Jogging + Couple of questions.

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Hey,

I've recently started jogging home from work 3 times a week. The distance is about 2.5km.

Firstly, my best time is 10mins 40seconds, but I stopped and walked 3 times to catch my breath. I wasn't running at a 'fast' speed, yet my time wasn't too bad.

What stops me is my lungs, pain from the cold air and rate that I have to breathe at to keep going!

Secondly, I'm getting new shoes soon as the ones I have at the moment aren't really suitable - but I've been getting some pains about half way up my left shin. I get the pain after I've been running and whenever I roll onto my tip-toes. I notice it a lot during and after skipping at Kickboxing.

Any ideas, or is it just a muscle?


Thirdly, my mate who I run with sometimes is on about running a longer route home tomorrow after work. It's 2.5 miles, or around 4km.

Do you think I should keep doing the 2.5km run before I chuck another 1.5km ontop? I'm wondering if I keep doing 2.5km x 3times a week I'll improve to a level where I can run 4km easily. Or shall I just go for it?



Cheers.
 
You should look at getting your foot examined to see if you have an over or under pronation. Getting the proper shoes to correct the roll of your foot will help with pains in your legs.

If you havent run for a long time and start getting into it than your going to get pains in places that your not used to. Shoes will help this as well as a proper running technique. Make sure you take care of your shins. Shin splints are very painful and take time to heal.

IMO, i would keep going at your current distance until you can do it consistantly without stopping. There is no need to jump into longer distances if your still having trouble with the shorter one. Also, with pain in your shins, you dont want to have to run a longer distance with the pain because its not good.
 
Dont worry about the lung pain, you will get over it. Getting good shoes is crucial, if you have the wrong joggers you will make it so much harder.
 
You WILL improve reasonably quickly if you stick at it. Your heart and lungs will improve first, then your muscles and eventually your bones will catch up. It's important not to over do it though.

Read the sticky by platypus...it's very good, and very helpful. also fetcheveryone.com has an excellent googlemaps thing for tracking and measuring your route so you know exactly how far you've ran
 
Well I just ran the route again, but with a bag on my back with all my work stuff. I actually ran it without stopping for the first time! :D

I think my last time must have been wrong, I did it in 11.43 exactly without stopping. I felt good afterwards too, could have maybe run a bit further.

Not as much lung pain tonight either, bit of shin pain afterwards but thats slowly going.


I'm planning on joining the gym soon, and attending an extra kickboxing session. I'm wondering if my plate might get a bit full though.

Monday - Kickboxing (sparring).
Tuesday - Gym (lower body)
Wednesday - Kickboxing (fitness and technique)
Thursday - 2.5km jog home from work.
Friday - Gym (upper body)
Saturday - 2.5km jog home from work
Sunday - 2.5km jog home from work.

Lets see how it goes. Might end up being too much.
 
mp3kla said:
Monday - Kickboxing (sparring).
Tuesday - Gym (lower body)
Wednesday - Kickboxing (fitness and technique)
Thursday - 2.5km jog home from work.
Friday - Gym (upper body)
Saturday - 2.5km jog home from work
Sunday - 2.5km jog home from work.

Lets see how it goes. Might end up being too much.
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Maybe you should rest up on either Sunday or Thursday. Your legs are only getting one day off at the moment (Tues)

I hope you get to sit down at work;)
 
I don't think you should rest up, a lot of people in here emphasis too much the need for rest (maybe more true when muscle growth). I used to jog 3 miles every week, then every other day, then practically every day, now I decided I find the distance soo easy I jog 6 miles a day lol (have to rest some days as my knees hurt, think I need new trainers).

Basically what i'm saying is I don't rest much I just decided to eat a hell of a lot more can't emphasis the powers of food if I didn't eat as much or went out the night before I can hardly do anything.
 
Thanks for the tips and advice. I see what you mean about giving my legs a rest. The kickboxing isn't as heavy going on the legs as it is on the upper body so shouldnt need a break.

And at work I'm lifting the whole time - I work on the produce department @ ASDA. :(

I've got a diet sorted for Friday onwards - I'm trying to bulk up.
 
First thing - get some decent shoes.

It sounds like you are going too fast, trying slowing down to such a pace that you can run continuously without having to stop every few minutes. You will get better very quickly if you stick at it. Needs to be more than 10 mins though. I only really started running last spring, could hardly run a mile. Now half marathons are no problem. Just last night I did 9.8 miles in 77 minutes non-stop.
 
mp3kla said:
3x10min runs a week and 2 kickboxing sessions? Is that really too much?
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No, I hate the emphasis on rest its used too much, yes you need rest but if you eat a lot and go jogging for 10 mins burning barely less than 250 calories is not going to do much. I can imagine kick boxing sessions are awesome for burning calories though.
 
Yeah the kickboxing is pretty heavy going. I'll see how it goes. The 3 times I jog home aren't going to even dent the calorie intake. On the days I do kickboxing, yeah - maybe the 500 will get eaten up - but I shouldn't be burning anymore than the extra I eat.
 
mp3kla said:
Yeah the kickboxing is pretty heavy going. I'll see how it goes. The 3 times I jog home aren't going to even dent the calorie intake. On the days I do kickboxing, yeah - maybe the 500 will get eaten up - but I shouldn't be burning anymore than the extra I eat.
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Yeah exactly, and I think you are probably running a bit too fast, I haven't figured out how quick you are running (i'm too lazy to do the maths) but I do about 6 miles in around 50 mins to a hour.
 
I mis-read. I thought you were implying 3 x 1 hour runs, not 10 minute runs.

I'm not a fan of cardio with bulking in the slightest still.
 
You're running to fast for you - 14 km/h. Slow down. The niggles are from pushing yourself too hard in my opinion

If you've a reasonable level of fitness, averaging 14km/h over 2.5km would suggest you have, then the longer run (4km) should pose no problem, just run slower. Any pain though, stop and walk.
 
It feels too slow though lol. I'll drop the pace a bit. I gotta say, that Marathon in your sig looks amazing, congrats on completing it - looks like a once in a lifetime sorta thing.
 
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