RunningAHEAD - Topic: Cool Down?

kimmer

posted: 8/23/2006 at 10:44 AM

Hey folks, So I'm doing the infamous Couch to 5K plan and I'm wondering what the appropriate cool down time is for a 2 mile jog/run is? (I'm in week 5 starting tomorrow). Kimmer

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 8/23/2006 at 10:51 AM

I think it's a YMMV type of thing, but I usually walk a few blocks after each run, then stretch once I get in the house, drink some water, that sort of thing. k

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

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kimmer

posted: 8/23/2006 at 11:20 AM

Uh, YMMV?

Kimmer

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Abs of Flabs

posted: 8/23/2006 at 1:09 PM

I don't know of any rules on how long you should jog or walk after the run. It's more of a preference thing. After my runs, I walk for about a block and then spend 10 minutes stretching.

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Kruser

posted: 8/23/2006 at 4:05 PM

I like to continue to move until I stop perspiring and my pulse slows to within 10% of my average moving-around pulse. The "perspiration meter" is only good if you are in a climate hot enough to perspire. Here in South Florida, I'm sweating bullets by the end of my meager 2-mile run. Tongue

My version of the "Couch to 5K" is called "50 Next Month and Still Want to Eat and Drink Like I Did When I Was 30". To increase strength/stamina before increasing time/distance, I have been running up and down the stairs to my home (20 up and 20 down) 10 times after each run. While training for my one and only marathon in 1994, I injured a hamstring doing bleachers, so I am approaching this routine cautiously- lots of stretching and I started at 5 up-and-downs and added one trip every other day. I'm holding at ten for now. By the time the weather cools, I should be in shape to increase my time/distance.

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rectumdamnnearkilledem

posted: 8/23/2006 at 9:15 PM

Quote from kimmer on 8/23/2006 at 11:20 AM:

Uh, YMMV? Kimmer

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k

Getting the wind knocked out of you is the only way to

remind your lungs how much they like the taste of air.

~ Sarah Kay

mattruns

posted: 8/30/2006 at 8:06 PM

No matter how many miles I put in for any particular run, I always cool down with 5 minutes of walking and then some leg stretches.

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