Here are what people have been searching on to get to this blog this week:
how many weeks so far this year 2011We are in week 31 (although I missed a week somewhere so I’m on 30)
Here’s a wee table which might help:
See here: Target Weight Calculator
how many calories do you burn walking 4 miles a day?The amount of calories you burn depends on how much you weigh along with how vigorously you work out.
There are lots of online calculators you can get which allow you to roughly workout how many calories you’ve burned.
Here are some calories burned calculators:
http://www.esteemfitness.com/Calorie-Burn-Calculator.shtml
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/calories-burned-calculator.html
http://www.dietandfitnesstoday.com/calories-burned-calculator.php
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/weight-loss/runners-world-calorie-calculator/3166.html
http://www.caloriecontrol.org/healthy-weight-tool-kit/lighten-up-and-get-moving
Select the activity, enter your weight in lbs or kgs, and the time you did the activity for.
For me, walking at 4mph for an hour = 250 – 325 calories.
Alternatively you can get a heart rate monitor and put in your weight – and it will work out how many calories you burn.
3k swim and calories burned?Depends on how vigorously you swim, and how much you weigh. The heavier you are and the harder you work, the more calories you burn.
If I do freestyle/front crawl for an hour and I’m working hard it might be around 600-650 calories.
Or 2k / 45 minutes might be about 500 calories.
Check out one or all of the calulators above.
swimming 2k sessionsSee above in the top bar: Sw Sessions.
And here for an excel printable version.
great scottish run 2011 route: is it hilly?
The route isn’t too hilly, although it does have some hills in it. Take advantage of the downhills when you get them, especially the ones in Pollock Park. The hills there are good… there are some ups, but also some good down hills.
There is a slight hill up St Vincent Street (mile 1), and in Pollock Park (miles 7-9 – kind of up and down hill) as you enter and after you pass the cows (before the Burrell Collection). Then it’s sort of downhill, you really feel the downhill when you are running down the bus lane (Pollockshaws Road).
Here’s my brief race report from last year and here is the garmin link to the route.
Here’s the elevation and route map:
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Oh thank you for the info on the route for the Great Scottish Run. I had read that it was hilly which worried me slightly, I have enough trouble running on flat! I’m still only at 6km distance so I have about 4 weeks to add 4km so need to get my butt into gear. Right now I’ll just be happy to finish it withouth having to walk, I can work on my times for next year 🙂
I am hoping the adrenaline on the day will help.
Hey Erisin, you’re welcome.
The info I’d posted was for the half marathon, but the 10k route is similar only it doesn’t include Pollock Park etc. The biggest hill on the 10k seems to be up St Vincent St but the rest should be ok and pretty flat. There’s a wee incline up Shield’s Road onto St Andrews drive but its ok. Just remember that as soon as you hit 5 miles it’s more or less down hill (gradually) to the Clyde/Glasgow Green.
A good tip is to run some (or all) of the route before you run it on the day. Then you’ll know for yourself whether it’s hilly or not. You don’t need to run the whole route…. you could do 4k one day, then another 4k then another 4k etc. (or 5k and 5k, or 6k and 6k). It just means you don’t get any surprises on the day. Knowing the route (or most of it … obviously you can’t run over the Kingston Bridge) will definitely help you on the day. If it was me, I’d try to run at least one run a week and aim to cover nearly all of the route over the next 4 weeks. Instead of going over the Kingston Bridge you could go down Finnieston, along to the Squigley Bridge and down West Street and pick up the route from there.
Here are the routes (10k and half): http://www.runglasgow.org/pdf/GSR-map-2010.pdf
Or here has an elevation chart: http://www.walkjogrun.net/routes/current_route.cfm?rid=7DE1CF00-0574-867F-14745B8E31DC9C86
I would maybe try to increase your long run to 8k before the day….or 9k at max. Then after the 10k build your long run up to 10k over a few weeks.
Let me know if you’d like any advice. 😀
Here are some links which might be of help:
https://lornpearsontrains.wordpress.com/2011/06/08/top-10-beginner-running-tips/
https://lornpearsontrains.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/how-to-start-running/
https://lornpearsontrains.wordpress.com/2011/01/20/how-to-keep-motivated-to-get-out-there-and-run/
https://lornpearsontrains.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/excuses-excuses/
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