October 2015 Running Challenge

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  • juliet3455
    juliet3455 Posts: 3,015 Member
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    7.5 Km run with the Wednesday Night Crew. Probably the last mid-week Trail run due to darkness.
    Now back to what we call the Real Estate Runs through the Subdivisions/streets.
    10/04 – 7.1 Km – 7.1 Km – 92.9 Km to go
    10/05 – 7.0 Km –14.1 Km – 85.8 Km to go
    10/07 – 12.5 Km –26.6 Km – 73.4 Km to go
    10/10 – 16.8 Km –43.4 Km – 56.6 Km to go
    10/15 – 9.96 Km – 53.36 Km – 46.64 Km to go
    10/16 –11.5 Km – 64.86 Km – 35.14 Km to go
    10/18 –10.0 Km – 74.86 Km – 25.14 Km to go
    10/23 –10.0 Km – 84.86 Km – 15.14 Km to go
    10/24 –12.0 Km – 96.86 Km – 3.14 Km to go
    10/25 –8.0 Km –104.86 Km – Goal + 4.86 Km
    10/27 –11.5 Km –116.36 Km – Goal + 16.36 Km
    10/28 –7.5 Km –123.86 Km – Goal + 23.86 Km – YTD – 7.5 + 354.16 = 361.16 Km
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    @HealthyFocused715 I like the idea of a HM in Every State. It's a good thing I live in Canada 10 Provinces and 3 Territories = 13 HMs. Now if I was in Australia like @kareF that would be 8.
  • runner_girl83
    runner_girl83 Posts: 553 Member
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    juliet3455 wrote: »
    @HealthyFocused715 I like the idea of a HM in Every State. It's a good thing I live in Canada 10 Provinces and 3 Territories = 13 HMs. Now if I was in Australia like @kareF that would be 8.

    I am not signing up for any HM's just yet :lol:
  • Ohhim
    Ohhim Posts: 1,142 Member
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    4 more miles with a neighbor tonight and I've hit my target with 3 days to spare.

    I still have a bit more swimming/biking/lifting to wrap up for those challenges, but with 3 more days of running, I should be around the 185 mark if all goes as planned. Aiming for about 210 miles in November and December so I'll likely cut back my biking mileage to 500/month to free up some time as I'm wrapping up my last triathlon of the fall/winter season in a week.

    10/1 - 7 miles
    10/2 - 8.5 miles
    10/3 - 4 miles (pace run at 1/2 marathon speed)
    10/4 - 9 miles
    10/5 - 8.5 miles
    10/6 - 8.5 miles
    10/7 - 8 miles
    10/8 - 8 miles (w. 0.25-0.5-0.75-1-0.75-0.5-0.25 pyramid @ 6:35 pace)
    10/9 - 9 miles
    10/10 - 4 miles
    10/11 - 8 miles
    10/12 - 7 miles
    10/14 - 9 miles (4 w. neighbor, 5 solo)
    10/15 - 1 mile (pre lift warm up)
    10/16 - 5 miles (w. strides at end)
    10/18 - 14 miles (8.5 easy Z2, final 5.5 at HM pace)
    10/19 - 6 miles
    10/20 - 10 miles (3 w. neighbor, 7 w 3-2 mile fast repeats)
    10/21 - 6 miles
    10/22 - 3 miles
    10/25 - 13 miles
    10/26 - 5.5 miles
    10/27 - 4 miles
    10/28 - 4 miles

    Total: 170 miles
    Goal: 170 miles
    Done!
  • HonuNui
    HonuNui Posts: 1,464 Member
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    October goal 75 miles

    10/1 big fat...REST day
    10/2 3.15
    10/3 4
    10/4 7.55
    10/5 rest
    10/6 4
    10/7 4.14
    10/8 snorkel 3 hours
    10/9 rest
    10/10 6.17
    10/11 lazy
    10/12 3.25
    10/13 5.68
    10/14 3.33
    10/15 rest
    10/16 storm
    10/17 3.26
    10/18 deeply unmotivated....and too busy watching football..
    10/19 7.15
    10/20 snorkel 3 hours
    10/21 3.35
    10/22 life day
    10/23 8.12
    10/24 Halloween Party!
    10/25 3.54
    10/26 3.23
    10/27 rest
    10/28 5.58

