Trinity base training is all about keeping your HR low whilst increasing your speed, daily runs etc. You will find out about it on the training thread under base training. Enjoy the long read. Read the first few pages to get the general idea ;-))
I'm in. Although i'm slow, by others standards, i do my best and thats all i can do.
Don't have a HR moniter and don't know anything about base training. Still R/W - think my longest continuous run has been 30 minutes or so. however, the fact that i am able to prove my old gym teachers wrong everytime i get out of the house makes me smile:o)
Can I join please? I have been 'running' for more than 2years now, it tok me a year to be able to plod for more than 10 minutes at a time. I read something about running really slowly which I did, felt a bit of a prat, but at least it worked to some extent. I'm still very slow, dogged by injury, but I really want to do FLM this year. I'll be just behind you Hipps! I was absent when they dished out the fast twitch fibres, so I don't know that I will get any faster ever, but I enjoy the running so much that I don't care anymore. Let's just try and keep this thread alive and plodding
Can manage 10 min miles over shorter distances but average 13 - 15 min miles over the marathon.
I'm never going to be quick as I am completely the wrong shape for speed.
Been running on and off since August 2001 (off periods due to injury and laziness). FLM 2002 was my first marathon, NYC 2003 my second. Now training for FLM 2004.
There you go, potted history of Slow-girl Floosie.
I think your shape indicates your genetics (this is just my thought, I have no proof of this).
I can never been that lean and skinny runner shape (Paula Radcliffe, Sonia O'Sulivan, etc) as I have wide hips and big thighs (your classic English pear). I don't think height makes a difference - I'm only 5 ft but then so are a lot of the female elites - but I do think your genetic make up effects your ability. I'm just not a "natural" runner in terms of my physical atributes.
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What if I get faster, will you stop speaking to me ?
i just fell inadequate when 11 min miles is thought of as crap
three months ago managed to stop run walking
now i can run slowly for an hour
once i did 2 hours
Its slow
but i hope im improving
now
think about base training
endurance is improving, but speed doesn't change
(remember you finished Windsor quicker than I did Hipps)
the base trainers would hate this
BUT you can do it by feel
running a easy pace
now
I mean that nice feeling you have ownhill when you arent really trying
so you have to run REAL slow on the flat for the same
this thread wont last
2 reasons
1.its about running
2. its about SLOW running
Pity
prove me wrong!
I'm in. Although i'm slow, by others standards, i do my best and thats all i can do.
Don't have a HR moniter and don't know anything about base training. Still R/W - think my longest continuous run has been 30 minutes or so. however, the fact that i am able to prove my old gym teachers wrong everytime i get out of the house makes me smile:o)
Happy running
thats nearly 50 minutes isnt it/
how long are the walk bits
how long have you been running in this incarnation?
you know, i often wonder what happens to all the beginners who start hopeful threads on here
loads of them disappear again
its sad
god, nearly 2 years
i should not stillbe this slow
last year, never evn missed a weeks training
I have been 'running' for more than 2years now, it tok me a year to be able to plod for more than 10 minutes at a time. I read something about running really slowly which I did, felt a bit of a prat, but at least it worked to some extent.
I'm still very slow, dogged by injury, but I really want to do FLM this year. I'll be just behind you Hipps!
I was absent when they dished out the fast twitch fibres, so I don't know that I will get any faster ever, but I enjoy the running so much that I don't care anymore.
Let's just try and keep this thread alive and plodding
Can manage 10 min miles over shorter distances but average 13 - 15 min miles over the marathon.
I'm never going to be quick as I am completely the wrong shape for speed.
Been running on and off since August 2001 (off periods due to injury and laziness). FLM 2002 was my first marathon, NYC 2003 my second. Now training for FLM 2004.
There you go, potted history of Slow-girl Floosie.
I can never been that lean and skinny runner shape (Paula Radcliffe, Sonia O'Sulivan, etc) as I have wide hips and big thighs (your classic English pear). I don't think height makes a difference - I'm only 5 ft but then so are a lot of the female elites - but I do think your genetic make up effects your ability. I'm just not a "natural" runner in terms of my physical atributes.