March run times

[theonlymegumegu]

Well, after I got over being sick, I found quite a bit of energy and made an effort to slap pavement more often:

Sun, 3/1: 1.8 mi, 19:23

Wed, 3/18: 1.8 mi, 18:59

Thu, 3/19: 1 mi, 9:16

Fri, 3/20: 1.8 mi, 19:56

Tue, 3/24: 1.3 mi, 12

Wed, 3/25: 1 mi, 9:13

Thu, 3/26: 1.3 mi, 12:36

Fri, 3/27: 1.8 mi, 19:14

Sun, 3/29: 1.8 mi, 19:14

Comments

[fistofnathan]

Out of curiosity, do you practice interval running (jog, sprint, jog, sprint) or do you just jog it out?

Do you consider running a hobby, a fitness routine, or do you want more stamina for your martial arts training too? Multiple answers?

This quiz will count as 25% of your grade, btw

[theonlymegumegu]

Primarily I motivate myself to run to improve my Parkour, actually, and hope that it will benefit my overall fitness as well. Also, I'm a very poor runner, so it's something I want to work on to improve my cardio in general as well. Also, definitely not a hobby ^^;; if I didn't think it would help out with the activities I do consider hobbies, I probably wouldn't do it... I've never been a fan of running.

So, the short answer is fitness and to supplement Parkour.

[fistofnathan]

for Parkour, the kind of running you're doing now is probably best.

However, there are two kinds of stamina: aerobic and anaerobic. Martial arts and other high activity things are anaerobic, the body is moving at a very high pace for a short period of time (using mostly Type 2B muscles which produce more power but tire quicker). This is why long-distance runners will tire after a few rounds of sparring. Interval running is better for this activity, sprinting to produce speed and power and endure that (power endurance), rather than a longer time which will use different muscles and systems entirely.

[theonlymegumegu]

Oh, I understand those things. In fact, when we do running for our Advanced KB class (which I expect will start up again soon w/ the improving weather), we usually do ladders, where we run in a line and the person in the back sprints to the front, lather, rinse, repeat. Lemme just frame this with the fact I'm a shitty runner EITHER WAY XD;; I'm usually trying hard to focus on continually putting one foot in front of the other, nevermind changing tempos... I do try to add in the interval sprinting occassionally, but... I'm a pretty sucky runner (literally! I suck wind pretty hard...) It takes me a long time to get good at running, and I've only done it once, and it took me a long time from what I remember. Not one of my body's strong suits :/ thanks tho!

Oh, and actually more than a few Parkour people I know like interval sprinting better than endurance jogging, actually. Again... I suck at running ^^;;