Running

Running off-road, strengthens joints without impacting them so much. If youre not injured try this.

My run is usually 1k to park on sidewalks, then in park, then 1k home. I really felt the difference last night when i got out of 3k in the park, so from now on it'll be just park

If it means walking to the park, and then running, do that. Running on asfalt really irritates injuries and niggles.

yeah, that's my plan. brisk walk to park, then do my stretches there, then run, then cool down with a walk home (there's also a pub on the way, ehum)

Just think of the words of the great roy castle

Dedication, thats what you need kids.

Cycling really helps running, as it keeps fitness up, without impacting joints. Doesnt work the exactly same muscles though.

Running doesnt help cycling in the same way unfortunatly. So you end up running more, and just cycling to rest the joints, and for fun.

Boku truth here. I've been loving running so much I've totally neglected the bike, and am really having to work hard to get the bike legs up to speed.

Mind you, did my first 100km run at the weekend, on concrete, so planning on taking a bit of a break to let the joints recover and get the bike strength back.

100km!?

Hmm, I think I need to get a little bit faster:

[ame]http://connect.garmin.com/activity/76209807[/ame]

First 10k last night - 53 mins. Want to try and get this down to 50 mins in the next week or so...

Boku truth here. I've been loving running so much I've totally neglected the bike, and am really having to work hard to get the bike legs up to speed

Really? I found the opposite. Got an injury at the start of the year which prevented any serious cycling, so started running instead. I've only just got back on the bike and I don't seem to have lost any power. I've lost weight and recovery times after big efforts have reduced significantly!

I walked about half of mine- feeling really shit today, but wanted to finish to see if the route I'd planned was the right length.

I also thought that I may as well set a time as I'd not done so before- even with walking bits.

Feels rather "bwaaaaark" like to have walked, but I thought it better than aborting.

I walked about half of mine- feeling really shit today, but wanted to finish to see if the route I'd planned was the right length.

I also thought that I may as well set a time as I'd not done so before- even with walking bits.

Feels rather "bwaaaaark" like to have walked, but I thought it better than aborting.

I know what you mean, at least you have a 'feel' for the distance now and sort of know what to expect.

my g.f did her 10 k in 37.38 on sunday. just saying. <3

Phuck, that's mental!

my g.f did her 10 k in 37.38 on sunday. just saying. <3

Week to ten days, I reckon I'll be around that time.

Opens another beer and kicks back on sofa

Week to ten days, I reckon I'll be around that time.

Opens another beer and kicks back on sofa

orders amphetamines for weekend race

Ive been wondering, would it be a good idea to start a social group?,
LFGSS -Athletes perhaps, seems to me theres a few of us on running, swimming, tri, threads and people doing serious training aside of the usual forum jokes.
could be an easy way of sharing training tips with really interested people.
theres so much of the forum that just passes me by these days.
whaddya think athletes?

If I tried to apply the term "Athlete" to myself I'd be arrested by the Dictionary Police.

EDIT Sounds like a good idea- as you say there are enough fast people on here.

perhaps.. it would stop upsetting the regulars when people talk about other training on the track winter training thread.

not sure about it being called athletes though.

i'm just trying to run 30 miles this week, i didn't say nothing about not drinking red winez

I've lost faith in spring ever coming. So I'm upping my running Km's. gonna try and fit in a 25km mountain run this weekend.

post some links to cool mountain events in Scandanavia SF, you know Im a competitive orienteer anyway, lets see some knarly shit from over there
just checked out the other social groups,
seems that actually no-one can be arsed to post in any of them regularly so forget that idea, back to scanning for the nuggets of good information from amongst the chaff. (that I generally post anyway)

Loads of orienteering around these parts, theres a fair few of those 'stations?' around the trail I run. Season has'nt started yet though, and I'm avoiding starting new hobbies in case the family disown me.

Theres a weird round wooden hut at 2000 meters above sea level, not far from me, that serves as the finishing spot for a mad mountain run. I'm pretty sure it starts near sea level. Cant seem to find a link for it.

Fjordtilfjell is good for those that want to run a constant 7% gradient, for 21 km, mainly on tarmac. I usually ride it on the fixed gear though.

There's a very popular event called Birkebeinet. Which started as a cross country ski event, then became popular as a MTB event in the summer, after which a running event also followed. I'd like to do the triple (singlespeeding the MTB event). The new Ultrarun event they're holding, at 73km, will be a killer. Its heavy running in the Norwegian mountains. Steep climbs, technical decents, tough stoney sections, and loads of energy saping soft stuff. I love it ;)
http://www.birkebeiner.no/English/Lopet/UltraBirken/

There are also some cool tri events. I fecking hate swimming more than 1 km though.
http://www.nxtri.com/
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3cr5lgXRn8&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube
- Mind over Matter - Norseman 2010[/ame]

Jason, kinda OT as more towards tri but if you're looking for real extremes check out the norseman tri event.

Jason, kinda OT as more towards tri but if you're looking for real extremes check out the norseman tri event.

You mean the one in the vid, and link I posted just before your post?

;)

^^ filmed by Rapha?

good vid though. I feel tired watching it.

I know it might have been covered before, but on Monday I did my standard little 5.5km around Brockwell park. I used RunKeeper on my HTC desire for the first time (thinking it might be a good way of doccumenting what I do).
It told me I went 0.54 km in 35 min.
The time was probablyl right, but I don't get the distance thingy. Is the GPS really that shite?
Anyone else use a phone ap that works?

Watch and then map my run when you get home?

I don't think they are that shit all the time, but you occasionally get duff results.

My garmin occasionally goes loopy, and claims I do some frankly superhuman speeds.

When skiing it claimed I had hit 190mph... I'm fast, but not that fast!