ILX running running thread

(kidding!!!!) (hopefully)

That is the more likely scenario.

Seriously though, maybe a fall marathon this year, but more likely a Winter one in 2012. I should also run another half, since my PR was made by walking the last 8 miles of the only one I've run. Can't let that stand.

my marathon and 1/2 PRs i've set in training, i don't bother paying for road races anymore, really-- trails too tempting, more fun, cheaper races, better people, smaller crowds, good food at aid stations etc.

marathon training PR is actually around 4:37 i forget (in actual race 5:10)

half PR 1:58 in training (2:04 in race)

Half training PR - 1:59
Half race PR - 3:10

Lolsob

13.2 mi in the rain. i'm dead tired.

How fast?

133 min, so just over 10min/mile

did 11.5 miles in the same time a month ago, so i'm pleased. gonna need to lose some weight though before i can pick up my speed.

Good progression, lowercase.

thanks big j

any tips on dealing with foot blisters? this run turned some minor issues into bigger ones (all of the side of one foot) and i think that skin may have to come off. should i let it happen naturally or start the process myself? i just want to get back to running asap and not wait it out

this j-J-j-J shit is confusing

oh btw pop & drain yr blisters, don't peel off the skin tho, let it come off naturally. if you drain it should kinda dry up overnight & not be painful to run on while you wait for it to die & fall off

just use a needle, poke a hole in the corner iirc

What about duct tape? Don't you use it?

I'd probably sterilize the needle.

yeah there is no fluid in this one. i assume it's popping in the shoe. but the area of loose skin keeps growing and it starts causing pain after 5mi or so. i guess i will just ride it out.

16 miles today at 9:40 pace. Felt strong, but really feeling it in my legs right now. I wonder if I'll ever be able to nonchalantly run that far and then be able to walk around normally.

I was able to drag my ass out of bed this morning and run the full loop in Central Park. Wow, I am not used to hills. I love flat, flat Chicago.

oh man i love the central park loop! A+ would run again

do you live in NY or Chicago..?

Chicago, I'm in NYC on Bizness.

ahh okay, was gonna say, i'll be there in a few wks probably!

Cool, see if you can beat my time. It took me right at an hour to go 6.2. Exhausting. Makes me think that I should run hills more often for the conditioning.

everyone should run more hills (i love 'em tho)

i am posting the map to my planned 5 miler this afternoon so that i remain accountable, knowing ive said i am going to do it. please make fun of me if i havent done this about 8 hrs later today.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=4384273

Hey ilxor, when you're doing trail runs around Austin, where do you go? I love Town Lake, but it's time to run somewhere else.

my three big running spots:

- Town Lake (i work within 1/4 mile of the trail; head down on weekends for 1-2 ten mile loops)
- Walnut Creek Park (~5 min drive from my home; great 11 mile trail loop, moderately hilly, more so than Town Lake, but not as hilly as...)
- Emma Long Park (this is a couple minutes west of 620 and 2222; hilliest trail in Austin that i've found, main loop is 6 miles, and honestly it's off limits to pedestrians [it's a motocross/mountain biking park] so when i head out there, it's at like 6am or earlier before anyone else hits the park, lest i be "discovered" - anyway, if i do that 6 mile loop 2-3 times, i am WHIPPED)

Thanks! I'll give Walnut Creek park a spin this weekend. 11 miles is the perfect distance.

map here: http://www.austinridgeriders.com/documents/Walnut%20Creek%20Metro%20Park_Kiosk.pdf

for the 11 miler, stay on the yellow trail w/ blue dots. if you're going counter-clockwise overall (as shown by the arrows on the yellow/blue trail) there are signposts at most trail intersections with a blue square/diamond that point in the right direction to keep on that path. probably also good to print the map yr first time out there (i certainly did)

13 miles sunday, 6 miles yesterday, sore today

hahaha, wow, those trails are definitely more complex than town lake. maybe I'll walk around all day first and then try running them. looks like a great park, though.

i'd say i could give you a tour but that sounds kinda creepy ^__________^

I'll take a running tour on the slim chance I ever set foot in Austin again.

whoa buddy do you have something against austin??

Ha, not really. I've only been once, went to SXSW about 8 years ago but haven't had a reason to go back. I liked it, really. I wish I had been a runner them.

btw, great NY Times article this wk on world class ultrarunner turned convict Charlie Engle

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/business/26nocera.html

and his personal blog (still being updated from prison)

http://charlieengle.com

can't stand nocera :/

i'm going to the barkley marathons this weekend, the race Engle wrote about for Runner's World this week:

http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/microsite/article/0,8029,s6-238-511--13905-1-1X2X3-4,00.html

"going to," mind you. i'll be watching, not running.

no way! soooo jealous :/

"running" and "race" are generous words, btw, in reference to a course that makes world-class runners average 25-35 minute miles

why did i decide to go running in 83 deg heat

I'd take that right now. In DC and the weather sucks.

so cold and damp :(

it was ok but i had to stop after 7 mi because i didn't have enough water and i hadn't put on any sunscreen. now i am tan and dehydrated

I'm still going to get out and run tomorrow morning. Nothing fancy, just around all the monuments and things.

Assuming I don't drink too much tonight.

going for a run after one or two beers feels great, but after three it becomes unpleasant.

I did 5 miles immediately after three beers and some charcuterie a couple of weeks ago. Not my best run ever.

Wait, that's exactly what I've eaten tonight. Plus oysters. http://twitpic.com/4f479u

three beers and a run makes me feel like a washing machine, all those suds sloshing around in there.

I thought you were talking about the night before, not immediately before! Running after drinking anything sounds muy sloshy to me.