    Upcoming races:
    10/31 BIM Halloween Run 5k
    11/7 Sunrise Athletics 10k
    11/15 Las Vegas RocknRoll 1/2 marathon
    3/20 Big Island International 1/2 marathon

    Total 74.5

    Ticker is my goal for 2015 and accumulation to date:

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  • patrikc333
    patrikc333 Posts: 436 Member
    edited October 2015
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    01/10 - 10.3km
02/10 - 13.1 miles
03/10 - 10.3km
04/10 - 22.1 miles
05/10 - 10.3km
06/10 - 13.1 miles
07/10 - 13.3 miles
08/10 - 10.3km
09/10 - 13.2 miles
10/10 - 10.3km
11/10 - 22.2 miles
12/10 - 10.3km
13/10 - 13.1 miles
14/10 - 13.3 miles
15/10 - 10.3 km
16/10 - 12.3 km
17/10 - 12.3 km
18/10 - 26.2 miles - Amsterdam Marathon
19/10 - 12.3 km
20/10 - 13.1 miles
21/10 - 13.4 miles
22/10 - 10.3km
23/10 - 13.4 miles
24/10 - 10.3km
25/10 - 22.3 miles
26/10 - 10.3km
27/10 - 13.2 miles
28/10 - 13.4 miles
29/10 - 10.3km

tot 536/500km

    and the speed came back!

    really good 10k this morning, left without thinking of pushing, didn't push, but I was naturally fast (well, for me), back to a few weeks ago pace. plus no probs at all at my leg or any other body part, I'm so happy I could run with no extra annoying feeling!

    3 days in a row now of good running, it's great, but the small, insignificant detail is that I just have to spend 9 hours in this office before being free again

    didn't meet any animal this morning, it was quite bright and an extra hour of sleep always makes the difference

    now relax , then tomorrow the toughest HM in the park - looking forward to it, the thought of being all alone in the forest at 4am makes me super excited! (always hoping to be safe though, I never undermine that)
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    kareF wrote: »
    @kristinegift Those photos are amazing! We don't get colours like that where I live. We have Jacaranda trees in bloom at the moment so the streets are lined with purple! Here's a pic..

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    Those trees are so beautiful!!
  • chicoadm07
    chicoadm07 Posts: 32 Member
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    Cold run in the Midwest this morning! 125miles down. Goal 145, but looks like maybe 130 before the month is over.
  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    @kareF - purple trees! Love it.
    @9voice9 - lol - yes, that's it - I meant to do that.

    Oct 1 - cycling class
    Oct 2 - rest - traveling
    Oct 3 - rest
    Oct 4 - 13.1 HM!
    Oct 5 - rest - traveling
    Oct 6 - cycling class
    Oct 7 - 4.71 + strength training
    Oct 8 - 3.01 slow and steady
    Oct 9 - strength training
    Oct 10 - 34 mile bike ride
    Oct 11 - 40 mile bike ride
    Oct 12 - 5 miles
    Oct 13 - cycling class
    Oct 14 - 5.21 miles + strength training
    Oct 15 - 4.25 + cycling class
    Oct 16 - Strength training
    Oct 17 - 34 mile bike ride
    Oct 18 - 77 mile bike ride.
    Oct 19 - rest
    Oct 20 - 5.06 miles + cycling class
    Oct 21 - 4.66 miles
    Oct 22 - cycling class
    Oct 23 - 5.1 miles
    Oct 24 - 34 mile bike ride
    Oct 25 - 41 mile bike ride
    Oct 26 - rest
    Oct 27 - cycling class -
    Oct 28 - 4.2 miles + strength training + dodgeball tournament (teachers against students - we lost).
    Oct 29 - 5.2 miles


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    First 3 miles were so slow and I felt like heading back home. I think I overdid it yesterday and was just too tired this morning. But miles 4 and especially mile 5 were really good, so glad I stuck it out. Going to skip the cycling class tonight. Won't hit my goal this month but I feel good that I did my first HM and my first 77 mile bike ride. Next month I think I will be able to get more miles in though.

