The Runners Society

[HangTheDJ]

How do you lot measure your distances? I run regularly but have no idea how far I'm going.

[Chicharito]

How do you lot measure your distances? I run regularly but have no idea how far I'm going.

IPHONE APP CALLED RUNKEEPERI USE A 1 MILE CIRCUIT AND GO CLOCKWISE FOR 5 MILES THEN ANTI CLOCKWISE FOR ANOTHER 5 MILES.STRUGGLING IN THIS HEAT TBH

[Captain Planet]

Or use the google maps measurement tool to measure ur route distanceI've been running 3-4 km every day now Only because I'm at my uni flat, the area is nice and quiet theres trees and its next to a big field so the air is goodAlso my road is approximately a 1000m loop so every lap is a km which is liveRunning in london is sh*t though went for like 2.5km yesterday and I could feel the burn in my throat and chest

[Chicharito]

Or use the google maps measurement tool to measure ur route distance

GPS > some line on a map

[Chicharito]

ps.if you're not including at least 700ft elevations in your runs then there is no point

[TALLWAH]

Yeh i run down the canal and time myself, havent been since last summer due to ill health so need to start again.

[Chicharito]

Yeh i run down the canal and time myself, havent been since last summer due to ill health so need to start again.

hope your ok bro

[Duzza]

try to do 4-5 miles, 5 times a week. I love it, it's liberating, especially now the weather is nicer, thinking of running further but I don't want to end up with a kenyan long distance runner physique

Just protein up after a run, 4 scoups of Hurricane XS.

cheers man, ordered some earlier

[Skola]

protein up after a run?!?not a good idea if im aiming for fat burning?

[Skenghis Khan]

protein up after a run?!?not a good idea if im aiming for fat burning?

every time you workout u should keep ur muscle fed, you want to burn fat not lose muscle mass.post workout some whey protein and a little honey is a good idea.also in your diet generally you still want a high protein intake, you just want less calories now (which is where it gets tricky)

[Guest Lemons]

I started running a couple of months ago. I run in the gym which is a bit lame but it's the only way I know I'll do it.I was running 4K's before and then cycling 6/7 (25 minute run, 15 minute on bike) but now I'm running (as of Saturday) for half an hour and covering around 6K. Not that great yet but I'm building up to running 10K in an hour hopefully 2-4 times a week.

[imhim]

i need to do more running also...im on this no carbs ting... eating the right food so far has not really been hard... they say you can eat as MUCH fatty/protein/low-low carb foods you want to your hearts content...before someone like me would need about 200+grams of carbs to bulk up... now im eating food which has between 0 to probably 8g carbs... probably a total of about 30-50g carb a day maybe...im beginning out so ill be starting out doing 10 min average runs on the treadmill (speed it was on was 7.0)... maybe increasing to 15 next week3/4 times a week... hopefully my fat weight will go down in about 2 months ish

[TF S4DK]

I started running a couple of months ago. I run in the gym which is a bit lame but it's the only way I know I'll do it.I was running 4K's before and then cycling 6/7 (25 minute run, 15 minute on bike) but now I'm running (as of Saturday) for half an hour and covering around 6K. Not that great yet but I'm building up to running 10K in an hour hopefully 2-4 times a week.

6k in 30 minutes is good still.Infact if your doing that now you can probably do 10k in a hour now.

[Guest Lemons]

I think I'd probably collapse before I got to an hour TBH but I'm working towards it. I'll run for 40 minutes today and see how that goes.

[TF S4DK]

Lol. Trust me you can.I run for a hour - I do roughly or just over 6k inside 40 minutes, your doing that in 30 mins, I've never done it in 30 mins, then I finish harder doing 4k in the last 20 mins to get to my 10k.Trust me you can do it now, just maybe pace yourself a bit better.

[Yuri]

Treadmill is different (easier) to running outside. All your time s will be faster

[Guest Lemons]

Yeah, treadmill is mad bouncy and you're more running on the spot then you are propelling yourself forward (if that makes sense) so a lot easier, I'd probably drop by 30 sec per KM if I was outside.

[TF S4DK]

Treadmill is different (easier) to running outside. All your time s will be faster

If he runs with the incline up (say 1.5-2) and varies it (1.5-4.0), he can make it somewhat similar to street running.

[Guest Klitschko]

Tredmills ruin your ankles, or knee's. One of them.I recommend swimming / cycling

[carpedeum]

increasing the incline reduces the pressure on knees. i agree i run much faster on treadmill than around the track.but then i run longer to balance it. 3 miles outside or 5 miles on treadmill

[Trilliam]

Endorphines yeah, snm.

[Black Casper]

Do most of my running in the gym....but gonna try running in the park againa few of my work colleagues take a lunch time jog around central london....dont get why they do this as its so busy....constantly having to dodge ppl and stopping ur run every now and again for traffic

[imhim]

Endorphines yeah, snm.

i tried this... definately tru... man it feels beautiful running on incline 2 instead of the normal flat 0

[Guest FA23]

Started running last week, first exercise Ive done since beginning of march,ankle was stiff at first but seems to ok, hopefully these runs will strengthen it up before pre-season starts next monthStarted on tuesday, and have done 6.4 miles so far in 3 runs, first one was 2.6 miles on some crazy terrain, left me in pain for the rest of the week but managed to bang out 1 .4 miles on thurs, then felt good on saturday and did another 2.6 with no pain at all the following day so i should be able to move on to more regular runs and gradually build up the distance over this month so get in around at least 15k a week.

[Black Casper]

same happended with me when I started runningcalf were tightening up every so oftenall good now tho