Count Mongo del Fantastico Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Second vote for couch to 5k. Download the podcasts (free on itunes), listen as you go, win. Except the music is a bit supermarket fm, but it means you don't need to fanny abount with watches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjenova Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Started going out with my work's running club - feel guilty cause after a kilometre I get bored and start pulling away! Did roughly 7.7k in 33 minutes week before last, and 36 minutes last week. My runs are pretty patchy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 I did two things: (a) used the Couch to 10k app. Where I found that I struggled with a particular day, I repeated it until I could do it (I remember 4x10 min running, 2min walking being a tough one) (b) signed up for a 10k race with a friend. This gave me a real incentive to keep up the training. I now run c30k a week and lost a couple of stone in the 2 years since- and I'm a bit older than you. It is doable. But above all, get fitted for a decent pair of trainers. If you f**k your knees you'll have to stop. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Confined to the treadmill again. Steady 12.08miles in 1:30:00 was achieved quite easily. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Confined to the treadmill again. Steady 12.08miles in 1:30:00 was achieved quite easily. My HM programme has a 1:30:00 run in for this weekend. Hopefully wont be as fookin cold as last week. I'll be happy with 11miles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Did 6.4km in 29 minutes last night, pretty pleased with myself as I still hate running and I could easily have went faster. Might try and run 10k on Friday on my day off just to see if I can. Good going that. My HM programme has a 1:30:00 run in for this weekend. Hopefully wont be as fookin cold as last week. I'll be happy with 11miles. What half and what time are you aiming for. Im on the look out for a race. 4.40mi (7km) in 30 mins today. Was supposed to be a steady/recovery run but got bored in the first minute so cranked the pace up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Good going that. What half and what time are you aiming for. Im on the look out for a race. 4.40mi (7km) in 30 mins today. Was supposed to be a steady/recovery run but got bored in the first minute so cranked the pace up Edinburgh HM in May. Not sure about time. My first HM was the Glasgow last year, which I was aiming for sub-2 but fucked up my training and got huge blisters on the day so missed the target. Edinburgh is an easier course and I'm miles ahead of where I was in my training last time, so 1:50:00 is probably an ambitious but achievable target. Got the Glenlivet 10k in a few weeks. They've just published the numbers and I seem to be runner # 1. No pressure then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Burton Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 How did you get on? Missed this race again because of work. Ran 10km on the treadmill in 42:06. Nice and warm with no wind. Had a terrible run at the Grangemouth 10k was running on empty for last couple of miles and the running into the wind didn't help. Went along to the jogscotland roadshow at Airdrie last night and signed up for the next 10 week bloc starting 9th April. Hopefully it will be a bit warmer by then. Volunteering at the parkrun this Saturday not too bothered about missing the run in this weather. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkBlue62 Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Ran 4 miles last night and running 7 miles on Saturday. Not looking forward to it but I need to do it if I'm going to have a chance at completing the Edinburgh half marathon! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjenova Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Did 14k in 1hr 6min the other day there. Really enjoyed it, and I'm recovering from running quicker. I just wanted to complete a 10k / half marathon this year, but I now reckon I should be gunning for an aggressive time for a half marathon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Not long back in from just over 9km in 42 mins. Happy enough with that. Also got my race number through for the Edinburgh Rock 'n' Roll half marathon on 14 April. Anyone else on here planning it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Intervals today which resulted in 5 miles in 32:51. Struggling with motivation the last few days so feel better for doing this. Intervals certainly make a run more interesting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Intervals today which resulted in 5 miles in 32:51. Struggling with motivation the last few days so feel better for doing this. Intervals certainly make a run more interesting. I'm finding intervals painful at the moment. Did hill intervals on Wednesday and 56 minutes of flat intervals on Friday, legs and stomach are fucking sore today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkBlue62 Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Ran 7 miles today in 87 minutes. Shockingly slow but I was too busy enjoying the scenery 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young_bairn Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Intervals today which resulted in 5 miles in 32:51. Struggling with motivation the last few days so feel better for doing this. Intervals certainly make a run more interesting. I'm finding intervals painful at the moment. Did hill intervals on Wednesday and 56 minutes of flat intervals on Friday, legs and stomach are fucking sore today. They are painful but worth the effort. I dont mind it once I get started. Just the thought of doing them puts me off. 8.37 miles in 60mins today. Just shy of 30 miles for the week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Duck Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 1:30:00, 17.2k. Pace pretty consistent throughout. Along the canal from Linlithgow to Polmont, down past the station, and back in past Lathallan to Platform 2. Happy with that, the HM is feeling a lot more achievable than last year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundermonkey Posted April 1, 2013 Author Share Posted April 1, 2013 That's my neck of the woods DD. I ran back from Linlithgow to Polmont along the main road on Saturday but the timings etc were all out on my Nike+. Either that or I was shockingly slow. Has anyone that uses Nike+ recalibrated it and if so, what was the best method. I could easily do so in the gym but it's not the same as propelling your body forward. I'm thinking the only way to accurately do so is hit Granegmouth Stadium and claibrate using the track. Glasgow Half Marathon is my goal now that I have new running shoes. Looks to have been the answer to my injury but I knew that was the case anyway. These bad boys are the best 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Just back in from 8 miles in 1hr 5 mins. I thought that was not bad but looking at some of the times you machines are posting it looks like i've got a bit to go yet haha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Just back in from 8 miles in 1hr 5 mins. I thought that was not bad but looking at some of the times you machines are posting it looks like i've got a bit to go yet haha Just compare yourself to yourself, as long as your own times keep improving, you're doing well. But yes, there are some pretty impressive runners posting here. There are also plodders like me! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 7.5 very hilly km in just under 40 minutes. I'm happy with that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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