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You’ll be doing well to get a decent entry level bike for that money - even second hand. Most makers do an entry level bike new for around the £600 mark - check the specs on these and try to match them on gumtree. Some employers do a cycle to work scheme which is a good enough deal
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Your question may relate to your lactate threshold - that point where your body becomes unable to recycle the lactic acid generated by your muscle as it works. In theory running at just below your LT is the optimum for speed/distance over time. Training will increase the speed ( and hence the distance) you can maintain…
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If you can do 5k (3.1miles) in 26 mins and have enough reserve to run a further 3k (1.9miles) then I think you could go sub 25min now. It might take a few attempts to learn how much you can suffer though. If you don't feel like stopping after 2 miles you aren't going hard enough :). Lose a bit more weight ( I went from BMI…
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I have a few questions - what is current 5k time? Are you doing all training on treadmill? What's your current BMI?
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Basic principle of training is that your body will adapt to deal with any extra stress put upon it. Once you have adapted to a certain level then you have to increase the stress further to get more adaptation.
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You might want to check out some of Lorimer Moseley/ Peter O'Sullivan on youtube - on why we feel pain. Might change how you think about what is going on with your back.
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Check out 'Age-grading' It will allow you to compare your times to the world record for your age. 50-60% would be a recreational runner - 60-70% a club runner - 70-80% regional level competitor - 80-90% national level - 95% international - all approximate of course. Based on what I know of the age-gradings at my local…
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try a new battery before worrying about anything else. Try a different hrm if you can and compare results. Cal burn estimates are notoriously inaccurate anyway and your HR feeds into the estimate so if it's off then the cal burn will be off too. You will burn around 100 kcal/mile running - a bit less if you are slow or…
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Check out 'age-grading' - it shows your time as a % of the world's best time for your sex/age. Regular recreational runners are probably in the 45 -65% range, club runners up to maybe 80% , atfer that you are probably at the sharp end of local/regional competition. OVer 90% and your probably international standard or your…
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Other people's heart rates are irrelevant to you. Firstly, you need to work out your max (not the 220-age estimate) - google for how to do this. Once you have a Max HR then you use it to calculate different training zones - aerobic, anaerobic etc . Then you tailor your training programme accordingly. AFAIK your max HR is…
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Getting familiar with the course is a good thing as it allows you to know where any hills are and how to spread your effort. I do a 5k most Saturday mornings and generally dont eat anything before hand - just a cup of coffee to help kickstart the guts - if you know what i mean! If you have a GPS or similar device then get…
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Pain in the hip area could be caused by many things including all those mentioned above. In general though you shoud try to get a rest day between runs and increase distance only slowly. Doing exercises to strengthen your gluts and core should help and are a good thing anyway.
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lol - 1000 cals a day! You wouldn't have the energy to do cardio.
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As above, don't really see the necessity of hills or speed work for marathon training unless you are a sub-3 hour type
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All depends on how good a skier you are. I am reasonably good on piste and can ski all day with minimal effort and would say I use less calories than walking. When i was learning though it took a lot more out of me. Likewise when skiing off-piste I would be working much harder - probably equivalent to a good jog. As for…
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10k is clearly beyond your capability (without harming yourself) at this time. It would be wiser to set some realistic goals based on where you are at the moment. However, if completing the 10k 'races' at any cost is what you want to do then knock yourself out.
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How long do you take to run your two miles?
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You dont need to engage in any special type of hydration for 30 mins exercise unless you are planning to sprint flat out in a sauna or something. It's way more likely that drinking too much will make you feel sick rather than drinking too little. Avoid eating or drinking for an hour before working out. Take sips of water…
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3 times a week is loads for a beginner, 4 plenty for a regular recreational runner, 5 for a club runner, 6 and 7 - time to turn pro! I think you answered your own question when you said the only reason you dont run is because you are too sore and stiff.
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How about trying to get a local running club on board. Chances are they will have organised similar events. A lot depends on your numbers. I am not sure how ambitious you are about numbers but you will do very well to attract more than a few 100 at a first attempt. We have a local 5k 'parkrun' event every week with a…
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I have had this and walked out of the clinic afterwards and back in work the next day BUT it depends on what you are getting done. I had a loose body removed - a piece of bone! They dont really know what they will do until they go in there so if there is a lot of poking around then you will be quite sore for a while - at…
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Your target heart rate for what? You need to assess your Max through some sort of test rather than the old 220-age - which is only a guide. Run hard for 2 mins -rest a min then run flat out for another minute or until you have to stop - that will get you close to your MAX. Look up HR Training zones somewhere and calculate…
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+1 for Allen Carr's book. Forget about Nov 1, get the book, read it and stop when you are finished. I had a few days of nicotine withdrawal but really no probs after that.
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It's 'lose' not 'loose'.
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based on the fact it takes you 45mins to do 5k you clearly are at the beginning of your road to fitness. Training everyday is gonna to be too much. Rest is a vital part of any regime - that;'s when your body adapts to meet the new demands you are putting on it. I'd say run 4 days - rest 3 - or do some light crosstraining.…
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should be at a speed that allows you to complete the session
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Dont know if they exist. The usual watch and heart rate strap wont work as the sensors wont transmit in the water. a time and distance calculation should be close enough for monitoring purposes.
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I ski rather than board but the main thing that will reduce tiredness is your technique. As a beginner you spend all day fighting gravity. As your technique improves you will be able to control speed more easily and it will be a lot less tiring. So as long as you are moderately active otherwise I would focus on getting…
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maybe it's the polish!
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it's wrong or you are not using it right. What is the device name and manufacturer?
