Run & die!
Going to the gym after work today..

Going to put in a serious attempt at running 10km on the mill.
..afterward I WILL fall off and die horribly..

I haven't done 10k since I was 18..and I turn 33 in 2 days. I'm not fit, and I'm currently craving sugary snacks.
(wankymcwankwank Eels, tobacconists, hovercraft and bouncy bouncy., Mon 18 Oct 2010, 14:01, 15 replies)

I would recommend...
... That you build up gradually if you havnt done any or much treadmilling before. Start at 3km 5km 7km etc.

Or just go for it :) But pace yourself :D

Good luck!
(Miggyman, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 14:25, closed)

Well, yeah
I think he'd find it impossible to run 10 km without running 3 km, 5 km and 7 km first...
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 14:31, closed)

I barely staggered through 7.1km last tuesday.. and promptly stayed out of the gym for the rest of the week..

Cursed be all those years spent smoking like a chimney and drinking like a fish..
(wankymcwankwank Eels, tobacconists, hovercraft and bouncy bouncy., Mon 18 Oct 2010, 15:17, closed)

just build up to a speed slightly outside your comfort zone
if you're on a treadmill, start walking quickly (about 7kph if you're tall, a little less if you're short); this will warm up your calf muscles and after a couple of minutes you'll start to feel the burn a bit, but keep going. After about four minutes your body will start wanting you to pick up the pace a bit to relieve your calves, but keep pace-walking for at least five mins, preferably ten, then build up to about 9ks per hour (jogging pace). Try that for another ten minutes; if you're comfortable, stick with it. If you want to go faster, you can do (the controls are right in front of you if you want to slow back down - about 11kph should be a good target for a first-timer. Aim to get it done in an hour and ten at the most so be prepared to push yourself

...and if you do accidentally hit 16ks per hour, fall on your face and get thrown off the machine and onto the lap of some steroid-pregnant shitcake, I want first dibs on the cctv footage
(Katabatic wasn't, and will never be on, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 15:25, closed)

km/h, not kph
Sorry, just a pet hate of mine...
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 15:36, closed)

kmph?
(wankymcwankwank Eels, tobacconists, hovercraft and bouncy bouncy., Mon 18 Oct 2010, 15:41, closed)

Thanks
thanks for all the advice..

..I'll defo follow it & let you know how I get on..

unless of course..I die..
(wankymcwankwank Eels, tobacconists, hovercraft and bouncy bouncy., Mon 18 Oct 2010, 15:40, closed)

I can only echo the comments everyone else has made
Start off and finish up with plenty of stretching. That'll help ward off aches and pains from muscles and joints unfamiliar with being used and abused.

Start with a goal of 3km and have a rest for a couple of days before having another crack at it, but this time aim to beat your previous time. You have the advantage in that you now know you can go 3km, but you need to go faster.

Repeat for 5km, 6km, 7.5km and finally 10km.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Mon 18 Oct 2010, 15:30, closed)

I did it.. wuhu!

I was sweating from places I didn't know I could sweat from at the end of it..but I did it!

71minutes to do the 10km and then a "cooldown" of 5 minutes..Just goes to show that everything is possible..I might even take up religion now.

I wont be doing it again till next week though..I want to get in a 5km and do some cycling as well..Must get rid of this front hump..
(wankymcwankwank Eels, tobacconists, hovercraft and bouncy bouncy., Tue 19 Oct 2010, 9:07, closed)

Gyms are for guillable idiots with too much money, or actual proper sportsman.
Get a dog, or someone else's dog or cycle to work.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 15:47, closed)

ditto

( shitkicker, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 17:01, closed)

Get
the dog to run for you?
( social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Mon 18 Oct 2010, 20:43, closed)

I live 42miles from work.. I'd like to get fit, but running that twice a day would just be ridiculous..and I'm sure it would put undue wear and tear on most dogs...

I'd LOVE to get a dog - but I just cant bring myself to leave a pet unattended for 10-12 hours a day, also I do some travel from time to time.. so..yeah Sadly a no go to the doggy idea..
(wankymcwankwank Eels, tobacconists, hovercraft and bouncy bouncy., Tue 19 Oct 2010, 9:03, closed)

That depends.
I live in a shithole in the Fens. There are no public footpaths other than the dogshit and 4x4 infested pavements, all of which stop outside the village boundaries. I could walk on the road; a life expectancy of over a minute would be pushing it.

Also, I cannot run due to most of my left knee joint going AWOL; I need a closed cycle exercise such as a rower or cross trainer to keep the lower leg from flying off at an angle.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 12:13, closed)

take care
I run 5k semi-regularly and can do it without too much trouble. I recently stepped up to 10k and injured my achilles tendon. Take care, as the achilles is an injury you really don't want to take any risks with.
(davywavy, Tue 19 Oct 2010, 12:41, closed)