Platypus' Beginners Guide to Running

Ran/jogged/walked 2km in 19 mins on the treadmill earlier, was after a weight session.

First real measurement I have to work with although just getting uses to things, so not too fussed about times atm! Again, knees feeling it already... going to buy some running shoes asap.
 
I'm with FB on this - Just breathe. You dont need to follow any rhythm or special system. The only time I will make a concious change to my breathing is if I feel a stitch coming on (rarely). At this point I make sure I am starting my inhale and exhale on the foot that is on the opposite side of my stitch. Once its gone I just let my body go back to breathing without thinking.

I only do this because it remedies any stitch I get else I would just breathe and not think about it
 
Placed 17th in the Hadrians Wall half today...tough course, many hills...4 miles on road, 4 miles over open moor, 4 on gravel track in a forest which flew past in a flurry of sub 7 min miles where i picked off a good half dozen people...last mile or so back on road sniping 19 and 18, went into 17th on the last 300m....awesome course !
 
Richie said:
I'm with FB on this - Just breathe. You dont need to follow any rhythm or special system. The only time I will make a concious change to my breathing is if I feel a stitch coming on (rarely). At this point I make sure I am starting my inhale and exhale on the foot that is on the opposite side of my stitch. Once its gone I just let my body go back to breathing without thinking.

I only do this because it remedies any stitch I get else I would just breathe and not think about it
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:rolleyes: Read the link maybe? You'll see that Daniels advice is based 100% around what he found top level athletes naturally done when breathing. They didn't follow his "special system" or go off advice. They done what they felt natural and were analysed to see what that was. Hence, his advice was formed and it is useful information to read for any runner.

firstborn said:
..should you lack the energy to run.
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Sorry, what?
 
xdcx said:
:rolleyes: Read the link maybe? You'll see that Daniels advice is based 100% around what he found top level athletes naturally done when breathing. They didn't follow his "special system" or go off advice. They done what they felt natural and were analysed to see what that was. Hence, his advice was formed and it is useful information to read for any runner.



Sorry, what?
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Ah the rolleyes.... run much do you? I done some running and done what I felt was natural. Now doing what somebody else tells me to do - now that aint too easily done and definitely did not felt natural. And you don't find too many top level athletes around these parts.
 
firstborn said:
Ah the rolleyes.... run much do you? I done some running and done what I felt was natural. Now doing what somebody else tells me to do - now that aint too easily done and definitely did not felt natural. And you don't find too many top level athletes around these parts.
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I do run very much, yes.

I also just breathe as what feels natural to me. Funnily enough it ties in very well with the suggestions in Daniel's book which I linked to.

Again, the link I posted is based on analysis of what athletes were doing naturally. It was posted as an informative read and I still stand by that. It was not posted to tell people what they should do and the part of the book is not written to tell people exactly what they should do. As I say, it discusses what comes natural to decent runners and goes in depth about this. If it helps someone understand how others tend to breathe that are effecient and if it helps someone understand the way you breathe during a run a bit better, then that's exactly what I was going for and why I linked it. I don't know why you are assuming anybody was saying "you SHOULD do this, and this only", the guy asking for advice clearly didn't feel what he was doing naturally was right so the information could surely only be helpful?

So yeah, :rolleyes:
 
Bought some Saucony running shoes earlier after having gait analysis etc. Thing is I'm home now and tried them on and they feel too tight, they felt OK in the shop though.

Do I risk going for a run in them or do I take them back? Who knows... :(
 
sigma said:
Bought some Saucony running shoes earlier after having gait analysis etc. Thing is I'm home now and tried them on and they feel too tight, they felt OK in the shop though.

Do I risk going for a run in them or do I take them back? Who knows... :(
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If tight means toes pressing against front of toe box then return them.
 
Does anyone here run to audiobooks? I'm bored ****less of the same 10 or so music playlists I usually listen to and can't think of anymore music I like, lol.

Going to start training for the Leeds Abbey Dash (sub 45 hopefully) once I get back from holiday so could do with a load of stuff to keep me through the longer runs.
 
The Darkness said:
Fantastic effort
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Cheers, have 3 other 5K's on Thursday 17th / 31st July and Thursday 14th August all run by a local club. Not sure if I'll end up with another PB now but will give it a go.

My current 10K PB is 46:07 and I'm doing the We Love Manchester 10k on Sunday so I'm looking forward to that and seeing how much I can take off that too. Looking for around sub 42:00 minutes if not a little more hopefully, we'll see. :)
 
Just ran 3.5 miles in around 30 minutes. Second time I've been running. Ran 2.5 miles 2 days ago in around 20 minutes. Is this ok for a complete beginner? Never ran before in my life.

I've been doing stronglifts 3 times per week for the past few months and want to get rid of some belly flab, so thought running on my off days would be ok. Really enjoyed both times I ran and didn't find it too difficult.
 
I'd say it's pretty decent for someone who's never ran before and you'll get better as well the more you run. Best thing is to make sure you enjoy it as well and don't get beat up trying to aim for a certain time, just run and let it take care of itself. If you do start racing and have certain times in mind but go through a plateau then come back here or a running forum and ask for any advice you feel you need. :)
 
Results are through from my 10K this morning.

Another PB 42:37, previous PB was 46:07 so I'm well chuffed with the result. :D
 
Another excellent result Indigo.

Thought I'd post on here, attended the race for life yesterday and there were just over 3000 runners. My nine year old son ran it with my wife (no men over 12 allowed) and he came second overall!! His time was around 23 minutes (beating my wife by a couple of minutes :p )
 
firstborn said:
If tight means toes pressing against front of toe box then return them.
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A little, but the main problem was that they were a bit too tight around the sides of the front, if that makes sense, just behind the toes. Swapped them for some Mizuno shoes (trainers?) and went for a size above and they're nice enough now.

I seem to get major shin splints when running around a local park, the ground is softer than concrete and there are some uneven bits but it's not that bad really. If I go anywhere near treadmill speed I can't run for more than 60 seconds before I get really bad pain. I slowed it down on the last run and the only way I could prevent shin splints was to run at an unnaturally slow pace, it felt odd.

Strangely (or not??) I get zero shin splints on the treadmill and can run much faster than on ground. Tempted to stick with this to build up fitness - wise move? Ran 30 mins of 60 second run 90 walk (first week of couch to 5k) and was up to ~7km/h on the last few stints with zero splints. Hardly fast pace but 10000000000000 times faster than ground running.
 
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