ILX running running thread

yeah, see im only realising now that these protein shakes might b a good idea. ive never taken supplements and my muscles are really slow to recover from physical stuff lately. good advice tho

More comparisons: Using an age grading calculator, I would have to run a 5k in 21:36 to be considered "local class". Looking at previous results for the 5k I'm going to run this weekend, that would only be good for 107th place. At my current pace I would have finished in 202nd place last year.

Did 5 miles for like the first time last night! Came in around 56 mins

co worker of mine ran the boston marathon this week and he placed 166th. I cannot imagine running for 2 hours straight, what do those people think about? I'll ask him tomorrow I suppose. I ran a 5k last week and was all "whew" afterwards. How do you even begin to train for 26 miles?

hey plax i really like soy protein powder, works great

finally getting used to my new route since moving house...took a while to recover from a three weeks i took off due to moving hecticness, i hate how quickly you can lose stamina. and this winter seems to have brought my long-forgotten asthma back from my childhood...ugh. anyway, there are more hills in my new route, a challenge in a good way, but there are also more roads to cross and i find the stop-start nature of waiting for cars really trying. maybe i was just spoiled with my towpath run before.

anyway, ~8k in ~1hr, same as ever. i don't know whether i should be actively trying to improve that (in terms of distance? time? length of time?); it seems to be enough to push myself to..."my limit" sounds dramatic, but so that i'm pretty winded when i'm done.

gonna buy some soy protein powder tomorrow, i hope it doesn't come in some huge bodybuilder cannister tho

actual, proper, non stop 10k, ten days before i have to do it for real. pace nothing to write home about but i guess i'll work on that before the day itself. legs kinda hurt!

doing just the lightest sort of sub three mile runs with dog on training collar; third one is today. Going okay, but ankle is definitely weak. Not hurting that bad and bike time is keeping my cardio okay but i wanna move into this slowly.

Also: my summer job has me working in central park all through june/july/august, so I got a roadrunners membership so i can take a jog at the reservoir and then work after. let's see if that happens.

my goal is 2 run so fast i go back in time

― ( ª_ª)○º° (Lamp), Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:01 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm^

Excited about my 5k tomorrow. I feel like I am going to destroy my PR.

We're counting on you!

My weekend's looking like an easy 5 today, then 10.33 tomorrow (scouting the course for 3 laps = 31 miles next weekend), then 12 or so early Sunday morning, if I can beat the motocross riders out to their AWESOME trail before dawn...

Good luck Jeff!

Still not running here yet, but I feel the time is drawing near...

No running tomorrow 'cause busy with fun stuff but on Sunday I'm going to head down to London to cheer on marathoning friends. Going by the weather forecast it will be a much better day for spectating than racing.

it will be a much better day for spectating than racing.

This is never ever true.

22:44 in my 5K today, which would be a solid PR. Never would have thought it when I started, it just felt awful to run. Then it never got any better. But somehow I kept pace.

Went out way to fast, I never run miles in under 7 minutes but I ran mile 1 in 6:53. Slowed down after that, no way I could have sustained that pace. 315th overall and 77th in my age group.

The winner ran in 15:25. My brain just exploded even thinking about that kind of pace.

Nice one Jeff!

10K tomorrow, I have not been feeling great and not exactly training hard. Last ran on Wed morning, and that was still the usual 5K. So now I have to just, er, double it.

The winner ran in 15:25. My brain just exploded even thinking about that kind of pace.

Granted that's pretty fast, but here's the 5k world record progression: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5000_metres#IAAF_era

The last two times I tried to run, it's been really shitty, like I'm immediately out of breath and my legs and knees feel really stiff. I don't know if my beginnerhood is catching up with me, or if my new shoes aren't right, or if I need to get used to wearing shoes with support for overpronaters or what the deal is. I walked almost the whole way today :(

Was that on consecutive days? I'd just take a few days off.

^^^^ yah it just sounds like ur not giving your body enough time to recuperate. also i hav no idea what the srsbiz wisdom is @ this point but i still think stretching is key. u can also try a some basic exercises for your off days 2 stay limber this is def smthn i do

those were not on consecutive days. I had a longer-than-usual run that felt pretty good, then waited a day, then had the first shitty run. Then I waited two days until today, had my second shitty run. I'll try taking a longer break before the next run. I stretched out a little before both runs but not very much.

I'm not big on stretching.