    I had thought about doing the holiday streak - run every day from Thanksgiving-New Year's. Not sure if I am going to do that though... because I will still want to bike and lift weights. Can I really do ALL of that? Plus my cycling club is doing a Thanksgiving morning ride of about 60 miles. I'm not cooking this year so I can go!
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
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    Date: 4/10 Length: 12km Duration: 1:12:50 Total: 19.1 km of 100 km
    Date: 6/10 Length: 8.2km Duration: 0.50:02 Total:27.3 km of 100 km
    Date: 7/10 Length: 8.6km Duration: 0.55:23 Total:35.9 km of 100 km
    Date: 11/10 Length: 8.1km Duration: 0.42:45 Total:44 km of 100 km
    Date: 13/10 Length: 8km Duration: 0.47:56 Total:52 km of 100 km
    Date: 15/10 Length: 8km Duration: 0.42:49 Total:60 km of 100 km
    Date: 17/10 Length: 10km Duration: 0.53:44 Total:70 km of 100 km
    Date: 21/10 Length: 12km Duration: 1.07:02 Total:82 km of 100 km
    Date: 24/10 Length: 5.95kmDuration: 0.38:45 Total:87.95 km of 100 km
    Date: 25/10 Length: 21.50km Duration: 2.06:02 Total:109.45 km of 100 km
    Date: 28/10 Length: 8.3km Duration: 51.15 Total:117.75 km of 100 km

    Managed to squeeze in a run home from work yesterday after having fully recovered from my long run escapade over the weekend.

    I've decided to follow the plan as dictated by My Asics this week and try not to get ahead of myself. That said I feel fine and it is light on mileage so I may extend the distance this weekend (but not the pace.)

    I am trying to run more by feel and less by the watch (I must check that damn thing 100 times a minute normally.) Yesterday's run was meant to be "comfortable" so I used a perceived level of 6-7 to keep the pace nice. It worked reasonably well and although the pace was a touch faster than required it was in the right ball park. I may try that more often as it gives me more time to consider my form and how heavily I am landing when running rather than being distracted.

  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    10/1: 8 miles am and 6.2 pm with the Thursday crew
    10/2: Rest day
    10/3: 10 miles with Saturday crew
    10/4: 13.1 miles - Princeton Half Marathon (new HM PR: 1:43:38)
    10/5: 5 miles recovery style
    10/6: O Holy Rest Day........
    10/7: 7 miles hills
    10/8: 10 miles (am), 6.4 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
    10/9: Rest day
    10/10: 20.5 miles
    10/11: 4 miles
    10/12: Rest day
    10/13: 8 miles, very hilly!
    10/14: 7 miles speedwork
    10/15: 8 miles (am), 3.4 miles (pm) with the Thursday crew
    10/16: 2 miles to shake off the drove-for-3.5-hours feeling
    10/17: 13.1 miles - Baltimore Half Marathon (1:44:24)
    10/18: Rest/Lazy Day
    10/19: 5 miles
    10/20: XT: 15 miles indoor bike (aka: 1 episode of Blindspot)
    10/21: 7.7 miles speedwork (2ish mile warm up, 3.5 miles speedwork, 2ish mile cooldown)
    10/22: 5.2 miles (am), 4.6 miles solo and 6.4 miles with Thursday crew
    10/23: O Holy Rest Day!
    10/24: 6.2 miles
    10/25: 16 miles
    10/26: 6.2 miles
    10/27: XT: 5k walking/taking pictures of the canal trail because FALL IS THE BEST SEASON
    10/28: 7.5 miles attempted tempo run
    10/29: 10 miles (am)

    10 miles of not-hot-temperature humidity and running over wet leaves. My knees and hips are not happy about running for an hour and a half on slick surfaces. Ouch. But just 13.5 miles of my goal to go with a 6-and-change group run tonight and the rest on Saturday! Huzzah!

