by MW » Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:52 pm
by gadj1976 » Sat Jan 17, 2015 5:22 pm
by MW » Mon Jan 19, 2015 12:20 pm
by gadj1976 » Mon Jan 19, 2015 9:02 pm
MW wrote:You'd be surprised what you can achieve! Runs like this one I take pace out of the equation completely and just worry about finishing
by MW » Tue Jan 20, 2015 12:49 pm
gadj1976 wrote:MW wrote:You'd be surprised what you can achieve! Runs like this one I take pace out of the equation completely and just worry about finishing
True. My hips and groins were screaming at me to stop, hence I don't think I'd make it. My run was all geared toward breaking an hour. I wold have a go at 21 just to see if I could make it. That's the next challenge. Not 34! I'm envious though.
by gadj1976 » Tue Jan 20, 2015 6:12 pm
MW wrote:gadj1976 wrote:MW wrote:You'd be surprised what you can achieve! Runs like this one I take pace out of the equation completely and just worry about finishing
True. My hips and groins were screaming at me to stop, hence I don't think I'd make it. My run was all geared toward breaking an hour. I wold have a go at 21 just to see if I could make it. That's the next challenge. Not 34! I'm envious though.
As long as you don't jump up in distance too greatly you should be able to progress to 21k steadily with no issues. I think rule of thumb is 10% extra distance per run.
I was the same as you 3 years ago, training for city-bay and that first time 12kms was awful! But now I am running 40-60kms a week on trails with approx. 1000m of elevation gain over the week and running trail ultra marathons and I feel better now running these distances than I did back then
by MW » Wed Jan 21, 2015 8:08 am
by Psyber » Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:20 am
by gadj1976 » Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:26 pm
MW wrote:just turned 39 mate.
It helps (for me) if you have an event to train for...makes the training seem worthwile! This is my next race (50km event)
http://www.thenorthface100.com.au/RaceInfo/50#Course
by MW » Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:31 pm
by Keefy » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:26 pm
by Rik E Boy » Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:31 pm
by MW » Thu Jul 21, 2016 1:34 pm
by Corona Man » Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:21 pm
Rik E Boy wrote:I used to be right into the running going from a bloke who weighed in at 106 kegs and couldn't run 150m without blowing up to cracking two hours in the Gold Coast Half Marathon a few years back. My goal then was to run a Marathon before I was 50 but about a year ago bits of my knee cracked off and floated around inside the joint until it locked up. Nice and painful I must say.
So it was in for Knee Op number two but I didn't recover in seven days like I did when I was 30. This was in June last year. I couldn't straighten my knee until about April of this year because I did the same phsyio at 49 as I did at 30, i.e. none. Big mistake and a trap for not so young players. I tried to run again even though my knee couldn't straighten but all that did was smash up my calves, not a good look for a middle aged man.
When my knee straightened after some 'sleeping physio' I went back on the track. I was tentatively running 1200, 1600 finally 2k runs and beginning to build from there. I'm up to 6.5ks now and my son runs with me, he's up to 3.6. This week we are both going in the Ipswich 'Park2Park' event which is only 5ks but quite a challenging course for amateurs and professionals alike. As the old cliché goes though, I'll be a winner just for getting to the start line. I'm pretty happy because I thought my running days are over. Next year will be the serious PB tilt but on the 31st I'll be happy to just get out there and soak up the sun and being 'mobile' again.
regards,
REB
by MW » Thu Jul 21, 2016 3:39 pm
by Corona Man » Thu Jul 21, 2016 4:26 pm
MW wrote:Yep calves are a pain as you get older. Some tips for them, do calf raises religiously and stretch, stretch, stretch. Also increase your distance using the 10% rule.
by heater31 » Thu Jul 21, 2016 7:43 pm
MW wrote:Yep calves are a pain as you get older. Some tips for them, do calf raises religiously and stretch, stretch, stretch. Also increase your distance using the 10% rule.
by Corona Man » Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:09 am
by Corona Man » Sat Aug 20, 2016 11:18 am
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