Rest day... no running.. so reading about running 😂

[UnfitNoMore]

Here’s what I found today... this one really said C25K to me... are we “real runners?” Well, this is advice on running the winter for established runners

runnersworld.co.uk/news/wha...

So Oldfloss and her “kissing the ground” theory already had this down, runners world have just published it!

And the next article I read is for those who either think they’re not fast enough, or think they should run fast every run. This article looks at Sir Mo and others training. Seems the advice here on how to run C25K is how the legends train virtually all of the time. I don’t see Sir Mo coming in and checking his watch to see if he was fast enough... I see him making sure he was slow enough. IannodaTruffe has been telling us this, so this article reminded me of his wise words.

runnersconnect.net/wrong-lo...

[John_W Graduate]

Loving the Runners Connect article on running slow. I've been following this method for 8 weeks now since my comeback after a 5 month lay-off.

Similarly: philmaffetone.com/want-spee...

His "180-age" formula seems a lot simpler to use (although I do have a lovely spreadsheet with my heart rate ranges in!)

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to John_W]

That looks interesting. I do really enjoy slowing it down. I don’t monitor my heart rate at all... maybe one day I’ll think about buying a watch!

[John_W Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

I LOVE monitoring my HR! I'm a bit of a geek that way and find plotting my heart rate for the same run a great way of assessing my fitness. And to see the MAF method actually work is very rewarding.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to John_W]

I monitored it in the first few runs by how much it tries to escape my chest 😂. I know it’s lowering! I’ll certainly have it checked soon though.

[Dragonflies Graduate]

Thank you for finding these UNM! Although I always run on my own, I have realised how competitive I am with myself and how incredibly hard I find it to run slowly. So a couple of runs ago I set myself the challenge of running super slow. I managed and it was a very easy 30 minute run. Tried the same next time, but 20 minutes into the run it felt so good and right to return to what I feel is my natural pace (well, let’s be honest, very newly discovered as I am a novice).

I get it in my head why slow is good and so important, which I have digested from this brilliant forum many times, and the article supports this. So I think I need to give myself different types of mini competitions such as sticking to a lower pace than normal, experimenting with this cadence malarkey, for a couple of my runs per week and then run freely on my third. After all, I am a mere beginner 😆

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Dragonflies]

Yeah... I actually think it’s harder to slow down than speed up, mentally at least... once you find that low gear though it is amazing.

[Dragonflies Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

That will be my target then, to find my low gear. I like the sound of that 🙌

[Jogunlikely Graduate]

I run slowly, does this make me an elite athlete? Can i now compare myself to the great Mo Farah? 🤔😉

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Jogunlikely]

Well... it must do 😂

The interesting thing is Mo is great, 80% slow runs... Kipchoge smashes the marathon record, 85% slow... maybe we should just go 100% slow and kick their butts?!

[Dragonflies Graduate in reply to Jogunlikely]

Absolutely!

[Katnap Graduate]

Definitely keep the head raised as it helps to open the lungs.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Katnap]

And you don’t see the ultra-bright running shoes and blind yourself 😂

[Katnap Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

I thought that was what my belly is for! 😸

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Katnap]

😂😂😂😂

[Mercmancouchto5k Graduate]

Thanks for the reading and the tips. Very motivating

[LostRunner Graduate]

I’m guilty of looking down. I look at the floor far too much.

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to LostRunner]

You’re getting a bigger workout in the lung department!

[AngryFlower Graduate]

Very interesting. As a newly graduated 5ker I think I’m still running too fast

[Hidden]

Interesting. I have my long run this morning. I’ll try the slower thing

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Hidden]

It’s really quite amazing when you’re able to just look around and relax the mind.

[Hidden in reply to UnfitNoMore]

You’re right! Easy 10.7k this morning in 70 minutes. It was really enjoyable - definitely need to do more slow runs. Thanks for the good advice 🙂

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Hidden]

Glad you enjoyed it... nice run

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate]

Interesting post

It is the advice gives us in her podcasts.."always look at least ten paces ahead..heads up, shoulders relaxed.. face and hands relaxed..buttocks clenched..." ( oh wait that is some other advice for our glutes...) ! By the time I have kissed the ground with my feet, the run is over, I have been so busy concentrating!

It is really, really interesting to read these things.. IannodaTruffe did do that post about running slowly and I think I did at one point a while ago too...But I think I was feeling a tad under par at the time

healthunlocked.com/couchto5......

Thanks for this

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

I have to work on fast one run this week, so will enjoy the others more! Having to do a little shuffling as I ran Saturday and then juniors made me jog yesterday for most of their parkrun with a clever tactic of one dropping out every half kilometre or so! So I’m not running til Wednesday, I’ll have a look at the coin in cheeks thing... do you start with a £2 and work down to an old silver sixpence?

[Oldfloss Administrator Graduate in reply to UnfitNoMore]

You are really having fun with your running.. I love that! Sounds like a real plan too.

I ran my Remembrance run yesterday...just a slow 5K and I have a 6K but not until Thursday... so have to sneak in short one early on Tuesday before my small runner in training arrives for the day ( My rest session work outs are Tuesday and Wednesday when we care for her

Ah, well, it should be an old penny... so an equivalent sized coin would work...IT does make a difference, the whole strategy.. I shaved a whole 5 minutes ( okay ... it was good for me. off my 10K time

I have a bracelet with old sixpences on

[UnfitNoMore Graduate in reply to Oldfloss]

I’ll give it a go!

5 minutes off a PB is pretty huge.

Lots of fun... rest days are hard, but other exercises can beat me into submission! Today though I’m gonna put my feet up and relax!