ILX running running thread

I wear a SPIBelt. No place for water though.

it's raining.
i am trying to make myself go out and run. gahhhh lazy.

Just do it, go ahead and enjoy splashing around. Unless it really chucking it down, you won't really even notice it that much after a couple of minutes.

I had a cold and i didn't want to go running

but I did

feel pretty awesome btw!

i know, i always feel better afterwards, it's just the getting out the door part.

but you are right, nick.

Do it do it do it do it.

do it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWPSqK21xDw

k it's true i feel better now

also a little sleepy

i went too. it was hard. i never feel like eating for hours after i run either. that's bad.

mine was not too hard. i really don't notice the rain after a while, it's true. except when it picked up a little. still concerned i'm going to kill my ipod soon no matter what i do to try and protect it from moisture. maybe get a cheap shuffle that won't be as much of a loss if it goes? those are like $5 now, right?

i am usually hungry but feel more like sleeping afterwards. i think that's bc of the showering part.

little shuffles are a good idea, also since they are flash drives, the impact barely effects them

I've yet to run this week. I think I ran too many miles last week and I've just found it hard to motivate myself to move that much. I need to get in at least 1 or 2 runs.

I ran on Monday, then came down with the flu or something Monday night, and I've yet to get out the door to run or go to class. (I did swing by the grocery store yesterday for some cough drops and stuff but that's it.) I'd actually much RATHER be running or in class today, I'm bored out of my skull!0

I had a fantastic run tonight. It was the first run I've had since the 13.1 one last Saturday. I started out and my calf and knee started hurting immediately, but within 2 miles I was just on cruise control. It was as close to a runner's high I've ever had, it almost felt effortless. I went for an hour, just over 7 miles. It's good to be back. Can't wait to get back out tomorrow.

That's a long run. I've always wanted to do the Solider Field 10 mile run, but I don't think I've ever been in the shape to do it.

― Jeff, Friday, March 27, 2009 7:48 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I signed up for the 2010 Solider Field 10 mile run this week! I actually think I'm in shape to do it now.

Soldier. That's how you spelling it. Funny, neither past Jeff or future Jeff can get that right.

lol. you spelling it!

i went 3.25 miles run/walk (mostly run) today but the shocker was that my speed in the running sections was quite a bit faster than it has been for the past few weeks. curious!

rather like sansa clip over shuffles since i dont know how ppl keep sanity w/out having some kind of screen. i think the new shuffles speak the tags-- that would make me fucking crazy.

my legs are aching after running yesterday, not sure why

i think that's a setting you can choose but you don't have to have it?

i would probably want an ipod for the nike+ compatibility tho i guess if i got a shuffle i'd have to purchase the adapter and then i might as well just get a fancier gps thing. ugh.

i will probably do nothing and then get pissed in 2 weeks when my ipod dies from water damage lolz.

my legs have been aching less!
i don't know why! i hope it sticks!

the new shuffles are cool and great for exercise butttttttt the slightest suggestion of sweat and the remote control on the earbuds starts freaking out

and yeah you can turn off 'voiceover' but I dunno why you'd want to, it doesn't speak the titles when the track changes only when you hold in the remote button for a sec

oh i'd use my own ear buds probably... the ipod ones are not a shape suited to my ears apparently. ow.

you'd lose the ability to skip tracks and select playlists then (no remote)

so just plan playlist before run?
i had a shuffle with no remote years ago. it wasn't an issue.

is there no play/forward/reverse button on the actual ipod???

Got up early to do a long run before work. Holy hell it's pissing it down out there. Dark too. Why didn't I stay in bed?

nope, all handled by the remote!

what a ripoff! fuck that i'm not buying something that can only be controled via proprietary crap earbuds.

aw nick, you are a hero. good for you!!!

Yeah, now I think I don't wanna go and get drenched, and now I feel bad I bullied you into it the other day.

do it

just do it, nick!

to be fair, i didn't get drenched, it was a pretty reasonable rain and i was being a wimp, it just looked worse from my window than it was when i got outside.

so uh... go!!!

okay okay okay!

:) <3 :)

Holy balls, thanks guys, that was totally vile. I had rain! I had hail stones! At one point I thought my contact lenses were going to get rinsed out of my eyes. 11 miles of slopping around in the mud on shit-spangled farm tracks in the early morning gloom. My backpack soaked up water like a sponge and now I have weird wet patches on my clean clothes. My disgustingly wet shorts are now flopped over the office radiator in all their self-righteous filth. Forgot to bring any lunch, boo hoo.

Heart-rate monitor was good though. It's really encouraging to be struggling up a hill feeling like a servant of Death, wondering why you're going so slowly, then looking at your watch and realising that you're actually working DAMN HARD and that you've got every right to feel like a bag of shite. You understand that all your misery is just how it should be, and somehow that absolves you of any guilt over your struggles. It's liberating! Shit, I've gotta go and find a cake.

Aw now I feel bad. Awesome job! It sounds insane and invigorating and awful.

ha i wimped out the last couple days because of rain + wind and now i feel extra wimpy

I think the major thing for me right now is the darkness. It is already dark when I het off work so my mind is like, ok time to relax for the night nit go running.

running 11 miles in the rain with a backpack in the dark in the morning before work sounds pretty mental. good job.

i accidentally ran in the rain today - not particularly fun but weirdly it seemed to help me run faster and further w/o tiring so much

but i swear i would have been drier had i swum along the canal rather than run it

Lots more rain to come this weekend by the looks of things, glad I've got the long run out of the way. Got a race on Sunday though! The first 10k that I've done for years. Up and down along the seafront with 30 mph winds being forecast, aiiieee. Kind of nervously excited about it, I know I'm going to be pretty slow though.

People - quick recommendations on good running/gym gear (shirts, shorts etc) would be much appreciated! Just brands/items that you like. It's mainly for indoor gym work - I have just got a trial membership at a v.posh gym and my outdoor running gear of old rugby shirt and tatty lycra shorts won't cut it. I have good running shoes, so I'm sorted there. Thanks!

sorry can't help - i run in tatty old stuff myself - but any old sports store should do right?

yesterday i tried running for the first time since i came down with the flu last week and had to turn back after a mile because of my hacking cough. boo! i hope i'll be able to do more in a few days.

I buy whatever is going cheap from Wiggle:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/d/run/8/1/1/

Tore my calf muscle last Wednesday. I was cold, doing some uphill, pushed too hard. Couldn't walk too well for 2 days, but now OK. Desperately want to go running! Anyone have any experience with rest time, getting back to it after a calf injury?

ouch!!!!!