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Question:

To follow up on a recent post of mine regarding running on back to back days, I thought it would be interesting to know everyone’s typical exercise routine. It’s always nice to compare ourselves to others, whether it’s through competition or just sharing insight on our training. So I was wondering, for those interested, could you list the following: (1) Your typical exercise schedule (2) Typical exercise time (3) gear used (HRM’s, etc.) (4) How long you’ve been running/jogging

(1) Swim training class Monday & Thursday…..45 mins each Run in gym Monday, Wednesday……20-30 mins each Monday, 45 mins Tuesday Run outside Saturday….currently up to 45 minutes (about 5 miles), working on building up time Cycle outside Sunday…..15 miles, about 45 minutes (3) Fitsense speedo/distance thing + HRM. Cycle computer for cadence (4) Running since August 2002

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(1) Your typical exercise schedule

My winter schedule: Mon : 3 to 3.5 mile run on threadmill the last half a mile at a brisk pace and then weight training. TUE : Run about 3 miles outside with a few fast intervals. WED : Play squash and may or may not do some weights. THUR: Run about 5 to 6 miles outside. FRI : rest day. SAT : Early morning ride with a bicycle group (my cross training day). SUN : Generally flexible, either do a long run, or ride my bike, or play squash or lift weights or vegitate. (2) Typical exercise time

Depends on the day, can range from 30 min to 3 hours. (3) gear used (HRM’s, etc.)

While running the only thing I use is a mp3 player the size of a matchbox. (4) How long you’ve been running/jogging

About 2 years now. Farang.

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Maybe I’ve got alzheimer’s in reverse and I’m remembering things before they happen,

What you were *trying*, but, sadly, failing to say, was that you were experiencing what our French chums call ‘deja vu’ (already seen). You may be interested to know that this experience is sometimes associated with exhaustion and is occasional symptomatic of the onset of certain mental

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(1) Your typical exercise schedule

—Under ideal conditions (no work problems etc) rotation is 3-week blocks, right now two of them at least 100 miles and the third rest (70-75 miles). One day off during that three weeks, usually Monday of rest week. I run in PM usually, but 3-4 times a week I run 7 or 12 in the AM as well to get to 100. Typical week is easy Mon, speed/intervals Tues, easy but long Wed, tempo Thurs, easy but long Fri, long run Sat, Sun variable. (2) Typical exercise time

—1-2 hours per day depending on mileage, up to 2.5 on longer days. (3) gear used (HRM’s, etc.)

—Stopwatch, HRM once in a blue moon just for kicks. (4) How long you’ve been running/jogging

—Twelve years now. Andy Hass

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I thought we just did this a month or so back. Maybe I’ve got alzheimer’s in reverse and I’m remembering things before they happen, anyway here it is. 1 run five miles on Sat,Sun,Tues & Thurs Mon, Wed, Fri, shoot pool and chase trashy women. 2 five miles takes me 45 minutes catching trashy women a little longer 3 gear, K-mart polartech watch $4.99 4 Been at it 15 years

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Experimenting with 14-day cycle (3 days/wk was too much, 2 days/wk was too little) governed by prep for / recovery from 2-hr cross-training session (circuit, weights, strength exercises, jumping, stretching) on Sundays as well as achilles recovery: M – 30-35 min easy W – longer run (but not necessarily long run) – 40-60 min F – 30-50 min easy (W and F may be flipped if needed) Sat – swim 45-60 min Sun – 2hr cross-training M – rest T – medium R – long run – 60 min and rising 10% every other week, approx. Sat – swim 45-60 min Sun – 2hr xt I periodize with the seasons. If we get a bunch of snow, the running will become snowshoe running (will need to decrease times or make them run/walk) and perhaps some xc skiing. Right now I’m recovering from some AT, but working with a PT on some preventive exercises. So interspersed amongst all the above are an assortment of exercises on most days – sometimes 5 min at a time, sometimes 30min, most any time of day – that also require recovery time. Toward the end of March, I hope to be making 1 run (Wed or Fri) on the 3-day week a hill run (NOT hard repeats) and adding some mt biking back in (increasing time and adding hills as snow melts from trails), and may end up dropping xt in April, depending on volume and recovery. If recovery continues as good as it has been the last couple weeks, I may add a 3rd day in the 2-day week. Target race is late May. (2) Typical exercise time

30 min to 2 hr now, but will get longer as my long runs increase and add mt bike riding back in (3) gear used (HRM’s, etc.)

fluid/gear carrier: UD Solitaire 4s, UD Gemini 4s, Camelbak Cloudwalker (70oz) depending on planned (possible) length of run/bike, trail, weather, etc lights: Photon Fusion, Lightwave Illuminator (headlamp) or 2000 (flashlight) (green, white lights) – still testing hrm: S410 sometimes a GPS for mapping trails (4) How long you’ve been running/jogging

casual, short jogging off/on after work since late 70s (3 days/wk), structured running since March 2001 so very much a beginner at something resembling formal training Dot

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – To follow up on a recent post of mine regarding running on back to back days, I thought it would be interesting to know everyone’s typical exercise routine. It’s always nice to compare ourselves to others, whether it’s through competition or just sharing insight on our training. So I was wondering, for those interested, could you list the following: (1) Your typical exercise schedule (2) Typical exercise time (3) gear used (HRM’s, etc.) (4) How long you’ve been running/jogging Here’s mine: (1) Alternate between 2 and 4 miles for 5-6 days a week, lift weights in the gym 3 times a week (2) 8 min miles on average (3) Polar S-410 heart rate monitor (4) 10 months Thanks, Dustin

ME: s-swim (1-1.5 hours), weights m-run (7 km) t-swim (about 45 min.), sometimes weights, sometimes cycle w- 7k run t-swim about 45 min. f-7k run s-total rest no HRM. been running about 3.5 years Cam

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Hold on for few days Dustin. There is a weekly post which asks about schedule. You can can then read, compare or contrast. — Caveat Lector "the further you go outside, the further you go inside" – B. McKibben Doug Freese

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Hold on for few days Dustin. There is a weekly post which asks about schedule. You can can then read, compare or contrast.

Doug, one word: troll. Bill R. you are still a fucker, cunt, shithead, fukwad, dickweed, and many others of my personal

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I post a weekly thread in which many people here contribute, involving weekly traing and goals. Reading this will help you a lot, as the entire range of running abilities is represented. However, to answer your questions from my viewpoint: (1) Your typical exercise schedule

50 – 70 miles a week, over 6 days. (2) Typical exercise time

This is a bit to varied to answer – sometimes I run just 4-5 miles, sometimes it’s 20. (3) gear used (HRM’s, etc.)

I don’t really like using anything – I’ve tried stuff like that and while I agree it’s helpful, I am going through a period of running by feel these days. (4) How long you’ve been running/jogging

about two and a half years. I hope to see you contribute to the weekly training thread. It’s a great motivator for many of us. cheers, — David (in Hamilton, ON) www.angelfire.com/nc/swstudio/2003.htm (my schedule) www.soundclick.com/allfalldown (my band’s website)

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