ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by Fent

Got my time down 7 seconds to 13.55. Not a great time but I'll get there.

i wouldnt bother timing it if i was you, just run until you cant run no more every other day or everyday if you can handle it and then time your mile & 1/2 once a week and see if there is any difference.

Originally Posted by liamk1990

i wouldnt bother timing it if i was you, just run until you cant run no more every other day or everyday if you can handle it and then time your mile & 1/2 once a week and see if there is any difference.

I can run it none stop. Just not that quickly but guess speed will come in time

i should have said run as far as you can until your legs wont take you no more, dont just do a mile and half, do 3,4,5 miles every other day or everyday then do a 1.5 mile run at the end of the week and see if your time is improving, thats what i did, ran 3 miles every other day then did a 1.5 mile on a sunday and my time flew down. i do 3 miles everyday now, sometimes its a struggle as my legs are aching like a bitch but it makes my 1.5 mile time alot better

Originally Posted by Fent

I can run it none stop. Just not that quickly but guess speed will come in time

Don't focus on speed , just do long distance eg 6 miles every other day, if your running a 13:00 you obviously don't have a decent base yet, without a decent running base you can't really improve your speed , keep at the long distance runs to build your stamina & cardiovascular system up then you will naturally be faster over shorter distances& then you can start on the sprints ect to improve. But distance and consistency are most important. If you want any info inbox me

Originally Posted by AJ1992

Don't focus on speed , just do long distance eg 6 miles every other day, if your running a 13:00 you obviously don't have a decent base yet, without a decent running base you can't really improve your speed , keep at the long distance runs to build your stamina & cardiovascular system up then you will naturally be faster over shorter distances& then you can start on the sprints ect to improve. But distance and consistency are most important. If you want any info inbox me

that is sort of what i meant but my pea brain could not put the sentence together...

I imagine you have only just started running Fent? 13 minutes is barely making it round, so as others have said, I suggest running 1.5 miles every day for a week, then mix in some longer runs and then exclusively long runs with a 1.5 at the end of each week.

Originally Posted by liamk1990

i should have said run as far as you can until your legs wont take you no more, dont just do a mile and half, do 3,4,5 miles every other day or everyday then do a 1.5 mile run at the end of the week and see if your time is improving, thats what i did, ran 3 miles every other day then did a 1.5 mile on a sunday and my time flew down. i do 3 miles everyday now, sometimes its a struggle as my legs are aching like a bitch but it makes my 1.5 mile time alot better

Cheers for the advice. I'll give it a try and let you know how I get on.

Thanks for the advice Freddie and AJ. I've been doing it a couple months and I was 19st, so managed to lose 4st so far.. Been a slow progress but I'm getting there