Well I give myself till March 2011.
Right now I am old, fat and hairy (well not on my head). But it is my goal to break 34 minutes in a 10k.
I plan to do it in February.
Info on me. I was never a runner in high school or college. Just run now that I am old so I can eat more food.
My pr 10k is 35:10 or something like that. 5k is 16:40 or something close to that. I don't plan to run much more then 4 times a week, any more then that and I probably would get injured.
What do you think can I do it?
I give you zero chance. Why don't you try to break 35 first?
It is a good point about trying to break 35 but I am getting to an age I wonder if I will ever have another shot at breaking 34 so this is it.
But why zero chance. I think I have a chance.
Fellow Old Guy wrote:
I give you zero chance. Why don't you try to break 35 first?
or something like that
You have to wonder why you get injured so easily. If it is duration you can split it over more days. If it is intensity running only 4 days is a bad excuse.
A first step would be to buy a heart rate monitor
You might improve further on your 4 days a week schedule but you will feel better on 6 - 7 days a week (less intensity needed).
ahahaha. why the f*** would he buy a heart rate monitor? the man isn't even planning to run 5 days a week. if you want to get better at running, you run more; you don't invest in expensive gadgets that can accomplish nothing except to divert you from what you should actually be focused on.
Never owned a heart rate monitor. Don't even have a watch in fact. I agree it would be better to run 5, 6 or 7 days a week but since I want to do it in February I doubt I will be in shape to run that much by then. For sure I would get injured.
I am hoping to ride a bike for up to an hour 2 days a week as well. Just ride around town to give my legs a little stimulation. Speaking of stimulation just got back from all you can eat pizza. Need to stop doing that if I want any chance at sub 34.
I am thinking I will only do one day a week of anything seriously hard, the other days just try to run injury free miles.
So no votes of pure confidence in my attempt yet. Well it is early on. Lets see how the turkey trot goes. That is my gauge for how fat I really am at them moment.
Leee Meee wrote:
sub34 10k wont stop till I do it...
I don't plan to run much more then 4 times a week
Something wrong here.
I am not saying it isn't possible that I will get to that point but not sure. Right now I am planning on running 4 times a week. For me I think it is better to stay healthy the whole time till February than push it too hard and have to train on the verge of injury. Remember I am old and fat now.
Not bad at all. 6/10. I liked the bit about running 4 days a week.
laugh out loud wrote:
Not bad at all. 6/10. I liked the bit about running 4 days a week.
I wish it were a joke but it is true. Like I said I am not against running more but not sure it will be worth it. So far ran 3x this week and will run one more time tomorrow.
I am thinking if I am close to 17:30 at the turkey trot I have a shot at 34 down the line.
Are you trolling?
Matlock wrote:
Are you trolling?
No I am serious. I put my chances at very little but I am still motivated to go for it. On the day of the 10k I will either break 34 or be reduced to walking in an attempt at it.
But why all the skepticism? It is not like sub 34 is even fast. I am sure there are tons of people who can do it on less than 4 days a week.
I was hoping to get some motivation by putting it out there. The letsrun crowd seems to enjoy the stories of trying for a goal. I know I do.
yo. this man is on a mission
So finished a couple ticks over 17:30. You know you are old and slow when you get beat by people 1/4 your age (ouch).
Anyway 2 weeks of 4 runs a week in me and cutting back on calories (almost lost 5 lbs so far only 30 to go by end of Feb).
Hope you all had a great weekend. Feels good to be running again. Stay healthy and give it a go guys.
ur a total troll... its all over your post.... you sound like you dont know much about running, when you really do. you give very vague facts about yourself ie (im fat, im old). you dont talk much about your training beside running 4 times a week. i smell a troll.
must run wrote:
ur a total troll... its all over your post.... you sound like you dont know much about running, when you really do. you give very vague facts about yourself ie (im fat, im old). you dont talk much about your training beside running 4 times a week. i smell a troll.
Well the facts are I am old and fat, no point sugar coating it. The reason for only running 4 days a week is to prevent injury (not because I think it is optimum for everyone). If I were young and in-shape I would hope to run much much much more.
Do you think it is better for me to throw cation to the wind and just run more now and hope I don't get injured? Is it the only chance I have at breaking 34?
Believe me after my turkey trot it sounds like an extremely impossible goal for me to run sub 34 by the end of Feb but I am going to give it a shot.
I am open to suggestions as well as encouragement.
*caution
although it would be interesting if you could throw cation to the wind
Leee Meee wrote:
Well I give myself till March 2011.
Right now I am old, fat and hairy (well not on my head). But it is my goal to break 34 minutes in a 10k.
I plan to do it in February.
Info on me. I was never a runner in high school or college. Just run now that I am old so I can eat more food.
My pr 10k is 35:10 or something like that. 5k is 16:40 or something close to that. I don't plan to run much more then 4 times a week, any more then that and I probably would get injured.
What do you think can I do it?
How old? How fat? When did you set your PRs? You don't know what they are to the second?
Methinks you have to be a troll; and not a very good one either.
What was the course like for the 5k you ran? With that time, it is definitely going to take some work to go sub-34. February is probably too soon, but by the end of summer would be reasonable.