SmallBeard said:Morning all,
Myself and my girlfriend are running a 5km 'Fun Run' in September for charity. Myself running for Orchid, the male cancer charity, and SWMBO is running in support of pancreatic and bowel cancer.
Having played rugby up until a couple of years ago, I don't think it's going to be a problem for me, well I've just got back from a 5.59km run in not a bad time if I do say so myself. However, SWMBO hasn't done any sort of training or exercise since when we were at school, 5 years ago.
Can anyone give me any tips and pointers on how we should train? How far/how often a week? I know it's only 5km but it's a start, and we both want to be able to run it without stopping/walking.
My approach is just run until I can't anymore, and having played rugby for a long time, training 2-3 times weekly, and playing on Sundays, am used to pushing myself. The girlfriend though really hasn't done much, so what's the best approach to get in shape and conquer this? I don't think she will respond well to my approach!
Many thanks,
Alex
hunnymonster said:Update: Now lost 16.5kg, walked just under 1200km, burned off an estimated 127,000 calories (which is 235 boxes of McVities Jaffa Cakes)
Average pace (measured monthly) has improved markedly too:
June 11:53/km
July 11:20/km
August 10:14/km
September 09:04/km
October 08:21/km (Includes a 7:43/km rocket walk...)
hunnymonster said:Update: Now lost 16.5kg, walked just under 1200km, burned off an estimated 127,000 calories (which is 235 boxes of McVities Jaffa Cakes)
Average pace (measured monthly) has improved markedly too:
June 11:53/km
July 11:20/km
August 10:14/km
September 09:04/km
October 08:21/km (Includes a 7:43/km rocket walk...)
pugh-the-special-one said:Stick to walking far to many injuries will come your way after the age of forty if you choose running as a form of exercise, low impact I've seen quite a few athletes and runners in their early fifties having hip replacement surgery, if you are looking for high cardio vascular workout without the impact get a pushbike, I walk at least 6 miles a day everyday of my life and some weekends I put in a ten miler I try to do it in around two and a half hours that's over a fairly varied terrain and a good workout, I've maintained my weight of 11st 10lb for more than twenty five years.
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