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Badfatpanda
United States9719 Posts
On August 04 2013 13:00 Bonham wrote: If you don't GPS your long runs, how do you track the mileage accurately? I use mapmyride.com for a ballpark and I know when time I start my runs and when I finish them. I also measure out all of my courses by biking them with a GPS first, after I plot it on mapmyride, so I can estimate milage with relative accuracy. More importantly, what are badger miles? | ||
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Bonham
Canada655 Posts
On August 04 2013 22:34 Badfatpanda wrote: More importantly, what are badger miles? Someone who actually runs them will probably jump in and correct me, but I believe running badger miles means going out and just tracking time and assuming you run seven minutes a mile. When filling in your log, you just divide the run in minutes by seven to get the mileage. So, if you ran for an hour, you'd put 8.5 miles in your log. The idea originated from the University of Wisconsin, the mascot of which is a badger. Hence the name. The Wisconsin runners would generally run faster than 7 min/mile in training, so their actual mileage would exceed what they put in their logs. This is thought to fool the brain into thinking the body is worker less than it actually is. | ||
micronesia
United States24805 Posts
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On August 05 2013 05:22 micronesia wrote: After today I think I'm done doing 30 minutes at 5.8 mph. Next time I'm going to do 30 minutes at 6mph. This is about .1 miles short of a 5k in 30 minutes! I think it will be a good accomplishment. I'm going to want to check my 1.5 mile time soon as well. No worse than 13, probably closer to to 12. | ||
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micronesia
United States24805 Posts
On August 05 2013 07:15 L_Master wrote: No worse than 13, probably closer to to 12. For the 1.5 mile run, a 'satisfactory' for my age is 14 minutes, whereas the next level up, 'good,' is 12:53. 12:53 is just about a 7mph pace (about an 8:35 mile). I will try it on the treadmill, and then on the track next time I am there. For reference, the next level up is "excellent" which is 10:52, or an 8.3 mph pace (~7:15 mile). This is well outside of my reach right now. | ||
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micronesia
United States24805 Posts
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On August 06 2013 05:08 micronesia wrote: I set the treadmill for 7 mph and completed 1.5 miles in 12:53! According to the PRT, my running performance is now 'good'! It was pretty tough though, so I don't see myself doing better than this for a while. Nice work buddy! Seems like just a few weeks ago you were worried if you would ever get faster  | ||
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micronesia
United States24805 Posts
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Badfatpanda
United States9719 Posts
On August 05 2013 03:42 Bonham wrote: Someone who actually runs them will probably jump in and correct me, but I believe running badger miles means going out and just tracking time and assuming you run seven minutes a mile. When filling in your log, you just divide the run in minutes by seven to get the mileage. So, if you ran for an hour, you'd put 8.5 miles in your log. The idea originated from the University of Wisconsin, the mascot of which is a badger. Hence the name. The Wisconsin runners would generally run faster than 7 min/mile in training, so their actual mileage would exceed what they put in their logs. This is thought to fool the brain into thinking the body is worker less than it actually is. That is fucking hysterical, and awesome. | ||
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berated-
United States1134 Posts
On August 06 2013 07:46 Badfatpanda wrote: That is fucking hysterical, and awesome. I also read some speculation, that if you take a step farther, it's also a way to get you to ultimately slow down and actually recover. If you have no option to log it as time / 7, then why run faster? You aren't getting credit for the miles. | ||
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micronesia
United States24805 Posts
I tried running a mile today since I was short on time... 8 minutes. Still better than I could do before. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On August 07 2013 12:14 micronesia wrote: I can't run badger miles yet D: I tried running a mile today since I was short on time... 8 minutes. Still better than I could do before. 8:00? If so you can do 12:20 or so 1.5 mile | ||
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micronesia
United States24805 Posts
On August 07 2013 13:54 L_Master wrote: 8:00? If so you can do 12:20 or so 1.5 mile If I can run a mile in 8 minutes, doesn't that mean a 1.5 mile run in 12:20 would be over 97% of the speed I ran the mile in? I would think you would slow down the pace a bit more to increase your distance 50% from 1 mile to 1.5 miles. I did do about 12:50, but 30 seconds seems like a pretty big jump right now. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On August 07 2013 14:45 micronesia wrote: If I can run a mile in 8 minutes, doesn't that mean a 1.5 mile run in 12:20 would be over 97% of the speed I ran the mile in? I would think you would slow down the pace a bit more to increase your distance 50% from 1 mile to 1.5 miles. I did do about 12:50, but 30 seconds seems like a pretty big jump right now. Yea, there isn't that significant of a slowdown between 1 and 1.5 miles. In fact, the WR for 2 miles is run at 94% of the pace of the WR in the mile, so that doubling of distance results in only a 6% loss of speed. Even more astonishing to me is that the slowdown to double from 5000m to 10000m is a mere 4.5%. | ||
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Bonham
Canada655 Posts
Anyone else excited or interested? Anyone have a good way of watching the thing on friggin' Moscow time? | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
 Ethiopian Federation did some wierd shit, initially saying pre classic was selection, which Kennster won. Then they decided to go by time, and he never really got s good race and basically raced once or twice a week I into the ground. Kenya and Ethiopia have very fucked up federations/selection processes. | ||
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micronesia
United States24805 Posts
I can't listen to music because there are too many cars and other obstacles to worry about, but at least there is a breeze unlike running on the treadmill. Eventually I plan to move away from running these carefully measured routes and just run around the neighborhood in general, and maybe seeing how far away I can venture with one continuous run. | ||
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Bonham
Canada655 Posts
On August 08 2013 03:13 L_Master wrote: Yea, it would be pretty hopeless for Bekele...as he isnt there He's listed on IAAF's website as a competitor here. I think he might be a backup or an alternate or something. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On August 08 2013 04:31 Bonham wrote: He's listed on IAAF's website as a competitor here. I think he might be a backup or an alternate or something. Correct. He is the alternate. The guys running are Merga, Jeilan (2011 Gold medalist but has been injured till recently), Abera Kuma, and of course the monster himself Dejen Gebremeskel. | ||
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Bonham
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