    206.5/220

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  • tdbernrd
    tdbernrd Posts: 510 Member
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    @Somebody_Loved & @Clarewho Congratulations on surpassing your goals!


    10/28-5.26 miles
    Two more runs to go for the month.


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  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
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    @Somebody_Loved I've been using the asics builder plan
  • msf74
    msf74 Posts: 3,498 Member
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    moyer566 wrote: »
    @Somebody_Loved I've been using the asics builder plan

    That's what I am using as well.

    I like it and it certainly seems to work. That said at my level of development I think most training philosophies would work as long as it caused me to run consistently without getting injured or sick.

    It's cool being a beginner ;)
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    HealthyFocused715 wrote: »
    I'm starting to think it will be easier not to take rest days so I don't get so behind on everyone's posts/progress!!!

    Thinking the same thing right now!

  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    10/1 - 3.1 miles on the 'mill; plus 5.8 miles / 20 minutes on stationary bike.
    10/2 - Had to skip run/workout for a life insurance physical (bloodwork, etc.). Then, they couldn't get me to bleed, so I'm gonna have to do it again! Grrr!
    10/3 - 11.5 miles with HM group; cool, beautiful weather!
    10/4 - waaaayy overslept!
    10/5 - not off to a good start this month; kids up half the night with illness / asthma issues
    10/6 - 4.75 miles on a beautiful, cool morning.
    10/7 - 4.85 miles of hills with HM group
    10/8 - 4.65 miles
    10/9 - 0. Up half the night, again! Now feeling a bit under the weather. It's too early for this stuff, isn't it?
    10/10 - 7.92 miles with HM group. Cool morning, flat loop...nice run!
    10/11 - 3.15 mile "recovery" run. Slower pace with one of my 9 year olds...love getting to run with my kids! Sore hip though.
    10/12 - 4.75 miles. Beautiful weather! Hip better, but not perfect. Fired up for 5k and HM this weekend!
    10/13 - 0. Had my repeat life insurance physical, which went fine. Then spent the whole day waiting at home for Des Moines Water Works to turn water back on. Some sort of miscommunication between dispatch and the technician...UGH!!
    10/14 - 5.16 relaxing, lovely miles with HM group as we "taper" for this weekend. Got pulled over on the way to meet them at 4:45 a.m. Just a warning...woo hoo!
    10/15 - 4.25 miles on treadmill at Trek class. Took it a little slower and flatter than usual.
    10/16 - rest day before weekend race(s)
    10/17 - 2.96 miles @ IMT 5k Road Race - someone shortened the course! Oops!
    10/18 - 13.1 miles @ IMT Des Moines Half Marathon (1:48:41). New PR! Went out a little fast, but mostly had a great run on a beautiful day!
    10/19 - extended stretching with HM group. Relaxing.
    10/20 - 4 miles on indoor track with weights/strength work following.
    10/21 - 4.75 miles around my 'hood. For October, it was hot...beautiful!
    10/22 - 4.25 miles on treadmill at Trek class
    10/23 - unplanned rest day...just didn't feel like going.
    10/24 - 5 miles around my neighborhood...felt good, nice pace
    10/25 - normal rest day
    10/26 - 5.1 miles. Wish I didn't have to stop to get ready for work. Felt like I could have run forever.
    10/27 - 4 miles on indoor track with weights/ab work following. Glad I was inside...REALLY windy here today.
    10/28 - woke up too late to go to gym, it was raining and WINDY. So, I wimped out and didn't go. Plus, in my neighborhood, the wet leaves on the ground make things super slick right now.
    10/29 - tough 5 miles on treadmill at Trek class. Instructor was extra challenging today.

