Athletic Cubers

What sport do you play?

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rubik2005 said:
Haven't been here in a while, so hey everyone :) This is my first year running cross country! Any tips, especially for sprinting 200s and 400s would be greatly appreciated.
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Hey! Fellow 400m runner here, some basic tips I can give to you is focus on pacing and find out what sort of pace you are comfortable with for different stretches of the run due to the 400m being too long to just go all out the whole time as you would with a 100m and 200m. You have to work on energy expenditure. For example I do a 125m acceleration, 175m cruising where i just focus purely on relaxation and maintaining form and breathing, and finally a 100m re-acceleration to burn everything i have left in the tank by the end.
Also focus on maintaining a relaxed body and keeping your form the whole time, as lactic build up will start setting in halfway through the race and if you being to tense up everything you will notice yourself slowing down drastically.
Good luck this season and feel free to DM me about anything else you might be curious about!
 
Humble Cuber said:
Hey! Fellow 400m runner here, some basic tips I can give to you is focus on pacing and find out what sort of pace you are comfortable with for different stretches of the run due to the 400m being too long to just go all out the whole time as you would with a 100m and 200m. You have to work on energy expenditure. For example I do a 125m acceleration, 175m cruising where i just focus purely on relaxation and maintaining form and breathing, and finally a 100m re-acceleration to burn everything i have left in the tank by the end.
Also focus on maintaining a relaxed body and keeping your form the whole time, as lactic build up will start setting in halfway through the race and if you being to tense up everything you will notice yourself slowing down drastically.
Good luck this season and feel free to DM me about anything else you might be curious about!
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Thank you so much!!! I'll try that pacing next time I run the mile, right now my PR is 6:06. I'll also DM you shortly
 
@BenChristman1 @Humble Cuber @Sub1Hour @EngiNerdBrian
Today I ran my first cross country meet!!!! Previously I had only ran 3 miles in just under 24 minutes.
22;46
The race felt pretty good, I was able to control my breathing and pace, and I didn't feel dead at the end like last time. Awesome experience, I'll run again in 1 week!
 
Nice. 2.5 years ago I ran a low 21 min 5k but cause of Achilles problems haven’t been able to run as much. Will try to do a timed mile. Hoping for sub 6:20
 
Yesterday I did a timed trial run for XC. The course was 1.5 miles. I'm not sure what my time was, but I hope it was good.
Next Saturday, I will be racing in Ellensburg, Washington, for an invitational relay. I hope that I'm in the relay, but the open race is cool as well. The course is 1.5 miles, and I'm hoping for sub-9.
 
rubik2005 said:
@BenChristman1 @Humble Cuber @Sub1Hour @EngiNerdBrian
Today I ran my first cross country meet!!!! Previously I had only ran 3 miles in just under 24 minutes.
22;46
The race felt pretty good, I was able to control my breathing and pace, and I didn't feel dead at the end like last time. Awesome experience, I'll run again in 1 week!
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If you don't die you didn't do enough. You should AT LEAST die. It can't be an awesome experience, you have to hate running and hate anyone who cheers you. That's the secret, good luck.
 
bulkocuber said:
If you don't die you didn't do enough. You should AT LEAST die. It can't be an awesome experience, you have to hate running and hate anyone who cheers you. That's the secret, good luck.
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I never said I felt good while running, I said it was a good experience going to a meet and competing for the first time. Of course it felt horrible, specially after mile 2, but I feel good about my race because my cardiovascular and endurance are already improving
 
I play soccer. And Gaelic football, an Irish sport and the most popular sport in Ireland. Gaelic football is my favourite sport and hobby. If you funny know about it you should look it up on YouTube. I also run with my school
 
Sub1Hour said:
I got a serious question, Why are there very few cubers that play contact sports. There is only 1 guy I know that has played contact sports and also cubes (he doesn't anymore)
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Well, I practice contact sports. Martial arts and soccer

hyn said:
I had cross country this week, and I ran 5km in 28 mins 💀
For perspective, I once ran an 11 min 3km a year ago. I guess I've been way too lazy this year
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Nice! My pb is sub 25
 
LBr said:
Nice. 2.5 years ago I ran a low 21 min 5k but cause of Achilles problems haven’t been able to run as much. Will try to do a timed mile. Hoping for sub 6:20
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Got 6:17 not bad
Next term I will be doing cross country so sub 6 could be broken in a few months.
Also why is this thread not in off topic area?
 
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