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| # Posted 2008-01-16 03:57:58 | |
| Cristina: | Is there a treadmill ramp in progress? |
| # Posted 2008-01-16 04:07:14 | |
| PG: | I hope! I'm afraid I'm overdoing it as it is. |
| # Posted 2008-01-16 08:41:07 | |
| PBricker: | The most important thing, Peter, if you want to stay injury free, is to adhere religiously to the Ten Percent Rule. |
| # Posted 2008-01-16 18:04:03 | |
| chitownclark: | ...Follow the 10PR... If you're running 10 miles a week now... run 11 miles next week. And 12 the week after that. And 13 the week after that. This may look like agonizingly slow progress, but in just 8 to 10 weeks, you could be running 20 miles a week....
All very well and good. But what's the plan if you're starting out at 0 miles/week? |
| # Posted 2008-01-16 20:11:41 | |
| Charlie: | Then it is safe to increase by 20% a week. |
| # Posted 2008-01-16 21:34:00 | |
| Swampfox: | A recommendation from Charlie doesn't carry quite the weight of something from a diety (unless it's an actuarial issue, in which case it's a tie) but it's very close, and it should be noted he does live on top of a hill, and has handled bears with his bare hands. |
| # Posted 2008-01-17 00:20:58 | |
| PG: | Notice how rigorously Phil and Charlie keep to the 10% rule. And I am supposed to take their advice? |
| # Posted 2008-01-17 00:24:28 | |
| Swampfox: | Well, since they keep to it rigorously, it's probably safe. It would be different if they were, you know, nonchalant about it. |
| # Posted 2008-01-17 00:39:55 | |
| PG: | Good point. And if I look back at my own weekly history, and you have to look very carefully, because if you have a week of no training, that week just sort of disappears, doesn't show up on the chart at all -- hey, there's an idea for something for Ken to work on, though I doubt it is a high priority -- ten it seems I have a lot of zero weeks. And every time, I've bust the 10% or 20% or whatever % rule and started training. So there!
And every time, of course, I have ended up hurt at some point. Hmmm. Maybe I should just do a Boris and stop training and get fat. |
| # Posted 2008-01-17 03:39:17 | |
| bubo: | stop training and get fat
Just make sure the G also follows the 10PR and everything will be fine... How about a G ramp? (Hmm, on the other hand - for some purely mathematical reasons out of my grasp maybe the 10PR rule doesn't apply to the G - could someone please explain that to a layman?) |
| # Posted 2008-01-17 20:21:29 | |
| Charlie: | It is a good plan never to have your weight increase by more than 10% a week. |
| # Posted 2008-01-17 22:27:51 | |
| jjcote: | Although everybody did that early on, I think. |
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