Running cubers

JDAW6 said:
How do you guys find so much space to run? Do u use a treadmill or something? Also in my buildings gym there is this machine where you hold these handles and move you leg and body forwards and backwards can that be used for runn8ng??
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You run wherever you can: treadmill, sidewalk, loops.
 
JDAW6 said:
Should I use miles or kilometres? I see lots of u guys using that and even though it is inferior it might be better to fit in.
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Both. I usually use Miles, but I've been trying to incorporate kilos for races so that there are more places to mark pace.
Also, for your post on the running thing, I would recommend against it, as those kinds of machines train for biking-like events and not running. You might struggle a lot when you actually go and do a race. I recommend just going outside somewhere that has a lot of space and doing your run.

Also, for people who don't do team running sports and just run for fun, here are some tips:
1. You are going to have some hard days. There's no way around it. You just gotta get through the run and tough it out. It'll make you better and feel better in the long run.
2. Know when to run hard and to run easy. If you want to run fast, save one day a week to do your speed workout (tempo, where you run slightly faster pace than your distance pace; Fartlek "speed play" in Swedish, where you run at race pace for some time and run at a slogging pace to recover; kind of like intervals, where you run fast for a distance, rest, then do it again for several reps; or race day, where you run at your race pace for the distance you are doing). For easy days, it should be your distance pace, or even slightly slower than that. That's when you usually recover from a hard workout or a race the day before.
3. MAKE SURE TO WARM UP AND STRETCH! Seriously, you could get really injured from not doing the proper warm-up and stretching. For warm-ups, I usually do dynamics like high knees, butt kickers, grapevines, and skips. I'll post my warm-up and stretching routine whenever.
4. Finally, take care of your body. Another number of injuries come from not taking the proper necessities you need before and after the workout.
-Make sure to drink plenty of water before, during, after, and pretty much during the day.
-Eat plenty of food and get all your nutrients, although don't eat like 2+ hours before you run. A small snack an hour before the run might be okay if you are really feeling it, but it's not recommended if your body can't handle stuff like that.
-Get plenty of sleep. You do better, it's just common sense.
-Listen to your body for injuries, and tell someone (a coach, parent, school nurse, etc.) if you feel like something is wrong.

That's for running advice. I'll end up posting my warm-up and stretching in some time, but if you have more tips, reply to this message.
 
Garf said:
Both. I usually use Miles, but I've been trying to incorporate kilos for races so that there are more places to mark pace.
Also, for your post on the running thing, I would recommend against it, as those kinds of machines train for biking-like events and not running. You might struggle a lot when you actually go and do a race. I recommend just going outside somewhere that has a lot of space and doing your run.

Also, for people who don't do team running sports and just run for fun, here are some tips:
1. You are going to have some hard days. There's no way around it. You just gotta get through the run and tough it out. It'll make you better and feel better in the long run.
2. Know when to run hard and to run easy. If you want to run fast, save one day a week to do your speed workout (tempo, where you run slightly faster pace than your distance pace; Fartlek "speed play" in Swedish, where you run at race pace for some time and run at a slogging pace to recover; kind of like intervals, where you run fast for a distance, rest, then do it again for several reps; or race day, where you run at your race pace for the distance you are doing). For easy days, it should be your distance pace, or even slightly slower than that. That's when you usually recover from a hard workout or a race the day before.
3. MAKE SURE TO WARM UP AND STRETCH! Seriously, you could get really injured from not doing the proper warm-up and stretching. For warm-ups, I usually do dynamics like high knees, butt kickers, grapevines, and skips. I'll post my warm-up and stretching routine whenever.
4. Finally, take care of your body. Another number of injuries come from not taking the proper necessities you need before and after the workout.
-Make sure to drink plenty of water before, during, after, and pretty much during the day.
-Eat plenty of food and get all your nutrients, although don't eat like 2+ hours before you run. A small snack an hour before the run might be okay if you are really feeling it, but it's not recommended if your body can't handle stuff like that.
-Get plenty of sleep. You do better, it's just common sense.
-Listen to your body for injuries, and tell someone (a coach, parent, school nurse, etc.) if you feel like something is wrong.

That's for running advice. I'll end up posting my warm-up and stretching in some time, but if you have more tips, reply to this message.
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How do I time runs? And thanks for the advice also, how do you get prs?
 
JDAW6 said:
How do I time runs? And thanks for the advice also, how do you get prs?
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Usually PRs are recorded at races that use an official timer and website to post the PRs. In the US, athletic.net is used. I don't know about elsewhere in the world.
JDAW6 said:
I did a 1K run earlier today on a treadmill and got a 12:27:01, I wanted to go faster but the treadmill has a fixed kph rate I was using 4 and 6 changing when I got tired.
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Noice. Now do that 5 times for a 5k. Without any breaks.
 
Guys I finally just did my first training for a running club after years of them trying to get me. I did 4 3:40ish kilometres with a two minute break in between. I have a 4km cross country race on Sunday, so I’m looking forward to that.
 
JDAW6 said:
I also don’t wanna use a treadmill, I have the space outside my building to run. But I don’t know how to measure the km on it.
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When you are just starting out, don’t worry about km. Just run for a set amount of time, like 20 or 30 minutes, or just until you can’t anymore.
 
Yesterday in skl half the year had to run 4 laps of the track, I say this because it’s is very slightly under 1 mile. Thought it would be interesting to actually try this time, since having others to pace me would surely help me. Anyway I managed an improvement this time getting a 5:36. And three of my friends also got under 6, but the only person ahead of me for that group was an arsenal academy player, and 2 people were running slower as apparently they had been involved in some xc race the day before
 
LBr said:
Yesterday in skl half the year had to run 4 laps of the track, I say this because it’s is very slightly under 1 mile. Thought it would be interesting to actually try this time, since having others to pace me would surely help me. Anyway I managed an improvement this time getting a 5:36. And three of my friends also got under 6, but the only person ahead of me for that group was an arsenal academy player, and 2 people were running slower as apparently they had been involved in some xc race the day before
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Yeah, 1609 meters is pretty much a mile.
 
Anthonycube said:
Guys I finally just did my first training for a running club after years of them trying to get me. I did 4 3:40ish kilometres with a two minute break in between. I have a 4km cross country race on Sunday, so I’m looking forward to that.
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I’m not actually doing the 4km tomorrow any more because I have a soccer match. I do have one Next Sunday though which hopefully I will get to go to
 
Best race of my life.
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