Anyone in here runners???

[PBurke]

insane if you ask me. but those people are in amazing shape.

Ya know, Mr. Burke, if you and I would get off our butts (and if yer knees are ok  )....

That sort of thing can be achieved very gradually (listen to me...preachin' and not practicin' )....

but it's true...start out with 3/4 mile or 1 mile...2 or 3 (maybe 4) times a week....ad a 1/4 mile every week

you can get up to a 1/2 marathon by next February....patiently....diligently...consistently.....?



Yeah, screw it.....let's do the beer run

dude my knees are shot. snowboarding and rodeo killed them. not to mention all the other dumb crap i have put them thru. but i do need to try something.

[ar3inc]

there really won't be much I could offer beyond the great source of runners world, but what type of distance are you looking at?

[Jeremy]

Hey, if you are still looking for some running advice...hit me up.  I write a lot of workouts for my team and I help out other local runners.  I have an entire shelf on my book shelf dedicated to running books, lol

[Medic aka Rocko]

I started my running this past week, since the weather really improved.  I'm looking to bring out the 6pack abs, I can't seem to shed the tough fat around my midsection.  Anyhow, I jumped right in with a mile everyday this week.  It was much easier Thursday & Friday.  Friday, it took me 10 minutes, so I'll be hoping to make it a bit quicker, then start stretching the distance out a bit.

[Jeremy]

yea, I had taken a brief hiatus from running you might say : )  This week was a great week to get back into it

[TNBaldRay]

Bump

New to the site and interested in interacting with other runners.

[buddha]

3 things I found when I used to run 10 Ks, 1/2 marathons, and America's Marathon ('85 and '86) that really increased my endurance and foot speed without the benefit of any coaching:
1) Hill repeats. We had a nice long uphill in Waukegan starting at the north end of the Lakefront Highway (AKA Amstutz) where the RV chase scene from "The Blues Brothers" was shot. Up the exit ramp to Greenwood Avenue then west on Greenwood to Sheridan Road. It was about a half mile from bottom to top and one day a week I would run 10 repeats of that monster.
2) Hill sprints. Anytime I encountered an uphill of any grade and distance I would put my head down a bit and charge up the hill. I found that it was important for me to look at the ground a few yards in front of me so as not to focus on how far it was to the top. This practice came in handy in races, even though I was not competitive overall, but, in races where they had weight classes in addition to age groups I was always near the front of the Clydesdales (6'-5" and 210 lbs).
3) Interval training. This is sometimes called "speed play". Several times during a training run I would just open it up all of a sudden and sprint until I really started to feel the burn and my legs started to knot up a little. Gradually the intervals started getting longer and faster until I could run 3 or 4 half mile intervals during a 5 mile training run. This can really make a difference at the end of a 10K where you're neck and neck with somebody over the last mile or so and then you're able to throw on a sprint and smoke 'em at the finish line.

[RyanJP]

I strongly suggest anyone that is a veteran or a beginner to running to check out the book " Born to run" not only is it a fantastic read but the author really gets down to the science of running the history. I also added a great vid of the author, Chris Mcdougal talking about the book and his journey.

http://www.amazon.com/Born-Run-Hidden-Superathletes-Greatest/dp/0307266303