Today I ran the same loop as a couple of days ago. I've been pleasantly surprised at my pace during these runs. I am hoping to do a half marathon in April and plan to do it in 1:45. From the pace I've been able to hold I should be able to accomplish my goal.
During the year and a half off of running I took up riding my bike and spinning. Spinning is indoor cycling done in a group setting to music. The instructor designs a profile, sort of the terrain that will be ridden during class. The cadence, rate at which the pedals are turned, changes depending on the resistance added to the flywheel. I really enjoyed doing the spinning thing. An instructor training program was being offered for the first time at UCSD, through the recreation department, and I decided to enroll. I became an instructor and that along with riding my bike helped me to stay in shape. I've learned that a cadence of 90 revolutions per minute is ideal.
These posts, to me, seem like rambling. I mentioned the spinning because I think that the 90 rpm cadence has helped my running. I was not expecting to come back to running and be able to maintain a pace any faster than a 9-930/m pace. At this point I feel that I am in a better position at the beginning of my marathon training cycle than I was 4 years ago. I hope that by writing it down it will become reality :-)
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Good for you for making your goals and training so public. You'll find that it is great fun keeping up with others as well.
Found you on the Complete Running Network
I found you on Complete Running, too. I admire anyone who takes up training for a marathon even before deciding whether to actually run it. I'm guessing that after all the work you might just do it. We'll be watching to see.
Topher
www.illrunfordonuts.blogspot.com
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