andtckrtoo
Cathlete
Carole - yeah, hiking can be tough on the calves the first few times out, but I hike weekly, and usually do more miles. *shrugs* Oh well - I know I worked them this weekend! That's all that matters.
Runners Checkin 05-08
- Thread starter karenvictoria
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karenvictoria
Cathlete
Can someone tell me what this means. Lately I really am just winging my runs alternating between a long run, tempo, and then an interval here and there. Well, with my next 5k in two weeks I printed out Hal Higdon's Training Program and am going to work on this for the next two weeks and hopefully shave some time off my run.
Now the Question. What does this mean when they say run a 8x400 mile pace or a 6x200 mile pace. How long am I suppose to run during this and what speed does that mean I should do. I know you all can help me. Thanks so much. I'm just a little confused.
karen
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Now the Question. What does this mean when they say run a 8x400 mile pace or a 6x200 mile pace. How long am I suppose to run during this and what speed does that mean I should do. I know you all can help me. Thanks so much. I'm just a little confused.
karen
www.picturetrail.com/karenvictoria
onedayatatime
Cathlete
Hi Karen,
I know the other runners here with more race experience can explain this to you better than I can, but here's what I understand. 8x400 means you run 400 meters (or about .25 miles) at your speediest pace (?here's where I get lost about lactate threshold, anaerobic pace, ?? - so I boil it down to "as fast as I can and then faster than that.." and then recover for about 200 meters -- or until your heart rate recovers. Do this 8 times. So 8 = number of times to repeat
and 400 = the length in meters of the interval.
Sometimes, if I do this on the treadmill, I will put in I-Max and find that the interval times of I-Max sometime synchronize well. Other times, I hit pause.
-- when you go to the hal higdon site at one link you can click for "preview" of the program and there is some short explanations of different types of runs
--at runnersworld.com there is now a smart runner program that will spit out a training program for you similar to the Hal Higdon program. Since you start out entering your race pace, the program gives you a general idea of pace. I had to change the numbers a lot until the pace fit closer to what I could actually run.
Hope this helps.
-Barb
I know the other runners here with more race experience can explain this to you better than I can, but here's what I understand. 8x400 means you run 400 meters (or about .25 miles) at your speediest pace (?here's where I get lost about lactate threshold, anaerobic pace, ?? - so I boil it down to "as fast as I can and then faster than that.." and then recover for about 200 meters -- or until your heart rate recovers. Do this 8 times. So 8 = number of times to repeat
and 400 = the length in meters of the interval.
Sometimes, if I do this on the treadmill, I will put in I-Max and find that the interval times of I-Max sometime synchronize well. Other times, I hit pause.
-- when you go to the hal higdon site at one link you can click for "preview" of the program and there is some short explanations of different types of runs
--at runnersworld.com there is now a smart runner program that will spit out a training program for you similar to the Hal Higdon program. Since you start out entering your race pace, the program gives you a general idea of pace. I had to change the numbers a lot until the pace fit closer to what I could actually run.
Hope this helps.
-Barb
karenvictoria
Cathlete
Barb that does help. I appreciate the explantion. So what I need to do is try and figure out what time I want to run the next 5K and go from there. I'm glad you told me that 8 means the number of time to do this. I couldn't for the life of me figue out how long this workout should be. Thanks!!!
karen
www.picturetrail.com/karenvictoria
karen
www.picturetrail.com/karenvictoria
meatlessinca
Cathlete
Hi everyone!
I missed ya’ll the past few days! I’ve been dealing with a family issue and I haven’t had time to play in the threads, but I wanted to quickly peek in and congratulate the racers this weekend and say RIGHT ON! To Elaine on getting into St. George and great job on the 10K! I quickly posted kudos to Sarah (AMAZING!!) in the main discussion area, but I wanted to also congratulate Karen on her very EXCELLENT job on her first 5K! You guys are all so awesome and I can’t believe how much I have missed everyone the past few days! I am limited for time right now, so I don’t mean to leave anyone out…I’ll just have to read up more later and post then. Hellos and Have a good day to everyone!!– YOU ALL ARE VERY AWESOME!!
Thomasina
I missed ya’ll the past few days! I’ve been dealing with a family issue and I haven’t had time to play in the threads, but I wanted to quickly peek in and congratulate the racers this weekend and say RIGHT ON! To Elaine on getting into St. George and great job on the 10K! I quickly posted kudos to Sarah (AMAZING!!) in the main discussion area, but I wanted to also congratulate Karen on her very EXCELLENT job on her first 5K! You guys are all so awesome and I can’t believe how much I have missed everyone the past few days! I am limited for time right now, so I don’t mean to leave anyone out…I’ll just have to read up more later and post then. Hellos and Have a good day to everyone!!– YOU ALL ARE VERY AWESOME!!
Thomasina
hello ladies!!! today is a rest day for me. I am a little sore but not much. I really felt pretty good after running yesterday. That was my longest run yet.
sarah great job!!I cant believe how fast you are!!!! Send some of your speed my way for my half!!
I dont have power hour wish I did. I need to buy more cathe workouts.Hope you all enjoyed it.
mattea it is nice sometimes just to run . I sometimes will say I will run for 60min and dont worry about maping it out. I just go with the flow .
see you all later!!
sarah great job!!I cant believe how fast you are!!!! Send some of your speed my way for my half!!
I dont have power hour wish I did. I need to buy more cathe workouts.Hope you all enjoyed it.
mattea it is nice sometimes just to run . I sometimes will say I will run for 60min and dont worry about maping it out. I just go with the flow .
see you all later!!