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RE: Steemit-runners: I need your advice
Hi @lil-mich great post and thanks for sharing.
With regards to your running and improving to run 10km, I honestly think you would be able to do this now, but your right it doesn't hurt to prepare and I think you have a good idea of what you need to do already. I also think you should be able to keep the enjoyment you have for running while improving. You didn't mention home many times a week you run, but I think if you ran 3 times a week, you would be able to do the following:
- Your first run could be a slower run thank your usual 6.5km pace, take it a little easier and try to run for 1 hour.
- Your second run for the week could then be your usual 6.5 km run that you are familiar with.
- A higher intensity run, where you are running for 5 to 6 minutes at a faster pace that you run your normal 6.5km run at, and then walk for 4 minutes...repeat this 4 or 5 times. I have seen some runners get some good results, quickly by increasing their pace in these types of training runs.
Yes, to do the above training, you would need to probably get a watch, but having said that, you would only need something basic to record your time as you are running.
I hope this helps and would love to hear your progress...Let me know if you need some ideas on running watches(Let me know a rough price as well) and I would be happy to give some ideas.
Keep up the hard work and speak to you soon.
Regards @run.vince.run
thanks for your great suggestion- yay, I have a plan! It sounds like a good mix of distance and speed in addition to something I am already used to. It makes good sense. :) Recently I have run 4 times a week, but that's really just because of all the bank holidays in May. Over time 3 is more realistic. If you have any recommendations on running watches I'd love to hear them. Not wanting to spend a fortune, but if I am to invest in one I think it should do more than just count the number of steps. Thanks for your general encouragement - being part of the runners society here is a great motivation for me. :)
Hey @lil-mich no trouble at all...We are all pretty keen to help and look forward to hearing about your future running. Give me a day and I will give you some details of watches that you could get.
Regards @run.vince.run
Me again, I found this post and it gives a really good list of cheaper watches:
https://thewiredrunner.com/cheap-running-watches/
I have owned the TomTom and the Garmin Forerunner 25in the past and currently use the Suunto Ambit 3. it gives you a good list of watches at different prices with different features as you may not be interested in GPS or heart rate as yet but a good stop watch will help with your training.
Shout out if you have any questions.
Regards @run.vince.run
Thanks for the list @run.vince.run! 😄 I’ll look into it when I get home from work. I feel I could easily get carried away with functionality (which perhaps I wouldn’t even use) so it’s good to have several options. 😄