Question for the runners out there

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Madsmith

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If your goal is to run a long distance because you enjoy it, then I would not worry about speed or distance, but instead focus on heart rate. I had zero success running until I learned about heart rate zone training, and bought myself a heart monitor. You spend a couple of months running slow as can be to build up your base, and then move up to the slightly higher zone for a while, and etc. Following this style training allowed me to build distance and speed over a 6 month period - far beyond what I had ever accomplished before.
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<br />If your goal is fitness, then I'd recommend some sort of higher intensity circuit training such as CrossFit.
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<br />I've done the distance thing, and the intensity thing separately, and enjoyed them both. I found they had different benefits, and if I had the time and dedication, I'd combine the two - as they do at <A HREF="http://www.crossfitendurance.com/">http://www.crossfitendurance.com/</A>
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<br />Good luck, anything helps (I say from my couch!).
 
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moxie1

Guest
<P>Final update:</P>
<P> </P>
<P>I finished!!!!</P>
<P> </P>
<P>I skipped ahead a couple of weeks (reason why below) and ran for 30 minutes straight!  Then I went ahead and walked the rest of the 5k to bring me in just under 42 minutes.</P>
<P> </P>
<P>I'm so proud of myself, but I realize that I do not enjoy running at all!  I watch the clock the entire time and it drags.  I also wake up every morning hobbling for the first couple of minutes because my feet are so sore (plantar fascitis).</P>
<P> </P>
<P>Anyway, I finished the program early because I decided to do P90x.  Found it on craigslist and am now on day 3.  My body is aching because I have no upper body strength at all!  However, I did the plyometrics yesterday, which is supposed to be the mother of all p90x workouts, and I completed it!!!!!!!!!  1 hour of jump training and I was panting the whole time and as red as a beet, but I did it.  I'm excited about this and I love the fact that each day is something different.  Definitely not boring!</P>
 
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moxie1

Guest
<P>Final update:</P>
<P></P>
<P>I finished!!!!</P>
<P></P>
<P>I skipped ahead a couple of weeks (reason why below) and ran for 30 minutes straight! Then I went ahead and walked the rest of the 5k to bring me in just under 42 minutes.</P>
<P></P>
<P>I'm so proud of myself, but I realize that I do not enjoy running at all! I watch the clock the entire time and it drags. I also wake up every morning hobbling for the first couple of minutes because my feet are so sore (plantar fascitis).</P>
<P></P>
<P>Anyway, I finished the program early because I decided to do P90x. Found it on craigslist and am now on day 3. My body is aching because I have no upper body strength at all! However, I did the plyometrics yesterday, which is supposed to be the mother of all p90x workouts, and I completed it!!!!!!!!! 1 hour of jump training and I was panting the whole time and as red as a beet, but I did it. I'm excited about this and I love the fact that each day is something different. Definitely not boring!</P>
 
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moxie1

Guest
<P>Final update:</P>
<P></P>
<P>I finished!!!!</P>
<P></P>
<P>I skipped ahead a couple of weeks (reason why below) and ran for 30 minutes straight! Then I went ahead and walked the rest of the 5k to bring me in just under 42 minutes.</P>
<P></P>
<P>I'm so proud of myself, but I realize that I do not enjoy running at all! I watch the clock the entire time and it drags. I also wake up every morning hobbling for the first couple of minutes because my feet are so sore (plantar fascitis).</P>
<P></P>
<P>Anyway, I finished the program early because I decided to do P90x. Found it on craigslist and am now on day 3. My body is aching because I have no upper body strength at all! However, I did the plyometrics yesterday, which is supposed to be the mother of all p90x workouts, and I completed it!!!!!!!!! 1 hour of jump training and I was panting the whole time and as red as a beet, but I did it. I'm excited about this and I love the fact that each day is something different. Definitely not boring!<BR></P>
 
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mikorankin

New member
I should help to remember what your goal is....you could say that it is to complete a 10k, but the broader goal is increased health. When you view it that way running simply becomes the vehicle to get you there. There is no better way to augment your current therapies. I have CF and have run my whole life. At one point I was an ocean front lifeguard and regularly competed in lifeguard competitions and triathlons. That was over twenty years ago. To say that I have any competitive goal- or even one of distance, at my current health and age, would not be realistic.

My routine now, and one that should be utilized by others incorporating vigorous exercise, is to use the exercise to augment current therapies. During my runs, my goal is not to decrease my time-my goal is to increase my time...on earth. Whether I get winded at 20 seconds or 4 minutes I cough like it's the 'in thing' to do. You'll be most impressed with your exercise tolerance after airway clearance. The couch to 5-10k programs don't take CF into consideration. They are typically designed for folks that have spent a good part of their life sedated. Their obstacles to getting started us typically the size and shape of their ass, not fibrotic and scared lung tissue.

There is nothing wrong with a time or distance goal. Just make them reasonable and make them secondary to airway clearance beyond chest/vest physiotherapy.
 
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mikorankin

New member
I should help to remember what your goal is....you could say that it is to complete a 10k, but the broader goal is increased health. When you view it that way running simply becomes the vehicle to get you there. There is no better way to augment your current therapies. I have CF and have run my whole life. At one point I was an ocean front lifeguard and regularly competed in lifeguard competitions and triathlons. That was over twenty years ago. To say that I have any competitive goal- or even one of distance, at my current health and age, would not be realistic.

