Comments on: Some stats http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/ Training for my next race, making chocolate, and trying not to mix the two too much. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:34:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tracy http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-149 tracy Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:45:22 +0000 /?p=237#comment-149 Whoa - I never said "speed" :) I'm a slow-twitcher! hahaha Whoa - I never said “speed” :)

I’m a slow-twitcher! hahaha

]]> By: Jon in Michigan http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-148 Jon in Michigan Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:42:56 +0000 /?p=237#comment-148 Sean - Thanks! I'm very impatient but trying. At least, people always say that I'm "trying". Elizabeth - yes, long and tiring I definately know about :) Ed - Lately, I've been weary of extra races. They always wear me out like you describe. Too many for a novice like me and I'm toast. :) Hi Amy! - Love your site! Waiting for the pictures ;) Susan - Yes, its slow. I know when I started months ago I was building mileage too fast. Maybe I never really recovered. Working on it though. :) Richard - Thanks! Actually, I got injured before the midweek runs got cut, but I know I could have taken better care of myself before that. Too ambitious trianing schedule for beginner (insert sheepish grin). :) Mark - I need to reread McMillan's plan about 10more times. There's so much to digest (so to speak). Also waiting for Explosive Running to arrive! :) Tracy - That's very cool! Marathoning is in your blood! That's half the battle (genetics). I haven't got good running genes. My sister got those. Me - built for comfort not for speed. :) Sean - Thanks! I’m very impatient but trying. At least, people always say that I’m “trying”.

Elizabeth - yes, long and tiring I definately know about :)

Ed - Lately, I’ve been weary of extra races. They always wear me out like you describe. Too many for a novice like me and I’m toast. :)

Hi Amy! - Love your site! Waiting for the pictures ;)

Susan - Yes, its slow. I know when I started months ago I was building mileage too fast. Maybe I never really recovered. Working on it though. :)

Richard - Thanks! Actually, I got injured before the midweek runs got cut, but I know I could have taken better care of myself before that. Too ambitious trianing schedule for beginner (insert sheepish grin). :)

Mark - I need to reread McMillan’s plan about 10more times. There’s so much to digest (so to speak). Also waiting for Explosive Running to arrive! :)

Tracy - That’s very cool! Marathoning is in your blood! That’s half the battle (genetics). I haven’t got good running genes. My sister got those. Me - built for comfort not for speed. :)

]]> By: tracy http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-147 tracy Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:52:32 +0000 /?p=237#comment-147 My father is a retired (amateur) marathoner. Ran 17 marathons from the time he was 30 to about age 47. I watched most, if not all of them, and I am still amazed at the human body. My dad's advice to me not long ago was, "make your long runs longer and slower, and make your short runs shorter and faster." I like the point about training your body to stay moving for longer and longer periods of time. Dad tells a story of some Ethiopian runners who were used to these 75 miles runs. When they came to the states to compete, the officials had to stop them at 26.2 miles and they cried. They sobbed, saying "please, please let us run more." Er, uh, I'm a ways off from THAT milestone. I ought to blog a few of Dad's other running stories. My father is a retired (amateur) marathoner. Ran 17 marathons from the time he was 30 to about age 47. I watched most, if not all of them, and I am still amazed at the human body.

My dad’s advice to me not long ago was, “make your long runs longer and slower, and make your short runs shorter and faster.”

I like the point about training your body to stay moving for longer and longer periods of time. Dad tells a story of some Ethiopian runners who were used to these 75 miles runs. When they came to the states to compete, the officials had to stop them at 26.2 miles and they cried. They sobbed, saying “please, please let us run more.”

Er, uh, I’m a ways off from THAT milestone. I ought to blog a few of Dad’s other running stories.

]]> By: Mark http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-146 Mark Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:24:32 +0000 /?p=237#comment-146 Yeah. Really nice going there Jon. The problem with reading is there is so much out there and so much of it is contradictory. Having said that, I agree with the glycogen storage theory. I tried to follow McMillan's long run strategy - to do one long and slow without fueling on the run and the next fast with fueling. I THINK it is working but I guess I'll see in a couple of weeks. Good luck with your goals! Yeah. Really nice going there Jon. The problem with reading is there is so much out there and so much of it is contradictory. Having said that, I agree with the glycogen storage theory. I tried to follow McMillan’s long run strategy - to do one long and slow without fueling on the run and the next fast with fueling. I THINK it is working but I guess I’ll see in a couple of weeks.

Good luck with your goals!

]]> By: Richard http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-145 Richard Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:21:26 +0000 /?p=237#comment-145 Aargh - forgot to add "Congratulations!" for hitting your mileage records. That's pretty damn cool, ya know. Aargh - forgot to add “Congratulations!” for hitting your mileage records. That’s pretty damn cool, ya know.

]]> By: Richard http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-144 Richard Mon, 27 Sep 2004 22:20:52 +0000 /?p=237#comment-144 Cutting out the mid-week runs is probably <i>why</i> you got injured. I know that it was for me... Cutting out the mid-week runs is probably why you got injured. I know that it was for me…

]]> By: Susan http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-143 Susan Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:13:25 +0000 /?p=237#comment-143 The only problem with adding distance slowly is that you add distance slowly. Here I am months later just getting to 5 miles. But I haven't had any real injuries:)Good for you on the progress, though! The only problem with adding distance slowly is that you add distance slowly. Here I am months later just getting to 5 miles. But I haven’t had any real injuries:)Good for you on the progress, though!

]]> By: Amy http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-142 Amy Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:47:01 +0000 /?p=237#comment-142 Hey :) thanks for checking out my blog. Running and chocolate. woohoo :) Hey :) thanks for checking out my blog. Running and chocolate. woohoo :)

]]> By: Ed Roth http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-141 Ed Roth Mon, 27 Sep 2004 15:00:52 +0000 /?p=237#comment-141 Hey Jon - I hear you about the injuries dropping your overall time off. My training partner and I ran the Capital City River Run yesterday in Lansing and today ........ for the first time EVER ....... I am having a really hard time recovering. My feet are both aching to the point where I have a visible limp. I did it - you know, I finished the race, but that distance was about 4 miles further than I've ever run - including training sessions so it seems to me that yesterday, although fulfilling at one level, may have been a mistake as it may knock me out of my training for a few days. Hey Jon - I hear you about the injuries dropping your overall time off. My training partner and I ran the Capital City River Run yesterday in Lansing and today …….. for the first time EVER ……. I am having a really hard time recovering. My feet are both aching to the point where I have a visible limp. I did it - you know, I finished the race, but that distance was about 4 miles further than I’ve ever run - including training sessions so it seems to me that yesterday, although fulfilling at one level, may have been a mistake as it may knock me out of my training for a few days.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://completerunning.com/chocolate-runners-blog/2004/09/27/some-stats/#comment-140 Elizabeth Mon, 27 Sep 2004 14:55:09 +0000 /?p=237#comment-140 Building up mileage... is long... tiring... and very frustrating.. but the goal is all worth it! Building up mileage… is long… tiring… and very frustrating.. but the goal is all worth it!

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