Just ran 10 mile tempo on the track

Not on a regular basis, but since I don't usually have access to a track in the first place, the few times I DO, I could almost run a MARATHON on a track and not get bored...

Serious Answer wrote:

Not on a regular basis, but since I don't usually have access to a track in the first place, the few times I DO, I could almost run a MARATHON on a track and not get bored...

How old are you? I'm 19 and my friends think running more than 20 laps is crazy lol. What do your friends about it?

I run a weekly 10 miler at 60 minutes and often do all of my marathon work on a track.

Prefer it to the road most days

My record is 14 miles around the track. I do farleks and it goes by fast; especially if it's a public track and there are people to keep it interesting.

You guys are kinda weird.

I would LOVE to be able to run in a big open space like that. That would be so exciting. You should selfie video your next run so I can enjoy it while I am running on my tiny little 5 foot belt not really going anywhere watching a blank wall.

There's this:

http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=1797604&thread=1797484#1797604

And I read an interview with Benji Durden where he said that he did a lot of his runs on a loop that took three minutes to run. He'd do runs of well over two hours on it.

What's ur Prs I ran mine today in one hr and last week did 6xMile 5:35 and was wondering around 16:20 5K?

Running123 wrote:

I run a weekly 10 miler at 60 minutes and often do all of my marathon work on a track.

Prefer it to the road most days

no more boredom.... wrote:

I would LOVE to be able to run in a big open space like that. That would be so exciting. You should selfie video your next run so I can enjoy it while I am running on my tiny little 5 foot belt not really going anywhere watching a blank wall.

I did my long run on a trendmail the other day 1hr 40 mins and I wasn't bored lol

Well, Yiannis Kouros ran continuously for 6 days on a track 644 miles.

I wouldn't want to do 10 miles because the constant turning in one direction wouldn't be great for my injury issues, but it's pretty standard for me to do a 5 mile tempo on the track. I don't get bored at all actually because it's a workout. If it was just an easy run then yeah, I'd be bored.

Back in high school, I would do most of my base work on the track. The most I ran on the track was about 11 miles in my sophomore track. I started the season running 3 miles in 23 minutes. Again, I was a slow runner.

Soprano wrote:

I wouldn't want to do 10 miles because the constant turning in one direction wouldn't be great for my injury issues, but it's pretty standard for me to do a 5 mile tempo on the track. I don't get bored at all actually because it's a workout. If it was just an easy run then yeah, I'd be bored.

You could reverse direction.

10k guy wrote:

Anyone else enjoy running around circles for longer distance and not get bored!?

I used to do a 10-mile progression run on the track frequently to gauge my fitness. Think the fastest I ever got comfortably was in the 51 min range. But, unless I was running 400s or 800s, I really had no interest in being anywhere near the track.

Typically, too many hobbyjoggers would get in the way or ask questions during the middle of my runs, since I was doing so many laps. It really got annoying after awhile. Much prefer the countryside.

I love doing tempo work on the track. It's so easy to get into a rhythm. It also feels like you're jogging if you're used to only going to the track to do really hard speedwork.

I've even done long runs on indoor tracks, when there's a blizzard outside. I did 20 miles on a 200 meter flat track, and once I did 17 miles on a 130 meter (!) banked track underneath a stadium. It was sort of meditative.

Haha. I thought I was the only one. I do 95% of my runs on track now. It has cured all my injuries. Hip problem is gone. Softness of the track surface and the flat surface really helps those recovering from injury. I run on lane 7 to combat the sharp turns of inner lanes.

The longest tempo I did was this summer of 15K on it.

I am 50s now so that kind of training is a memory, but when I was younger (30s), I used to do a 20 miler on the track at about 15 secs per mile slower than goal pace, 3-4 weeks out from my marathon...and shorter ones periodically leading up to that workout: 10-12-15-18...doing one every 3-4 weeks

also, hour runs at goal marathon pace was a staple for me. these were done on the track also.

from a training perspective, I don't know if this was the best thing could have done or not (I was self-coached). But what I do know is that I developed the focus of a jedi racing those long miles from 18 on. And being able to concentrate and hurt for longer is what made my marathon time come down.

I have bad arthritis now and can't run at all...but that is the type of training I miss most. just zoning out and clicking off laps like a machine. I get a little endorphin rush just thinking about it.

800 dude wrote:

I love doing tempo work on the track. It's so easy to get into a rhythm. It also feels like you're jogging if you're used to only going to the track to do really hard speedwork.

I've even done long runs on indoor tracks, when there's a blizzard outside. I did 20 miles on a 200 meter flat track, and once I did 17 miles on a 130 meter (!) banked track underneath a stadium. It was sort of meditative.

I did a 20-miler on an indoor track once during a blizzard...and also 22 miles at 6:30 pace on a treadmill. there was a football game on so it was no problem

The York cross team ran all their mileage using a 400m asphalt and grass loop in front of the school back in the day. Did close to 20 miles at a time that way counting the afternoon slog. Helped to have a group to talk to.