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Originally Posted by donKey jote
I had to start training harder and harder to keep my six pack from getting buried by age!
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Exactly.Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
I had to start training harder and harder to keep my six pack from getting buried by age!
That'll be why cycling is harder now I'm 34 as opposed to when I was 21!
How about treadmill running?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
Yeah but you get a reading from the machine as to how far you ran.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Sure you'll just have to take my word that I run 50 km a day but hey.
You can log it in Endomondo but not sure it's fair as you can't verify distance travelled.
I didn't want to destroy your confidence as I heard you're just starting out.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Bradley Wiggins used to use me to pace himself cycling. Until he realised he couldn't keep up with my jogging pace that is.
Hehe. I'm trying to do some running but I have to stop after half a mile :( Not good! Safe to say me and running aren't friends!
I took up running at the beginning of the year with an aim to run 10km. I followed an 8 week plan and I ran one 10km in April about 10 weeks after starting out (bad weather and a holiday to Ireland set me back a couple of weeks). The initial stages were the hardest but I found that once I could run about 3km without stopping it became alot easier to run further. I pretty much gave up with running afterwards and concentrated on cycling. I started running again at the end of June but it was a bit stop start with me doing a couple of runs and then not bothering for a few weeks. My levels of fitness are quite good so it wasn't that hard to get back up to 5km runs although they were about 6 minutes slower than earlier in the year. I've managed to improve my times to just being around two minutes slower than before I gave up. I fancied stepping up to about 7.5km on Saturday but my legs felt surprisingly good so I carried on to 10km and got a new PB to boot. My next plan it to keep running and just pumping in the mileage with an eventual aim to run 10km in under one hour. At the moment I'm not sure whether it is possible but I'm going to give it a try. I'm rubbish at running and find it really difficult compared to say cycling or swimming. Knocking just over 13minutes off my time wil be a real challenge but I think it's more of a psychological challenge than a physical one for me.
You need to start running for 20 minutes or more but you don't have to sprint all the way to get fitter. When I first began running back at uni I did 5 km and started off easy but made sure I went quicker and quicker every run. Technique goes a long way too, I realised for example that my right knee is canted inwards slightly so I worked on tilting it outwards so my knees were straight when I ran. That way I reduced the effort it took to run. Even when I'm not fit at all I can usually outrun most people over medium to long distances.
Cycling is a nightmare for me. Going uphill just seems to be about how much thigh pain you can take.
Nah, cycling is also about technique and taking it easily, especially uphill. Best way I have found for good uphill training is to talk to someone while cycling up the hill, this is good to keep your heart rate as low as possible, while using a comfortable gearing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Malbec