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Jul 11th, 2021 9:35 pm

farfargurl [OP]: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2005; 4374 posts; 3744 upvotes; Markham

Jul 11th, 2021 9:35 pm

Solo runner looking for running partner

Mainly training for 10K and half Marathon. Current speed average 7.5min/mile for 10K and sub2 half Marathon. My training schedule is main early morning 4am 10k run, before work and long run on weekends. Weekly mileage 30-40 per week. Main goal is to keep each other motivate and search for the next PB! Anyone interested pm me.

Can also join my wechat group as well, QR code attached.

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Jul 11th, 2021 9:50 pm

Cheapo-Findo: Deal Expert; Mar 9, 2007; 15326 posts; 12585 upvotes; Think of the Childre…

Jul 11th, 2021 9:50 pm

You located in Yukon?

farfargurl wrote: ↑ Mainly training for 10K and half Marathon. Current speed average 7.5min/mile for 10K and sub2 half Marathon. My training schedule is main early morning 4am 10k run, before work and long run on weekends. Weekly mileage 30-40 per week. Main goal is to keep each other motivate and search for the next PB! Anyone interested pm me.

WOULD SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

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Jul 11th, 2021 10:10 pm

farfargurl [OP]: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2005; 4374 posts; 3744 upvotes; Markham

Jul 11th, 2021 10:10 pm

Cheapo-Findo wrote: ↑ You located in Yukon?

No....in Markham

Jul 12th, 2021 1:16 pm

fkl118: Sr. Member; Apr 29, 2007; 934 posts; 640 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Jul 12th, 2021 1:16 pm

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It's probably better to try a local run club like MArkham Runners or We Run North York first rather than partnering with an internet creep

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Jul 12th, 2021 1:31 pm

farfargurl [OP]: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2005; 4374 posts; 3744 upvotes; Markham

Jul 12th, 2021 1:31 pm

fkl118 wrote: ↑ It's probably better to try a local run club like MArkham Runners or We Run North York first rather than partnering with an internet creep

I feel its super hard or near important to find people in the area that does long distance running, especial I train on a 400m track for all my mileage.......

Jul 12th, 2021 3:45 pm

joeyjoejoe: Deal Guru; May 9, 2006; 12586 posts; 3272 upvotes

Jul 12th, 2021 3:45 pm

farfargurl wrote: ↑ I feel its super hard or near important to find people in the area that does long distance running, especial I train on a 400m track for all my mileage.......

Track only? Are you planning to do actual races?

Jul 12th, 2021 4:02 pm

farfargurl [OP]: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2005; 4374 posts; 3744 upvotes; Markham

Jul 12th, 2021 4:02 pm

joeyjoejoe wrote: ↑ Track only? Are you planning to do actual races?

yes, but I m afraid of running on the roads now, because I almost got ran over by a car once. From then on I just run on track

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Jul 12th, 2021 5:27 pm

CaptSmethwick: Deal Fanatic; Oct 12, 2007; 8582 posts; 7442 upvotes; Ottawa

Jul 12th, 2021 5:27 pm

Training on a track for a half marathon would be brutally dull. That being said, when I do winter training up here in Ottawa, sometimes the roads and paths are so ice-covered that I have to do much of my training on a treadmill. I've done 30k runs on a treadmill. Desperate times call for desperate measures and all...

OP: If you're seriously looking for a running partner, perhaps you could include some PR/PB pace information

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Jul 12th, 2021 5:55 pm

farfargurl [OP]: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2005; 4374 posts; 3744 upvotes; Markham

Jul 12th, 2021 5:55 pm

CaptSmethwick wrote: ↑ Training on a track for a half marathon would be brutally dull. That being said, when I do winter training up here in Ottawa, sometimes the roads and paths are so ice-covered that I have to do much of my training on a treadmill. I've done 30k runs on a treadmill. Desperate times call for desperate measures and all...

OP: If you're seriously looking for a running partner, perhaps you could include some PR/PB pace information

I only started running last year spring, I been through one winter so far and it's hard as I don't have a threadmill, had to drop my weekly mileage and forcus more on muscle building. I attached my pb from my watch data here. I had one guy who ran with me for last month, well he is moving away this week. But his pace was slower than me, so basically we were running independently, like two hamsters on a wheel for 13.1 miles every Sunday.

