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runners2009-06-16 09:17 pm
cyphomandra) wrote in runners2009-06-16 09:17 pm
Introductory post
Well, partly introductory, and partly being too lazy to respond to previous separate posts. I've been running for while and started entering events last year - mostly 5/10k, but I did my first half-marathon last November in ~2:05, and while I was extremely excited to actually finish it my goal for this year is to do the same run again and go under 2 hours. Unfortunately then I moved cities, and now it's cold and dark and I am slug-like, plus lacking all my previous routes and fellow runners, but I have now joined a Saturday morning running group and hope that this community will also help me prise myself away from the computer some more (only slightly counterproductive!).
So, as per previous posts, my goal for the year is as stated, but what I need to work on over the next few months is speed, and I plan on doing regular 10k runs to get some idea of how I'm going on this. I am actually thinking about using one of those free one month trial memberships at a gym to do speedwork on the treadmill - do other people do this? Does it work for you? I used to do sprint work once a week at a nearby park but none of the areas around my current place are really suitable, and I'm really bad at motivation for speedwork.
And I usually run to music - for long runs or races I often use the podrunner podcasts, because they have a set bpm that means I can just switch off and run to that, but otherwise I have a very elderly iPod shuffle which has mostly had the same music on it for the last four years. Possibly I should take off the Leonard Cohen songs if I really want to speed up...
So, as per previous posts, my goal for the year is as stated, but what I need to work on over the next few months is speed, and I plan on doing regular 10k runs to get some idea of how I'm going on this. I am actually thinking about using one of those free one month trial memberships at a gym to do speedwork on the treadmill - do other people do this? Does it work for you? I used to do sprint work once a week at a nearby park but none of the areas around my current place are really suitable, and I'm really bad at motivation for speedwork.
And I usually run to music - for long runs or races I often use the podrunner podcasts, because they have a set bpm that means I can just switch off and run to that, but otherwise I have a very elderly iPod shuffle which has mostly had the same music on it for the last four years. Possibly I should take off the Leonard Cohen songs if I really want to speed up...
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