My routine now, and one that should be utilized by others incorporating vigorous exercise, is to use the exercise to augment current therapies. During my runs, my goal is not to decrease my time-my goal is to increase my time...on earth. Whether I get winded at 20 seconds or 4 minutes I cough like it's the 'in thing' to do. You'll be most impressed with your exercise tolerance after airway clearance. The couch to 5-10k programs don't take CF into consideration. They are typically designed for folks that have spent a good part of their life sedated. Their obstacles to getting started us typically the size and shape of their ass, not fibrotic and scared lung tissue.

There is nothing wrong with a time or distance goal. Just make them reasonable and make them secondary to airway clearance beyond chest/vest physiotherapy.
 
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mikorankin

New member
I should help to remember what your goal is....you could say that it is to complete a 10k, but the broader goal is increased health. When you view it that way running simply becomes the vehicle to get you there. There is no better way to augment your current therapies. I have CF and have run my whole life. At one point I was an ocean front lifeguard and regularly competed in lifeguard competitions and triathlons. That was over twenty years ago. To say that I have any competitive goal- or even one of distance, at my current health and age, would not be realistic.
<br />
<br />My routine now, and one that should be utilized by others incorporating vigorous exercise, is to use the exercise to augment current therapies. During my runs, my goal is not to decrease my time-my goal is to increase my time...on earth. Whether I get winded at 20 seconds or 4 minutes I cough like it's the 'in thing' to do. You'll be most impressed with your exercise tolerance after airway clearance. The couch to 5-10k programs don't take CF into consideration. They are typically designed for folks that have spent a good part of their life sedated. Their obstacles to getting started us typically the size and shape of their ass, not fibrotic and scared lung tissue.
<br />
<br />There is nothing wrong with a time or distance goal. Just make them reasonable and make them secondary to airway clearance beyond chest/vest physiotherapy.
 
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mikorankin

New member
I should help to remember what your goal is....you could say that it is to complete a 10k, but the broader goal is increased health. When you view it that way running simply becomes the vehicle to get you there. There is no better way to augment your current therapies. I have CF and have run my whole life. At one point I was an ocean front lifeguard and regularly competed in lifeguard competitions and triathlons. That was over twenty years ago. To say that I have any competitive goal- or even one of distance, at my current health and age, would not be realistic.

My routine now, and one that should be utilized by others incorporating vigorous exercise, is to use the exercise to augment current therapies. During my runs, my goal is not to decrease my time-my goal is to increase my time...on earth. Whether I get winded at 20 seconds or 4 minutes I cough like it's the 'in thing' to do. You'll be most impressed with your exercise tolerance after airway clearance. The couch to 5-10k programs don't take CF into consideration. They are typically designed for folks that have spent a good part of their life sedated. Their obstacles to getting started us typically the size and shape of their ass, not fibrotic and scared lung tissue.

There is nothing wrong with a time or distance goal. Just make them reasonable and make them secondary to airway clearance beyond chest/vest physiotherapy.
 
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mikorankin

New member
I should help to remember what your goal is....you could say that it is to complete a 10k, but the broader goal is increased health. When you view it that way running simply becomes the vehicle to get you there. There is no better way to augment your current therapies. I have CF and have run my whole life. At one point I was an ocean front lifeguard and regularly competed in lifeguard competitions and triathlons. That was over twenty years ago. To say that I have any competitive goal- or even one of distance, at my current health and age, would not be realistic.

My routine now, and one that should be utilized by others incorporating vigorous exercise, is to use the exercise to augment current therapies. During my runs, my goal is not to decrease my time-my goal is to increase my time...on earth. Whether I get winded at 20 seconds or 4 minutes I cough like it's the 'in thing' to do. You'll be most impressed with your exercise tolerance after airway clearance. The couch to 5-10k programs don't take CF into consideration. They are typically designed for folks that have spent a good part of their life sedated. Their obstacles to getting started us typically the size and shape of their ass, not fibrotic and scared lung tissue.

There is nothing wrong with a time or distance goal. Just make them reasonable and make them secondary to airway clearance beyond chest/vest physiotherapy.
 
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mikorankin

New member
I should help to remember what your goal is....you could say that it is to complete a 10k, but the broader goal is increased health. When you view it that way running simply becomes the vehicle to get you there. There is no better way to augment your current therapies. I have CF and have run my whole life. At one point I was an ocean front lifeguard and regularly competed in lifeguard competitions and triathlons. That was over twenty years ago. To say that I have any competitive goal- or even one of distance, at my current health and age, would not be realistic.
<br />
<br />My routine now, and one that should be utilized by others incorporating vigorous exercise, is to use the exercise to augment current therapies. During my runs, my goal is not to decrease my time-my goal is to increase my time...on earth. Whether I get winded at 20 seconds or 4 minutes I cough like it's the 'in thing' to do. You'll be most impressed with your exercise tolerance after airway clearance. The couch to 5-10k programs don't take CF into consideration. They are typically designed for folks that have spent a good part of their life sedated. Their obstacles to getting started us typically the size and shape of their ass, not fibrotic and scared lung tissue.
<br />
<br />There is nothing wrong with a time or distance goal. Just make them reasonable and make them secondary to airway clearance beyond chest/vest physiotherapy.
 
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