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    @kristinegift - who knew it was so beautiful in NJ? ;)
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    @patrikc333 - My calorie burn varies from about 125/mile for 10+ minute miles to about 140/mile for 8 minute miles. I am ~83 kg and 180 cm with short legs.
    @7lenny7 - your calculations and chart are fabulous! Thanks for sharing.
    @kareF - I never started with a goal of HMs, just joined a training group at my Y on a whim when it was posted. Love that distance! I have now done 4 in slightly over a year...totally addicted. I am not saying I won't ever do a full, but as of now I am not looking at it.
  • 9voice9
    9voice9 Posts: 693 Member
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    01-Oct: 2.64 miles; 3.09 miles (walk)
    02-Oct: 2.44 miles (walk)
    03-Oct: 6.27 miles
    04-Oct:
    05-Oct: 3.62 miles
    06-Oct: 3.21 miles
    07-Oct: <Life Day> but 2.38 miles (walk)
    08-Oct: 6.54 miles
    09-Oct: 5.57 miles
    10-Oct: 6.82 miles
    11-Oct: 6.47 miles
    12-Oct: 4.34 miles; 3.73 miles (walk)
    13-Oct: 4.81 miles (walk)
    14-Oct: <Life Day> but 3.35 miles
    15-Oct: 3.24 miles
    16-Oct: 3.26 miles
    17-Oct: 6.37 miles
    18-Oct: 4.42 miles (walk)
    19-Oct: 3.32 miles; 3.66 miles (walk)
    20-Oct: 3.69 miles
    21-Oct: <Life Day>
    22-Oct: 3.57 miles; 3.77 miles (walk)
    23-Oct: 6.59 miles; 2.11 miles (walk)
    24-Oct: 3.16 miles
    25-Oct: 3.73 miles (walk)
    26-Oct: 6.42 miles
    27-Oct: 3.63 miles
    28-Oct: <Life Day> but 2.31 miles (walk)
    29-Oct: 3.60 miles
    30-Oct:
    31-Oct:

    Upcoming Races:
    31-Oct: Jay's Hope 10K
    14-Nov: FUMC 5K
    05-Dec: Reindeer Run 10K
    16-Jan: Museum of Aviation 5K
    19-Mar: Cherry Blossom 10K
    16-Apr: Running for Ronald 5K or 10K

    Surpassed my goal! Now to decide what to do tomorrow, since I've got my first official 10K Saturday morning.... Walk (to get my 15K steps in for the day)? Run (~3.5 miles, early in the day)? Be lazy?

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  • skippygirlsmom
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    10/1 - 8 miles
    10/2 - 5 miles
    10/3 - 5.1 miles
    10/4 - rest day Allen's son is in the Nat'l Guard and was supposed to jump yesterday. We were headed there when they cancelled the jump :-1:
    10/5 - 10.1 miles
    10/6 - 5.1 recovery miles
    10/7 - rest day
    10/8 - 6.6 miles of hilly hills :smiley: not big hills just rolling up and down and up and down
    10/9 - 5 miles my first mile I thought was crappy because I thought my watch said 10:50 and it felt like 10:50. Turned out it was 10:05 which I didn't realize until I pushed harder and my next split was 9:47. Ended up with a 9:49 pace... so happy especially after dancing too much and too late at the Miranda Lambert concert last night!
    10/10 - 5 miles - 9:55 pace don't know what's gotten into me. Ran with Skip who is home from Disney.
    10/11 - 5.1 miles
    10/12 - rest day
    10/13 - 11.1 miles (yes I want my .1)
    10/14 - 5 miles - recovery run with Skip, cool morning about 44F at run time.
    10/15 - 5 miles - another cool morning, I wanted to add a few miles but I got out late so had to stick to my usual run
    10/16 - 3.5 miles I don't know if the stress of this week got to me, if Allen leaving yesterday got to me or my legs just rebelled this morning LOL From step one to failure on my 6 mile run today I felt like crap. Got to about 3 miles and said the hell with it and went home. Oh well 3.5 is better than 0!
    10/17 - rest day XC meet - Skip did great 22:18 top 25 placed and she finished 23rd. She cut 2.5 mins her off time from this race last year.
    10/18 - 4.3 miles with the trail running group we joined. Wow ran trails I would never try alone, when they call a trail "goat trail" they mean it, up up up a narrow rock trail. I was in the middle of the pack, Skip killed it staying at the tail end of the "fast" group.
    10/19 - 5 miles 35F bbrrr degrees at run time today
    10/20 - 1.2 miles it was supposed to be a rest day but Skip's coach wanted me to run a quick mile with him before their meet. He's got a 1,000+ day streak going. Crazy man!
    10/21 - 5.1 miles
    10/22 - 7.2 miles
    10/23 - rest day
    10/24 - 13.1 miles - long run around the neighborhood, but beat my HM time by about 2 mins. :smiley:
    10/25 - 5 miles of recovery run a bit of a drizzle while running with Skip, but it felt refreshing
    10/26 - 28 - ouch my mouth hurts rest days
    10/29 - 5.4 miles

