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[Bazza1234]

has a secret!! howtobefit.com/run-walk-pla...

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate]

Interesting.... what do you think of it?

I am a mere running beginner really, just enjoying the distance of 7 to 7.5 K s really,but I find this interesting; when I ran on Sunday,I had intended to run for about 3 or 4 K ...but in the end, I ran for 7.25 K; now, I had three very quick photo stops, where I walked to find a photo point... when I started to run again, it was easier, almost like the beginning of a run.

Food for thought.

[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

I think that there are two ways of looking at this - the first is to just do what you enjoy and allow yourself to do whatever you want when running. The second is more "technical" . I follow Jack Daniels training - and he recommends different training paces for different training days - but he also recommends a certain time to be spent running at the particular pace of the day. That time however does not need to be done in one go - it can be split into smaller time slots which add up to the overall time required.

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to Bazza1234]

Interesting. Lots to think about.

The Jack Daniels Training you follow... do you have to be a runner covering certain distances.. or is it suitable for someone not reaching any significant distance yet. (I am 66, and still finding my running path, My average more frequently now, seemingly of its own accord, is around the 7 towards 8 K. It was not intentional. )

Are the different training paces, he recommends, for example, ones I could follow?

Sorry to pester... I could find a link to this I am sure. Just curious.

[Bazza1234 Graduate10 in reply to Oldfloss]

Jack Daniels is a very well known American trainer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_...

His book Daniel's Running Formula is absolutely full of information - however it may be too technical for some. What I like about him is the scientific way he presents his training and also, although he has running plans for competitive runners at all distances, he also has a complete Chapter ( "Running for Fitness" ) in his book which has 4x16 week plans white, red, blue and gold - which increase in intensity and effort required - but without any goal race in mind.

His training is based around 5 running intensities ( which he determines from the result of a recent "race" or hard effort - his training calculator is here -- runsmartproject.com/calcula...

So - for me - after my latest fastest run at parkrun 31:19, my easy/longrun pace is 7:45 per K - 8:15 perK, my tempo runs are 6:42 per k - the other paces he recommends are interval based ( which I don't do) , marathon pace and repitition pace. So, the only paces I use are easy pace and tempo pace. Note that these training paces are based on my latest "fastest" 5K time - I have a PB of 29:18 that would lead to faster training paces - but that PB is not current as I got it 6 months ago. Come the day I am able to repeat it, my training paces can be faster

[Oldfloss Administrator 60minGraduate in reply to Bazza1234]

Thanks you so much for the information..I am going to take a peek

[misswobble Graduate10]

Me too. Thanks Baz