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Originally Posted by trontron
what's your running motivation? i mean besides a sub20 5k? is it just for weight loss? do you like running? do you want to run longer distances in the future? or rather shorter ones?
in general: take it easy, don't overdo it. be very careful, especially if your knees are already giving you problems... (you don't really go into details here). your body needs a LONG time to adapt to the stressors of running.
look at http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/85...eyond-1554044/ for a lot of the basic discussion stuff. summary: don't do structured training yet, don't do HIIT, don't do specific long runs. just run regularly (at an EASY pace) a few times a week and slowly increase distance / volume / regularity / pace (at a later date).
are your HR zones @ https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2017...c2011f7fa0.png set properly? did you do a max HR test?
Motivation is two parts.
1- weight loss and fitness
2- when you run some 10 minute pace and some person says "great job" and then you say "hey, what about you - you knocked it out at 7:30!" and they reply with something like "yeah.. so slow for me, it sucks". At that point I want to destroy them. It is petty, but when someone thinks I am capable of less than them - it pisses me off and motivates me.
In running, this happens all the time - the implication that I should be proud they only lapped me once.
I know who the people are that I have no chance at catching. One guy in the work run group ran D1 track. He is clearly more capable and whatever he says will not piss me off.
But everyone else I will take satisfaction when I pass them. (when, not if
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I don't dislike them. They are tremendous, nice, helpful, cheer you on, etc. Really A+ people. I am just wired/flawed/competitive that way. And clearly they should have a different standard (today) based on how much training has been put in. But I want to win - so I am motivated to train in order to win.
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I am not that interested in longer distances, at least for now. I imagine that becomes interesting after 5ks become boring. If anything, I would probably get into triathlons.
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I am training pretty light (and have been for ~6 weeks)
My knees already adjusted and are fine now. I expected some aches and pains when starting from scratch. ~8 miles per week, 3 runs per week, is a pretty soft start. However, I am going ramp that up now that my knees feels good.
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I did not do a max HR test. HR zones are set initially by something like 220 - age (I think). I expect the app will keep track of whatever gets reported back and adjust.
Is a max HR test just go sprint until you collapse and take note of the HR?