I ran on saturday - odd experience

bobmcstuff

The problem with parkruns is that they are always at stupid o'clock on a Saturday morning.

Running and cycling use different muscles, running is about fast twitch muscles and elastic response (generally), and cycling is about slow twitch muscles (generally). This is why you can get big efficiency improvements in running efficiency, but not in pedalling efficiency (e.g., claims that Armstrong had increased his pedalling efficiency by 10 or 15% or whatever it was but he'd actually just been doping).

I think that running is decent CV exercise so is useful for cycling - a lot of people will tell you that if you want to be a really good cyclist you shouldn't do any running (personally I just want to be generally fit).

mpatts

Thanks - re parkrun, I've been top ten before, I've run a few and always enjoyed it. The first one I did I managed 27 minutes (and was pleased as punch), and within a few months had managed to crack sub 20. I have no idea how people run sub 18 though!

cougie

bobmcstuff wrote:

The problem with parkruns is that they are always at stupid o'clock on a Saturday morning.

9am for parkruns. I'd suggest you don't take up Timetrialling with their proper early morning starts. In a layby. In the middle of nowhere.

ilovegrace

just to try and bring a little bit of reality to this topic
I have run competitive for over 30 years , was a founder member of our local running club and have helped several runners in their training.
Never under any circumstances was 40 min 10 k deemed as been outstanding from what ever level of training.
This is not sub 6 min mile pace this is 6.26 min per mile another body away from 6 min mile.
Lets look at the Ops age, how old is he , what does he weigh ?
Loads of things need to be taken into consideration .
Another thing to look at is the final Half Marathon time , this was the race distance not 10k , the OP finished in 1.40 again nothing outstanding for generally fit young man.
No one knows if the distance markers were accurate , or garmin , was it a downhill first half and an incline on the way back .
Need to get back to the decorating .
regards
ILG

bolingbroke

cougie wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

The problem with parkruns is that they are always at stupid o'clock on a Saturday morning.

9am for parkruns. I'd suggest you don't take up Timetrialling with their proper early morning starts. In a layby. In the middle of nowhere.

TTs are traditionally 7 in the evening where I'm from.

I may be wrong but Tuesday nights at 7pm, isn't that the tradition?

bobmcstuff

bolingbroke wrote:

cougie wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

The problem with parkruns is that they are always at stupid o'clock on a Saturday morning.

9am for parkruns. I'd suggest you don't take up Timetrialling with their proper early morning starts. In a layby. In the middle of nowhere.

TTs are traditionally 7 in the evening where I'm from.

I may be wrong but Tuesday nights at 7pm, isn't that the tradition?

Yes looking at it round here they seem to be run in the evenings during the summer mostly.

That was supposed to be a slightly tongue in cheek comment anyway - but to expand on that, I'm obviously used to getting up early for various things, because I have a job and so forth, plus bike events or whatever else (getting up to drive ~2hrs to be at Glenshee or Aviemore for opening during ski season for example). But to be somewhere 20-30 minutes away for 9am on a Saturday (thus probably preventing me from having a good Friday beers) to run a measly 5km (even with me being rubbish at running that's under 25 mins) around a circuit which has a Strava segment anyway (both the ones here are on Strava) seems kind of pointless.

Edit because that makes me sound like an alcoholic - I'm happy to curtail Friday beers/forgo my lie in for a bike ride or other event/activity which will probably be a good day out, but just for a quick <25 minute run round a local park is not something that strikes me as particularly worthwhile.

markhewitt1978

Quite a few times in the summer I'd been out of the door on my bike at 6am, and 7am was my usual start time most Sundays. But that was so I could fit in a 5-6 hour ride and be home before lunch. A Parkrun is 30-40 minutes and you're done?

cougie

bolingbroke wrote:

cougie wrote:

bobmcstuff wrote:

The problem with parkruns is that they are always at stupid o'clock on a Saturday morning.

9am for parkruns. I'd suggest you don't take up Timetrialling with their proper early morning starts. In a layby. In the middle of nowhere.

TTs are traditionally 7 in the evening where I'm from.

I may be wrong but Tuesday nights at 7pm, isn't that the tradition?

Club time trials maybe for a 10 ? You'd not be able to get a 50 or 100 or 12 in though. Mainly Sunday morning tts.