Wed, Aug-06-03, 22:08
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Senior Member
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Plan: Atkins - Maintenance
Stats: 185/150/150
BF:
Progress: 100%
Location: Northern California
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Originally Posted by Galadriell
From my readings it seems to me, it depends. What is your goal? Simply to run faster, longer - interval training, hill work the best way.
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Admittedly, I haven't read comprehensively on the subject opting more for the expediency of posting on the forum hoping for a quick informative response. LOL What can I say, I'm a product of the "instant feedback" generation? My goal is to run faster, not necessarily for longer distance. I'm quite content with running 5 miles/day average, but would like to increase my speed to around 8 mph. So, it's pretty simple for me. I just wanna run faster, and will never be the sort who runs in long distance marathons, hill races, or anything overly exotic like that.
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Originally Posted by Galadriell
Having said this, I am proud to say that I have killer legs from simply running, without ever using any gym equipment. But for a woman "killer legs" are different, than for a man:-)
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Ah, I would certainly hope it's different for a man! LMAO Hysterically My compliments on your "killer legs." I'm sure they're well earned. On the other hand, for me, having "killer legs" would rank about 1,999th on the list of priorities, right behind color coating my bathroom tiles with that of my favorite toothbrush.
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Originally Posted by Galadriell
I heard a problem with gym training: it is hard to find the correct balance. If any of the "runner" muslces are trained musch more stronger than the others, it can casue injury during running. But you can prevent this with a good trainer.
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When I increased the speed of my running the past couple of weeks, I noticed some soreness in both my calves and hamstrings. The normal type of fatigue which follows increasing distance or pace; but, makes it impractical to go through the assorted lower body leg weight workouts. The dilemma for me is, either to cross train with a bike on days of my leg workouts, or forgo them entirely for the moment. I've never been overly enthused about sitting on a bike for an hour, and am leaning towards just eschewing leg workouts until my legs fully adjust and acclimate to the faster pace.
Make sense?
Last edited by Frederick : Wed, Aug-06-03 at 22:17.
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