Went for a run this morning, any good?

It's better than I can do, but then again I'm not a runner.

I do about 5km in 28mins so you're miles faster than me! :)

It's a bit hot for running outside, and especially as you were feeling poorly. Hope the sights were good! ;)
 
If your doing less than 10min/miles then your doing something right! nice one.

Some advice, change it up and run on soft grass or sand now and again for your training to 10km. Keep yours knees sweet and your fitness sweeter.
 
JDeeLFC said:
If your doing less than 10min/miles then your doing something right! nice one.

Some advice, change it up and run on soft grass or sand now and again for your training to 10km. Keep yours knees sweet and your fitness sweeter.
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I agree, running on the sand is A - AWESOME and B - Hard bloody work, especially if you have some dunes on it! Offft.
 
I still think that desert race you did is mental... Would probably put me off beach holidays for a while :p
 
Richie said:
I still think that desert race you did is mental... Would probably put me off beach holidays for a while :p
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Seems so long ago now... Taking it easy these days. Hopefully OMM in October after a couple of halfs, then will be looking to London 2013 for a PB. Just need to stop the mrs booking a holiday in April again :P

Still toying with the idea of the Jungle marathon.....
 
I am going to look at Edinburgh next year. I may even be ok for the Glasgow 1/2 as I think it is in Sept so that would give me about 3 months to prep once I get back... Don't want to push it too much tho.
 
Another run this evening guys, I hit 10km for the first time, please do let me know if it's any good :)

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Drossla said:
Another run this evening guys, I hit 10km for the first time, please do let me know if it's any good :)
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Thats fairly good.
As an example, thats a similar time to what i can do (i can do around 55mins). I'm pretty fit as i do a lot of cycling but dont consider myself to be a very good runner.
The main thing, however, is to try and beat your own time and keep improving. It doesnt matter what time other people can do.
 
Agree with what touch said, there's not really such a thing as a 'good time' since everyone is at a different stage.

I started running about 3 months ago and could only manage about 3km in about 20 minutes but that was a 'good time' (6:30 per km) for me as I hadn't run for years.

Last weekend I ran a half marathon (21km) in 1hr 54mins so have built up to running 7 times further than when I started and averaging less than 5:30 per km.

I was pretty pleased but to give some context, the winner finished in 1hr 4mins so my time then looks very very average despite being faster than the average person in that race.

Times are pretty meaningless to anyone else so by all means post yours if you want people to say well done but ultimately your only real measure is your own progress. My current goals are to run 5km in under 20 mins, 10km under 45 mins and 21km under 1hr 45 mins but they're my goals not some official standard that would make me a good runner.

On a side note, the best advice I ever got for running was to focus on a smooth, easy style. If you can't hold a conversation then you're going to fast and should slow down. This way you can build both speed and distance and avoid injury (at least for a while, running is great exercise but pretty tough on your body). Also, get yourself into audiobooks, makes the time fly by and gives you motivation to go running on days where you otherwise don't want to.
 
I agree with many of the other posters, "there is no such thing as a good time". The beauty of running is that you are only competing with yourself. I can run a a 10k in about 55 minutes and my best half is 2 hours and 19 minutes. By many peoples running standards thats pish. But I'm over weight and have only been running for about a year. I've massively increased my times over that year. The fact that you've got your but of the sofa and gone running already puts you way above most people.

My advice, which is not worth much, would be to go out and do 10K at a pace that suits you. By that I mean one where your working hard but not excesively so 9use a HRM to gauge this). Set this as your base line and over time try to beat it, that will be the test if your time is good. As you improve you can reset your base line.

For example when I started running, my training run was 5km. This tool me about 40 minutes (don't laugh). I reduced this down to 27 over the course of a year. My minimum training run is now 10k, which I can do in about 57 without too much stress. My aim is to get this down to below 50minutes.

Another good way to gauge if it was a good run (i.e did you work hard) is to measure your recovery time. If you take a long time to recover you worked hard. This will take into account the weather, terrain and how well you felt.

In the end it doesn't matter providing you enjoy yourself.
 
After years of running on the road I now do it on a treadmill and have acheived my best ever times.
Of course I know it's not the same but for a 54 year old diabetic with high blood pressure and arthritis I think it's amazing.
My last 2 runs -

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Nice times! I actually switched from treadmill to road as I got bored on the treadmill, what made you switch the other way? (guessing weather but genuinely interested)
 
ricky1981 said:
Nice times! I actually switched from treadmill to road as I got bored on the treadmill, what made you switch the other way? (guessing weather but genuinely interested)
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I'm an old man now and decided I didn't like getting cold and with my knees being arthritic through cartlidge removals in the 80s I also kept hitting small bricks which would put my knee out.
I don't get bored on the treadmill because I have a TV & video playback with headphones that hang down from the roof - My Gym
 
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