frank-in-toronto
On 2 Aug 2005 18:29:35 -0700, NoSPAAMderbyjohn@hotmail.com wrote:
>Hi again, runners.
i don't know if I qualify as a "runner", but I'll answer
anyway. as a beginner, you are looking at way too
much detail. just get out and run. aerobically.
from your HR examples, i'd suggest that if you are
popping above 140 bpm, you are trying to run too
fast for your current level of running fitness.
11 or 12 minute miles is slow. yep. that's right.
but you're training now. not racing. your goal
is 26.2 miles. and the first time you will do that
is in the race.
if i were you I would make a wrist tag for 11 minute
miles and plan to take just under 5 hours. that
should be way inside the cutoff, so nothing to worry about.
and if on the day, you happen to feel good, you can
always pick it up for the last few miles.
as long as you finish, you have run a marathon.
then you'll have the info you need to plan next year
a little better. don't get carried away.
....thehick
>Hi again, runners.
i don't know if I qualify as a "runner", but I'll answer
anyway. as a beginner, you are looking at way too
much detail. just get out and run. aerobically.
from your HR examples, i'd suggest that if you are
popping above 140 bpm, you are trying to run too
fast for your current level of running fitness.
11 or 12 minute miles is slow. yep. that's right.
but you're training now. not racing. your goal
is 26.2 miles. and the first time you will do that
is in the race.
if i were you I would make a wrist tag for 11 minute
miles and plan to take just under 5 hours. that
should be way inside the cutoff, so nothing to worry about.
and if on the day, you happen to feel good, you can
always pick it up for the last few miles.
as long as you finish, you have run a marathon.
then you'll have the info you need to plan next year
a little better. don't get carried away.
....thehick
