ILX running running thread

~~buying vibrams~~

Interesting. What do you run in currently?

something similar to this:

http://www.moon-boots.com/es/images/l/nike_dart-7-junior_grau-schwarz_gray-black.jpg

cheap nikes, basically. definitely plan to take it easy with the vibrams for a little bit until i get used to them. got these:

http://www.csneaker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/21/VIBRAM-FIVEFINGER-Five-finger-bikila-shoe.jpg

in fact, maybe i will go for a short run right now.

52:03 for a 10K race today, unofficially. Not bad for a race I was supposed to take it easy in.

So hard to take it easy in a race when you're feeling good.

ran my first decent run in the vibrams today -- 6.6mi, 8:50min/mi. first time i've cracked 9min/mi. gonna be sore tomorrow i bet.

I keep forgetting that I'm supposed to run a marathon in a week.

ran 4 miles today, mostly back from injury now i just need to build my fitness back up. summery heat really saps the strength too but my pace was great today and i got some serious endorphin rushes!

Welcome back!

In did two runs while I was in Florida that were horrible. Too hot and I was sick. Had to stop every half mile to catch my breath and blow massive snot rockets.

Marathon in 4 days.

yeah a friend of mine did the berlin half marathon and got hospitalised with dehydration, he collapsed after the finish. kinda scary, he woke up barely knowing his name or where he was etc.

not worried about that really but having began running about last september, heat is a whole new thing for me. mostly it's great as no jacket etc and no snot freezing to my face etc!

good luck with the mara, i had to miss that berlin half cos of doing a play but hope to do my first half marathon this summer instead.

although I think I'm ready for this full, I'm excited to try and run another half. I think that's a distance I can really attack as opposed to just trying to survive.

hey, so does anyone know how to get pee smell out of running shoes? it appears that one of the many puddles i splashed through was not 100% rainwater :-/

what i've tried so far: soap, bleach

haven't sent them through the washer, but i'm afraid it won't do anything

still steady joggin btw -- 3x a week, like clockwork. feeling pretty slow lately, but also VERY TIRED.

Stuffits maybe? http://www.stuffitts.com/

I use them to dry my shoes out. Makes them smell like cedar.

a quick sniff test indicates that it's on the exterior of the shoe -- would this still help?

Not sure, but the only thing I can think of.

Other options:

1. Don't smell your shoes.
2. Buy new shoes.

i know, i'm disgusting. maybe it's time for new shoes anyway. they're almost 2 years old.

got nike frees

ow ow ow

do you all think about your gait much, or are there any good online resources about this? i've kinda changed mine to try and avoid injury, worked my stride into what i reckon is a more balanced one that puts less pressure on my ankles, and it seems to be working. but like...is it a golf swing kind of thing that you can work on a lot?

A lot. I'll post more later when I'm not on my phone.

Thinking about gait/mechanics is how I pass the time on runs tbh

^so otm

that is all i think about for the first two hours and then after that, just wondering about food or water. i've actually had a hard time later. switched to vibrams at the same time that i went on antibiotics and the weather got incredibly hot, so i have been dying later. really not enjoying running, which is a shame.

Marathon morning!

Goooooooooo Jeff!

Good luck!!!

4:30ish. About and hour and 10 mins faster than my first marathon. These things are hard.

nice!

awesome. congrats, dude.

That's brilliant work. Well done!

dude fucking awesome congrats!!! i gotta get running a lot more than i'm doing currently, i've got a few 60k races in my sights for fall O_O

Thanks all. It was a pretty good race. I was on 4:22 pace, but then mile 22 happened. Oof. I don't know if I will do another one anytime soon. I say that now, but at the back of your mind you always think you can go faster.

My recovery time for this race is going to be so much better. After Chicago, I couldn't run for a month.

Yeah, recovery speeds up a lot once you've run a few. The first time I couldn't run at all for a week, after the last one I did I was out jogging the next day.

I'm still not going to run for a week, just to be safe, but I am going to go to the gym today for some gentle spinning.

I need to come up with a short training plan, I have a 10 mile race in 3 weeks. This is actually the race that injured me last year and started my 10+ months of ITBS hell.

Who is running? Please tell me about it, I want to live vicariously through you for the next week. I'm not getting back out there until Saturday at the earliest.

every time i run the pollen makes me choke :(

i can't run :(

what happen?

lazy doctor gave me meds that have nausea, shortness of breath and tendonitis as side effects. managed to deal with running through the first two issues, but for the past week, my legs are in complete pain. i wake up in the middle of the night and my legs are throbbing. going off the meds and seeing a new doctor, but i'm really bummed. i had saved the next two weeks for some big runs and i don't think that is going to happen.

I just put my Gatorade G2 in the freezer so it will still be cold when I finish this afternoon's run. By six when I head out, it should be overcast with stifling humidity, about 88-90 degrees. Going to attempt five miles at a 10-minute pace. Will probably lose about four pounds just from sweating.

tbh i have not been satisfied with most of the running i've done since i moved here. i know i need to suck it up but i just hate this environment! that one great day at great falls a few months ago was probably the best i've done, but nothing like how i felt on the other coast :(

just ran 4.3 miles in about 45 mins, with a stop to do some stretches. felt great after a really ott weekend of partying.

Training for a trail half-marathon on June 5. Having been doing a weekly 10-miler mixed with 3-4 mile runs in between for past month or so. Will do a full 13 next week then take it easy until race day. Shooting for 8:20 pace on race day finishing in one piece is a bigger priority. Heel spur is painful but icing it every night helps alot. Pollen in DC is almost more bothersome - snot rockets galore!

Any one else on Athlinks? Be my friend: http://www.athlinks.com/racer.aspx?rid=58335612

new doc confirmed that the antibiotics were misprescribed and i am off them. legs feel much better, but i am still going to wait a little bit before i head back out. maybe still time for a 20+ next week??

setting myself the target of a 40 minute 10k

~gulp~

there's always time for a 20+ any week. so much fun. i have 10 weeks to go until 60k race series starts. gonna do runs of 24, 24, 26, 26 the next eight weeks (every two weeks = long). and then kick some ass on 60k races.

setting myself the target of a 40 minute 10k

running a 10k in central park on saturday. im trying for 50 minutes

I need to get back to bettering my time in these short distances.

Hey lowercase jeff, I'm going to be in LA sunday through Tuesday. Where can I run? Looks like I'll be a couple miles from Elysian park. Good place to run?