I mean, I move around some before I run, but that's about it. No patience for anything more.

The winner ran in 15:25. My brain just exploded even thinking about that kind of pace.

― Jeff, Saturday, April 24, 2010 12:28 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

really want an exploded brain think abt this: top marathoners run faster than that for the ENTIRE MARATHON

n/a somedays are just poopy

Yep, I'm aware of other brain exploding things, I just wish there were slower ppl in my neighborhood 5k.

hah

n/a somedays are just poopy

― ice cr?m, Saturday, April 24, 2010 4:01 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark

i had a poopy day the other day where i couldn't even make it past one single mile without taking a walking break, but it was at the end of my week (usually i go on M-T-Th, sometimes S) and i rode my bike to work on wednesday. so it was run run bike run and at the end of that i felt like crap.

on the upside, today i got a compliment (from a friend, not a creepy stranger) on my legs!

Ran the 10K. Didn't have to stop, but got a huge stitch about 5mins in that didn't go away until Mile 3. Maybe I ate too much for breakfast. Time was 1.10, it was a dogged plod!

that's pretty good!

Nice run!

My last three days: 5 + 10 + 10 miles.

rested my knee for the last week or so, gonna do 7 tomorrow

Ow ow ow ow ow ouch

barefoot 5k around the lake today in ~23min, which is like ten minutes faster than usual?? something about the change in mechanics makes my usual derpa derp plodding harder/uncomfortable so i'm sort of obligated to go faster. but dang.

broke in my healed legs after my post-half-m stationary month of eating w/ a 26 min 5k. legs still feel great.

Ran the 10K. Didn't have to stop, but got a huge stitch about 5mins in that didn't go away until Mile 3. Maybe I ate too much for breakfast. Time was 1.10, it was a dogged plod!

― ljubljana, 25 April 2010 16:40 (4 days ago) Bookmark

that's kinda my target time for saturday!

There will be no fast paces for me over the next couple of days. 20 to 30 mph winds. I actually don't mind the wind, as long as it is warm.

Today is amazing. 68 and super windy.

Tuesday I ran (on a treadmill) the day after my first heavy weight training session in months. Strangely, I ran my best pace in a long, long time. 3 miles in 29:15, but one mile was ~7:30, which is unheard of.

Especially considering that beforehand I was so stiff that I could bairly descend stairs.

If I was a serious runner I'd want to live in a bungalow.

3rd floor walkup 4 lyfe

my knees are made of what spaceships are made of

~dreamz~

3rd floor walk-up (+ the porch) for the last 5.5 years. I never thought that it might make have been affecting my legs. Huh.

I live in a cliff face.

Okay, I am gonna hop on this thread. I am running, seriously, for the first time in 3 years. I started (basically) from scratch two weeks ago. Initially, I was gonna do the C25K program, but I'm thinking of using the Nonrunner's Marathon Training Guide to get ready for (my first) five in two months. I've been running a 5k on the treadmill alternating with lifting/strength training 6 days/ week. I've also been walking 4.5 miles for 5 days every week.

And I'm running down my shoes. I have a neutral stride with a wee touch of underpronation, and no significant pain* (yet) save for shinsplints that have come from the ramp-up in my training schedule. I run slowly – for now – at around 6.5 mph, and intend to average about 20 miles run/week by the end of next month. I'm broke, also, and can only afford +/– $40 on new shoes... and have no problem buying closeouts/discounts/clearance whatever, but I need recommendations of where to look. When I tried them on, I enjoyed Brooks Cloud, Nike Moto, and Adidas Response. I hated the Pegasus 25/26s I tried: they felt clunky and tight in the tongue area. What cushiony (and fairly long-lasting) shoes can I buy on the cheap, and where?

* Slight pain in my right knee as a result of old swimming injuries – not major, but something I want to cushion as much as possible.

Ran about 4 miles at a 7:55 pace today which turned out well considering that I had been awake for 27 hours at the time. I've definitely been picking up the pace recently. Probably because of the short runs and races I've been doing. From now on, I'm going to be dialing it back for distance in prep for my 10 mile race next month and the marathon in October. All I want to do is break 4 hours in the marathon. Just need to stay below 9:09 pace.

any tips for my first 10k race tomorrow? i'm not planning on bringing liquid with me, and i'm thinking an omelette at about 9am will be fine to get me through the race at 12.

Don't watch the clock too much, just enjoy the run! Good luck!!