Comments | whitlamsfan: Time for Action

whitlamsfan

Time for Action

May 27, 2006 22:26

Well every time I think about not running my mind goes back to Brisbane Waters Hospital ICU and Dad there after his bypass. I want to stop that happening to me, screw genetics. I need to keep to running. That involves being more diciplined in my training. That means waking up early if I have to and running at night if I have to ( Read more... )

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bypass anonymous May 27 2006, 12:51:53 UTC

There's nothing like the possibility of health problems later in life, to set you on the path to fitness now.

speedygeoff

anonymous May 27 2006, 18:38:40 UTC

What it means is defining a goal, determining a way to get to that goal, i.e a program, and then sticking to that program to acheive the goal. You don't need to run every day at this point. Four days a week is plenty, and the time demands early on aren't huge so you'll learn how to build your schedule around accomodating your run. The secret here is to make it a habit, just do your training without thinking about it ( ... )

whitlamsfan May 28 2006, 03:36:32 UTC

I'll delete ever having a 5km PB in such a case, and will never record it as I just don't care about a 5km distance and couldn't tell you another one. I'll keep my 10km PB as is, but 10km is a distance I rarely run on its own.

Bold assumption that I plan to run Canberra next year!

As for assuming I don't have a goal, 80km at the Gosford 12hr is on my mind at the moment, I really can't develop my own program so would need to figure out what to do with that.

Do you think running for time rather than distance is what I should do? Come to think of it, it would be alot easier to stick to. For now I'll go with the last few weeks of Higdon's intermediate 10km looking for a PB in the Bay to Bay. Then I really need to look at what training to do for the 12hr, Sydney looks out as the cutoff is quicker then my Canberra time so I'm not sure I want to risk it, perhaps FFM could be an option as I really would like another marathon between now and January to feel confident about getting the best out of the 12hr.

anonymous May 28 2006, 11:09:21 UTC

Didn't make that assumption, merely suggested it as a goal.

anonymous May 28 2006, 05:47:46 UTC

Omni, my 2cents for what it is worth....

Try and set a goal that requires some discipline but not for a long period and that the training can fit in with your other committments.

Given you have only just hit 400km for the year I'd have to say any attempt at a longer race (especially an ultra) will just be damn painful and potentially disheartening.

Get a few notches of success on your belt and things will grow from there.

Cheers

Dave (O Runner)

anonymous May 28 2006, 10:57:38 UTC

Hey Om, 80k at the Gosford 12 hr is a pretty good goal (it's a pretty good event too) - but a long way off - something shorter and sooner would assist keeping you motivated.

Whether you run for time or distance the importiant thing is to to make it consistent and realistic.

Good to hear you are determined - make it happen!

whitlamsfan May 28 2006, 11:39:09 UTC

Well a 5.30 marathon between now and then, would be nice, don't think I can risk it at Sydney. I'd like my half time to be 2hrs.

anonymous June 6 2006, 12:39:53 UTC

Hey Omni,

Thanks for your comments, I realise you do it tough on a lot of your runs, and some of the comments on your blog, although they don't mean to be, can come accross sounding not very nice sometimes, which would probably put a spanner in your motivation too.

I'm building up in ks now slowly, after talking to a person about appropriate weekly ks to run a good half marathon. What he told me shocked me, I'm not running enough from the old 40k a week thingy.

We'll both need to start building up again I suspect, don't just suddenly go out there and do too much though. Remember that the 10% rule is golden for your sanity more than anything else.

Flashduck got me to realise I was slowing myself down early this year by running for too long, so I cut back and tried to speed things up, aiming only for half marathon distance, and I've improved heaps because of it (in speed, not distance). Might be good if you do something like that but remember not to skip those long runs, (around 2 hrs) like I must learn not to skip them!

~Aki

whitlamsfan June 6 2006, 13:21:55 UTC

Yea, training for a 12k, then a half, then the 12hr, so going back up.

Ankles been very sore so haven't run lately, will go for a tester tomorrow.