Be the first!!! Create running workouts now and your workouts can become the most popular. You can also ask for feature requests.
Set your sport to running or cycling. We currently support pace based running workouts based on % 5k race time (our default), or you can create based on % of Threshold also. Soon we will add VDOT, heart rate and other Canova targets.
TrainerDay started as cycling workouts, then added cycling community plans… After a few years we built a training app. This is the beginning of our running adventure. But don’t worry, cycling will keep improving as well. For example as we add Coach Jack for running we will improve the current CJ for cycling as well. Have some good ideas there.
Yes that will be coming soon. For now you should be able to add both cycling and running to your calendar you could create a cycling and running plan and have them both overlap on your calendar as well.
I am really interested in this so thanks for moving in the right direction. I might have got the wrong end of the stick but I can’t get it to work. I have added Running as a sport in Settings - and set my values. If I go My Plans → Create a new Plan → fill out the info (including setting the sport to Running) when I click Done - it just creates an empty plan with no workouts. Am I doing something wrong?
Oh no maybe a new bug. Let us test this and get it fixed ASAP. You might need to add running workouts directly to your calendar for now. We are still in the middle of launching this so a lot more features coming.
Oh I misunderstood. This plan creator is for designing your own plan with your own workouts. We are busy working on a plan builder now, hopefully we will have it in a month.
I dream of a treadmill. I will consider buying one for this winter. I have only run on ones a gyms, so I have no idea how nice the home ones are. I do know they are way less reliable than indoor cycling. I am joining gym next week so maybe I will just stick to the gym treadmill, might be the wiser choice… but home sure sounds nice. Even just walking uphill when you don’t feel like running.
I don’t know what the market is like where you are Alex, but there is plenty of used commercial gym equipment on sale here in the UK. I am thinking that a used commercial treadmill is likely a much better buy than a new domestic one. If money was no object and I was going to try to become a runner, I would buy a used Woodway 4Front. This seller has 27 in stock at about 75% discount against a new one Woodway 4Front Treadmill - QuickSet LED - Uzed
These on gumtree are even cheaper, but I can’t get a response from the seller to my questions, so I am not sure if it is a real offer Woodway 4Front Treadmill (12 available) | in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire | Gumtree
Anyway, I really can’t justify that cost for the small (albeit frequent and regular) amount of running that I am going to do (2x 30 mins per week, rising to 3x 45 mins per week over the coming months), so I am considering carefully what to do.
Not a runner, but be careful. Tendons/etc… are the weak point when you’re a cyclist who doesn’t run. Your cardiovascular fitness will be far ahead of your body and it can be easy to overdo it per internet reports.
Running is risky for cyclists and non-cyclists… I try to be very careful but progress is always addictive…. Not bouncing up and down, going too fast and over striding usually solves a lot of issues. Bent knees when landing can use a bit more energy but save a lot of injuries. Just soft landing in general is the goal. I see people at the gym that just pound those machines… on concrete it must be brutal on their body.
Yes, I have 31 runs done so far. Just 30 - 32 minutes duration, true maffetone pace (without adding 5). Just twice per week so far, increasing to 3x in the next few weeks and then starting to slowly extend the duration out to 45 minutes over the coming months.
No plans to do more than that.
The primary aim is no injuries. But using running carefully to strengthen tendons etc. is one of the benefits I am seeking to achieve.
Yes, I think true maffetone reduces risks a lot. Although to Daves point your cardiovascular system ins very strong compared to your tendon / ligament strength so you could get faster at running even at low HR than your body is ready for… something to watch. Seems unlikely to be a risk is my guess.
And not trying to use super thick shoes to compensate for poor running technique (too much pounding).
So your plan sounds very safe to me. I am running about 15 times now so far in the last 2 months and ready to start marathon training so my obsessive nature is maybe worse then yours.
I have very little room so I think I would have to get folding treadmill. There are some good ones but I am not sure if they are fully commercial quality level. I saw the woodway in the past. It does seem nice. Wahoo is too scary for quality. I have looked at the others as well. Used market is not great here and delivery might be very expensive in used market.
Yes, as well as HR, I am advised to look at cadence and to try to keep it “high” (>160 spm). That forces shorter and less high strides apparently, which reduces “pounding” as the foot is never far from the floor, or far in front / behind the centre of mass of the body. Something like that anyway. It sounded sensible when it was explained to me.
My speed at the maffetone HR is getting a bit quicker since I started, but the load doesn’t feel high. Even on the morning after a run (I run at about 1900), there is nothing more than fatigue (so far!).
I think I could very easily do myself some damage my upping the volume or the speed more aggressively. I won’t be going there.
I saw a review of the Echelon 6 folder that made it sound pretty good
Stride SPM should be connected to speed but yes not over striding is important and increasing SPM shortens stride length. Echelon is like peloton they force you to subscription. You can hack it but i would not go that route or make sure you are fine with dumb screen or subscription.
Matrix 50 is my current favorite but not cheap either.
