Starting to actually get into running

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Bevo

Cool, you should sign up for a small 5k race in your area.
As a sprinter you may do well if you do it like 5 intervals, go hard back off and coast then do it again till your done!

This would help your training and get you some more speed and endurance!

Thanks for the advice. I run 300m+ up to the 1000m, so half my training is with distance, and I usually run 4-5 miles at a 7-8 min pace, what pace should I run a 5k based on that and a 5:32 mile? Also, I had to do sprints in bipolar weather, snow, sun, snow ,sun, wind, rain, snow, sun. Sucked.

[Bevo]

I would get a good warm up so you can start flat out.

Start at 7 or better or 80% for 1-2k then speed up to 90% for 1-2k then flat out for the last K!
Your looking at around 21 min and should have nothing left!
Just cool down with a light run to get you rate down.

I love that flat out feeling, one race I was flat out for 90 min, my heart rate was 170 the entire time. Me and my bud were going for the win with two other guys trying to do the same. I came second by half a step and we killed the course record by 12 min over 30k in the trails!

My heart was so tired for a few days, walking up stairs was impossible.. My heart would pound by the 5th step.

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Bevo

I would get a good warm up so you can start flat out.

Start at 7 or better or 80% for 1-2k then speed up to 90% for 1-2k then flat out for the last K!
Your looking at around 21 min and should have nothing left!
Just cool down with a light run to get you rate down.

I love that flat out feeling, one race I was flat out for 90 min, my heart rate was 170 the entire time. Me and my bud were going for the win with two other guys trying to do the same. I came second by half a step and we killed the course record by 12 min over 30k in the trails!

My heart was so tired for a few days, walking up stairs was impossible.. My heart would pound by the 5th step.

Thanks for the advice and the story. I just signed up for a 5K on St. Patrick's day in my area!

[Bevo]

Cool, that will be fun but hard...don't puke!!

Just make sure you train the way you will race at least once then start the race hot and sweaty...When the gun goes sprint!!!

What do you think..22-24 min?

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Bevo

Cool, that will be fun but hard...don't puke!!

Just make sure you train the way you will race at least once then start the race hot and sweaty...When the gun goes sprint!!!

What do you think..22-24 min?

Actually going for a sub-21 min 5k, and a 5:25 mile an hour before (fun run). My girlfriend'll be pacing me at 6:30, she's hella fast for a cross country chick, and we both got the rookie award for sprinters this year . Can't be good if you're not ambitious.

[Bevo]

Exciting, sub 21 is flat out flying!!!

Make a deal with her and let her know this race is for your PB time so you wan't to do it on your own. Train together but don't race together....trust me!

I wish my girl would run even 10% of what I do, it would be so cool to share some of my amazing runs with her..

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Bevo

Exciting, sub 21 is flat out flying!!!

Make a deal with her and let her know this race is for your PB time so you wan't to do it on your own. Train together but don't race together....trust me!

I wish my girl would run even 10% of what I do, it would be so cool to share some of my amazing runs with her..

We're too competitive, and this is my first distance race. I'll be expected to lose to her, hehe.

[MFB]

Only cardio I'm doing right now is the 1.5 mile walk to/from school and that's it I'm gonna start putting in applications for jobs so I can get some income again, since my job back home couldn't transfer me to a store out here, and once I do that I'll get a gym membership up the street. It's kind of expensive ($60/month) but my health insurance reimburses me part of it if I go x amount of times per month, so it's a little less, plus it's close to my apartment so I can do more cardio and not worry about getting home with leg pains (no car, only means of transportation = walking)

[Bevo]

Besides running I have been doing the bodyrocktv.com workouts.
It's free and in 12 min your ass is kicked!

It's basically non stop 50 seconds on 10 sec break to move to next one then hard at it again.
I do her workout then some abs and in 20 min I am done!

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Bevo

Besides running I have been doing the bodyrocktv.com workouts.
It's free and in 12 min your ass is kicked!

It's basically non stop 50 seconds on 10 sec break to move to next one then hard at it again.
I do her workout then some abs and in 20 min I am done!

I wish sprinting and lifting weights didn't take everything out of you, some of that stuff looks fun to do.

[Bevo]

Originally Posted by Infamous Impact

We're too competitive, and this is my first distance race. I'll be expected to lose to her, hehe.

Good luck!

Let us know how you make out!!

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Bevo

Good luck!

Let us know how you make out!!

I ran my first long distance race today. It was a surreal experience. The entire place was packed and full of energy. I ran the mile an hour before the 5k, and got 5:55.68, it's not what I wanted, but I was still waking up for the day, and I'm not too down about it. Now the 5k, that was something else entirely. I started it off at the back so I didn't shoot out and get tired. The first 2 miles I glided by, then the last one the lactic acid started to hit me. I was flying the whole time, my girlfriend kept a grueling 20:30 pace for the last mile so I couldn't lag behind. Well, I slowed down a good bit and really had to push for the last half of mile 3. Then the last 200m came and I flew as I sprinted. Got 20:45.22. I wasn't anything special as a lot of my teammates were there too, but I'm proud of myself.

[Bevo]

Sweet you hit your goal and you got caught in traffic, next time you can use what you know to do even better...teens are very possible for you!!

If you start at the front and meter your energy out by starting slow then ramping up to finish fast you would kill it!

Do you want to try another?

