ILX running running thread

Just ran 1.6 miles! Longest run since my injury.

I got two of these, they are fantastic. I've never enjoyed icing my knees so much. Pricey but highly recommended.

http://www.seriousrunning.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/moji_knee_ice_wrap.png

dude you're cut! not sure shaving your legs is a gd look tho

Ha. I wish I was that shiny.

Here they are on my actual legs:

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg36/scaled.php?tn=0&server=36&filename=83699621.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

See, not as cute on me.

hummina :) bet those feel nice

my calves are still killing me

i ran this morning but not outdoors. I miss the feeling of working out and being extremely tired in a good way.

cozen wtf at that time for your first timed 5k

seriously are you like 8 feet tall?

no shit i feel like a loser!

I was hammering it! plus I'm feeling it today! plus you are all losers!

route w/elevation
http://img.skitch.com/20100610-drhsijajwgq216ha8n61j2t45x.jpg

If you're not already stretching your calves you probably should be. It will help you recover quicker and come back stronger. Try this maybe: http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-241-287--8969-0,00.html

Ran 3 miles tonight. Too humid. Ugh.

i ran in the middle of the day today, it was stupid. i get a weird popping sensation around my knee sometimes. not painful though. i wonder what it is & hope it's not bad.

was also totally ignorant about calf-stretching. i stretch them only one way, by leaning against something. i should do those. there are just too many stretches to do and i do like 4.

yeah i dont wanna spend as much time stretching as running ffs

rite, then you gotta do your weights and shit, that's hard enough. then you gotta go hang out on the internet for a couple hours. life is so busy.

you do weights???

i just do the internet part

it's nothing serious

I don't stretch half as much as I should either, just a couple of basic moves post-run...but if there's a particular area that's causing you problems, then stretching it makes a lot of sense imo.

i never see any deer around here but a *huge* rat crossed my path while i was running today

it was almost as big as a deer

It's 11:02am, I'm on my "honeymoon" should I go run +/- 11 miles y/n? also i am a bit drunk............... hmmmmmmm

should have challeneged it to a rat race imo

i just stretch the areas that feel sore or tight, usually my calves.

xp don't ask us ffs!

take that as a y

take that as a 'dont blame the internet for yr record-book marriage dissolution'

stfu ;)

maybe you should go for a run, might burn off that unhealthy aggression.

Two 5Ks at the weekend. 23:20 and 23:05. Not shabby, but I want to break 23 mins!

don't run when drunk, or on honeymoon, is what I always say

Still can't get over 2 miles because of injury. Maybe I'll try again today.

jeff, i did my first 5 miles (since my injury three weeks ago) on sunday. felt slow and shaky, and i walked the last 1/4th but... hallelujah.

ran the 10k in 1:04 lots of hills toward the end kept me form coming in under an hour but it was good!

hooray

I wonder how forks is healing/running

ugh had ten days off and didn't get above a walk, feel like such a disgusting slobbage

i did my first run, ran 3 miles on saturday and while it was pretty easy at the time, now its pure OWWWWWWW.

i also did my first 10k yesterday! 53 mins. i was kind of pleasantly surprised.

haha was it the same 10k? TWO ILXORS PASSING EACH OTHER ON THE ROAD

53 mins is damn good! congrats

i did mine in NJ/NY it was the George Washington Bridge challenge.

thankyou. mine was in a stately home in england, so not so much

have just signed up for a half marathon in three months. this may have been a bad idea i think

i kept being all "will i wont i" abt every upcoming 10k/half marathon, and then when i had even half committed to myself i wouldnt run for a while. kinda realised that im not a ~competitive~ runner, i am a zen runner (i breath in life)

Hello I'm joining your dailymile group. So far I've 'ran' 5k twice, around 30mins I think. It was harder doing it alone this morning than with gf at the weekend, but maybe it was just being up really early. Not sure what my aim is, I think it'd be nice just to be able to run 15-20k a week without my knees falling off or something.

I friended you.

2.34 miles yesterday and at a 8 minute pace. Still some pain afterward though, but progressing slowly.

just went for my first run for a month! (thesis-writing took over.) 4k in 20 mins, i.e. similar pace to the 10k I did in May, which is alright I suppose. gonna join that dailymile thing now, think it will be a good motivator to keep up the habit. Really appreciate having ilx as a runners' support group and a place to my record my little achievements!

if you can do 10k in 53mins I wouldn't be too worried about a half marathon

i can do 10k in 62 mins, and i'm p worried about a half marathon tbh.

Really appreciate having ilx as a runners' support group and a place to my record my little achievements!

yeah, it's been great for me too.