ILX running running thread

You and me both! There should be a rolling rolling over in bed thread.

thx for teh congrats dudes - it weird i just clicked into this new gear where i can go so much further - id been pretty much plateaued for the last year or so then boom

So great when that happens.

I ran today! First time in '10. Three miles, wandering aimlessly through the Stanford campus. Tomorrow I'm going to try the dish run.

Only 1997 miles till I reach my 2010 goal.

ran two five miles (on consecutive days no less) and a four this week, felt good

You're kicking my arse in 2010, coz.

kinky

I'm only running so much cos there's no way I'm riding my bike in this weather; was going to run later too but seem to have tweaked my knee a little somehow so best to rest it I think

i think i managed to strain my hamstring attempting to run my usual outdoor mileage on the treadmill last week and now i'm taking several days off running entirely (walking two blocks to the store hurts still). disappointing because this pretty much means january's going to be a reduced mileage month but i guess there's always february, and it'll even be light before class then!

I decided to walk to work the other day (abt 4 miles) and somehow managed to hurt my back a little. How is that possible when running doesn't hurt my back at all? It was a lovely long walk though.

is it snowy where you are? maybe you slipped a little and pulled something.

It wasn't snowy at the time but now we have like a foot of it.

Finally ran the Stanford dish this morning. Oh man, I am not used to hills. I was jogging very slowly up the first big one and I thought I was going to die by the time I got to the top. I had to stop and walk for about a minute. It ended up taking me about 38 minutes to go the 3.4 miles. Also, running downhills can be terrifying.

i think i love hills. i still have never attempted the super giant hill though. running down hills is a lot rougher on my shins :(

i have been jogging at dusk and i really like it! might get a headlamp. something kind of awesome about the dark.

omg, haven't run or done any exercise since September. This is ridiculous and tomorrow I'm going to try & find somewhere to run... my nearest cheapo gym doesn't have treadmills; I can't afford another gym and although I have always written off outdoor running in the UK I'm going to give it a go here...

I think I may fall down dead after about 3 mins; either that or I'll get sucked into a coffee shop.

hills are cool, i like them. don't live near any now though.

my hamstring is getting better, saturday i tried going 4 miles and had to turn back after 1.5 but yesterday it was just tight rather than painful so i'm on the mend. now i just have to tackle the getting-up-early problem, what's the likelihood i'm actually going to get out of bed at 6:30 to run instead of getting another half an hour or hour of sleep?

any idea what i should do about achilles tendon pain? it feels like it's more internal and there's no sign of a blister.

Sign up for the 2010 Chicago Marathaon opens on 2/1. Should I sign up? I suppose the question is, do I want to run a marathon. I'm not sure, I go back and forth. I have no doubts that I could, especially with 10 months of prep time.

i think i have achilles tendonitis! this is my very first athletic injury. while it hurts, i am a little bit proud at the same time.

stretch and rest!
could it be shoe-related?

i think it's from my hiking boots that i wore on my walk to work in the snow. they rub this little area on my upper heel and i think it just got worse from there.

sad though, because i love those boots and they're new!

while it hurts, i am a little bit proud at the same time.

Congrats on your injury! Get better soon though eh?

BTW Jeff, I agree you'd have no problems doing a marathon.

i thought the thaw had set in properly but i nearly killed myself slipping on the ice this morning.

Still trying to get back into a rhythm with my miles. So far I've only run 19.7 miles in January. What is surprising to me is how slow I'm getting. I'm averaging 9:21 a mile, when at the end of November I was down to 8:51 overall. I could just blame the weather, but I won't.

hey i have actually run more than jeff this month! (at a drastically slower speed)
use that for motivation? bc i suck!

ie, you don't wanna be like me, so move those feet, sir!

or take a break, you earned it!

As long as you're out there Jeff, don't worry too much about the times. They'll come back.

