Last year I trained for the Melbourne Marathon and have to say now that I did actually enjoy running, whilst I have never been good at it and being larger, I was slow but enjoyed getting out there hitting the pavement/grass. The issue I had was my weight being over 100kg's.
Since that venture was over I took up strength training again (madcow), cleaned up the diet to shed some fat which has been working well, I have new PB's in strength and still getting better and the kilos are slowly evaporating. Over the last month I have started to attempt the running thing again and as it stands I can barely reach 4km now without any improvement.
I came across this article about a bloke who has succeeded in strength training and long distance running.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/a-new-breed-of-athlete-be-a-strength-runner.html
My wishlist is to: 1. lose fat 2.get stronger 3.run further.
I'm wondering this a pipe dream or can it be done especially as I'm in a calorie deficit. I'd love to attempt a marathon again one day, but be leaner and stronger. My gut feel tells me to stick to lifting and dieting, keep the runs small and easy and increase where I can but get the weight down to where I am happy before taking on the extra km's.
Since that venture was over I took up strength training again (madcow), cleaned up the diet to shed some fat which has been working well, I have new PB's in strength and still getting better and the kilos are slowly evaporating. Over the last month I have started to attempt the running thing again and as it stands I can barely reach 4km now without any improvement.
I came across this article about a bloke who has succeeded in strength training and long distance running.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/a-new-breed-of-athlete-be-a-strength-runner.html
My wishlist is to: 1. lose fat 2.get stronger 3.run further.
I'm wondering this a pipe dream or can it be done especially as I'm in a calorie deficit. I'd love to attempt a marathon again one day, but be leaner and stronger. My gut feel tells me to stick to lifting and dieting, keep the runs small and easy and increase where I can but get the weight down to where I am happy before taking on the extra km's.