Thread: Be Honest.......what's your 1.5 mile run time?

Originally Posted by 007m88

Originally Posted by Lc63

Fittest Ive ever been in my life

*Accidently clicked enter :-S

Ah I thought that was a bit over confident good luck mate I hope you do well!

Not big headed, Just fat fingered

Anyone else got Glencourse 03.05.09/04.05.09 ??

This morning I done 6.5 miles non stop in 01:03:55 in 23°C heat. Shite time but considering only 12 days ago (in my old not proper running trainers) I couldnt do 3.2 miles non stop and without injury, ive improved.

Oh god, I swear once I get back from
Glencourse pass or fail im gonna have to up my
Rundistance !

you dont need to up your run distance mate i dont have a clue why hes running that far (6.5 miles) theres no need

Originally Posted by thehitman

you dont need to up your run distance mate i dont have a clue why hes running that far (6.5 miles) theres no need

Long runs are good for stamina and leg strength.

Originally Posted by bataz

Originally Posted by thehitman

you dont need to up your run distance mate i dont have a clue why hes running that far (6.5 miles) theres no need

Long runs are good for stamina and leg strength.

yeah ano but he should be just concentrating on the shorter runs for speed and stuff first

I use to do the odd long run, going up to above 10 miles at times. But all I found is that it gave me little injuries and doesn't really benefit the Army that much. It's all about short intense runs for the most of it.

Originally Posted by bataz

Originally Posted by thehitman

you dont need to up your run distance mate i dont have a clue why hes running that far (6.5 miles) theres no need

Long runs are good for stamina and leg strength.

Bataz is right, its endurance I want. Why do the minumum? You will do distance runs in basic so why not prepare for them.

Think of it this way, if im running for over an hour then surley that is going to improve my ability to work harder over the 1.5 in a lot shorter time.

I'm with Hitman on the distance one. I have found that running longer distances slows your 1.5 miler right down because your body gets used to running at slower paces to complete the longer runs. If you want to improve your 1.5 miles you must do 20-30 min runs using fartlek. Not running 10 miles etc. Sprinting improves your speed and recovery, long distances improve endurance and you don't want that for selection. I believe the army will improve your endurance when they see fit. 3mile run maximum!! before entry>

Originally Posted by 007m88

I'm with Hitman on the distance one. I have found that running longer distances slows your 1.5 miler right down because your body gets used to running at slower paces to complete the longer runs. If you want to improve your 1.5 miles you must do 20-30 min runs using fartlek. Not running 10 miles etc. Sprinting improves your speed and recovery, long distances improve endurance and you don't want that for selection. I believe the army will improve your endurance when they see fit. 3mile run maximum!! before entry>

by running a 10 miler it will not slow down your 1.5 atall, it will build ur CO2 max, and build your leg muscles
it might make it slower because you will be running the 1.5 at ur 10 mile pase, but mate at ADSC ( no training ) i ran 8.58.
im running 8 milers 4 times a week and im down to 8.30 mark.
its better to train for both :P

I can run fast and now I can run distance. The problem is I cant run fast for very long, thats where the endurance training comes in.

Ill do sprints on my 3 miles route. How many 6.5 and how many 3 milers should I do per week?

Originally Posted by Lil-Riflem4n

Originally Posted by 007m88

I'm with Hitman on the distance one. I have found that running longer distances slows your 1.5 miler right down because your body gets used to running at slower paces to complete the longer runs. If you want to improve your 1.5 miles you must do 20-30 min runs using fartlek. Not running 10 miles etc. Sprinting improves your speed and recovery, long distances improve endurance and you don't want that for selection. I believe the army will improve your endurance when they see fit. 3mile run maximum!! before entry>

by running a 10 miler it will not slow down your 1.5 atall, it will build ur CO2 max, and build your leg muscles
it might make it slower because you will be running the 1.5 at ur 10 mile pase, but mate at ADSC ( no training ) i ran 8.58.
im running 8 milers 4 times a week and im down to 8.30 mark.
its better to train for both :P

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Fartlek improves shorter runs quicker and more than endurance ones, fact mate. If you don't practice your sprinting your improvement will be alot slower. As for your 8 milers.....You say you never trained at all before ADSC and got 8.58. Does that not tell you that you have improved your time by 28 seconds because you have actually started training......I think so. It would be false saying that running longer distances improves shorter sprints quicker than fartlek.

Well, personally I think a mile and half run and a 7+ miler are to completely different runs. No doubt long distance will help your mile and half a bit, but not as much as shorter, more intense runs in my opinion.

In the mile and half I'm going all out for 9ish minutes, breathing like a maniac, squeezing all the energy out, bursting and exploding the effort out.

As for long distance, my breathing is controlled and its my legs that run out gradually over the run. But its a controlled run, steady breathing, very aerobic.

I just wrote a para fitness plan out in a table and it didn't go out in the same format. Took me half an hour aswell ahhhhh

Mind me askin what this fartlek is lads?