My goal - run 6-6.5 min/mile for 10k
- HM 1:45 or quicker

Someone who have similar goals as me will be great. My model is self discipline, train hard and be race ready any time any day.

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Jul 12th, 2021 8:22 pm

CaptSmethwick: Deal Fanatic; Oct 12, 2007; 8582 posts; 7442 upvotes; Ottawa

Jul 12th, 2021 8:22 pm

farfargurl wrote: ↑ I only started running last year spring, I been through one winter so far and it's hard as I don't have a threadmill, had to drop my weekly mileage and forcus more on muscle building. I attached my pb from my watch data here. I had one guy who ran with me for last month, well he is moving away this week. But his pace was slower than me, so basically we were running independently, like two hamsters on a wheel for 13.1 miles every Sunday.

My goal - run 6-6.5 min/mile for 10k
- HM 1:45 or quicker

Someone who have similar goals as me will be great. My model is self discipline, train hard and be race ready any time any day.

You're already there. The year I ran a 47 min 10k, i ran a 1:43 HM. My more recent times are 45 mins and 1:39. Too bad you are so far away because we're close in pace

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Jul 12th, 2021 10:02 pm

farfargurl [OP]: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2005; 4374 posts; 3744 upvotes; Markham

Jul 12th, 2021 10:02 pm

CaptSmethwick wrote: ↑ You're already there. The year I ran a 47 min 10k, i ran a 1:43 HM. My more recent times are 45 mins and 1:39. Too bad you are so far away because we're close in pace

damn...yea...I m spamming HM every Sunday until I get to my goal time.

Jul 13th, 2021 5:19 am

CaptSmethwick: Deal Fanatic; Oct 12, 2007; 8582 posts; 7442 upvotes; Ottawa

Jul 13th, 2021 5:19 am

farfargurl wrote: ↑ damn...yea...I m spamming HM every Sunday until I get to my goal time.

Man but do you already got the stuff! You absolutely need to get off the track for your longer runs. I can't imagine what you're doing to your hips and your knees long term banking to the left for those kinds of distances - and you would benefit from hills as well. 5k and 10k races are usually fairly flat but HMs and marathons aren't. Hill training pays off big dividends. Whose training programs do you use?

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Jul 13th, 2021 5:56 am

farfargurl [OP]: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2005; 4374 posts; 3744 upvotes; Markham

Jul 13th, 2021 5:56 am

CaptSmethwick wrote: ↑ Man but do you already got the stuff! You absolutely need to get off the track for your longer runs. I can't imagine what you're doing to your hips and your knees long term banking to the left for those kinds of distances - and you would benefit from hills as well. 5k and 10k races are usually fairly flat but HMs and marathons aren't. Hill training pays off big dividends. Whose training programs do you use?

Training program? My own imagined one, which I write on a scape paper weekly....I didn't even have a GPS watch until like a month ago. Before that I was using a stop watch and counting laps with my fingers. I m on the track every morning at 4, 5 am with the elderly walkers, I bet they all think I m crazy lol

I agree I probably need to do hills to build my leg muscles, its not building up from just running flats. I need to search the area some a small hill to train on. Is a glassy hill ok?

Jul 13th, 2021 6:10 am

CaptSmethwick: Deal Fanatic; Oct 12, 2007; 8582 posts; 7442 upvotes; Ottawa

Jul 13th, 2021 6:10 am

farfargurl wrote: ↑ Training program? My own imagined one, which I write on a scape paper weekly....I didn't even have a GPS watch until like a month ago. Before that I was using a stop watch and counting laps with my fingers. I m on the track every morning at 4, 5 am with the elderly walkers, I bet they all think I m crazy lol

I agree I probably need to do hills to build my leg muscles, its not building up from just running flats. I need to search the area some a small hill to train on. Is a glassy hill ok?

Small hills are fine. I would find one that's at least 200M long so you can do repeats. Alternatively, find a steep set of steps that you can blaze up and then saunter down.

