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| Cadence - what does it all mean? (Read 760 times) |
Scout7 view logCPT Curmudgeon |
posted: 1/11/2008 at 3:17 PM |
| Quote from higa on 1/11/2008 at 10:32 AM: Methinks I may be getting too technical and over analysing when all I really want to do is run and maybe improve my times while i'm at it.
Definitely. |
Amat victoria curam.
Sine labore nihil.
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| view log Frustrating Project |
posted: 1/11/2008 at 3:18 PM
modified: 1/11/2008 at 3:19 PM |
| Quote from higa on 1/11/2008 at 10:32 AM: Thx for the feedback. Interestingly I counted my rate doing some intervals and the rate was 90 and it didn't feel so awkward. Maybe initially I was trying to run at an easy pace whilst trying to keep the cadence up. Mutually exclusive I think.
I think you're right on. For me at least, a cadence of 90 rpm (180spm) is very natural when running intervals or other fast running. And very unnatural when running easy. And therein lies my whole beef with the 180 thing -- the data were gathered based on very fast people running very fast, and may not be applicable to the rest of us running slow.
MTA: Damn, Scout beat me again. I need a faster cadence when I type.  |
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| view log Funky Monkey |
posted: 2/11/2008 at 3:32 PM |
Whenever I run, I have a cadence-meter going through my head.
Sing with me JK.
Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. Snape. Snape. Severus Snape... |
| It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys attack. |
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| view log Funky Monkey |
posted: 2/11/2008 at 3:32 PM
modified: 2/11/2008 at 3:32 PM |
| (like an earworm, eh?) |
| It's all fun and games until the flying monkeys attack. |
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DeadMopoz |
posted: 2/11/2008 at 4:01 PM |
| For me on long runs it is around 140-150 at 7:40 pace and 188-194 at 5:50 pace intervals |
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posted: 2/11/2008 at 4:03 PM |
| Quote from Trent on 2/11/2008 at 3:32 PM: Whenever I run, I have a cadence-meter going through my head.
Sing with me JK.
Snape. Snape. Severus Snape. Snape. Snape. Severus Snape...
Cue the pipe bomb. |
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Scout7 view logCPT Curmudgeon |
posted: 2/11/2008 at 4:10 PM |
| Trent, why do you hate America? |
Amat victoria curam.
Sine labore nihil.
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posted: 2/11/2008 at 4:17 PM |
Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 1/11/2008 at 3:18 PM:I think you're right on. For me at least, a cadence of 90 rpm (180spm) is very natural when running intervals or other fast running. And very unnatural when running easy. And therein lies my whole beef with the 180 thing -- the data were gathered based on very fast people running very fast, and may not be applicable to the rest of us running slow. MTA: Damn, Scout beat me again. I need a faster cadence when I type.
For me, a cadence of ~180 is MOST BENEFICIAL when I'm running in slow/recovery mode. It just feels like there's less stress on my legs when I take shorter, quicker strides. |
2008 Goals:
2000 miles for the year
100 mile week
Sub 3:10 marathon
Sub 19min 5K
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Scout7 view logCPT Curmudgeon |
posted: 2/11/2008 at 4:49 PM |
| Quote from kencamet on 2/11/2008 at 4:17 PM: For me, a cadence of ~180 is MOST BENEFICIAL when I'm running in slow/recovery mode. It just feels like there's less stress on my legs when I take shorter, quicker strides.
And this goes to show why it's completely irrelevant and useless to judge your cadence based on someone else's. There is no magic number. |
Amat victoria curam.
Sine labore nihil.
Dulcius ex asperis. |
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dj steve boyett Reluctant Scrooge |
posted: 2/11/2008 at 6:22 PM |
| I think the key words in his phrase are "for me." |
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posted: 2/11/2008 at 6:47 PM |
| Hmmm, I wonder why I started off with "For me"?? On these boards, just about everything is opinion and not unvarnished fact. I just wanted to balance all the opinion of people saying cadence doesn't apply to slow running. FOR ME, and possible for the OP, it does. |
2008 Goals:
2000 miles for the year
100 mile week
Sub 3:10 marathon
Sub 19min 5K
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posted: 2/11/2008 at 10:55 PM |
| Quote from jEfFgObLuE on 1/11/2008 at 3:18 PM: ... For me at least, a cadence of 90 rpm (180spm) is very natural when running intervals or other fast running. And very unnatural when running easy.
I hear you on that. Right now I'm always running real easy, and when I've tried upping the cadence to 180 at the same pace, my heart rate goes up at least 5 bpm.
The one thing that I've noticed is that at 180 or so, my center of gravity (CG) doesn't move up and down much... no bouncing, just running even. IMHO that's the big benefit of 180 cadence... you just have to learn to run relaxed with a footstrike under the CG at that rate.
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