ILX running running thread

yeah i'd be more likely to hyperventilate than anything else.

Chicago is flat, flat, flat, which is great in a way b/c it makes running and biking easier, but it sucks b/c it would be nice to have hills to work against. Also, hills add tons of visual interest.

You're nuts.

You're right. Actually I'm just not conditioned to run them. Which makes miserable when I encounter them. Maybe if I had hillier terrain around here I would like them better.

I ran the Stanford Dish run in January and those hills nearly killed me. And the downhill parts were terrifyingly fast.

I always run with music. I think the whole idea that you have to listen to your body or that you're missing out on the true experience of running is bogus. I like to rock out.

I usually run with randomly selected songs from my 3+ star playlist. So that's 1500 songs to choose from, all of which I am happy to hear while running.

i'd have to keep skipping, cos i'm fussy even within my own 4+ star list

sometimes the right song will give me some extra pep when i'm a little winded.

My body's not making very interesting noises. Would rather listen to music.

I have an ipod shuffle that I've loaded with rhythm-heavy songs of all stripes. I listen to what I like, which is a fairly wide variety of stuff. Also never the same songs in a row thanks to the shuffle. I find metal particularly good for winter. Am psyched about new Nachtmystium because it sounds groove-heavy and good for running. Jazz and salsa are fun for summer. I dunno, whatever you like. Hawkwind is good for running.

My body's not making very interesting noises

GO HARDER

I guess i have to ocassionally. I always skip the Smiths songs that come up. Morrisey doesn't make me want to run.

he makes me want to run ... AWAY FROM HIM

Yeah, nothing fey works for running.

xp YES SIR. I considered entering a race this week, fyi. Didn't do it, but thought about it for ~1hr.

while wearing headphones? one way to reach a pb i guess...

(xp)

The Books and Stereolab are suprisingly fun to run too. Also like Fuck Buttons.

without it being competitive, running with others was completely different, and fun.

Haven't been running since my knee was hurting pretty bad over the past couple of weeks. Signed up for a 5k (with Jeff and Jesse and others) yesterday since my knee has been feeling better but might regret it; I jogged across the street yesterday to get to the mailbox and could immediately feel it in my knee again :/

I stopped running with music because the physical feeling of the headphones and the cord was distracting to me.

i like jumped up disco/rawk stuff to ge me going, but really blissy balearic/housey/techno/rnb kinda stuff once im in the zone.

I can totally see stereolab being awesome while running. I need to start running with music! Is there a thread about running/exercising playlists?

n/a rest, cycle. you'll be good for 5k, it's more to avoid too much pain afterwards.

I like my clear head running w/out music, I feel lighter. But if I ran somewhere busier I might jam tunes more often.

when i was running in rural iowa i felt like an idiot listening to music while running. there were so many other sounds to listen to, birds and whatnot.
it's definitely better in the city

The Books and Stereolab are suprisingly fun to run too. Also like Fuck Buttons.

Agreed, re The Books, at least.

I run to newer Radiohead a lot. Also In Utero and lately to Former Ghosts and now The Antlers.

Five miles in 0:58 for me last night. Tried to go a bit faster, but it's tough to do with a dim headlamp on a twisty, rocky, hilly trail in the woods. Great run, though. Need to do more night running!

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Brenda Thurman said Tuesday that the man she knew was quiet and claimed to work on Wall Street.

"He would wear all black and jog at night. He said he didn't like the sunlight," Thurman said.

Hah, what is that from?

A cnn story about the Times Square carbomb attempt. : )

I like to run to Metalchicks and rap, lol. Music is what keeps my feet moving, tbh!

i'd have to keep skipping, cos i'm fussy even within my own 4+ star list

haha i kept tryna to make mixes for my runs but i wld always end up dissatisfied with them once i was out on the pavement & fucking around tryna find a song i liked wrecked my pace

also i tend to daydream when im running and music gets in the way of that

Ran six miles last night. Loving the heat.

i don't do music when i run, i like daydreaming too
haven't been at all since saturday because of dumb allergies. i can't breathe out my nose and my throat is all dry and scratchy :(

I've got allergies too. Hard to run when it feels like you are swallowing a pine cone.

spit out the pine cone imo

Oh I spit. A lot.

phuckin phlies imo

Feeling better about the impending 5K now. Did a short run last night, my first in almost three weeks, to test out whether my knee would start hurting again. Although it felt a little sensitive, it didn't hurt while I was running, and then I preemptively iced it when I got home. Today it's slightly tender but doesn't hurt anywhere as bad as it did a week or so ago. I think I need to work to not push myself as hard, take slightly longer breaks between runs, and make myself do the exercises that are supposed to help with runner's knee.

Great! That's probably a good approach.

Middle Distance World Record Holders:
1,000 m 2:15.00 Benjamin Kipkurui KEN
1,500 m 3:30.24 Cornelius Chirchir KEN
1 mi. 3:50.25 Alex Kipchirchir KEN
3,000 m 7:28:78 Augustine Kiprono Choge ETH
5,000 m 12:52.61 Eliud Kipchoge KEN

KIP CHIR ??

i'm assuming they both translate to 'runs really fucking fast' in some common language.

2:15. i been tryin to convince my self that that isn't mins/secs

choge = runs really fast for a really long time?

Kipchoge, is a Nandi language expression for "born near the grain storage shed" [5]. :(

Kipchirchir (born after a short labour)

Major knee pains after my run yesterday. Ugh.

I got some crazy weird upper glute pain on one side while running today -- what could that possibly be about?

as of ten minutes ago am now running 13.5k non-stop, albeit at a laboured 10 mins/km. still, if the half marathon gets finished at that pace i won't be gutted or anything.

Going to try to get going on this again after my premature 10K, this time working up in a sensible way. Thinking of alternating between 2.5 and 5 runs, about 4 runs per week, trying to very slowly get faster at both, and incorporating intervals once I've settled into the running habit. Sound like a plan?

^ kinda what i did, but for one of those runs over a couple of weeks i stepped up distance little by little.

still not bothered about speed overmuch, as long as i'm making progress over distance.

knees are killing me today, to the extent where stairs are a problem, beginning to worry that all this road running might not be too good of an idea.

ran my first 5k under 27 minutes –- six weeks into my training. not fast objectively, but fast for me. perpetual right knee pain, even with lots of stretching. but the pain seems to abate when i go to the gym and lift weights and stretch (w/o running).

hey, that's fast, considering!
i still don't really have any idea how fast/slow i am or how far 5k is within my usual route
have been steady running 3-5x a week tho and feeling excellent

^ this is a good attitude, and one i will happily subscribe to once i've completed the measured event in june

ran my first 5k under 27 minutes –- six weeks into my training.

Hey, I ran a 3 miler in 25 minutes last night (translates to a 5k in ~26 minutes, given the extra 0.1 mile) and I've been "training" for years. That's quite respectable!

I should mention that b/c of asthma & previous leg conditions I run exclusively inside on a treadmill. For the time being.

xp - i am usian, so i am required to give you a hi 5