ILX running running thread

Congratulations on your successful marathon, ilxor!

^^^^ ditto! W00t!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/42737720

longer trail run, starts with 1500ft of climbing at 5-12% climbing. pretty hot day, but trails have a bit of tree cover in places. so cool to be running in the hills near town, but really ran into very few people. maybe folks went to the mountains, idk. anyway had one memorable long traverse/descent with killer views of town and glades of flowers and groves of pines w/ ferns-- and no people.

the very loose, babyhead-filled singletrack descent was the hardest/scariest thing ive done to my legs since i bet someone i could tele drunken frenchmen in one take. (i didnt even come close to making frenchman, but i did run the whole way down today).

wondering if i'll be able to walk well tomorrow.

Massive half Mary fail today. At least I finished!

finishing is all you need to justify some big drinks imo, good work!

yeah jeff, thats hardcore. did your knee break down, or were you just not ready yet?

Yeah waht up Jeff?

Full race report NOW.

yeah not up with the concept of 'fail' and 'finished' together tbh.

signed up for nother 1/2 mara in sep, and a few 5/10 miles in btwn to keep me honest. have't been doing much since tbh

I beat Al Roker. That's all you need to know. If I had I would have just put rocks in my pocket and walked into Lake Michigan.

If I had NOT.

i've been running 5k every other day (on average) for the last three months after not running with any regularity whatsoever since cross country in high school, ten years ago. i love it, and i'm kind of shocked at how easy it was to get back into it (though i couldn't have ever said i was actually "into it" back then). next week i'm flying to san francisco for my sister's wedding, and on the morning of, we've both got plans to run with my uncle, who back in '96 got a little write-up in sports illustrated for being the first person to run 50 marathons in 50 states before age 50. somewhat of an extended family celebrity, he still runs marathons constantly, in fact he flew out to run with my sister for her first marathon last year. so i'm pretty stoked about this opportunity to run with greatness! hopefully it won't be hot as ass.

so im taking suggestions on the delicate subject of chafed nipple avoidance. after 1500ft of vertical and 3 miles of running my singlet was soaked and chafing me. i felt i had no option but to run shirtless or suffer some dire shit. it was 90 deg+ and ppl were scarce so it wasnt too bad, but what do you do to avoid this? carry a dry shirt? does body glide work for this?

Duct tape.

That, or you can buy these (*cough* overpriced...) protectors:

http://www.runningwarehouse.com/descpage-PRONIP.html

plasters

Advanced liquid technology protects against chaffing and abrasions

hmm. that's ok, i'll just bleed over here. :)

Hey Jeff, well done! From your previous posts it looked like you had a tough day ahead of you.

Re nipple chafage: I've only had this when wearing cotton t-shirts, it never happens to me with "technical" fibres or whatever they're called.

hunter sorry if this is too obvious to even mention but what is your top made of? because if it's, like, cotton, change that shit

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excellent point actually. i only wear tech gear on top, and in this case i was actually wearing a superlight brooks running singlet. i think the fact that it was completely soaked and sticking to me contributed-

oh good god. O_O

I use body glide + tech shirt, and it works well, at least with distances up to about seven miles or so. It's more of a problem in winter for me than summer.

Water proof bandaids. I get the chaffing no matter what I wear and on any distance over 3 miles.

bad news: i haven't been running much because i can no longer stand the hot weather
good news: the academic year has officially begun and i can feel the stress beginning to mount, which makes me want to run like a bandit.

i have never experienced chafing so i don't really know what to say about that.

It's more of a problem in winter for me than summer.

Trust me, the 100+ degree Texas heat is no kinder and/or more manageable.

u guys should wear sports bras like us

that's not really very funny to those of us still trying to shift the man-boobage tbh :(

ha, not really sure which would be less dignified, a bro or nipshields. otoh, by fitness fascist standards i have a little natural gyno even at 10% body fat, so other than plastic surgery, i just have to deal.

a bro = a male bra?

a la seinfeld

Trust me, the 100+ degree Texas heat is no kinder and/or more manageable.

I run at Town Lake! I don't know why it's only a problem for me in winter. Dry skin, I guess.

hardest run ive ever done, i think- 12 miles, 3000 ft of climbing at about 10%. beautiful views, but really hard to appreciate. took forever. preparing to ice hell out of knees.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43712978

i can't believe you max out at 160bpm running grades like that. i hit 190 running over bridges!

i tried hard to keep it under control. no walking, but obv- it was only a notch above powerhiking in some places.

max hr's are weird. when im fairly conditioned, 165 or so is it. i did 400m sprint repeats the other day and i couldnt get over 162 iirc. when im out of shape though? i can probly hit 175.

I hit 200 when I'm sprinting! Running at an easy pace, like slow enough to chat with somebody while I run, I end up around 175bpm. I'll be interested to see if it drops a bit when the temperature goes down below 90.

did 5mi yesterday then swam across a lake, pretty fn sweet

man I have fallen off the wagon into not running again. just don't think I am the type of person who enjoys running (as someone who participated on his school's x-country team)

i have fallen off the run wagon too but have signed up for another half mara in early september so need to get back to it old school

an easy pace, like slow enough to chat with somebody while I run, I end up around 175bpm.

this is crazy talk, wow. for me that's 135.

took a week off myself
legs feel good though and i'll be ready to hit it tonight

'week' off. hmmph. i'm about a month off so far.

tho i've been footballing twice a week so hopefully not fully back to where i started

After my half marathon debacle, ran 6.5 on Saturday. Im desperately trying to make my long run distance, but I'm having trouble because of it band pain. So i tried 1:1 min run walk. Was supposed to go 12 but started to feel a twinge and shut it down immediately. Resuming regular training today.

Not sure how my next long runs are going to go. I've got 14 scheduled for next Saturday.

Marathon is 2 months away....7&;$:@(&:

while my legs ankles and feet feel pretty good despite some serious downhill singltrack, i learned that foam slides are a bad call for my fatigued feet. i was doing some shopping yesterday after the run, and my arches in front of my heel began to ache and ache. once i put normal shoes back on, everything was a-ok, and no real problem today.

knee bands

Orthopedists say the bands do appear to help relieve pain temporarily but they don't solve the underlying problems.

So, what's the point then?

it allows you to continue running, get to the start line, achieve your racing objective, and get a head start on a knee replacement?

i mean, thats why i used it, but i also got tendonitis in my foot, and they didnt have a strap for that. i did try taping the fuck out of it for a week, but the pain was still horrendous, so i gave up.

I've enjoyed running in the heat this week. I've been doing a 1:1 run walk ratio to try and avoid itb pain, and it's working out pretty well. Still feels stupid though. I should be running outright. Scheduled for a 14 miler this weekend. That's definitely beyond the threshold in which my itb starts hurting. Probably won't make it the whole way.

Ran 7 yesterday. I have a 30k (18.6 miles) on Saturday, thinking about jumping up to the 60k (37.2 miles), though. Would definitely be more challenging. 30k is a guaranteed finish, 60k is a long shot but obv. the greater challenge.

Obviously anything less than 60k would be a failure. Go for it.