2005 Resolutions

"Dally" wrote in message
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Ignoramus32046 wrote:

Sounds quite reasonable, although your goal of 30 minues per 5K is
quite audacious.

Why on earth would you judge her goal? Running 9.5 minute miles for a fit
woman is not remarkable in any sense. You're just bizarre.

Chris, I think your idea of setting the pace and taking brief walking
breaks is a great training method!

Dally

I agree. A 30 minute 5K is quite slow for most women runners but a great
goal for someone who isn't an experienced runner. Using a run/walk method
has been quite successful for most beginners and Chris isn't a beginner when
it comes to fitness or exercise. Only she knows what she is capable of
doing.

Chris, best of luck with your goal. You know we're all rooting for you.

Jenn

Ignoramus14233 wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:21:40 -0500, Dally wrote:

Ignoramus32046 wrote:


Sounds quite reasonable, although your goal of 30 minues per 5K is
quite audacious.

Why on earth would you judge her goal? Running 9.5 minute miles for a
fit woman is not remarkable in any sense. You're just bizarre.


Wanting to run 17% faster than her current best, is quite audacious.

Unless you factor in that she has never trained to run before. And is
already doing a 36 minute 5K with no prep.

Dally

Ignoramus14233 wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:12:20 -0500, Dally wrote:

Ignoramus14233 wrote:


On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:21:40 -0500, Dally wrote:


Ignoramus32046 wrote:



Sounds quite reasonable, although your goal of 30 minues per 5K is
quite audacious.

Why on earth would you judge her goal? Running 9.5 minute miles for a
fit woman is not remarkable in any sense. You're just bizarre.


Wanting to run 17% faster than her current best, is quite audacious.

Unless you factor in that she has never trained to run before. And is
already doing a 36 minute 5K with no prep.

Dally


Are you saying that running 17% faster than she does now, is going to
be easy?

Easy in the sense that it's quite achievable if she attempts it. Not
easy in that it'll be some work.

What you're not getting is that she already runs that distance without
training for running. If she spends any time at all on this goal she
will achieve it. Her point isn't that she wants to grow wings on her
feet, her point is that she wants to start training for this sport.

You're creeping me out again. Don't you realize that MOST 5K runners
beat 30 minutes? You're some combination of ignorant and insulting and
judgemental that isn't working for me.

Dally

Ignoramus14233 wrote:
On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:21:40 -0500, Dally wrote:
Ignoramus32046 wrote:

Sounds quite reasonable, although your goal of 30 minues per 5K is
quite audacious.

Why on earth would you judge her goal? Running 9.5 minute miles
for a
fit woman is not remarkable in any sense. You're just bizarre.

Wanting to run 17% faster than her current best, is quite audacious.

What??? Why on earth would you, of all people say that? Running a 5k
under 10 minutes a mile is a very attainable goal.

You want to run a marathon on a low carb diet and very little training,
which is sheer madness.

Martha

Dally wrote:
Ignoramus14233 wrote:

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:12:20 -0500, Dally wrote:

Ignoramus14233 wrote:


On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:21:40 -0500, Dally
wrote:


Ignoramus32046 wrote:



Sounds quite reasonable, although your goal of 30 minues per 5K
is
quite audacious.

Why on earth would you judge her goal? Running 9.5 minute miles
for a
fit woman is not remarkable in any sense. You're just bizarre.


Wanting to run 17% faster than her current best, is quite
audacious.

Unless you factor in that she has never trained to run before. And
is
already doing a 36 minute 5K with no prep.

Dally


Are you saying that running 17% faster than she does now, is going
to
be easy?

Easy in the sense that it's quite achievable if she attempts it. Not

easy in that it'll be some work.

What you're not getting is that she already runs that distance
without
training for running. If she spends any time at all on this goal she

will achieve it. Her point isn't that she wants to grow wings on her

feet, her point is that she wants to start training for this sport.

You're creeping me out again. Don't you realize that MOST 5K runners

beat 30 minutes? You're some combination of ignorant and insulting
and
judgemental that isn't working for me.

