I've been running about a year, probably a bit less. I did my first 5k in July last year, then 10ks in September and November, and I've built up from that. I was surprised at how quickly I managed to increase my long run from 6 miles to 12 miles as part of the half marathon training - I only really decided to do it after new year.

Believe me, if I can do it, anyone can!

It has been brutally cold this weekend (in the 20's) but I did manage a 30 min run yesterday and today on the treadmill increasing speeds up to 8.5mph. Tomorrow I should be able to do an outdoor run, we will see.

its a short week for me on the daily run(s) because i have the 10K on saturday. looks like the temps should be mid 40's but i am hoping for 50ish...

I have a question, for all you, experienced runners!

i started running last September i was up to running 3.5 km a day which was pretty good for me. Then it got cold i stopped running and gained another 20 pounds over the winter. Yesterday i got on the tread mill and started running, about 15 minutes in i checked my heart rate and it 86. i thought my watch was broken so i used the machine to check it and it said the same thing. The thing is, my heart rate is usually 155 when i am exercising...My question is: Is this supposed to happen? Has this happened to anyone else?
i felt really good and i felt like i could keep running another hour..Any ideas???

Started back running after a week off. Had the worst run ever, but it can only get better! I will be going again on Wednesday, so it obviously hasn't put me off! :lol:

I ran/walked for the second time ever today. Did 30 minutes, and managed 1.86 miles (on the treadmill)

My 10 k is in June, so I have plenty of time to get used to this running thing! I hope!

Ran 7.64k this morning it was cool -6c with not too much wind... It was a good one!

Miaka believe me I'm not running at 8.5mph the entire 30 mins! It's more like a ladder scheme, increasing .5 every 30 seconds and then back down again but it's really helped me with my overall tempo.

Are you concerned because your heart rate was low? If you were feeling fine I wouldn't worry too much about it... Just keep monitoring it... and keep :running:

Miaka and Lizzbabe

I do similar to what Lizzbabe does. I start at 6.0 or 6.1 and every minute I increase until I'm at a 9-minute mile pace (6.7). Then every two minutes I increase until I hit the 20-min mark. After the 20-min mark, I increase every 2.0-2.5 min until I reach the 30-min mark and then I slow it back down to 6.3 for a minute or so (just to catch my breath - lol) and slowly speed back up, depending on how long of a run I'm having. One thing I need to try to do is adjust my incline along with this...

Lizzababe - I'll have to try your routine. What's the longest entire run you've done using this type of interval training? Do you put any incline adjustments in?

Emily--when I am doing a speed run, I keep the incline at 0%. I generally run 30 min going up and down that ladder scheme, depending on my mood whether I stick it out for longer intervals or not. My latest hill run includes spurts of up to 6% incline with speeds from 5.5-7.5mph. That one I got from a magazine so I just follow their pacing guidelines.

I did 40 minutes on hill intervals on the treadmill this morning. I set it a level higher than normal, but coped. That's my hardest run before Sunday, the rest of the week probably won't involve anything over 5k.

Did about 5k walk/run for 46min. But the hills! whew! They're everywhere, can't avoid them. :dizzy: