Get Lost :)
I suggest you read the stickies, especially the FAQ and the boilerplate, taking some time to read the links to Mark Allen and Dr. Phil's website. The basic facts are all there.
Why are you considering MAF training?
--Jimmy
Max McMaffelow Esq.
I read a little bit of that a long time ago ... I suppose I don't have enough time to do so in great detail at the current moment. Yes, I was hoping for some qnd help, but alas.
Re: election ... Yes, it's interesting to be spatially near the center of the some of the nation's attention (Haiti is the urgent concern). I also don't have a very good gauge on how much of the country cares, but I'm getting the sense that people feel this is an important election because of that whole 60th vote thing. Politics is such a weird thing.
I will be voting, but I am undecided currently. For me it's between two candidates, and not necessarily those two.
We spent a lot of time working on the boilerplate, so forum members wouldn't have to keep repeating themselves to newbies. Maybe you have time to read this:
http://www.runningahead.com/groups/LOWHRTR/forum/Post/0c6c27641de248d29f8d94e6b6862afc#focus
If I answered your question, I'd essentially be rewriting this Boilerplate post.
Good luck!
It's not Teddy's seat, it's the people's seat. And the people she wants to represent won't be too happy when they find out she called Curt Schilling a "Yankee fan." What's next? Larry Bird is a Laker's fan?
Nice of you to join us. I won't disrespect you or your running experience and suggest that there are easy answers to the questions you raise. I also don't want to simply offer up my opinions on what the answers may be for you. I'll just second Jimmy on his recommendation that you review the "Boilerplate" thread. The real heart of it is in the first two entries on page 1 (Jesse's and Jimmy's). It's an incredible resource that summarizes not only pages and pages of background material but years and years of their personal experiences.
I agree with Jimmy that the boilerplate will help you get square with the basics of this training, and (for what it's worth) I agree with the overwhelming majority of what's written there.
But let me level with you: it is possible that you could run at under 70% of your max HR forever and never get faster. There are a lot of factors besides your running that play into developing speed from low heart rate training. That said, if you give it an honest shot and aren't getting faster it means that something's amiss. It doesn't mean that you're a bad runner. But it also doesn't mean that low heart rate training is wrong. It just means there's some factor in your life that's causing you stress and holding you back (like maybe that crazy ex...). I like low heart rate running for just that reason - it offers me a window into all that's going on in my life and health as a whole.
One last point: It's said "There are many paths to the one truth." Likewise, there are lots of different ways to practice "low heart rate training" (whatever that phrase means). Most of us here probably gravitate most strongly toward Dr. Maffetone's methods, but there are others here who get great results with Van Aaken, Mittleman, Hadd, Lydiard, and others (heck, even Douillard got another "shout out" here recently). There are even a few of us who break from the pack and try to make our own paths - with varying degrees of success. It's a friendly crowd and there's room for all of us here. So pull up a chair, get yourself a beverage, and join in the discussion. Welcome aboard.
It's not Kennedy's seat. It's not the Democrat's seat. It's the people's seat.
If Scott Brown wins, that line will go down in history with "I am paying for this microphone, Mr. Green." as one of the defining one liners of Republican politics.
That said, can we all agree that it's the balance of Ted Kennedy's term that's in play?
Here in Nebraska we have a rascal in a senate seat who largely ignored "the wishes of the people".
Come November, we send a replacement. Life goes on.
Unfortuately your Senator isn't up for reelection until 2012. I'm sure between now and then he will announce that he'd like to spend more time with the grandchildren. I heard he got chased out of a restaraunt by angry constituents the other day. Was that you Lowgear?
Another classic quote from Brown's rally today:
"Before the president rushed to the scene, we saw my opponent standing with a former president, the governor, the senior senator, the appointed senator – the whole party establishment, right on down the line.
At the beginning, it felt like me against the machine. But guess what? I was wrong. It’s us against the machine."
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/transcript-scott-brown-addresses-worcester-peoples-rally
Didn't mean to turn this into a political thread, but that's pretty good.
Yes, (2012!) We here in Ne have rushed to judgement. While not a fait accompli, Ben is pretty much toast.
With the Mass. results now in, maybe we can step back and do things properly.
I concur. It's high time to put the political jazz aside!
