Comments on: Randomness… http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/2005/08/18/randomness/ Be Here Now Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:14:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Ed http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/2005/08/18/randomness/#comment-2887 Ed Fri, 19 Aug 2005 15:21:31 +0000 http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/?p=108#comment-2887 Hey Lara - pace issues. It's kind of a conundrum isn't it ... because if you run fast enough for your musculo-skeletal kinematics you may encounter issues with breathing and just having enough air, but then if you run slow enough to not be breathing like crazy, your joints can take a bit of a pounding. Hey Lara - pace issues. It’s kind of a conundrum isn’t it … because if you run fast enough for your musculo-skeletal kinematics you may encounter issues with breathing and just having enough air, but then if you run slow enough to not be breathing like crazy, your joints can take a bit of a pounding.

]]> By: Jack http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/2005/08/18/randomness/#comment-2885 Jack Fri, 19 Aug 2005 05:42:54 +0000 http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/?p=108#comment-2885 I bought an MP3 player thinking I would use it for my long runs. I tried it twice, but my pace spun wildly out of control, seems my brain is too small and I can concentrate on music and my pace at the same time (or something like that). I use the player in my workshop now, works great with a couple active speakers. PT and discomfort back to square one. Sorry to hear this, hope you will be completely healed soon. Pacing: My marathon pace is my long run pace (6:00/K, 9:39/M) or will be this time around. I do run my 10K runs about 1? minutes faster per mile than my long run pace (LRP). For HM?s I have been averaging about 30-40 seconds faster per mile than my LRP. My average training runs (i.e. not long runs) bounce around between 30-45 seconds faster per mile than my LRP, depending on how I feel on a given day. Most books and articles that I have read indicate that a training pace for a marathon should be about 1?-2 minutes per mile slower than marathon pace and 1-1? minutes slower than HM pace. I tried to follow these guidelines with my first marathon, but ended up closing the gap, e.g. running faster and faster as time went on. Same thing this time around. My conclusion is that it depends on your personal factors, fitness level, injuries, time, time, and time. In other words if you have a good mileage base, the body is cooperating, you can recover fast and you have lots of time to run a lot of miles you probably can train closer to your planned race pace. In your case maybe taking your time is smart, your body will let you know, believe me! Glad the fawns are doing well, this is always a problem in deer country! I bought an MP3 player thinking I would use it for my long runs. I tried it twice, but my pace spun wildly out of control, seems my brain is too small and I can concentrate on music and my pace at the same time (or something like that). I use the player in my workshop now, works great with a couple active speakers.

PT and discomfort back to square one. Sorry to hear this, hope you will be completely healed soon.

Pacing: My marathon pace is my long run pace (6:00/K, 9:39/M) or will be this time around. I do run my 10K runs about 1? minutes faster per mile than my long run pace (LRP). For HM?s I have been averaging about 30-40 seconds faster per mile than my LRP. My average training runs (i.e. not long runs) bounce around between 30-45 seconds faster per mile than my LRP, depending on how I feel on a given day.

Most books and articles that I have read indicate that a training pace for a marathon should be about 1?-2 minutes per mile slower than marathon pace and 1-1? minutes slower than HM pace. I tried to follow these guidelines with my first marathon, but ended up closing the gap, e.g. running faster and faster as time went on. Same thing this time around. My conclusion is that it depends on your personal factors, fitness level, injuries, time, time, and time. In other words if you have a good mileage base, the body is cooperating, you can recover fast and you have lots of time to run a lot of miles you probably can train closer to your planned race pace. In your case maybe taking your time is smart, your body will let you know, believe me!

Glad the fawns are doing well, this is always a problem in deer country!

]]> By: susan http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/2005/08/18/randomness/#comment-2884 susan Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:00:07 +0000 http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/?p=108#comment-2884 Oh boy did I have a great run with my podcast today:) I'm going to link to it so you can get it. Perfect for us! I do worry about becoming so used to it, I can't run without it. I'll have to watch myself:) Oh boy did I have a great run with my podcast today:) I’m going to link to it so you can get it. Perfect for us! I do worry about becoming so used to it, I can’t run without it. I’ll have to watch myself:)

]]> By: Scott http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/2005/08/18/randomness/#comment-2883 Scott Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:41:43 +0000 http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/?p=108#comment-2883 I gotta say, I'm addicted to my podcasts. Sometimes I am concerned that I might not hear something I should hear, like a car, or be concentrating enough on what messages my body is sending but mostly I'm happy to have the distraction. Here is a link to what I'm currently listening to in case you're interested: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=35145895&size=o I gotta say, I’m addicted to my podcasts. Sometimes I am concerned that I might not hear something I should hear, like a car, or be concentrating enough on what messages my body is sending but mostly I’m happy to have the distraction.

Here is a link to what I’m currently listening to in case you’re interested:
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=35145895&size=o

]]> By: Megan http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/2005/08/18/randomness/#comment-2882 Megan Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:35:22 +0000 http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/?p=108#comment-2882 Lara! I just got a Creative MP3 player and am totally unhip and out of the loop, so you must enlighten me -- what the heck are podcasts and where do I get them?! I'm so glad the fawns are ok, and I hope your hip problems becomes more manageable. Lara! I just got a Creative MP3 player and am totally unhip and out of the loop, so you must enlighten me — what the heck are podcasts and where do I get them?!

I’m so glad the fawns are ok, and I hope your hip problems becomes more manageable.

]]> By: Jen Z http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/2005/08/18/randomness/#comment-2881 Jen Z Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:02:45 +0000 http://completerunning.com/running-in-place/?p=108#comment-2881 WOW! The deer story is aMAzing. And so moving. Thanks for sharing it. I'm glad the fawns are alright. It's wonderful that you were so proactive about looking for help for them. I didn't even know there was such a think as a wildlife rehabilitator, but now I do. We get a lot of deer around here, too (up in the hills near where I run). It's good to have a better idea what to do to help them, should the opportunity ever arise. WOW! The deer story is aMAzing. And so moving. Thanks for sharing it. I’m glad the fawns are alright. It’s wonderful that you were so proactive about looking for help for them. I didn’t even know there was such a think as a wildlife rehabilitator, but now I do. We get a lot of deer around here, too (up in the hills near where I run). It’s good to have a better idea what to do to help them, should the opportunity ever arise.

]]>