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The Greatest of All Time
But there are two ways towards being extreme. One is to push the pace; the other is to push the mileage: to run more frequently and longer. The second is a surer path to success.
1983
Now that's some hippie talk there. Reads like a fortune cookie. Although very true.
Dave
I ran a mile and I liked it, liked it, liked it. dgb2n@yahoo.com
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
I am spaniel - Crusher of Treadmills
If you want to be more extreme in your training, by all means go for it. But there are two ways towards being extreme. One is to push the pace; the other is to push the mileage: to run more frequently and longer. The second is a surer path to success.
You start by assuming that the gadget is right and your feel is wrong. That is completely backwards.
I decided on an early evening run in the 6 to 8 mile range @ an easy pace.... About 4.5 miles in my hamstring (separate issue) started to twinge and I slowed way down and wrapped it up at 5 miles.... It wasn't until my hammy started hurting at 4.5 miles that I realized I was running too fast.
It wasn't "bad", it just wasn't what I was intending. My intention was an easy effort.
How To Run a Marathon: Step 1 - start running. There is no Step 2.
"Good-looking people have no spine. Their art never lasts. They get the girls, but we're smarter." - Lester Bangs
I've got a fever...
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.
Lots of great advice from some very good runners. Good luck figuring it all out.
I like your style, Lank. Keep it up.
Prince of Fatness
If you set out for an easy run, and ended up injuring yourself or pushing yourself to the edge of injury, then you had a bad run. "Running by feel" did not work out well for you on that day. Period. All apologies to the hippy crowd, but seriously ... if a runner has to cut a run short because he ran too fast and injured his hamstring, lets call it what is was: a failed experiment.
Actually, I was running someone down for a big part of the run. For some reason, I love to try and overtake people. It helps to keep me distracted and gives me something to do.
Not at it at all.
Why is it sideways?
All apologies to the hippy crowd, but seriously ... if a runner has to cut a run short because he ran too fast and injured his hamstring, lets call it what is was: a failed experiment.
When I got home and reviewed my pace and HR, it was clear that I wasn't running easy but had actually ran somewhere between tempo and race pace.