get sick. This past winter I put in a pretty good base (75-100 miles a week), but I was still feeling injured or sick almost every week after I dropped my mileage to do workouts. So in order to run fast I have to put in a lot of miles, which takes a lot of time and patience. 

Lastly, I've never really ran up to my potential when I was on a team. This past year I think I was one of the most fit guys on the team, but come race day I would run much slower than I should have been based on my workouts and mileage.  

The culmination of all of those things = high mileage for me at least until I go to law school in the fall.  

Kdogg - you dont have to justify your obvious mental deficiencies to us!!! Enjoy Thursday.

Seriously - if I can speak for those who are down a peg or two on the running ladder from you - you are one of the guys who helps us a long. Seeing the regimented program that you put yourself to make yourself a better athlete - as distinct from fitter, or a better fun runner - has been inspriing for me, hopefully for others. And you obviously enjoy it which as I have said before is the main thing. And we are happy to share in your shoe fetish. If you are ever in Oz then I wear a size 11-11.5!!! High arch, but tend to run on the outside of the foot.

God bless the Port-a-Potty people! Enough said.

5.44 miles. I just felt great to be alive. There we several groups of fast runners out this morning and just seeing them cruise by was an inspiration.

Nimbus 10s are pretty sweet if you are a neutral runner with a little bit of weight (not fat or anything like that, but if you are a super small person then that type of shoe won't be any better than say a Cumulus). One pretty cool thing about them is since they are so substantial, they will last a bit longer than other similar shoes with less cushioning. 

I went out and watched a race that is part of a series my team puts on every year tonight. We hold these 4k races every other week throughout the summer. Tonight it turned out there were some fairly elite guys out there. The guys that won both have posted times that are fast enough to qualify them for this year's Olympic trials (I dunno if their times are recent or not). I also know they both recently ran a 25k road race in which their half marathon split was ~1:05:00 or so. It would have been fun to try and battle it out with them even though they weren't running hard tonight. The next place guys were just my teammates who all ran fairly respectable times. It was definitely fun to watch a race instead of participate in it, its so awesome to see everyone working hard out there.

Today was my day off - finally! My next day off is the week of my big summer race, so I figured I'd celebrate this one with pizza and pop.

Hey everyone, been out of town for work so i'm getting caught up. It's been all 60 min runs this past week, so anywhere from 8.5-9.5 a day. I've only been back at this for three weeks after a two week break and my knees are already starting to hurt :( and one look at my log wil tell you that i came back VERY slowly so thats not the problem either. I may have to stay under 60 miles for a few weeks but i know everything will eventually settle in and get up to some decent mileage. 

I know it will be a while but i cant wait to get back to workouts on the track, i feel really sluggish. Yesterday about 45 min into my run i ran by a high school and decided to do a couple quick laps just for fun. It did not feel good at all, and i only did 800m!

Not a great run tonight - 6 miler, 56 mins.  Overcast and muggy in Vancouver, not nice for the run although it was good vis so when I was high up I got a beautiful view of Mt. Baker in one direction and Vancouver Island in the other.

Run itself not so good. Legs were quite sore and tired, had a bit of stitch every now and then (nothing major tho), indigestion and then I felt so bloated and heavy at the end I had to stop about 200m from home and walk. 

I don't think I ate anything bad... lots of fruit and veg today in fact! Ah well, I 'm kickboxing tomorrow, maybe a bit of a bike ride (gentle), Sunday I am working all day so no sports and a gentle run on Monday me thinks. I'm icing the shins now.