Cyclists with a "Running" Problem

[Chris_]

You could also try the "Couch to Comrades in 6 weeks" programme pioneered by Andrew Steer. It generally involves taking up running in April and then somehow, through sheer bloody-mindedness, completing Comrades a couple months later.

 

I've heard at least 1 rave review

[Odinson]

Take any sedentary person, have them listen to David Goggins monologues on repeat the whole time and you can get them through a Comrades. 

[Odinson]

What training plan is preferable when you want to be in a condition to be able to run solid marathons and long trail runs during the course of a couple of months?

 

I’m not really working up to one specific event, but want to be in a good condition over the course of the spring, summer and autum here.

[dave303e]

What training plan is preferable when you want to be in a condition to be able to run solid marathons and long trail runs during the course of a couple of months?

 

I’m not really working up to one specific event, but want to be in a good condition over the course of the spring, summer and autum here.

 

Just run, if you can run a marathon you will be fine for a trail run... Most trail runners train on tar anyway

[Mudsimus]

Just run, if you can run a marathon you will be fine for a trail run... Most trail runners train on tar anyway

Trail running definitely gives you an overall body workout. I'll do one or two technical trail runs every month, just to get off the road, and Im always sore in places I didn't expect to be sore after a run.

[Chris_]

What training plan is preferable when you want to be in a condition to be able to run solid marathons and long trail runs during the course of a couple of months?

 

I’m not really working up to one specific event, but want to be in a good condition over the course of the spring, summer and autum here.

 

Once you start trail running, there's no going back to tar

[Jewbacca]

Just run, if you can run a marathon you will be fine for a trail run... Most trail runners train on tar anyway

Do they?

 

I do about 10 road runs a year. Probably 3 leading up to my qualifier, the qualifier, 2 between the qualifier and Oceans and 3 recovery runs after big races....

 

I probably cover 50 to 100km a week on trail.

 

I do hill repeats up Pecks Valley, speed work on the gravel road behind muizenberg peak and long runs I will cover anything from fish hoek to cape town over the mountains.

 

For me, running on tar causes niggles and pains from the repetition I just don't get out on the trails. I suppose I have chosen to live in a place where the trails are less than 1km from my back door which makes it easier

[Chris_]

Do they?

 

 

 

Those of us in the concrete jungle have less options.

 

But you said it, we ultimately choose to live where we do... 

[Andrew Steer]

You could also try the "Couch to Comrades in 6 weeks" programme pioneered by Andrew Steer. It generally involves taking up running in April and then somehow, through sheer bloody-mindedness, completing Comrades a couple months later.

It's a very silly program for a particularly stupid person and it's just not much fun if I'm honest... I really wish I could sort my running out, but there is one key consistent thing in the way - me and my life.

 

Working on fixing that, but at the same time thinking I need to re-access what I am doing and why? Something is just not adding up.

 

After my marathon disaster two weeks ago where I stuffed up my knees a bit, I'm on to the next mess which involves me and a course of anti-biotics... praying I can still run something resembling a decent Vaal marathon. Have Argus the weekend after, Om die Dam the week after that... it's getting very messy and fast.

 

So, basically, do the opposite of what I do and you should be golden   

[Chris_]

It's a very silly program for a particularly stupid person and it's just not much fun if I'm honest... I really wish I could sort my running out, but there is one key consistent thing in the way - me and my life.

 

Working on fixing that, but at the same time thinking I need to re-access what I am doing and why? Something is just not adding up.

 

After my marathon disaster two weeks ago where I stuffed up my knees a bit, I'm on to the next mess which involves me and a course of anti-biotics... praying I can still run something resembling a decent Vaal marathon. Have Argus the weekend after, Om die Dam the week after that... it's getting very messy and fast.

 

So, basically, do the opposite of what I do and you should be golden   

 

In the rest of the (reasonable) world these are enough goals for a full year.

 

Cut yourself some slack.

