Group: New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself

New Members Greet & Meet - Introduce yourself
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 1539, Messages: 27038

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Taking a break from running...

clickster
clickster
Posts: 5
Joined: 2008/01/22
United States
2008/02/15, 11:50 PM
I've been running competitively for over 10 years now and I've recently decided to take a break and start weight training. I have done some weight training in the past but it was using low weight, high reps, with very little rest time between sets. I just finished week 3 of my program and have enjoyed it so far.

Also, If anyone has any questions about long distance running I would be glad to help you out the best I can.
balumcneal
balumcneal
Posts: 10
Joined: 2008/02/12
United States
2008/02/16, 10:05 AM
I would love to know just how to even start! Right now I am alternating on the treadmill walking at 3.5-3.7 for 3 minutes, then running 1 minute at 5.0 (thats all I can do right now is 1 min at a time!) Doing this for 30 minutes 5 days per week.
clickster
clickster
Posts: 5
Joined: 2008/01/22
United States
2008/02/16, 01:46 PM
It looks like your are off to a good start. When starting out it is perfectly ok to alternate walking and running. I would start out walking for 10 minutes to make sure your legs are warmed up before doing any running. Then alternate walking and running like you have been doing. For right now I would stick with running for 1 minute and try to decrease your walking time a little each week, but don't over do it. Once you can get your walking time down to 90 seconds or so you could start increasing your running time. Make sure you walk for about 5 minutes at the end of your workout for your cooldown.

I've always found that a training plan helped me stayed motivated and kept me on track. Hal Higdon has a good plan for beginers on his website and there is also a plan called Couch-To-5k on coolrunning.com that is good. The key is to consistantly challenge yourself (without overtraining) and the results will come.