slow buggers running club (Page 9)

Wow I'd almost forgotten this thread was here!  We need to recruit some more slow buggers!

Glad to hear you're running again Sappho! 

As for me, I've been running A LOT (well at least by my standards)!  3-4 times/week every week and I am finally starting to see some improvement.  I'm still slow, but I'm getting consistantly in the 11's now.  Even better though, I'm actually running!  Before I was doing run/walk intervals but I couldn't run for longer than a minute or so....partly b/c of my shins, partly b/c of crappy running fitness.  I seem to finally be getting it together though and can run a mile and a half w/out any walking.  I'm thinking I could probably even do more, and am hoping to do my 5k this weekend without walking.  It seems like it's finally clicking for me after months of working on it! 

that is such brilliant news lil i confess part of the reason i got back into the running was to help with the weight loss. slow as buggery today but just need to build up slowly and look after my legs.

good luck on your 5k 

This is the club for me.  I think I can walk faster than I can run at this point and that's not saying much.  I too am doing the Oct run challenge and I notice two of my Poison Apple teammates are here.

My avg is in the 13's right now, so 10 is no where is site for me at the moment.

Oh... I haven't been to Challenge Me in a while, and I completely missed this thread!  Woot!

I'm slow, but getting faster... slowly.  Today's Z1/2 run was just under 13 min/mile.   That's an improvement over the 15 min/mile I was doing a year ago.

You mean you didn't come to visit me?

It always sounds strange to explain, but I've found that I run faster the slower I go.  But my problem is that I always start to hard and wear myself out and then I can't keep up the pace over a distance...even a short distance like a 5k.  If I start at a good pace though I can keep it up longer and overall go faster.  All my mantras when I run revolve around telling myself to go slow.  It's really strange but it works for me.  It seems that no matter how slow I think I'm going, I always end up going too fast.  So yea, I don't like the idea of telling myself to go slower when I'm already so slow, but in the long run I think getting used to the slow pace helps a lot.  Or maybe I'm just really backwards....that could be it too.

Regular to the slow buggers club reporting....

I have gotten to the point now that I can run <10 min./mile on any run 1.5 miles or less.  Not much, but big progress for me!  Granted the fact that I am now running at close to 0 elevation when I'm used to running at a mile high may have something to do with it, but i'll take my successes where I can!

I'm a slow bugger!  Although my new mantra is that 'slow is the new fast'

How does this work? 

if you figure it out, can you let me know?  I'm in the same boat your are  

Hey Wow, we have our own Sticky!!  I thought I was alone and I find this thread and there are many of you out there.. I did a 5k 2 weeks ago and averaged 10:30min/mile, so I am still a Slow Bugger!

One method I am trying is Mike Ricci's 8/2 plan, where you run/jog 8 mins then walk 2 mins and repeat.  The 8min run should be at Z1 pace.  I was doing about 11:45-12:15 mile with this mthod before my 5K, so we'll see what happens come my next race.

Tim

I am so in!  I just ran a 5k in 30:41 - however that was all out and my training runs vary from 10 minute miles - 12 minute miles.  I want to go sub 10 this year and this is the group for me!

I am soooo relieved to see that I am not alone!