ILX running running thread

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!!!!!

dude i am not a doctor, but i can tell you that it is going to be much longer than you might think/want

that sounds horrible :(

but oh! good news! i swear i think my shins reached some kind of turning point last week because suddenly, they were not tender after running anymore! i don't know what happened? but i like it. now i have to make sure to not overdo it out of excitement. need more patience.

oh i thought u nearly were a doctor gbx (?)

yeah, which means i'm not a doctor

and nearly = 2.5 years to MD, 6.5 years until actually, like, a REAL doctr

/

jesus just writing that out made me depressed

You are already a doctor in my <3

murmur

12.2 miles today, leisurely pace, but still pretty exhausting. Puts me at 75 for the month.

Hey, well done Jeff! Are the long ones starting to feel a bit easier now?

More ridiculous weather here, the rain wasn't so bad but the wind was a real pain in the arse, kept getting blown sideways off the trail. Managed to do 21 and a bit miles, the first couple of hours or so felt fine, but the last big hill was a major headfuck. Pretty shagged now, wondering if you can actually die of achey legs?

Little by little they are starting to be easier. Like micro improvements each time. I ate two gels this time, which I think helped.

i'm finally back to it after almost 2 weeks off due to the flu! had a great 5 miles yesterday but am a little stiff today, so i think i'll just keep it at 20 miles this week and not start building distance again until december.

man, i can imagine dying of achy legs after 21 miles - are you training for a marathon or just doing it for fun, nick?

My longer runs always start out fun. I'm like "hey this is great! I bet I could go 20 miles today!" Then around mile 9 and 10 I'm really hating life.

Yes, too true!

are you training for a marathon or just doing it for fun, nick?

It is fun! But yeah, I've got one in the spring, but I was also kind of toying with the idea of doing something a bit longer in the summer. There's a London to Brighton trail race that looks pretty amazing, still trying to get my head around running quite that far though. Good time of year to try and put some miles in anyway, keep telling myself how much easier it'll be to go further if the sun was shining.

i did a little under 6 miles this morning - 1st time ive been running all month - standing in the shower @ home afterwords i thought i was going to melt

Maybe I should I sign up for a 50k or 50 mile race? 11 hour time limit on the 50 mile, that's only 13 minute miles. Should be a breeze, right???

It does sound do-able if you put it like that, doesn't it? Go slow, accept discomfort as a given, keep eating, keep drinking, try not to go mental.

i did a 50 mile one-shot hike once, but we took waaaay longer than 11 hours. closer to 22hr, and like 20k of vertical. and rain. at one point i actually fell asleep while walking, and woke up a dozen feet off the trail

damn, y'all.

Hiking that distance is pretty bold cos it must seem like it's taking forever to tick off each mile. Be an awesome thing to do with good friends though.

oh it was totally great

it's a lol college thing, and people camp out along the way w/support stations, so there's coffee and soup and stuff. also they mostly just sit around and get drunk and lol at strung out hikers. then there is a big feast at the lodge where you finish

think i slept for 16 hours afterwards

Yeah, that sounds fantastic, would definitely be up for that.

sounds really awesome!

the hiking sounds cool, especially if you could do it with a friend. i would have trouble thinking about 50 miles of running though, just because when i go more than about 8 miles i start getting bored and going "hmmm...this much further to go." boredom actually hits before exhaustion! how do you keep yourself interested?

Good time of year to try and put some miles in anyway, keep telling myself how much easier it'll be to go further if the sun was shining.

this is what i am telling myself now, i've always thought of winter as the time i run less due to bad weather but i'm trying to switch to thinking of it as a good time to build mileage, indoors if necessary. starting in another week or so i hope!

Hey, hope so!