I also love the energy at some of the events although trail races tend to have fewer people and is more like a big group run where you know people.

[Origin]

With school and winter pissing me off I managed to make enough mental excuses not to run much. Slowly getting back into it now; my record for 5k was 21 minutes before (timed with BoO and VoM songs ) and I'm at about 24-25 right now. I take a couple walking breaks in between, so I really think I just need to grow my balls back and start pitching forward the entire time. The route around my house is hilly as balls -___- though of course that's a benefit in the end.
Weight went up to about 160, but it was only down to 154 before, I was 185 prior to the whole 'maybe I should try to be fit' thing, and I'm 6'1" so I'm alright with that. I think it's partially some muscle tissue as I've been doing my little weight exercises a fair amount more. I don't goddamn understand the weight all in all though, I'm really not an ectomorph in appearance or fact.

tl;dr the OP of the thread's been a lazy bitch and is finally slapping himself on the head! Thanks for posting this stuff Bevo, Infamous and everyone else, it's definitely encouraging me to get off my ass.

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Origin

With school and winter pissing me off I managed to make enough mental excuses not to run much. Slowly getting back into it now; my record for 5k was 21 minutes before (timed with BoO and VoM songs ) and I'm at about 24-25 right now. I take a couple walking breaks in between, so I really think I just need to grow my balls back and start pitching forward the entire time. The route around my house is hilly as balls -___- though of course that's a benefit in the end.
Weight went up to about 160, but it was only down to 154 before, I was 185 prior to the whole 'maybe I should try to be fit' thing, and I'm 6'1" so I'm alright with that. I think it's partially some muscle tissue as I've been doing my little weight exercises a fair amount more. I don't goddamn understand the weight all in all though, I'm really not an ectomorph in appearance or fact.

tl;dr the OP of the thread's been a lazy bitch and is finally slapping himself on the head! Thanks for posting this stuff Bevo, Infamous and everyone else, it's definitely encouraging me to get off my ass.

Well good job coming back into running! There's nothing better than feeling the wind against your face when you run.

[Bevo]

Yes welcome back!

Today I had a rough run, my legs felt like concrete blocks but I kept at it and after 45 min LOL I felt normal..

Don't worry about the hard runs as you get back..things will get better!

[Origin]

Sure enough. You guys beat the living shit out of me though. I've really got to work on endurance. School's almost over for me, I think I'll try and step it up then.

[Bevo]

Why don't you jump in and sign up for a small 10K race in June, it will help to have a goal and you should be able to bang it off in 60 min..

[Bevo]

Last night I read a report about Protien and runners, they are saying that a long distance runner needs more than double what a normal person would.
The amount they are talking is 1 gram per pound of body weight which is pretty crazy for me, is that not body body builder amounts?

The reason they say is after we get to a point in our run we use up all our glycogen and we then start to catobolize our muscles or eat them.

I can actualy see that, some of the guys I run with have no muscle yet have some fat, I also seem to have a problem getting stronger beyond my legs.

I keep my protien around 50-60 grams a day for my 150lb, to triple it would be damn hard!

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Bevo

Last night I read a report about Protien and runners, they are saying that a long distance runner needs more than double what a normal person would.
The amount they are talking is 1 gram per pound of body weight which is pretty crazy for me, is that not body body builder amounts?

The reason they say is after we get to a point in our run we use up all our glycogen and we then start to catobolize our muscles or eat them.

I can actualy see that, some of the guys I run with have no muscle yet have some fat, I also seem to have a problem getting stronger beyond my legs.

I keep my protien around 50-60 grams a day for my 150lb, to triple it would be damn hard!

Bro you just need to eat more. the average American gets 70g of protein in their diet. Almost all athletes should get 1g protein per lb of bodyweight. You have height and weight on me yet I eat 3x more than you. You don't need to be eating 4k cals a day to bulk up but you should be eating a lot more so being a skeletal distance runner doesn't affect any strength goals like getting stronger legs.

[Bevo]

That much is going to be hard to do although I will try.
I started to count everything and got up to 110 today, I think with a few changes it will be possible with no meat.

The good news is I will find some new food to try, I may also get a jug of Vega vegan protein powder.

Let's see what happens!

[Infamous Impact]

Originally Posted by Bevo

That much is going to be hard to do although I will try.
I started to count everything and got up to 110 today, I think with a few changes it will be possible with no meat.

The good news is I will find some new food to try, I may also get a jug of Vega vegan protein powder.

Let's see what happens!

Oh, being a vegan obviously makes it a lot more challenging. Come back with what you get on that front!

[Origin]

I don't want to get into long-distance for that reason, I want to be able to build myself WITHIN REASON after/while killing off what extra fat remains at all on my body without worrying TOO much about extra food. (still a fair amount but I haven't been watching my diet or exercise the last few months ) This is all very long term in my head, but yeah.

On that note a 10k sounds like a great idea, the effort toward upgrading to at least that distance is really past due for me. >_>

Vegan diet is doable, plenty of sources on the internet though I'm sure you've seen them haha. Go for it! And like Impact said, let us know. I'd love some recommendations to try.

[Necris]

I'm trying to convince myself to start running but can't seem to get past the fact that I ....ing hate it. Someone needs to motivate me.

[Fiction]

It's a great way to getaway from the wife/kids/schoolwork/parents/siblings/anything whilst listening to a favorite album of yours.


SO DO IT.