No pictures yet from Mesa Trail. I'm fighting hardware failure in my home network and a full hard drive.
Tonight I went to Clark Field and I ran four laps. I wasn't anywhere near fast, but I was doing a lot more than just walking. suspect I could have run more laps as well, but four laps is enough since my last attempt at running on netted me something like 370 meters.
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You'll improve your conditioning more quickly (and cover a lot more ground) if you go for run/walks of half an hour or more at a time rather than just running until you run out of breath and then quitting for the day.
ReplyDeleteActually, I wasn't even out of breath. I could have kept running. The goal, though, was to run one mile (though I've had settled for 1/2 a mile if I was dying), and I achieved my goal. Today I'm seeing how my body is copeing with it, and for the most part, things are good. I think I'll try another run soon.
ReplyDeleteBack when I was a runner I never liked the run/walk style. I was especially annoyed by people who ran/walk 10k runs and beat me because it seemed wrong that someone who couldn't run it should get a better trophy than I did. But modern research has certainly shown that it's generally a good thing to do, and I have been doing it a little, though I call it walking when I do it
I've always travelled to where I run to give me a warm up/cool down. Clark field isn't a long walk, but I think it's enough to get me going. Current research is beginning to show that short bursts of very intense activity are just as benefecial as long duration endurance training. In a way, this has always been known given how often it is used in track programs. What I did last night certainly doesn't qualify as intense activity, but I certainly plan to try some soon.
My next major goal is to to attempt a two mile run, to see how that goes for me. There are two ways I can attack this goal. First, is to run like I did last night, which was slow until the last straightaway when I sped up to a better running speed. The second, is to work on running consistently at the better speed for a mile, then extend. I'm not sure which I'll try.