[Jackes]

I'm extremely happy with sub 4h marathon or 1h45 half or whatever " goal" I set myself 2 minutes before the start of a race.

 

Now I'm back to my usual junk slown and consistent miles and it works for me.

 

 

Nothing junk slow about a sub 4 marathon! 

[Mats]

It's a very silly program for a particularly stupid person and it's just not much fun if I'm honest... I really wish I could sort my running out, but there is one key consistent thing in the way - me and my life.

 

Working on fixing that, but at the same time thinking I need to re-access what I am doing and why? Something is just not adding up.

 

After my marathon disaster two weeks ago where I stuffed up my knees a bit, I'm on to the next mess which involves me and a course of anti-biotics... praying I can still run something resembling a decent Vaal marathon. Have Argus the weekend after, Om die Dam the week after that... it's getting very messy and fast.

 

So, basically, do the opposite of what I do and you should be golden

If you feel the need to part with your Om die dam entry.... you know where to find me... and maybe a comrades entry.

[Stretch]

I must be the dumbest runner ever.

 

I get up every morning and go for a 10km run , speed of the run is determined by how I feel on the day. Some days fast some days slow but mostly somewhere in between.

 

Weekends I'll try for a longer run of 25km+ or race somewhere.

 

But I'm just a social runner , running because I enjoy it. I'll never make top 10 or even top 100 for that matter so timing really doesn't matter. I'm extremely happy with sub 4h marathon or 1h45 half or whatever " goal" I set myself 2 minutes before the start of a race.

 

I don't have the genetics or desire to run that much faster than what I'm currently managing.

 

 

I never had injury problems until I tried doing quality sessions with the faster runners begining of this year. Busted my knee and battled for 4 weeks.

 

Im actually in the same club as Lindsey. I tried following his program , but I hated taking a rest day on days when I wanted to be out running, or running up and down the same hill for the sake of ticking it off a to do list.

 

 

Now I'm back to my usual junk slown and consistent miles and it works for me.

 

I know the philosophy is work smarter not harder but some of us are doomed to always work harder.

 

For me following a structured program makes it all to serious for a fun runner like myself.

For other it makes them win races which is what gives them enjoyment.

 

Every year my mate with 800km of Comrades training kilos beats me and I usually do double that.

 

 

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you got injured because you tried to do session/interval work too fast. I don't mean you were running too fast..but that you need to let your body adapt to the change in your approach/form

 

with proper training you could knock 30 mins off that marathon time. If that doesn't excite or motivate you then that's awesome - you carry on running because you enjoy it and I totally respect that. if it does...then it's time to try mix things up again

 

Me....I am competitive as hell and will always try and push myself as much as I can.

[Chris_]

Funny thing (maybe not funny) happened to me yesterday. I went for a run down the spruit last night  - which I don't usually do because you come across very different characters in the bushes at 7pm compared to 5am.

 

Anyway I hear someone coming up behind me. A man comes jogging up the path next to me, jeans and long sleeve short.. but wait, carrying a full-on 32 inchish computer monitor under his arm. 100m later he comes across his mate, also holding a screen, beaming!

 

I try not to speculate but...

[Davey_Jones]

Funny thing (maybe not funny) happened to me yesterday. I went for a run down the spruit last night  - which I don't usually do because you come across very different characters in the bushes at 7pm compared to 5am.

 

Anyway I hear someone coming up behind me. A man comes jogging up the path next to me, jeans and long sleeve short.. but wait, carrying a full-on 32 inchish computer monitor under his arm. 100m later he comes across his mate, also holding a screen, beaming!

 

I try not to speculate but...

Taking your screen for a jog is all the rage in Europe.

 

Its called the Jean and Screen Movement

Edited February 22, 2019 by Davey_Jones

[Barry Stuart]

Taking your screen for a jog is all the rage in Europe.

 

Its called the Jean and Screen Movement

Well the current mile record for running in denim jeans is 4:16

 

Running in blue jeans is a thing.