kitznegari thinks it has wings said:Quoted message said:Yeah, I'm with plodzilla. It seems like an ill-thought-out
goal for someone who just started running regularly last
week and runs 12:30 miles right now.
well he meant down the road as a distant goal, you know.
he didn't mean, like, tommorrow. i think he meant in a
few months.
Ahhh, "few months" is very short term goal in running - less
than a training cycle usually. "Distant goals" tend to be
multiple years.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:A 6-minute mile might not be impossible, but it's not
something that you could probably do in one year, or
even two.
oh wow. so nevermind then. hehe.
Just learn about training. Start slowly as you're doing.
The improvements will come. If you're just starting
running, the times will quickly improve, but you may hit
plateaus along the way.
Quoted message said:Quoted message said:That's really quite an accomplishment for a female
"recreational" runner (especially if running is your
"secondary" sport!)
i had no idea it was that much more difficult!! wow!
now i feel like he thinks really highly of me if he thinks
that i might someday be able to do that! 🙂
Maybe he's setting up a long-term goal (multiple years) for
you. Not sure if your other achievements were done overnight
(relatively), and this is now a test of being able to handle
long term planning and goals. If he's really a serious
runner, I think he realizes that and *might* offer training
suggestions since he knows you better than any of us could
possibly know your abilities / needs. (Or he may have gone
through the school of hard knocks, and may not have a good
training plan ideas. Dunno.) This might be a test to see if
you just start blindly running hard or if you methodically
learn about training and set up intermediate goals.
Most important, learn your recovery rate and don't do too
much too soon, or you'll be back here with an injury report.
Although you may be in decent overall shape, if you haven't
been running, you'll be using muscles / tendons, etc in new
ways. Cardio is generally *not* the limiting factor for
newbies. I think the slowest adaptation is generally in the
tendons based on what I've read. That is, just because you
feel good and on a high, be aware that your tendons (and
muscles) may not be ready to go more until you've been doing
it for a while. Your MA may have you in some condition so
your adaptation might be a lot faster than some.
It's not an impossible goal (depending on your age, which I
can't remember), but learn to enjoy the journey of the
intermediate steps, as it looks like you are doing. You
might find you really enjoy longer runs as you develop
endurance.
Enjoy.
Dot
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