slow buggers running club (Page 2)

its up to you bshehan but imho a 10k at 9min pace is fast. yeh maybe your training runs are slower but for most of us training runs that speed do not = a 9min/mile pace. i am not in a position to say yes or no but imho the spirit of the slow buggers running club is to encourage those of us who can't hit the 10min/mile even in races. but that's just my opinion.* 

maybe you and kathy g (soon to be joined by possum...) could set up a slightly less than slow buggers but not scarily fast like marmadaddy et al running club?

*have been drinking cobra all night so maybe i'm too quick to pass judgement, but they're just my thoughts.

welcome texan yogi. what would interest me, and hopefully encourage others would be if peeps posted what training they are doing and what race they are hoping to do next.

for me i am hoping to do my first ever 5k next sunday and would like to do it in under 35 mins.

Daremo - 2006-09-24 5:18 PM Or even to post not just the training they are doing, but what their long term goal is and how motivated/dedicated they are to get there, and how they plan to do it. Don't forget, even the fast runners had to start somewhere and didn't necessarily think they could break a barrier. (Okay, I'll leave and go be "fast" somewhere else now .... .... )

that's a great idea - thanks daremo - yes you may leave now

my long term goal is to run a half mary; and to get sub-10mins in a 5k race i feel very motivated at the moment as i sucked so badly at the run during my super-sprint try and i hated it. i am currently following the hal higdon 10k plan for a race in december and its going well so far.

anyone else?

p.s. mathsgeek - i'll ring you tomorrow ok?

Yay, I found a home here!  

Hi, My Name is Christine, and I am SLOW!

I can do a 10 min/mile, but only one of them  

Did my longest distance today in a race, 5 miles, and came back to my old friend, 12 min/mile pace. 

Maybe we should make t-shirts, that way there's no mistake

ETA: My husband, standing behind me "helping" just suggested that he make us all t-shirts with an orange triangle on the back... mooooving through...

welll, please don't kick me out of the club!  I smoked my 5k. I can't believe it, but I think the whole train slowly thing works!  I actually used HR data for a few weeks, and even doing some fast walking to keep it in the correct zones, and somehow I still managed a 27:55! That's a fraction faster than 9 min miles! woo hoo!  but it may have been a fluke, so we'll see, I am determined to stay the course (ha) and keep training methodically, slowly, even if it feels embarrasignly slow, taking rest days, etc.

Oh, I still lost to both boys! I am 60 bucks poorer! 

WOW - Congratulations Possum!!!!

I'd like to join in on this club.  I've spent the summer struggling through 12-15 m/m.  I'm slower this year than I was last year - I think from trying to build speed without having the base under me.  I've slowed down - still struggling, but thinking about finding a local coach to help me with my form. 

I did a 1/2 mary in 2005 in 2:35 - just under 12m/m and the same 1/2 a couple weeks ago in 2:46 - just over 12.5 m/m.  I originally planned to do the full mary, but the miles just about killed me. 

KathyG is a HUGE inspiration to me - she just finished a 5 k averaging UNDER 8 m/m and last year she was struggling along at 12 m/m.  I'm convinced that for us slow people, there are no shortcuts, just have to keep plugging away building a base and SLOWLY increasing speed/distance.

Tam

I'm at the other end of the spectrum.  I can run faster than 10:00 per mile for a 10-K race, though not much.  Trouble is, due to advancing age I get slower each year and very soon 10:00 will be my pace for 10-K

So the answer is, you get faster for a while and then you regress.  I think I've reached the top of the pyramid and am heading down the other side! 

i nearly self-eliminated myself today. managed two miles on 10 mins 5 secs/mile.

btw seeing as possum seems to be hanging round still bshehan might as well post.

well done hollis btw

how is everyone else doing?

impressive range of races tbz - btw where has your silly piccie gone we want it back

i'm following hal higdon and enjoying it. which one are you on atm? i've just done the last two weeks of the novice 5k and then starting the novice 10k; how many days are you running? i'm sticking to the 3.

It's generally recognized that "speed work" is the best way to get faster.  The theory goes something like this;  say you can now run 11:00 per mile and you want to run 10:00 per mile.  Until you teach your body what it feels like to run a 10:00 pace, you'll always be fighting that barrier and never get faster than the speed of your daily runs.  So you do intervals at a faster pace, running at 10:00 for a few minutes, then several minutes of recovery at a slower pace.  Repeat.  Repeat.

Far be it from me to be coaching or advising anyone on running workouts, being as how I am pathetically slow myself, but if you Google things like running intervals, you'll surely come up with a host of training plans that will help increase your overall speed.

hey peeps

slow bugger reporting for duty. did my first ever stand alone 5k today and i was slower than during a brick 5k - haha!

but i managed to run the whole thing, beat 35 mins and managed an impressive 10 mins 52 seconds per mile - yay!

any tips on pre-race food for morning runs...if you read my log it has a race report of sorts and you'll see why i'm asking

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post of the year! thanks hollis