    125.9 of 120 miles

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  • skippygirlsmom
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    @healthyfocused715 I met a guy on the greenway that has run a full marathon in every state. When we talked he was training for one in Utah in October and I think that would be number 55. Amazing!
    @ddmom0811 great job getting it done when you didn't feel like it. I'll be honest with you on the streak, it was fun while it started but it made me miserable after a while. I really needed the rest days. You do so much more cross training then I do, I think the rest days are important. Skip's XC coach and his wife have run at least 1 mile a day for the past like 1,040 days or something crazy, but a lot of those days are on the treadmill at 14 min mile and literally exactly 1 mile and no more.
    @kristinegift you have some amazing miles this month girl, great work. I hear you on the slick roads, ours were wet this morning too, just not as many leaves down yet. The bad thing about the wet in the morning to me is that it makes it harder to see the street because it's so much darker when the pavement is wet.
    @karllundy I always knew Jersey was so beautiful! :smile: I will always love my home!

    Skip and I have a 5K this week. @stoshew71 is Jen running in the Spooktacular?
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    HealthyFocused715 wrote: »
    @Stoshew71 - I didn't think I was explaining it very well, sorry. My work blacklists a bunch of random things too...

    So when you go to the homepage it says: "jog.fm helps you find the perfect music for your run...and your walk and your ride" and then it has a drop-down menu for: "my mile time is ????". You select your time and hit Go and it will generate a list of songs that are best for that pace. Does that make sense? So forever I was a 10:00 minute miler so I made a 9:00 minute miler playlist. If I were to run to the beat, I would be running 9:00 minute miles. It does allow you to search via BPM's for those of you looking for 180s. 10:00 minute miles are 150 BPMs.

    No problem. But yeah, I kind of understand what they are doing, but just don't agree with how they are doing it. That site is trying to associate pace with cadence which is the wrong way to think of running. They figure if the beat is faster, it should make you run a faster pace. Bad thinking.

    The correct way to run is that you should work towards a high cadence regardless of your pace.
    So you should be able to still run 10:00 mi/miles at 180 steps per sec. You are just taking shorter but quicker steps which is the idea of why you want to work on the cadence thing. You work to get quicker feet and shorter stride (so that your feet touch the ground under your center of mass). If you are trying to get quicker feet and increase your pace at the same time, then that encourages an overstride. The it defeats the whole purpose of why you are trying to get a higher cadence.

    By the way, information for everyone. If you currently run at 150 steps for second, it is probably a bad idea to jump to 180 steps for second. Increase by 5 steps per sec per week till you can get to 180.

    I am currently studying more on biomechanics. There is actually a lot of new terms I am learning that relate to that. So biomechanics is basically the way your leg, feet, and knees, and arms, and the whole 9 yards of how they all move in relation to your gait and running form. Pretty interesting.

    If anyone is interested, I can post some stuff on it. Just let me know. I tried some things this morning and it defenitely helped.

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