ILX running running thread

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.

moved to a street called ridge road so it basically falls off steeply in every direction (tho there is a deec ~4 mile loop just staying on it, sorta) and there are p. good trails down below.

it is v. rough 2 climb back up at the end of my run & my legs feel like jelly...plus im usu running early evening and there is inevitably someone bbq'ing in their backyard rt around there and it smells so amazing it just makes me angry while im wheezing and trying not to fall over

sorta surprised at how much slower i am after not running for years. theres a track a couple blocks from my house, so i ran there. the garmin watchband for my edge arrived. its sorta clumsy, but it works:

Time: 00:29:55
Distance: 3.21 mi

Moving Time: 00:29:48
Avg Moving Speed: 6.5 mph
Max Speed: 10.2 mph
Avg Moving Pace: 09:17 min/mi
Best Pace: 05:54 min/mi

looks pretty good 2 me. what garmin device is this? my nike+ thingy is effed up, might just need to recalibrate my stride but might just scrap it

its the cycling one, the edge 500. you can buy the wristband quickrelease kit from the forerunner 310xt to adapt. no footpod on the edge 500, tho i think the forerunners have one? anyway, i just slap it on the wrist or bike, put on the hr strap if im into that, and go. very easy. it measured every track lap at exactly .25 miles, so at least its consistent.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/37042561

lol my browser crashed tryna open the buy link there 2 look at it..i am on an ancient IE here at work so that may be it..thanks for the info

the link just shows my running workout on garminconnect site. you can upload your workouts there, rather than to a desktop app if you want. its actually a pretty weak site, but i think they'll improve it over time. the google earth integration is pretty fun for looking at mountain bike rides tho.

yea that all looks pretty sweet tbh. there was a link near the bottom for the edge 500

running stoned?

took about ten days off, went out for a veery slow 5k tonight, just felt good to be back out there

Legs have been pretty sore today, was planning on going out again in the morning but not really sure if I can cope with it. It's possibly a case of not warming up/down properly when I'm on my own (I've got that runnersworld site bookmarked but it just seems like such a hassle to get the computer on to do some stretching, I need my gf here to make me do the stretches properly atm). Managed to cycle to work and back today with no real tiredness though so maybe I'm imagining the aches. Might try more of a walk but I doubt I'll get up in time for that.

.69 miles today. I was due for a set back. This was it.

on my run today i saw:

• a guy smoking a blunt
• an injured baby bird i wanted to help but couldn't
• a cute-ish white girl driving a donk

what's a donk

like this http://99rides.com/images/thumbs_extra/sm-sema-show-2006-021.jpg

after every run, my legs feel like they have been beaten with rubber hoses. its hard to get stoked for that.

I'd take that over seering knee/itb pain My running mileage the last 3 weeks: 0.0, 3.8, 3.0. Isn't that depressing?

that would be v. frustrating and unpleasant. i hope it gets better for both of us, then.

The frustration continues. I'm 16 weeks away from my marathon and I don't see how I'm going to make it at this point. Started my shortened training program today. Was scheduled for a 3 mile run, but could only make it 1.6 before searing pain set in. It's so annoying because I feel fine for anytime I'm not running and even up to a mile into runs. Then I become a hobbling mess.

:( that sucks.

the weather here is absolutely rocketing, best early summer in years (a decade or more) which is all well and good except that i'm really worried about heat being a huge factor in my 1/2 mara in a fortnight