Forums >Running 101>Information overload...can someone stop the madness?
Feeling the growl again
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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"He conquers who endures" - Persius "Every workout should have a purpose. Every purpose should link back to achieving a training objective." - Spaniel
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I've got a fever...
My current shoes only have about 350 miles on them
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
A Saucy Wench
Jeff - I'm right at 185. I was 235 when I started running last March. I was 195 in January and I've been at 185 since about March. I do realize that is still large for running. I was kind of hoping to get that magical 500 out of them but I don't need achy knees. I was using the FIRST intermediate half and full marathon programs. They are heavier on speed work but their research indicated that the quality of the run was more important than the quantity of the run. That's part of my general confusion or what I called "Information Overload". I'll read one expert that will say to cut out all "junk" (their word not mine) miles and run very structured pace/heart rate/distances and then the next expert will say to ignore pace and heart rate and just get as much distance in as possible. CarmelRunner - I'm in complete agreement that at this moment I don't have the bank of miles that I need to complete longer races. My challenge has been building my bank. I'm starting to think that my training did wonders for my aerobic and anaerobic systems but failed in building the proper leg strength. My heart will go forever, my legs simply won't. Dead legs make me think I'm over-extending myself but a glance at my heart rate says I should be pushing on. It probably sounds completely naive but I just assumed that the simple act of running would make my legs more than strong enough.
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Several questions come to mind. Are you still trying to lose weight? You may not be eating enough, leading to fatigue and soreness. Training in the heat? It can make a significant difference in the pace you can sustain.
Is there any easy way to import all my previous workouts into this system? I have been diligent about tracking my workouts, first with the Nike iPod thingie and then with a Garmin 305. I suppose I could do it by hand if that's the only way.
The thing is, my perceived exertion was a 6 or 7 for most of the run. I wasn't able to hold a conversation and I felt like I was pressing.