 |
|
 donutto |
|
| Posted: 15/04/05 11:59:40 40 |
Great, thanks for the advice everyone. I've got some ideas now about places to look at.
Cheers
|
 Debate this in the forum |
|
| donutto |
|
| Posted: 14/04/05 10:33:22 22 |
Hi,
In June, I will be starting a new job in the Nottingham area (I'm currently London-based).
I don't know Nottingham at all, so I would be interested in advice on where I should live (initially I'll be renting a flat).
Ideally, I'd like to choose a location which meets the following criteria:
- good access to the M1, the attractions of Nottingham, and the Annesley Business Park (where the job is based);
- good places to go running;
- nice, liveable area.
Information of local clubs would be helpful as well.
Please reply on this thread or e-mail me off-line.
Cheers
Daniel | |
Debate this in the forum |
|
| donutto |
|
| Posted: 10/12/04 18:04:11 11 |
Good advice from Mike - getting childredn involved in a club is a great way of building there interest and motivation.
Kids often love competing, so I see no reason why they shouldn't participate in races over suitable distances: fun runs or possibly cross-country. | |
Debate this in the forum |
|
| donutto |
|
| Posted: 03/12/04 13:10:29 29 |
From my experience, you have to build up both mileage and quality to go sub 2:45. But I'm not convinced that the speedwork needs to be structured - ie, track based. Introducing tempo segements into medium- to long runs is a good way of combining mileage and quality.
For slower target times - eg, sub 3 hours - I don't think that speedwork is that important at all. I'm always surprised that the RW schedules, for example, recommend speedwork for people trying to run 3:30 (and slower). I am convinced that better advice would be just to get out and run a bit more. | |
Debate this in the forum |
|
| donutto |
|
| Posted: 24/11/04 17:38:40 40 |
My tip would be to get used to a static 10k time!
The problem with only two runs a week is that you are not doing enough training to provide basic fitness conditioning.
Without that foundation, there is a risk that introducing speedwork will result in injury.
Also, you say that your 10k time is 62 minutes, and your normal training session is an hour on the treadmill. What sort of pace are you running the treadmill at: 8 or 9kph? In any event, I don't suppose you could really call it a quality session. You probably would be better off trying to run 3 times a week, for 40 minutes each, but working to get the pace up above 10kph for all of your runs. | |
Debate this in the forum |
| |  | | To start a new forum discussion you need to be a member of the site. Joining is free and takes thirty seconds, you can do it here. | | |
|
|
denotes Subscriber-only content | 