Dally

Let's put things into perspective. Here is a man who, is rec.running,
told everyone that he was attempting a marathon on that weird-ass
caveman diet he's on. Everyone and I mean everyone, told him it was the
wrong thing to do, that he probably could do it, but gave him much
better suggestions on how to do it better. He did not listen to any of
them and continued on his little bizarre junk science.

He's not into listening, he's into telling and not even following his
own advice, or anyone else's for that matter.

Martha

"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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Rather than adding to the ongoing thread, I've picked a title that I
should be able to find more easily 12 months from now with a google
search :-).

Anyway, here are my resolutions/goals -- fitness related and
otherwise. The resolutions are things over which I have pretty full
control; the goals are things I hope to attain. I've got rather a lot
of them :-).

Resolutions:


1. Improve my French speaking/comprehension skills. (the inlaws are
French Canadian.) If anyone knows of a good source for learning French
Canadian (as apposed to Parisian French) I would greatly appreciate it.

2. Recreate my workout routine. Exercise at least 3 times a week. Utilize
my gym membership.

3. Lose weight. :-) Get back to below 130 for maintenance.

4. Spend 1 weekend per month repainting the trim around the house.
(baseboards, trim, doors, etc. time for 8yrs old maintenance on the house).

5. Keep my room clean and not leave my clothes on the chair. (already
broken.

OneDay wrote:

Resolutions:

1. Improve my French speaking/comprehension skills. (the inlaws are
French Canadian.) If anyone knows of a good source for learning French
Canadian (as apposed to Parisian French) I would greatly appreciate it.

2. Recreate my workout routine. Exercise at least 3 times a week. Utilize
my gym membership.

3. Lose weight. :-) Get back to below 130 for maintenance.

4. Spend 1 weekend per month repainting the trim around the house.
(baseboards, trim, doors, etc. time for 8yrs old maintenance on the house).

5. Keep my room clean and not leave my clothes on the chair. (already
broken.

I don't recognize the name, but I recognize the woman from her
resolutions. Bonjour, ma amie.

Dally

Leafing through alt.support.diet, I read a message from
of 01 Jan 2005:

4. Be able to run 5K in 30 minutes on the treadmill. (Currently this
would probably take me about 36 minutes. I'm not a very fast runner.)
(I'm using the treadmill rather than an outdoor race here since it's
what I do, and I don't have any idea what I could do in a real race.)

You will be amazed at how much faster you can go in a real race. The
excitement of the day will probably allow you to do a 30:00 5K with not
much more training than you already do. Just as a test of your fitness you
could do a mile time trial. In order to be fit enough to run a 30 minute 5K
you should be able to run 1 mile in 8:40 or less.

Phil M.

--
"What counts in battle is what you do once the pain sets in." -John Short,
South African coach.

Phil M. wrote:
Leafing through alt.support.diet, I read a message from
of 01 Jan 2005:

4. Be able to run 5K in 30 minutes on the treadmill. (Currently
this
would probably take me about 36 minutes. I'm not a very fast
runner.)
(I'm using the treadmill rather than an outdoor race here since
it's
what I do, and I don't have any idea what I could do in a real
race.)

You will be amazed at how much faster you can go in a real race. The
excitement of the day will probably allow you to do a 30:00 5K with
not
much more training than you already do. Just as a test of your
fitness you
could do a mile time trial. In order to be fit enough to run a 30
minute 5K
you should be able to run 1 mile in 8:40 or less.

Phil M.

Plus, treadmill running is a lot slower than road running for me
anyway. I get incredibly bored on the treadmill, I don't know how
anyone can stand it. Running on the road with other around you will
make you go a lot faster.

Martha

Black Metal Martha wrote:

Plus, treadmill running is a lot slower than road running for me
anyway. I get incredibly bored on the treadmill, I don't know how
anyone can stand it. Running on the road with other around you will
make you go a lot faster.

I've shaved a whole minute off my time both times I ran road races.
When I thought I was doing 13 minute miles I ran the four mile in 48
minutes. When I thought I was doing 11 minute miles I ran a 5K race in
31 minutes. FWIW.

Dally