Steps per breath

TheBillRodgerz said:

Allright, Donovans running without a watch, Tims running barefoot, and dougs

I've gone back to the watch for most runs, though I still don't use it in
group speedwork.

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found myself counting my steps per breath. It was 4 or 5 steps (both feet)
per breath. So what does that mean?

4 is the normal amount for running quickly -- I use this most of the time
during speedwork for example. Many people will drop to a slower rate (I use
6) during more aerobic training runs. Sometimes at the very end of a tough
race I'll go down to 3.

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

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found myself counting my steps per breath. It was 4 or 5 steps (both
feet)
per breath. So what does that mean?

4 is the normal amount for running quickly -- I use this most of the
time
during speedwork for example. Many people will drop to a slower rate
(I use
6) during more aerobic training runs. Sometimes at the very end of a
tough
race I'll go down to 3.

I did my thing for science recently counting steps. I absolutely draw
the line at counting breaths. Next thing people will want to record
miles down to two decimal points and a watch on both wrists. At my age
I'm damn satisfied to able to define breathing as in and out and on my
own.

-DF

Doug Freese said:

Next thing people will want to record miles down to two decimal
points and a watch on both wrists

How shocking! ;-)

Phil M.

--
"Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make
them all yourself." ­Martin Vanbee

Doug Freese said:

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found myself counting my steps per breath. It was 4 or 5 steps (both
feet)
per breath. So what does that mean?

4 is the normal amount for running quickly -- I use this most of the
time
during speedwork for example. Many people will drop to a slower rate
(I use
6) during more aerobic training runs. Sometimes at the very end of a
tough
race I'll go down to 3.

I did my thing for science recently counting steps. I absolutely draw
the line at counting breaths.

I'm usually fairly conscious of this -- I mean, you can usually hear yourself
breathe when you run, can't you ?

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Next thing people will want to record miles down to two decimal points and a
watch on both wrists.

I think there are some here who already do that...

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in and out and on my own.

Each to his own, I prefer to have company (-;

Cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/

It means you can multi task. Jogging while breathing is a good start.
Next week, we'll work on thinking while posting.

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Allright, Donovans running without a watch, Tims running barefoot, and dougs
considering heterosexuality (yeah right), so not being one to be left out I
found myself counting my steps per breath. It was 4 or 5 steps (both feet)
per
breath. So what does that mean?

You guys are OLD. I'd much rather run barefoot at the beach with or without a
watch and count BABES.

http://trackwest.org/images/team/awards.jpg

Lyndon

"Speed Kills...It kills those that don't have it!" --US Olympic Track Coach
Brooks Johnson

Quoted message said:

4 is the normal amount for running quickly -- I use this most of the time
during speedwork for example. Many people will drop to a slower rate (I use
6) during more aerobic training runs. Sometimes at the very end of a tough
race I'll go down to 3.

Well I'm certainly in no hurry, so that count was at a very slow pace.

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It means you can multi task.

You mean like tuggin' my wee one while typing?

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Jogging while breathing is a good start.

I prefer jogging without breathing.

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Next week, we'll work on thinking while posting.

Whose going to give me lessons? Surely not you...

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I did my thing for science recently counting steps. I absolutely draw
the line at counting breaths.

I'm usually fairly conscious of this -- I mean, you can usually hear
yourself
breathe when you run, can't you ?

With a straight face, no, I seldom if ever listen to my breathing. If
I'm with people I'm listening or talking. When alone I'm enjoying my
running environment. Even when I run from my house in a development I
look to see who painted their house, planted or cut down a tree, a new
dog on the front steps, etc. The only time breathing comes into play is
a road race(it's not an issue in ultra trails) and I don't do very many
of those. Breathing is an involuntary act and I'm enjoying that fact.

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Next thing people will want to record miles down to two decimal
points and a
watch on both wrists.

I think there are some here who already do that...

They do??? I guess I left off off my tongue in cheek wink.

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in and out and on my own.

Each to his own, I prefer to have company (-;

🙂

DF

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Allright, Donovans running without a watch, Tims running barefoot,
and dougs
considering heterosexuality (yeah right), so not being one to be left
out I
found myself counting my steps per breath. It was 4 or 5 steps (both
feet)
per
breath. So what does that mean?

You guys are OLD. I'd much rather run barefoot at the beach with or
without a
watch and count BABES.

Lyndon, I'm shocked at this outburst! I thought you had sex with the
lights out and the sheets over your head. 😉 Wouldn't running bare from
the feet up help catch some babes and not just count them?

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http://trackwest.org/images/team/awards.jpg

Nice!

-DF

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Allright, Donovans running without a watch, Tims running barefoot, and
dougs
considering heterosexuality (yeah right), so not being one to be left out
I
found myself counting my steps per breath. It was 4 or 5 steps (both feet)
per
breath. So what does that mean?

You guys are OLD. I'd much rather run barefoot at the beach with or
without a
watch and count BABES.

http://trackwest.org/images/team/awards.jpg

Lyndon

"Speed Kills...It kills those that don't have it!" --US Olympic Track
Coach
Brooks Johnson

I agree, just finished a week of barefoot at the beach, I want to move to
the shore!

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Quoted message said:

Allright, Donovans running without a watch, Tims running barefoot, and dougs
considering heterosexuality (yeah right), so not being one to be left out I
found myself counting my steps per breath. It was 4 or 5 steps (both feet) per
breath. So what does that mean?

You dumbass. It doesn't mean anything. You dint specify what elevation
you were running and what speed you were running and whether you
suffer from ashthma.

MWL

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(TheBillRodgerz) said:

It was 4 or 5 steps (both feet) per
breath. So what does that mean?

4 or 5 per breath in or breath out or a complete cycle?

(Lyndon) said:

You guys are OLD. I'd much rather run barefoot at the beach with or without a
watch and count BABES.

Can anyone spot Lyndon here? :->
http://running.steve.free.fr/beach_race.jpg

Gay man's paradise! Where was this race?

Jack

steve common said:

(Lyndon) said:

You guys are OLD. I'd much rather run barefoot at the beach with or without a
watch and count BABES.

Can anyone spot Lyndon here? :->
http://running.steve.free.fr/beach_race.jpg

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Doug Freese said:

I did my thing for science recently counting steps. I absolutely draw
the line at counting breaths.

I find that when I count steps (for cadence measurement and training),
my breathing automagically falls into a rhythm with the counts (maybe due
to too much time spent in school bands when a kid). After I'm warmed up,
if the pace and incline stays the same, the rhythm usually does also.
Usually one breath cycle per two or three foot cycles (that's an inhale
and exhale during 4 to 6 footfalls) at medium paces.

So I just notice my current breathing rhythm when counting cadence.
If it's one breath per 2 foot cycles and my cadence is 180 ff/min,
for instance, then I just divide 180 by 4 (2 breaths-per-cycle times 2
footfalls-per-cycle) and get 45 breaths per minute.

IMHO. YMMV.
--
Ron Nicholson rhn AT nicholson DOT com http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/
#include <canonical.disclaimer> // only my own opinions, etc.

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my tongue in cheek

I hear it's been in dirtier places than that.

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I thought you had sex with the
lights out and the sheets over your head.

A runner having sex? That's hilare! Even funnier would be him having it. Of
course his hand with a sockface on it doesn't count, but it's all he's got.

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Wouldn't running bare from
the feet up help catch some babes

They'd die laughing, so unless he's into necrophelia it just won't work.
Besides, blowup dolls don't run very fast.