New Runner Tips??

[Mutilator]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: Mutilator

Originally posted by: Amused
That's not a bad run/walk plan, but this one is better.

Worked like a charm for me. I was running 4 miles, 4 days a week in just 9 weeks. I couldn't even run a quarter mile when I started.

Hmm I might give that thing a try. Right now I'm walking on my treadmill @ 3MPH for 40 minutes (2 miles) 3-4 days a week. I guess the ultimate goal in that program is to end up jogging for 30 minutes @ 6MPH.
Going to buy some new shoes first though... my old New Balances are starting to fall apart. Any recommendations? How are Nike Shox? I think I saw somewhere here that they are actually pretty good. I tend to stomp when I get going 5-6mph on the treadmill. Maybe they would quiet that down some. 😉

Walking? I can walk miles, but I can't run for sh!t.

Same here... but I just started a month or 2 ago. For me 3MPH is a pretty comfortable pace... 4MPH is speed walking/very slow jog. Anything above that I've tried to avoid so far. 😉

 

[vi edit]

I made the C25K program easy by counting steps as I ran rather than looking at a watch. While running, every other left foot fall was a one second count. I never measured distance except to measure my route the first time. It made it very easy, and kept my mind occupied.

That's why I like heart rate training. Sprint 100 meters uphill as fast as you can and take your pulse. Should be somewhere between 180 & 220. Now you just follow the training charts and plug in the ceiling to your heart rate monitor before taking off.

On easy days, I'll run 50-55% of my heart rate. So I set the limit on my monitor at 55% of my MHR. I punch in 20 minutes for the countdown and take off. The only things I need to worry about is when my monitor beeps at me when I'm going to hard and going above my 55% limit. I head out, run 10 minutes, and turn back around and run back. Within a month I'm going to naturally start being able to run harder, and further without stressing my cardio system as hard.

The heart rate monitor is nice because it's a very static way of telling you how hard you are working yourself.

 

[fonzinator]

How about that shoe spray stain guard stuff? Do you guys use that? If so, are there better brands than others?

 

[UNCjigga]

Originally posted by: Kemosabe1447

Originally posted by: Mutilator
Kemosabe are you trying to get flamed? You have to remember that there are a lot of people out there that can't run for 1-2 minutes without gasping for air... let alone 30. And if they're just starting out they do NOT know what their limits are and most of the time they'll end up over doing it. Once they do that they'll say screw it this pain is too much and quit. Plans that start out easy like these keep that from happening. Just because you can jump up and run a mile without breaking a sweat doesn't mean everyone else can.

I guess you have a point there, but running is mainly mental, you just need the will power.

That's under 'D' for 'Dieting', not 'R' for Running...sorry try again...