I began to fail as soon as the warm up walk started 😬 As I moved I to the 165 spm running phase, I failed at that as well! I thought to myself, I still have a chance! It could all come good with the slower ‘jog’ at 150 spm! Nope. Couldn’t do that, either 😂
I just couldn’t keep up with the fast pace of this podcast! Not any of it! Well, possibly for a few strides here and there. I was a bit disheartened as I turned to go home after less than 10 minutes out of the house. But then I thought I might as well go for a short run, seeing as I’m out here anyway, with my running clothes on 😀 🏃♀️ I walked until I had got my breath back and set off on a 3 km run. That made me feel a bit better!
Back home now, drinking coffee. Decided to have another go at the podcast in a couple of months! 😬
Strava’s playing up so here are my stats:
3.02 km 7.23/km 22.21 mins
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I don't know why you're disheartened, that was a much faster pace than I've ever managed. So that means that you can definitely do the Speed podcast as I've done it loads of times! Maybe you need to shorten your stride? If your steps are too big it will be murder.
I did try shortening my stride, although my stride length isn’t particularly long. On paper I should be able to do it. Looking at all the stats, I can do the strides per minute needed, but obviously not in the regimented way needed for the podcast. I’ll give it another go in a few weeks 🙂
Hmmm. Unlucky there as the other day you had an average cadence of 170 so not sure what's going on if you cannot maintain 165 for a burst and then drop back to 150 ?? That doesn't make sense unless you have increased your stride length significantly albeit maybe subconsciously??🤔 Nevertheless well done for giving it a go and at least you did your 3K run👍😀
MontyMooDog I’ve been going over my stats for the last few weeks. My stride length has definitely increased on the runs where I’m pushing myself. On my 2K run last week, where I managed a pace of 6’ 33”, my stride length was 86 cm. Other runs where I wasn’t pushing as hard, it’s around 82/83 cm. when I shared that data with you, it was 77cm. On my long, slow runs, it’s quite a bit shorter, which I suppose is logical. Just interesting that you should mention this as one reason I had problems with the speed podcast!
You could be right - but I did try to ignore my shortcomings on the warm up walk, as per your previous comment that it wasn’t essential; I figured I’d just do the best I could - and I did, then moved on.
I tried the speed podcast once and hated it - so frenetic and the awful music added to the frenzy - wondered if I had inadvertently speeded up the podcast! The whole thing was just too jangly for my ears and legs. And Laura, so calm and encouraging, suddenly sounded absolutely manic! But helpful to read your post Jools2020 - inspires me to try the speed podcast again, now that I've finally managed a couple of 5ks in 33/34 mins.
Go for it! Laura sounded to me like she WAS on speed 😂. Funny to think my post inspired you to try again. I will give it another go when my 5K pace is as fast as yours, but I’m not focussed on that right now. At the moment I’m focussed on long, slow runs to build my stamina and it’s working much better than my constant attempts to increase pace.
It's taken me weeks of consolidation runs to get to 5k - and sometimes, the time is closer to 37 mins than 33. I've been reading your posts and others about the longer, slower runs but just don't feel I have the stamina for much more that 40 mins running. Maybe that's a mind-set thing - as well as being a bit embarrassed about running even slower than my usual slow pace!
My first 5K was 44 minutes. I haven’t bettered that, yet (nor tried to). The slow runs are at an ‘easy conversational pace’. You might be surprised. For me, that’s somewhere between a pace of 9’ and 10‘. I use my watch to keep in heart rate zone 3, but you don’t really need to, it’s just really slow! At the end of my first one, which was an hour, I was surprised that I wasn’t even out of breath. I just stopped because the hour was up! It was a revelation! I think I ran somewhere between 5 and 6K. I love my slow runs now.
I figure if anyone sees me running that slowly, they will think I’m training for a marathon!
Oh dear. It is quite quick in parts. I felt like Usain Bolt 😂 and a minute at a time was quite enough! At least now you know what to expect so it was good research 👍🏻. I liked the idea of using the C25K week 1 instead. At least you can use your own music instead of the inane beat on the podcast. Food for thought 🤔
Just trying to be sensible Mister.... the urge to run is phenomenal! I took a week out... well its actually 10 days now .. i really have the running 'itch'
I am. I went out on Bank Holiday Monday morning. It felt "OK" at the time, but I really really shouldn't have run on the injury.
I have now decided that I will not run again until: two days have passed with no twinges and then I've been able to walk at least a mile on it with no twinges.
And if the wander round the supermarket this evening becomes painful, I'm booking a physio appointment.
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Epic fail!!!!!!!
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