Fit fat people.

[DangerousMike]

how long does it take you to run 10k?

[DangerousMike]

oh and to get properly quick at running you need to have done training properly for a few consecutive years...

[Manks]

DangerousMike said:

how long does it take you to run 10k?

I would estimate 45-50 minutes if I am making an effort. I can make it last an hour if I am not. That's cross country.

Manks

[DangerousMike]

so the old guy was pretty fast then!

[Manks]

DangerousMike said:

oh and to get properly quick at running you need to have done training properly for a few consecutive years...

I have been running for about two years now between 2-4 times a week. I don't "train" in any proper sense, I just run (or jog a lot of the time). I don't push myself as hard as I should annd am not particularly interested in improving. I also do other forms or aeorobic exercise twice per week for at least an hour. I have two rest days.

When I started running again I had not run at all for perhaps fifteen years and I was quite fat. I have lost 3.5 stones. Weight loss is the single biggest factor that seems to improve my running. If I go from being fairly slim to a bit slimmer my running improves significantly. I suppose that carting extra pounds about will inevitably slow one down.

Which makes me wonder how fast the little bearded man would have been without the belly!

Manks

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Edited by Manks on Saturday 29th May 11:56

[Manks]

DangerousMike said:

so the old guy was pretty fast then!

Oh yes. I am about 5ft 10 and when I decided to catch him I was running quite hard, I reeled him in but very slowly.

Reassuringly, though, when I peeled off and stopped chasing him I was able to return to a normal pace and did not seem to have suffered for my exertion.

Manks

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Manks said:

DangerousMike said:

oh and to get properly quick at running you need to have done training properly for a few consecutive years...

I have been running for about two years now between 2-4 times a week. I don't "train" in any proper sense, I just run (or jog a lot of the time). I don't push myself as hard as I should annd am not particularly interested in improving. I also do other forms or aeorobic exercise twice per week for at least an hour. I have two rest days.

When I started running again I had not run at all for perhaps fifteen years and I was quite fat. I have lost 3.5 stones. Weight loss is the single factor that seems to improve my running. If I go from being fairly slim to a bit slimmer my running improves significantly. I suppose that carting extra pounds about will inevitably slow one down.

Which makes me wonder how fast the little bearded man would have been without the belly!

Manks

Maybe his physiology is better suited to running than yours, so he finds his body more efficient at running- with or without belly?

I'm 6' and like a bean pole, used to run County cross country and club level athletics etc. Despite being completely out of shape now (with a slight beer belly, too), I can usually get into better shape than most people I know who exercise within 2 or 3 months effort.

Of course, the downside of being like a bean pole is that I have the strength of a 6 year old girl.