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KING KONG DONG IS BACK: 50 minute 4.75 miler, to 35 minute 5 miler, in 12 weeks
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04/07/17
4.75 miles, 46:46
5 min total walking break
i should be able to get this down to 42:30 in a week with no breaks
You could probably do the 46:46 with no breaks now if you just started a bit slower.
definitely
i was doing the pace of a 42:00 run, so it was full speed ahead and i burnt out
not to worry though, should be good by next week
no idea
Will you be extending it to 5 miles in due course? I thought that was what you said originally. I just went for a 5 mile run on the beach with my friend and it took 46 minutes and I thought of this thread.
yeah i will extend it to 5 in about a month probably
what do you use to measure the runs...
stopwatch on a wristwatch
so how do you measure the distance
i have the nike fit app
Also make sure you are measuring in miles not kilometres.
i calibrated it , and it is pretty close to google maps aswell, my route is also a straight line with no eleveation change so google maps is pretty accurate for that
I was thinking next to a runway or on an army base
There is no great problem with going all out and then having to stop, rest and carry on. Eventually you will be able to go all out all the way. But, this can be quite demoralising, kind of setting yourself up to fail.
How about planning a rest break at the half way? That way having to stop does not feel like failure? If you gradually reduce the rest time?
But anyway keep up the hard work; we have all been there, eventually you will look back and wonder at how slow you were. 8 years ago I could barely run 10 miles, I have just finished my first 100 miler (well, 113 miles to be precise) and now the dogs are looking at me wondering when they are going to get their run!
christ, 100 miles? how long did it take you train for that?
the human body is amazing for endurance
How long to train? 8 years!
But I have a suspicion that I won my first race before you were born! So probably longer than that!
got a really bad throat, can barely talk and have a bad deep cough and had 4 hours of sleep
gonna try and run today, but no sprint finish because i have to squat tommorrow
Not for ubermensch KKD though VDOT52, pain is only weakness leaving the body!
my right knee was feeling strained, didnt even finish half the run
this is the final nail in the coffin, i'll take a week off and follow the advice in this thread about only pushing on the interval runs and doing easy, slow long runs
I SHANT FAIL
Too much information
so have you managed to recover yet
how many weeks left of the 12 target?
It's hard to say because he first posted about the target on 26 June, but he reported starting his training on 10 June. Either way, I have total faith in KKD. He said he wasn't going to fail.
HE SHANT FAIL