Run Walk Run
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1 Sep
1:37pm, 1 Sep 2024
862 posts
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Pam runs
@lin50 I have that battle every week. I even found myself saying just keep going hopefully it was just in my head not out loud. Did walk up the little hill as I was proud I hadn't walked where I normally do. Time 29.02min. |
1 Sep
1:41pm, 1 Sep 2024
7,106 posts
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steve45
Sometimes jeffing using distance is akin to fartlek for me... instead of using my gym boss I/we will pick a point in the distance ahead to run it and then similarly for the walk bit. Fartlek for the not so good! I think jeffing for distance for someone like you Fenners could work well. I guess it's all broadly the same in principle. What a brilliant park run lin50! Well run. |
2 Sep
7:27pm, 2 Sep 2024
1,373 posts
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Fenners-Reborn
@steve45 I'm seriously considering it (jeffing for distance) for a 50km race a week Saturday. The main reason, is that as I tire and slowdown I will be running for longer. |
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2 Sep
7:28pm, 2 Sep 2024
1,374 posts
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Fenners-Reborn
My ability to walk at 4 mph (6.4km/h) is not impaired by distance until I go way further than 50km.
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3 Sep
1:22pm, 3 Sep 2024
7,109 posts
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steve45
Walking at 4mph is a decent "lick" Fenners R. I can only do that run/walking but as well as currently having long covid I have had a leg disability for over thirty years! The trials of being a human being😂
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3 Sep
6:08pm, 3 Sep 2024
1,378 posts
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Fenners-Reborn
@steve45 being tall with long legs is an advantage when walking, less so when running 
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4 Sep
8:55am, 4 Sep 2024
7,110 posts
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steve45
😂I'm not exactly short Fenners! 1m 79 with average legs but...I have no reflex in my left lower foot and have severe muscle atrophy in the calf of that leg. Accordingly I don't have a normal push off (I'm unable to stand up on tip toe on that leg) so the efficiency of every stride is diminished. A bloody nuisance factor which has interfered with my running for over thirty years! Two miles run walk with my wife this morning and managing to run at 10.26 pace for a while. An improvement over recent months. |
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4 Sep
7:56pm, 4 Sep 2024
1,380 posts
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Fenners-Reborn
I hope to be so athletic at 79. Well done @steve45
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5 Sep
8:44am, 5 Sep 2024
7,114 posts
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steve45
😂 I think you mis read my post Fenners! I am 1 metre 79 cm tall....not 79 years old! Ok, still an old codger though at 75!
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8 Sep
1:42pm, 8 Sep 2024
6,675 posts
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lin50
A steady 30:30 at parkrun yesterday. 8 miles this morning with my jeffing friends, mainly 60:30 for the first 4 then 30:30 for the second half. Not a bad run really, prep for the Great South Run. Our running club are starting a C25k group focussing on the run/walk method and we’ve had lots of interest. I think jeffing is becoming very popular, with run/walk pacers at a lot of events now. |
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