From the Dr. C camp the latest news is that I've managed to get my 5K down to 24.33, and I did 10K the other weekend in a rather sedate 54.45. I set out too slowly really. Someone told me that a good target is to run your age in minutes. (I guess that only applies over a certain age at which it's humanly possible to run it in that number of minutes.) But anyway, I'm shooting for 48 minutes, which I reckon will be VERY tough. Stamina is not a problem, but sustained speed most definitely is! But the bad news is that I twisted my ankle last wkend playing rugby and I don't think I'll be able to run for 7-10 days.

Someone told me that a good target is to run your age in minutes.

That's quite a tough challenge IMO, but a good project for this year maybe?

Jeff - it's just a case of getting back into the habit and your fitness will come straight back. Force yourself out the door for a few days and you'll be fine after that.

I just got one of these for a late Xmas present. I will be extremely visible.

Not if you stay at home with your feet up, tut tut.

True, true. I'll try tonight even though it is going to be 27 degrees F and snowing.

Okay, you might have a valid excuse there.

looking forward to getting back in the running saddle this week...only been for ONE run this year which is hideous (first the ice making running treacherous, then a chest infection, then a press trip to montréal...genuine excuses!). could even do it TODAY but seeing that i'm still in bed i'm just not sure that's gonna happen.

finally got round to buying a winter running top though, maybe i won't catch a cold every time i run in these temperatures now.

had gone 4 days in a row last wk, abt 5 mi each time. that is not normal for me but i was feeling strong and recovering well although after the last day i felt p. shitty & wore down. took the wkend off and now im more than ready to go later today!

Someone told me that a good target is to run your age in minutes.

This would give me a good chance of winning the 10k! Doubt I could even run twice my age in minutes, although that's a goal that would probably be achievable in the next year. Cool.

I'm also looking forward to getting back into regular running, although fortunately with better weather than you, Jeff! I had too much hamstring pain the first week of January and then too crazy a schedule to get in more than one or two runs a week, but now I'm more flexible and looking forward to having mileage goals again in February.

Someone told me that a good target is to run your age in minutes.

World record is about 26.5 mins iirc, but if you get within ten minutes of that, you've done an amazing run.

ok then, if i ran my age in minutes i would DEFINITELY win.

There is no way I could run a 10K in 30 minutes. Hell, my 8K time is around 40 minutes, it would be fantastic if I could run my age in that.

Only two runners got under 30 mins in our local 10k and that was out of a field of 2,500.

This is how it works: http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/agegradingcalculator/0,7977,s6-238-277-415-0-0-0-0,00.html

Put your times and age into the calculator and it calculates whether you're local, regional , national class etc. My 5K time is just under 60% (i.e just about local class).

If I could run 10K in 48 mins, that would be 63%. (Shit, I've got some way to go!)

Jeff your 8K time of 40 mins puts you at around 59% i.e the same level as my 5K.

My 5K target is 22mins, which I definitely think I can do in the next couple of months. That would be around 66%.

Oh man, I am nowhere near even approaching "local" class, ever! I am pretty close to the age of people who compete in college athletics though.

Am doing a ridiculous race this weekend - Southern Counties cross-country champs as part of a team. Going to be so out of my depth. It's four laps of a 2.5 mile course, think there's every chance I'll get lapped (only once I hope, but who knows?). Have heard horror stories of people losing their shoes *forever* in the mud. Going in the tenth race of the day and it'll be pretty churned up by then so I'm expecting the worst.

I do have a cold on its way though, wouldn't it be such a shame if I had to give it a miss?

Whoa - that sounds fun, Nick! Don't forget to report back on how it went (if you escape the mud)

That's a cool tool. I also like the McMillan calculator. Just put in one time for a specific distance and it will gauge what your equivalent performance will be at other distances. Lots of other good info as well.

So if my best 5K time is 22:53, then I should be able to run a marathon in 3:43:00. Assuming proper training leading up to it.

i was running in the park last week and this girl who was apparently training for the boston marathon had her previous 2 marathon times on a shirt and they were like 3:28 and 3:30 and i was like, lady, piss off as she wooshed past me.