If your watch is a Garmin, its Connect app contains some pretty decent training programs. I have followed those for all of my marathon training plans to date (I've done 7 since 2016). They nicely mix up speed work and distance work and build in recovery days. As you stretch out your distances, those recovery runs become very important. My first two years of running, I made up my own plans and I did really well the first year whereas the second year I hit a wall and later discovered that it was classic overtraining - because I wasn't doing the proper drills, I didn't know my paces and I was going out too fast too often without enough recovery runs. Left to my own devices, I tended to run too fast.

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Jul 13th, 2021 7:49 am

fkl118: Sr. Member; Apr 29, 2007; 934 posts; 640 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Jul 13th, 2021 7:49 am

farfargurl wrote: ↑ Training program? My own imagined one, which I write on a scape paper weekly....I didn't even have a GPS watch until like a month ago. Before that I was using a stop watch and counting laps with my fingers. I m on the track every morning at 4, 5 am with the elderly walkers, I bet they all think I m crazy lol

I agree I probably need to do hills to build my leg muscles, its not building up from just running flats. I need to search the area some a small hill to train on. Is a glassy hill ok?

Your times are good (better than me) but if you're new to the racing scene you may want to consider a coached training run group like the Alphas.

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Jul 13th, 2021 9:23 am

farfargurl [OP]: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2005; 4374 posts; 3744 upvotes; Markham

Jul 13th, 2021 9:23 am

fkl118 wrote: ↑ Your times are good (better than me) but if you're new to the racing scene you may want to consider a coached training run group like the Alphas.

Are you in those clubs?

Jul 13th, 2021 9:34 am

StatsGuy: Deal Fanatic; Dec 20, 2018; 8215 posts; 7592 upvotes

Jul 13th, 2021 9:34 am

farfargurl wrote: ↑ Mainly training for 10K and half Marathon. Current speed average 7.5min/mile for 10K and sub2 half Marathon. My training schedule is main early morning 4am 10k run, before work and long run on weekends. Weekly mileage 30-40 per week. Main goal is to keep each other motivate and search for the next PB! Anyone interested pm me.

Can also join my wechat group as well, QR code attached.

ever thought of doing pelonton ? the digital app is cheap and they have extensive running classes/groups that structure your runs depending on your goals etc. pretty big community for commitment/engagement

paired with your gps watch you can match pace, elevation etc distance and keep track of it in strava where you can also add friends

Jul 13th, 2021 11:07 am

fkl118: Sr. Member; Apr 29, 2007; 934 posts; 640 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Jul 13th, 2021 11:07 am

farfargurl wrote: ↑ Are you in those clubs?

No. I prefer to run solo if only because of my schedule.

But the clubs I mentioned are some of the more well known local clubs. And I know people in those clubs and they're happy.

You can also check out strava groups.

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Jul 13th, 2021 11:49 am

gr8dlr: Deal Expert; Sep 1, 2005; 19428 posts; 14401 upvotes; Markham

Jul 13th, 2021 11:49 am

farfargurl wrote: ↑ No....in Markham

You've been on here since 2005. Please update your profile. It's not hard and you would avoid that second post asking if you're in the Yukon. FYI Markham is pretty big so perhaps a closest big intersection or a note that you're willing to drive to training partner location.

We're all bozos on the bus until we find a way to express ourselves...

Failure is always an option...just not the preferred one!

Jul 13th, 2021 12:11 pm

CaptSmethwick: Deal Fanatic; Oct 12, 2007; 8582 posts; 7442 upvotes; Ottawa

Jul 13th, 2021 12:11 pm

fkl118 wrote: ↑ No. I prefer to run solo if only because of my schedule.

But the clubs I mentioned are some of the more well known local clubs. And I know people in those clubs and they're happy.

You can also check out strava groups.

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Strava is a good recommendation.

I run solo at least 90% of the time. I find it difficult to find people who want to run what I want to run - either distance or pace. When I am on a training plan, I am particular about pace(s), times, and distances. I only have one or two runs a week that are "recovery runs" where I can relax about pace (as long as it's relatively slow). When I am not training, I am more flexible about these things but I am usually training for something.

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