Doing a Interval session tonight and undecided on what to do. Training for the Mk Half on March 20th. Options 1) 12 Mins warm up, 12* 400 with 2 Mins recovery, 8 Mins Cool down 2 12 Mins warm up, 5* 1K with 3 mins recovery, 8 mins cool down. Given that Race is 9 Weeks away dont know if the 400's would be better for…
Hi all i am in the middle of adding my races to the internet.i thought it would be a good idea just to see how many races runners have completed,i have over 400 races to date and proud to say i have never pulled out of a race even when at times i should have!!!! so come people how many races have you done and whats your…
I found out last night I've been entered for the 400 and 800m events (these were the longest runs available) in a local charity athletics event and was wondering if there's anything I can do in the next 2 and a 1/2 weeks that will improve my performance? Don't want to trail in 30s after everyone else in a sea of lactic…
Hi everyone I need some advice my daughter is age 10 and she wants to be a 400 metre runner she is running this event in 1.19 not sure if thats any good but she wants to get faster.Can anyone give me a training scheduled for her. I know some people will say dont get to serious but she absolutely loves running she is so…
I do a bit of cycling on my 10 yo Giant road bike and for the amount i do that's fine. However, my younger brother has decided to get into a bit and asked me (as the family expert!) for some advice. As i havn't much of a clue i thought i ask you lot. He's looking to spend £400 tops on a road bike. Not really for commuting…
my current time for a 400 meter effort is roughly between 90 seconds and 85 seconds i want to try and get down to 80 seconds and 75 seconds. i was thinking of doing 10 x400 meter efforts and in between each effort a 300 meter recorvery jog has anybody got any programs which can help me get my time down
I was looking at buying a Polar 200 earlier today. Talking to the guy in the shop, he was addament it was worth paying the extra and going for the 400. The main difference being the quality of downloading of data to pcs, but he also assured me it had lots of other bells and whistles making it worth paying more. Previous…
On the RW training page the example given of a good speed form workout is 8 x 400 metres at speed form pace with 3-4 minutes rest. I've just tried this one out and I'm wondering why the recovery jog is so long. I felt good to go again after 2 minutes. 3-4 min rest is what I would expect as recovery for 800 m reps. Am I…
Last year I started training for my first Marathon and as the mileage was building up to something much greater than I was used to I decided to check out the local running specialist shop. According to the guys in the shop running shoes are good for around 400 - 500 miles. I monitor my distance in a pair and then change…