This question is best suited for the newbie section.

quote:<HR>Originally posted by dg12:
This question is best suited for the newbie section.<HR>

In principle, yes.

In practice, the Newbie Cafe is a support group and special interest group forum. Basic Training has taken the role of Newbie Cafe. Mainstream Racing is the new Basic Training.

Perhaps it should be suggested that all of the support or special interest group threads should be started in the Run and Race Reports forum.



http://This message has been edited by Mike T (edited Nov-15-2007).

Thanks for the replies. I am running mon, weds, fri and sometimes Sat at the moment.

If you read through these forums, you'll gain a lot of understanding about running. The consensus seems to be to slow down to a comfortable, enjoyable pace and just keep adding distance till you hit 20-25 Miles per week. At that point you can add a couple of miles of tempo (a pace where you are working a bit, but not running all out). And if at that point you feel like entering a race, run some interval sessions like 4X400 to 8X400 (for a 5K to 10K longer intervals for longer races) at your goal pace about once a week for 4 weeks prior to the race.

My race speed (if you can call 9 min/miles speed) is 2-3 min/mile faster than my training pace. So don't sweat how slow your training runs are.

Running never really gets easier, the faster you get the faster you want to go. That is the addiction part of running.