Posted on Aug 7, 2017
Any advice on how to run faster? I will take all the help I can get. It's the rainy season but I can't afford to stop in spite of the risk.
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I'm all around healthy and thin but I'm not a fast runner yet. I was a bookworm but now I want to be athletic.
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Lots of mixed guidance in this thread, but a tried and true way of becoming a better runner is to start with long slow runs to develop a decent base, then to mix in interval training to actually get faster.
Not sure what you're running right now, but try to mix in some long runs to gain endurance -- maybe 4-6 miles at a 10 min pace? The point of these runs is not speed, so don't run so fast that you can finish. Other than that, mix in some interval runs. 800m track repeats are great, but I prefer 60-120s. 60 seconds of running at maximal effort followed by 120 seconds of walking. I think being able to do somewhere between 8 and 12 of these is a good goal, but 6 iterations is also a good starting point.
Also, I can tell you are eager to start running, but be careful not to overdo it. Going from 4 miles a week to 20 miles a week will take a toll on your body, and stress fractures or plantar fasciitis is the last thing you want.
Not sure what you're running right now, but try to mix in some long runs to gain endurance -- maybe 4-6 miles at a 10 min pace? The point of these runs is not speed, so don't run so fast that you can finish. Other than that, mix in some interval runs. 800m track repeats are great, but I prefer 60-120s. 60 seconds of running at maximal effort followed by 120 seconds of walking. I think being able to do somewhere between 8 and 12 of these is a good goal, but 6 iterations is also a good starting point.
Also, I can tell you are eager to start running, but be careful not to overdo it. Going from 4 miles a week to 20 miles a week will take a toll on your body, and stress fractures or plantar fasciitis is the last thing you want.
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I short and stocky, so I've never been a gazelle on the track, but I agree that interval training improved my time more than anything else I had done. We usually did them on a 440 track, one lap at a sprite and one at a walk. They are butt kickers, but they do increase your speed.
At age 61, I've started rucking for my aerobic exercise now.
At age 61, I've started rucking for my aerobic exercise now.
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