Training for my first 5K

[Gymgurl]

What is the best way to increase my time...I can do the total miles but want a better then 11 min miles......

 

[H_T_]

i could weigh 5k by the end of the summer.....

 

[Tomer]

join a track club.. doing middle distance, lots of 4 x 1000m or 5 x 800 m, try and do a long run once a week and interval training twice a week.

The only way to get down to a sub 20 minute 5k is to do these kind of interval training
this is a good website that gives detailed day by day running schedules

depending on your level or goals..


http://www.time-to-run.com/training/

 

[Gymgurl]

Hey thanks....that is a great site!



HT......SHUT UP lol

 

[H_T_]

Hey thanks....that is a great site!



HT......SHUT UP lol

playing doctor burns lots of calories. seriously, i need you to look at this rash....

 

[Synpax]

My secret formula is an excellent supplement to help you do just that. You just have to close your eyes and suck it out of a tube.

No, seriously, if you have some discipline, you can just get a routine off of the net. It's pretty straight forward. If you want to get serious in terms of finding some local folks and getting some tests done and a heart rate monitor, etc. etc., you can do that, too.

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_4/142.shtml

 

[Gymgurl]

Okay pervs maybe you can chase me on the treadmill and make me run faster lol

 

[H_T_]

why do i have to be a perv?

 

[Gymgurl]

You just come that way....or am I just dreaming again.....

 

[H_T_]

You just come that way....or am I just dreaming again.....

is that why you like me so much? and btw- i turned your thread into pervert talk. so much for 5k....

 

[Gymgurl]

Only a small part of it

 

[H_T_]

Only a small part of it

what's small?

 

[Gymgurl]

That I like your dirty mind.....that is the small part of why I like you......Im waiting for the big part...wink wink

 

[H_T_]

That I like your dirty mind.....that is the small part of why I like you......Im waiting for the big part...wink wink

i thought you saw?

 

[Gymgurl]

I did

 

[Synpax]

Okay pervs maybe you can chase me on the treadmill and make me run faster lol

Chase you on a treadmill.....

I guess you really ARE a girl and don't just play one on the Internet.

Come visit me - I'd be happy to chase you on a treadmill.

 

[H_T_]

she's breast fed me.

 

[Gymgurl]

I am not your momma lol

 

[H_T_]

I am not your momma lol

 

[Dial_tone]

What is the best way to increase my time...I can do the total miles but want a better then 11 min miles......

The best way to increase your time is beer and Twinkies. If you want to decrease it I suggest intervals on a treadmill. Alternate 0.5mph above your current race pace with recovery periods below current pace.

 

[Gymgurl]

Im running my first 5K this weekend and then will at least have a taste for the whole thing and go from there...I figure what the heck...Ill just do it

 

[Yarg!]

if the race is 5k, make sure you can run 6-7ks at your 11 min mile pace. when you get the miles down no problem start sprinting intervals to increase your distance. for instance, go to a track and do:

1 mile warmup 11 mins easy
400 meters jog, 100 meters sprint
repeat 4-6x
1-2 mile fast run

 

[Gymgurl]

Thanks Yarg!

 

[Dial_tone]

well, did the bouncing of your tremendous boobaloos leave you with black eyes or what?

 

[Gymgurl]

I did well....no I double bra those suckers for events like that lol

 

[Synpax]

I did well....no I double bra those suckers for events like that lol

You have a pic? What do you look like exactly?

 

[heavy_duty]

I'm training for a 5K now and here is what the coach has me doing week 6 of a 10 week preparation.

mon/wed/fri running 25 minutes

saturday 30 minute run

tues/thurs 30-40 minutes cross training.

coach is a big name coach for 5k up to marathon.

 

[Gymgurl]

You have a pic? What do you look like exactly?

See my gallery



HD...Im training for my next one in Sept. My schedule is about the same....

 

[Smurfy]

congratulations on your first of many 5Ks. That's awesome!

 

[Synpax]

Nice pictures. Are you a single and available chick or not? Where do you live?

 

[Yarg!]

See my gallery



HD...Im training for my next one in Sept. My schedule is about the same....

hows the training? did u do the sprints like i perscribed? good luck.

 

[Gymgurl]

Training is good....next 5k is next weekend....working on speed training and endurance. My next goal is an indoor tri.....so I start learning to swim better after this race...

 

[heavy_duty]

do you haVE a goaL FOR your 5K time?

 

[Synpax]

You sig says you are going to do a triathlon. Indoor? What are the distances? I have not ever heard of one being inside.

 

[Yarg!]

lol 50 meter run, 30 mins bike machine, 20 meter slip and slide.

 

[Gymgurl]

Moped= biking
swimming with waterwings lol


NO......its 1/2 mile swim which is 37 laps in the pool, 10 miles on the spin bike and then 5K on the treadmill...they don't count transition times because it would take to long and you would be running up and down the stairs...lol...But it is at the YMCA