ILX running running thread

note: for his dignity's sake, i must add that he doesn't usually wear a scarf, nor is he the sort of dog who dresses up
this was a one-off event

It's cool, he looks like a canine Keith Richards.

Running on snow is pretty safe, running on ice is kind of scary. I hear Yak Trax are helpful for that but I don't own them so don't know. Someone recently told me that when sidewalks are iced over and streets aren't very safe either, the roads near schools (or churches, when schools are on break) are your best bets because they're most likely to be safely plowed & shoveled, so I'll be checking that out for myself this winter.

Your dog is so cute! Best to not make him sad!

tht dog is gorgeous. jealous

running on pavements carpeted in wet leaves is also horrible : /

Fresh snow is fine, fun even. Iced up snow is horrible. much like ice. in most places through snow will be cleared pretty quickly?

Not on the sidewalks in Chicago. It's up to the property owners to do that, so it can really vary block by block. I swear some of them just spray water on the sidewalk so it just ices over.

I think I'm going to try some yaktrax. As if I don't have enough gear to worry about already.

yeah a lot of places seem to be like that. snow never gets shoveled (esp in neighborhoods where there is less owner-occupied housing) so it just melts a little, then freezes. might be better just to run in the street. last winter i did run on it some and it was better than i expected only because i was doing more of a slow march, which allowed me to run farther than i normally could :)

just ran 5 through the falling snow along a northern vermont riverscape :))

I wonder if I can wear my tingley rubbers on my running shoes.

running shoes can't get pregnant iirc but i suppose enhanced pleasure is always a +

guys all u need is INSOLES they are the besssssssssssssst

btw f u icey I luv VT

are you in...THE KINGDOM?

tingly rubbers just sounds wrong.

btw my friend is a thin sole advocate and has those barefoot vibrams but she said the first time she ran in them she killed her shins.

I got a cast of my feet and had custom insoles made. They're awesome.

I am not a thin sole advocate. I want my feet to be as rigid as tanks.

3 miles tonight, half in the snow, half on a paved path. Not too bad.

you can't wear socks in those things, it just occurred to me. or maybe they have to be toe socks?

jeff, if you get yaktrax please report back!

i finally forced myself to stop wimping out and went running again after almost 2.5 weeks off (sick for a week, then elliptical for a week) and it felt great but i went reallllly slowly and it was 30º so my nose was running the whole time lol.

^^^ i need to do this. i've been benched for a while now :-/

Welcome back!

I was going to run in the snow tonight, but it isn't sticking yet. It's just turning into wet puddles. I hate puddles.

are you in...THE KINGDOM?

― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Monday, December 7, 2009 6:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i am ;)

now i wish i'd gone longer :(

probably better that i didn't tho!

envying you guys - I avoid this thread every time it's bumped due to: been off the running for years due to mysterious hard-to-diagnose yet excruciating soft tissue calf crap tbh, so i had no idea this was actually the ILX Running Jesus Christ My Calves Hurt thread ;-)

"oh just run through it"

(this was my normal MO for the first six months, with each run getting progressively shorter as serious pain came on sooner)

"oh you run on concrete you have shin splints!"

(but the pain is posterior, not anterior)

"oh you run up and down hills it may be a oh no stress fracture!"

(but the pain is in both legs equally)

"oh it's just your calves are tight"

(but my range of motion is like touch-your-shin-with-your-toes silly)

"oh you probably have 'adhesions' use this foam roller"

(OH GOD THE PAIN MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP)

icey: awesome!

lake willoughby rules imo

uh roger, see a sports med doc!

like it could be compartment syndrome, eg

:(

uh roger, see a sports med doc!

― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Tuesday, December 8, 2009 5:07 PM

have done this now, or i wouldn't have had the courage to open this thread tbh

he suspects my crazy-flat feet (though i've been running with them all my life) and sent me to a PT joint for custom orthotics (already rocking the superfeet). they actually weren't so sure and have been doing "trigger point therapy" which despite sounding like complete chiropracty to me seems to be working. at least when she works my calves over it hurts a lot less than it did a few weeks ago, and she claims she's not going any easier.

ran a test mile on a treadmill yesterday with no ill results other than it took 10 minutes because damn that mile after a couple years off is hard no matter how many fake miles you rack up on the elliptical. tomorrow: two miles on the treadmill.

glad to hear things may be improving. good luck tomorrow!

lol these are like my longest posts in months. didn't mean to walk in and hog the thread or derail. mostly just sort of pleasurably envious of all y'all out there running.

xpost thank you Maria!

ps i am tallish and you are definitely faster than me ;-)

haha doubtful, i run 9-10 minute miles and that's "in shape" for me!

lake willoughby rules imo

― being being kiss-ass fake nice (gbx), Tuesday, December 8, 2009 8:06 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yah willoughby is ridic

roger i'm right there with you.
i'm rocking two and a half mile jogs with the pup now nightly. so that's a good direction.

Great run tonight. 20 degrees, 4 with wind chill. Yaktrax worked great in about 2" to 3" of snow. The only thing that sucked was my hands. My gloves are way too thin. Need new ones before I try that again.

i ran slowly upon a quasi plowed road today

i ran on a treadmill O_o

^me too. fuk winter

i just skipped it today, it was freezing rain. i'll try to make up for it tomorrow.

First run this morning after 12 days of flu. Nice to be back, but coughing like an old bastard now.

how are the legs though?

i am going to try a 5K in the gym at lunchtime today, and a 'real' one in the park tomorrow.

Legs were fine actually, it's the lungs that weren't too happy.

How many times a week are you up to now?

I'm doing 2 5Ks in the gym and one or 2 outdoors. I will probably extend one of the outdoor runs to around 8-10K soon. The Saturday morning 5K race might stop on days when I play rugby - first game back is pencilled in for boxing day!

Upping the distance a bit should make the shorter runs a lot easier. There's a regular Saturday 5k near me too, I should get along to that every now again for a bit of faster running, cos that's what I'm really missing in my training.

all the 5ks around here are sunday mornings, so i usually pick church and go on afternoon run instead. i wish there were a saturday race!

I have one this Sunday, a Rudolph Ramble. I think I have to wear antlers. Then off to Palo Alto and warmer weather for a few days. I hope to get in some runs there.

25.33 on the treadmill at lunchtime. I am mildly disappointed, cos I did the first 2K far too fast and was just hanging on from there. The last K was agony - not even watching the yummy-mummies' fitness class as I ran could make it fun.

Antlers wouldn't have helped either.