Platypus' Beginners Guide to Running

All valid points and I won't disagree. I thought it was important to actually hear real life scenarios as opposed to just a "the watch is better because it just is" to allow people to make a better choice based on their own circumstances.

For me the phone works perfect as I don't currently do runs over 60 mins for battery life to be a worry, I don't tend to stress about exact data during a run (which I can get from audio feedback) and carrying my phone ain't an issue for me (i could always try and strap it to my forearm in one of those pouches to go hands free and view stats). A dedicated watch does not give me any more info than my phone can so why part with £100 when I don't need to.

If, however, you run for a long time or like to glance at a display to get some current stats mid-run etc then a watch would be better if its affordable.


Was never slating the dedicated units, was merely disagreeing with the opinion that the watch was superior in every instance over the phone method.
 
Just booked myself in for my first Half Marathon not till September 11th but I wont to give a proper good go. So was wondering if anyone could offer me or link to any any good training routines?

Thanks
 
I've decided to train for my local 10 miler - and aim for "silver" - top 200 out of 400-500 odd

6 weeks to go - I'm not too far off pace atm I reckon - although this will be my first race

did a 14k "up-and-down" track tonight - similar to the race itself - tonight was 13.35k total and I managed it in 1 hr 07 - top 200 last year was 1 hr 22 minutes or faster for the 10 miles (16k ish)

the 4.5k solid up hill part of tonights run was NOT fun ... at all ... mind you my HR was quite constant surprisingly

red is HR, green is height

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After a new set of trainers, going to take my current ones which help with my over pronating back up to the running shop and get them to check my gait again.

They are quite expensive though and limited in their supply so where can I look online for some more?
 
well running seems to be working for my fat burning ....

got an assessment in gym today - as my weight has not really changed in 4 months - well maybe a kg or so

up to December I was doing gym 6 times a week 50% aerobic and 50% weights

since Feb I've been doing 3 long outside runs (10-13k a week) + 4 pure weight sessions a week

December I was BMI 22.5 ish and 14.5% fat

today I was BMI 22.5 and 10.9% fat

I was amazed at how much the fact % has dropped - much more than I was expecting
 
#Chri5# said:
Impressively low (to me) HR Buckster :)
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Low maybe, but doesn't follow the elevation trend though. I would've expected a drop in HR with elevation TBH, unless you were flat out downhill, as the hard uphill HR isn't that much above the the downhill and actually rises??

That said depends on the device and you may not actually have been running downhill as accuracy of elavation is pants with most GPS devices.
 
firstborn - you'd think that but not - I'm not sure why - my HR does increase on steeper hills, but on longer not so steep ones - seems to stay about the same

I agree about elevationbeing pants on GPS devices - but its a hill for sure :)- not a steep one as I live in Essex - but its long

here is pace vs HR vs elevation (note this time the Elevation is post corrected by Garmin to remove any errors from watch)

see the pace is relatively consistant down or up hill, just a few areas when I'm going up hill you can see that I was struggling a bit and pace temp drops down

thing was though - after my muscles hurting from running 4k down hill, running uphill was quite a relief - bizarre as it sounds

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Buckster said:
155 on that run, normally 162 or so
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I mean a 'run to you feel sick and collapse' MaxHR.

If your max is 162 and you are running close to that continuously on normal runs then you need to slow down to improve endurance & CV.

My training runs will be around 60%-75% max HR, with my max around 200bpm at the moment, so I train at ~140-160bpm, except when doing tempos or speed work.
 
Shoes are a personal thing. You need to identify the type of shoe you need first, then you can ask for opinions.

If you ask for recs for a structured shoe for light to moderate over pronators I'd say the Asics Kayano. Lightweight structure shoe for racing then Asics DS trainer etc etc
 
as a recommendation I LOVE my Kayanos - 17s

I zoned out in front of TV with my HR monitor pre-run tonight ....

just happened to glance over to my HR monitor and was 39, in fact dipped to 38 !
 
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