I normally do my mile warm up and mile warm down concurrently.
My son ran in the āmeet of championsā for the three middle schools in our town today.
He ran the 400 meters heat 1, just him and two other kids (one from each of the other school).
He ran a 1:04, coming in second by ā¦wait for itā¦12 seconds! Middle schooler ran a 52, crazy.
He had about 30 minutes between events, and then ran the 800 in 2:40, says he was still feeling the 400.
We wants to try to run a sub 6 mile this summer.
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52 for a MS is something else. 64 is solid though!
he could try for that sub 6 any day now based on the 400/800 times. thatās cool!
my daughter (11th grade) runs about the same times. her coach wants her in the 2 mile, but this is her first year of track. I need her running intervals of 200/400 to get speed. plenty of time in life to run the longer slower races. she needs speed right now to move where she redlines. i havenāt tried in a while, but I think she might be able to beat me at anything under a mile. I need more speed too to address that threat!
Sounds like you need to head to the track together: nothing to push you like trying to not get outrun by your kid!
got my new shoes yesterday! Iām riding Mizuno Wave Inspires. Last time I bought shoes I bought 2 pairs and rotated them, it feels like it worked well. I donāt think it made anything last longer in terms of miles on the tread, but since it was longer in days, it felt like they werenāt wearing out as fast.
yesterday (before the new shoes) I did 1/2 mile on the treadmill after my 30 minutes on the stair stepper. Managed 4:08! (took a few seconds to get up to 8:00 / mile speed [7.5]). It was a push, especially as Iām about 40 pounds over my goal weight, but 6 months ago, heck even 1 month ago I couldnāt have done that.
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I used to rotate shoes too, back when I ran 5+ days a week. Not sure why, but I read on the internet it is a good idea, so must be true.
Always feels great to do a workout you know you could not have done recently, keep at it!
i rotated shoes when I was running a LOT. they more or less recover if you are running once a day IMO.
if I like the show, I buy them 2 at a time bc i am covered for twice as long if nothing else.
I have never rotated shoes. I didnāt know it was a thing. I donāt wear them in the house usually though, so they always get s good break after a run. They do seem to reliably wear out around the 250 mile mark with similar visual wear regardless of how long it takes me to get there.
Iām a bigger guy (240 pounds right now, on the way down to 200), so my shoes wear out sooner than 250 miles. Plus half of my miles are a walk on non-running days, about 3 miles, so I think mine only last about 200 miles or so.
For me, I determine that my shoes are wearing out by how sore I feel after a run. The shoes are still plenty fine for walking and every day use after that, so I guess I do rotate them that way. If you are using your new pair for the walks as well, I think you could just switch that to the prior pair to help extend the life of the new pair.
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Concur. When my feet start to hurt, time for new shoes. I maintain separate shoes I use only for the treadmill.
Was sidelined for a bit with a hamstring issue, but have been back at it for about a month now. Starting to get back closer to where I was. Have been doing middle aged people track again, feels good.
Went for a run with my son (13) on Sunday. We ran three miles, pace well within my comfort zone. From his breathing, thought he was working, but then at 2.9, he took off like a shot. I tried to shift a few gears, but the pace at which he was running away from me was amazing. Over 160 meters, he gapped me by at least 30 meters, probably more. I donāt think there was any point in my life I could run that speed.
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Thatās a long kick (final sprint). When I was younger, I donāt think I could ever start it until there were 100 metres or less to go.
Yeah, when I finally caught up to him, he was hands on knees bent over and told me āthat was too far, I should have waited for the last 100 metersā
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iāll find out saturday if my daughter is now faster than me over 2 miles. (HS team family day) last season in track she def would have beaten me in stuff under a mile. Iāve gotten slower over the summer (fewer miles, no intervals).
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Sunday I had my best run in a long time. Managed 50 minutes on the (mostly flat) trail, no walking, reasonable pace, Iāve been able to train myself over the last year to recognize when Iām going too hard on the long, slow runs, and slow down to recover. A year ago 50 minutes of running would have taken me an additional 15 minutes from the walk/run style (15:00 run, 5:00 walk).
Plus Iāve eliminated another 10 pounds of excess weight (at 230 now), and the pain my knee thatās been around for about 2 years is like 95% eliminated. Life is good!
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Iāve been using my smart watch to gauge my heartrate when I do my mountain run/walks. I try to keep between 150-160 bpm which I can maintain for at least an hour. If I go too much into the 160s, I start to redline.
thatās about the biggest reason I want to eventually get a smart watch. Iāve just been going by the ācould I hold a conversation?ā metric on long, slow runs. When I canāt, I slow down, and catch up. Shorter runs I keep the intensity higher.
Your current method is likely more applicable to you than a āsmart watchā designed for the average person.
Also, the smart watch is also a nagging watch. It knows when you are idle for too long and will tell you about it. You want that in your life?
Been walking my neighborhood, which is VERY hilly, every day the past two weeks. Today I decided to run up a few hills.
I am getting that body pain that is a good pain. Like I used to get when I was a distance runner / triathlete. Maybe this will lead to something again (Still on my bucket list is an Iron-Man)