ILX running running thread

Seems too hilly for me. Hell, even a 5% grade kills me.

3 more pain free miles today. Still my fitness is lacking. That's fine though, it will come back eventually.

I love hills. That looks like a great race!

Ran 20 yesterday. Three weeks 'til my fourth marathon, and my wife's first.

So I was talking to my little sister yesterday and she was trying to talk me into doing the Ridgeway 85 mile race with her. In eight weeks time. And I haven't done any serious rnning since I got injured in March. And when I have been for a jog, it's like I'm trying to run with a wooden leg - my calf and hamstring just feel numb and dead. And given that this year has just been a miserable failure for me as far as running achievements go, I'm actually sort of curious about entering anyway, just to see what happens. Will I die?

PS I did some training today, just in case! 2.9 miles to work, 4.2 miles home! Woohoo!

it will be a beautiful death

a death a man would be glad to wish for in his quiet moments before sleep

That 85 miler sounds incredible (I've read a bit about it before). Take the pace easy!

Will probably end up doing it on a bike tbh, my sister really just wants some help with the night time navigation. And some company too - goes through lots of spooky places Uffington Castle, Wayland's Smithy, Didcot...

Four miles this morning. No itb pain. Am I back? Starting to feel like it. 25 days until my half marathon and I feel like I'll be able to run/walk it. I hope.

sounds like you're on track dude kiu

yes, positive things @ u

7 miles today. Slow as hell, but made it 7 miles. I'm back on track.

Good man!

Quick 4 miles, 12 tomorrow. Marathon in two weeks. The taper begins...

http://corbinmaxey.com/Portals/44/Blog/Tapir.jpg

gree hee hee

TS: taper vs. tapir?

That guy's definitely a taper, I've seen him down the front with his minidisc at loads of gigs.

aw, <3 tapir

ran about 5 blocks today

Unbelievable.

lol was so exasperated earlier catching up on the reactions to the world cup final I went for a 5 mile run to clear my head and batted it out the park in 36:16; I need to get angry more before I run : )

my new running buddy f'd up his knee :(

12 miler on Sunday was interrupted by the CUTEST STRAY/LOST/ABANDONED DOG EVER who is now happily living it up at our place while we look for his owners (assuming they want to be found...):

http://austin.craigslist.org/laf/1836974914.html

omg <3 I'll take it off your hands how much p&p?

Depends how the vet bill this afternoon shapes up. ;-)

3 miler this morning, I had some itb pain return in my left leg. I'm going to step it back and do run/walks. Definitely on my weekend long runs, and maybe even during the week. I just need to hide the pace readout on my garmin. Would just depress me to look at it.

just did 10 to where the sky becomes the sea ~it was magical~

ACADIA

(that was a guess)

lol jus halifax but the fog and the ocean was quite otherworldly this evening

well u r in canada

i mean i know u know where i am, facebook psychic

i don't ~do~ facebook

sure sure good guess

5 miles tonight. the air was so fucking thick and hot i about died

Thinking about buying one of those GPS watches that have the heart rate monitor on them, as what I've read suggests that running is most effective when you know your heart rate. Anybody tried these before?

Incredible photo from this week's Badwater Ultramarathon (which I believe starts in Death Valley and culminates 135 miles later at Mount Whitney) that pretty much speaks for itself. WOW...

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs200.snc4/38314_451520487316_340040187316_6503828_2730281_n.jpg

Ouch, mad scope for blisters there.

Jeff, I'm rooting for you and yr itb btw. My wife has similar issues and it was incredibly frustrating for her.

took 9 days off from running (id only been doing it for 4 weeks or so), and returned to it tonight for a short 3.5 mi. wow, i felt great. my legs/knees didn't hurt, i felt refreshed. after my alpine century ride on Sunday, i'll be running focused until imogene in Sept.

btw, school of seven bells' new album is dead perfect for running on the track

Woke up at 5 am to get an 8 miler in today. Exhausted. Whole body ache after that one, but no specific ITB pain.

up at 5:30 to do 4 mi. Supposed to be 100 deg today, but nice and cool this morning.

I've been encompassed by aches and pains. I'm keeping the ITB in check, but my abs and groin have been bothering me the most. This is from playing tennis a MONTH ago. But it's the one thing that's holding me up from really kicking it out there. Talked to the doc today, he said I could either rest for several weeks, or keep running and just let it heal slower. I chose the latter.

Half marathon on 8/1. Should be interesting.

started up running again, did 1 mile today. felt okay afterwards. hope to go up to 2 miles by next week.

$12 running shoes from wal-mart are really heavy, hah.

jeff, sorry to hear about this stuff. i wont give you any advice other than "focus on your total wellness."

ha got through the century w/ no lasting damage, back to running tonight!

So sad that this is becoming the thread of injury and woe. I'm not running again either, calf went pop once more last week, so another two weeks off for me. Gah!

Not injured, but can recommend not trying to run 4 miles at 9pm without eating anything all day. Ran out of gas after 1.5 miles.