"SLOW JOGGING" and what are the BENEFITS???

Jeez why the F is that guy in lane 2? I don't care if he jogs but take it to lane 8.

She looks like Camille Herron

Look at the context.

She said she wants to run for health, to lose body weight and to run a marathon.

But she didn't say "I want to get my mile time down to sub-5" or even "I want to run a sub-4 marathon".

There's nothing wrong with what he's saying in terms of improving health and I'd say what they're promoting in terms of form and posture are very good. It's a good programme for complete beginners.

But this aint for fast running. The clue is in the title.

Depends if its an easy day I have no issue. If your hard days slip that's a problem.

If you're significantly below 65% MHR then it's pretty pointless to even be outside

Yuki runs his easy runs at 8:00, Kipchoge at 7:00. That is 50+% slower than marathon pace.

isnt this what Whitlock was kinda doing?

probably not quite as slow, but as far as relative to his capability, probably similar as stated above in MHR

Why doesn't he just go for a walk in the park?

Kipchoge does his easier runs at 4:00/km which is 6:26 pace and some of his morning 70 min. runs are more moderate. And keep in mind that this is at altitude on dirt roads.

elites often start very very slow before they gradually speed up to slow (for them) pace.

wannabes don't have the patience to do this or they are too embarassed to be seen running very slowly?

Walking pace jogging wrote:

Look at the context.

She said she wants to run for health, to lose body weight and to run a marathon.

But she didn't say "I want to get my mile time down to sub-5" or even "I want to run a sub-4 marathon".

There's nothing wrong with what he's saying in terms of improving health and I'd say what they're promoting in terms of form and posture are very good. It's a good programme for complete beginners.

But this aint for fast running. The clue is in the title.

That old guy went from 4:11 in his 30s to 2:38 in his 50s. Now I understand that 2:38 at any age is not fast running on this board. But do you call it slow?

Well, I'm half wondering if what I am going to say is going to be deleted!

Last time I recommended that posters to look up the works of Kenneth Cooper, the thread disappeared!

It could have something else that triggered the deletion...anyway.

I don't know how well known Kenneth Cooper's book "Aerobics" is nowadays.

But, he came up with a way of KNOWING that you were getting fit.

It was all worked out scientifically ( 1970 science) and was based around maintaining certain heart beat levels during training.

It worked via gaining points for whatever endurance activity you did. It had to be for - I think - more than 25 mins for proper cardio vascular/fitness benefits.

The whole thing could be considered outdated now, but you can get copies of his books for a song via Ebay etc.

On my easy runs I try to keep my heart rate at 153 or less...Has me average between 10-11 minute miles granted I'm running on hilly terrain that 1000 gains aren't out of the question. Down the road I have a hill that is 50 feet shy of a certified mountain (950) feet I try to do my easy runs up it so I guess 10-11 pace aint bad.

Its an adjustment for sure since I always did easy runs at 745-830 pace but I don't feel as beat to s hit all the time either.

Its just as hard holding a 6:45 tempo as it is holding back. Will see if the benefits pay off.

Much slower than 8 min miles; more like 9:45-9:30s. His ultra long training runs are a real staple. Do a read of his 3 part series on Japan Running News.

SLow Mo wrote:

Yuki runs his easy runs at 8:00, Kipchoge at 7:00. That is 50+% slower than marathon pace.

That’s a great point. I’d be surprised if they’re heart rate was higher than 115 for those runs. Yet there is benefit to that. Fascinating. He

Mikeh33 wrote:

SLow Mo wrote:

Yuki runs his easy runs at 8:00, Kipchoge at 7:00. That is 50+% slower than marathon pace.

That’s a great point. I’d be surprised if they’re heart rate was higher than 115 for those runs. Yet there is benefit to that. Fascinating. He

To make it even crazier, supposedly the little Japanese guy in the video tested Yuki and found his aerobic threshold to be around 5:20 pace, so 8:00 miles would be basically walking effort. This might help explain his phenomenal recovery ability, keeping in mind he is doing races every 2-4 weeks year round.

them east africans wrote:

elites often start very very slow before they gradually speed up to slow (for them) pace.

wannabes don't have the patience to do this or they are too embarassed to be seen running very slowly?

I understand the warm-up. I also run first couple of miles really slowly, especially if my legs felt tired or had pain. However, I am not sure whether it is correct but I remember Daniels saying that you do not need to run much more slowly than about 25% more slowly than your marathon pace in your recovery runs because it already clears the lactid acid. It is not wrong to run more slowly but also not helpful. Therefore if you felt really tired you can run more slowly at a pace that feels comfortable that day but jogging really slowly does not bring any physiological benefits.

My target marathon pace is 4 min/km and I might run at a 6 min/km or 5.50 min/km the first km or mile if I did not feel very well in the beginning. That means that there might be a kilometer which is 50 per cent slower than my marathon pace. However, after that I slowly accelerate my pace without even noticing it. I guess it is just a way to wake-up the body when you jog slowly the first 2 miles / 3 kilometers.

I do not understand the type of slow jogging done in this video. Nordic walking would be much more beneficial for the people who are in a really bad shape.

The benefits are: ☝️

Less injuries ?

Less intensity ?

More relax runs ?

Better for overall health ?

Peace of mind ?

She said at the beginning of then video that she would like to find a Marathon to run. She should pick one with no time limit running those 17 minute miles she was doing at the end of that video.