ILX running running thread

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

getting worried about this endless perpetuation of usian stereotypes

i will smash them by saying JOKES BRUV

see that's unacceptable stereotyping of a lesser race, something that we should all be deeply uncomfortable with

anyways it's joeks

i will admit that i don't know what i'm doing

it's a minefield, and we don't want one of those on the running thread of all places

oh seriously? i had no idea. please excuse me.

One of the few safe havens on ILX...

xp

nevermind

i like running
the end

lock thread

we had a good run

god is it that bad?

well we might avoid the worst of it because all uk ilxors are disgusting savages to whom the very idea of physical exercise is anaethema, but in the future it may be best to avoid gross generalisation of other cultures imo.

I've contracted some sort of evil throat disease now. So frustrating. Hope to return to the pavement tomorrow. I've got a 10 mile race in 2.5 weeks.

Last I checked you don't "run" with your throat iirc.

goddamn.

running 'hardman' thread 2010!

well, at least if i have been truly offensive, i may have fully arrived on the ILX consciousness; that alone is something to celebrate.

let's celebrate this moment with a brisk jog.

Jeff i am sorry to hear about this throat disease. i had one of those once (maybe strep?) and i went to a weird ancient Colombian doctor who wrote my vitals on a post-it note. he gave me antibiotics.

OH, I'll run, but I'm traveling all day today, so I won't have time. Tomorrow I'm running, throat or no throat.

I suggest traveling by foot to wherever you are going. No matter the distance.

i have decided that im not gonna go running today and i am COOL WITH THAT

i took a few days off myself but tonight it's on

Guys, I'll be running the San Francisco Marathon in July on my honeymoon -- my fiance's first marathon. I'm thinking about making it a charity run, something for a great cause (v. likely a "motivate kids to run!" charity)... but wouldn't want to be the guy with a $250 target who only raises $30 or something. Could also serve as a "trial" charity run for a 50-mile charity run in honor of Bimble (as discussed upthread) -- for a mental health charity, suicide prevention charity, or something similar.

Would anyone here be interested in donating, say, $10 or so? Either for a July marathon charity... or for a ridiculously long, exhausting, 50-mile charity run (a bit later this year)?

you'd be surprised how easy it is to raise $ for a good cause! i've raised $270 for my next charity run basically w/out even trying.

i would be down to donate as a wedding/running charity gift to you and your new wife!

I think I have Iliotibial Band Syndrome.

Two words: foam rolling.

Count me in xpost

jeff -- what's that? is it in your throat?

also i will donate $10 for mental health charity for sure

I actually just got a foam roller. Tried it out a little on the ITB and it hurt like hell, so I think it's working. My problem is finding time to add yet another task to my daily routine.

I also have a "The Stick" now.

I've got a the Soldier Field 10 mile race coming up in 2 weeks and I am woefully unprepared. I haven't ran since I was last having my ITB/Knee issues. Should I try and knock out at least one 10 mile run before the race?