Trying to run 40 minutes every day

[benchmstr]

I am averaging about 5.2 miles in 40 minutes. Unfortunately after 3 days or so I have to take a day off to recover.  I want to run 6 days a week, any tips on how to reduce the DOMS? I am already eating blueberries every day and stretching afer my run.

Newmom, any tips?

stop running on a treadmill...it does not equat to actuall running...

stay well hydrated, and take quinine, and potassium...

quinine can be as simple as a few glasses of tonic water a day...i take these though..you can get them at any grocery store for around $2.00 a bottle..

http://www.hylandslegcramps.com/

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[basil]

Ibuprofen and bananas.

[hrspwr]

I run with my dogs, we only go for about a 1/2 hr but its more for the mind than the body. I can`t see running on a machine, I actually like running through the woods, getting muddy every now and again.

 Oh yeah, I have to stretch first or I cramp like a bitch.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

Ibuprofen and 99 bananas.

fixed

[FREAKgeek]

I am averaging about 5.2 miles in 40 minutes. Unfortunately after 3 days or so I have to take a day off to recover.  I want to run 6 days a week, any tips on how to reduce the DOMS? I am already eating blueberries every day and stretching afer my run.

Newmom, any tips?

say goodbye to your squat and deadlift

[benchmstr]

I run with my dogs, we only go for about a 1/2 hr but its more for the mind than the body. I can`t see running on a machine, I actually like running through the woods, getting muddy every now and again.

 Oh yeah, I have to stretch first or I cramp like a bitch.

that's the thing for me too...running outside just clears your mind...gives you a chance to think about shit...treadmills don't..treadmills also throw your legs back for you, totally defeating the fundamentals of running...

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[benchmstr]

say goodbye to your squat and deadlift

why?.... i run more than him, and my squat, and deadlift have not decreased at all....if anything the increased lung capacity, and blood circulation has improved my lifts greatly...not to mention my improved mental state also from running

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[FREAKgeek]

why?.... i run more than him, and my squat, and deadlift have not decreased at all....if anything the increased lung capacity, and blood circulation has improved my lifts greatly...not to mention my improved mental state also from running

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I dunno you're an exception. Most serious runners are small and under 140 though, there is a reason for it, it's easier to move a lighter body.

[benchmstr]

I dunno you're an exception. Most serious runners are small and under 140 though, there is a reason for it, it's easier to move a lighter body.

cause most runners usually only run....and under eat.....

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[dj181]

The thing about running is that it literally pwns the shit out of all other forms of "aerobic" training. When I could run for a good clip everything else aerobically, was a cake walk.

[FREAKgeek]

cause most runners usually only run....and under eat.....

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Show me one heavyweight bodybuilder that can run a marathon in under 4 hours and I will be impressed.

[dj181]

A marathon is too damn far, how about Cooper's 12 min run test? It's a decent measure of aerobic fitness, and it doesn't require one to run 26 miles.

[mass243]

A marathon is too damn far, how about Cooper's 12 min run test? It's a decent measure of aerobic fitness, and it doesn't require one to run 26 miles.

Well then! Tell your results, tough guy.

Me..3000 m back in the military days. That's the Last time I did cooper of course - it's pure torture and I'm hell no doing it voluntarily.

[dj181]

3000 meters in 12 min is damn good! Elite level even, and I am sincerly impressed When I was 23 I did a VO2 max test at my unversity, and I topped out @ 71ml/kg/min

[devilsmile]

lol 3000m isn't elite level in cooper... it's good, but lol, elite

when people are in good shape they can run 3000 and 3000+, still in 1980's it was a regular to see 2800-3000 in cooper, now days it's considered elite? No it's not, peoples avarage fitness has just gone down the drain, that's all.

[hrspwr]

Show me one heavyweight bodybuilder that can run a marathon in under 4 hours and I will be impressed.

Show me a marathon runner than can carry a 230lb lifter while running a mile.

[mass243]

lol 3000m isn't elite level in cooper... it's good, but lol, elite

Yep, I must agree.
Thanks dj181 for your appreciation anyway  

But 3k is not elite. There were many guys running that or more. I would say guys who did some sort of sports even with little seriousness and were active otherwise ran 3k on cooper.

So, not elite  

[Robgun1]

Clearly elite.

[dj181]

I just checked it on the net, and multiple sources put 2700 meters or greater within the 12 min time frame at the elite level, for males within the age range of 30 to 39.

[mass243]

Then I was 18 yo and not on bodybuilding, weighing something like 170 lbs... maybe even less.

Kenenisa Bekele has been calculated to run  4 755m  in 12 minutes as his WR on 5000m is 12.37,35  
That's something I would call elite  

[dj181]

Fuck you guys set some goddamn high standards! So, I bet dat my 1:57 in the 800 meters in high school sucked ass, right lol

[oldtimer1]

The most simple way to test aerobic fitness is the 1.5 mile test.  It seems to be a standard in the US military and many police academies.  If you can go under 9 you're in good cardio shape.  Under 10 is decent.

It's good to be well rounded.  Being strong but gassing because you have no conditioning is phony strength.  

[mass243]

That's not bad dj. Not at all. Womens WR is 1.53,28 from 1983  

Seriously speaking your result sounds good.

[Hulkotron]

I just checked it on the net, and multiple sources put 2700 meters or greater within the 12 min time frame at the elite level, for males within the age range of 30 to 39.

2700 m in 12 minutes?  That is holding a 13.5 km/hr pace for 12 minutes, that's nowhere near 'elite'.  My last treadmill run I did 13.5 km/hr for 35 minutes and I only run like 3 or 4 times a week and have never been more than a slightly above average runner.

[newmom]

Show me a marathon runner than can carry a 230lb lifter while running a mile.

well since I finished my 2nd marathon about 4 hours ago, there is NO way anyone could carry a 230llb anything LOL. Although, I did see some pretty overweight people running so good for them.

Red Hook, you can totally run 6 days a week. You've a good timing thing down. But seriously, especially when it warms up, go run outside. I so much prefer outside. That type of treadmill you run on gives me the worst shin splints. Just make sure to stretch before and after. Honestly I run faster outside