ILX running running thread

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?

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.

ilxor, do you mind your pace at all on long training runs like these or is it just about getting the miles in?

daerest fb friend:

that is my good. decent hilly running in elysian park, though i've never done that. if you go anywhere near here, check the dodgers schedule because a home game will make this area a total mess for hours.

the silverlake reservoir is a decent, mostly-flat loop that is like 2.2mi? nice view, especially during sunset and a lot of people around.

i run the la river path, usually in a loop from atwater village to burbank. it's long and flat and usually pretty empty on a week day. the river is low though, and it runs along the freeways, so the breathing is not the best.

griffith park is very close too and you can find some great hill runs and climbs there if your knees can handle it. mine can't. very scenic though and you can run over to the hollywood sign and the observatory. the east side faces the 5 freeway though, so the air quality is not awesome.

the running and air are pretty good out by the beach, if you can get out there. i've hiked topanga canyon and really want to run it once my legs heal.

ugh. i really can't type.

* "that is my hood"

I can make it out a little further from downtown if I run on Sunday, and make it to Griffith Park. Otherwise I'll probably just do early early morning in Elysian Park. Or just run down random streets like the damn fool I am.

there is a 1pm game at dodger stadium on sunday, so beware

ilxor, do you mind your pace at all on long training runs like these or is it just about getting the miles in?

all about the miles, no pace watching whatsoever. slow and steady. i do faster runs here and there, but maybe once a week on a separate 4-5 miler.. never when going long.

oxford 10k in 48min today, v happy - five minutes below the last one i did, and i barely ran all winter. wondering if i could drop below 40 by the end of the summer.

awesome!

i finally used my groupon for an athletic store to get new shoes today. now i have to brave the humidity :(

48 is a great time, congrats.

Did a 1 mile run on Saturday. Wanted to go longer but got some knee issues post marathon. Will rest another week. Running marathons are awesome, but having to take recovery time after sucks.

Sammy Wanjiru dead

http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=533569.html

Running marathons are awesome, but having to take recovery time after sucks.

this ^

dude run an ultra, you'll sit on yr ass for a month, drained ;)

that's what i did!

btw— ran 9 yesterday, 6 today, 25 overall this week & going for 11 more early tomorrow morning

As fun as a ultra sounds, the downtime would drive me crazy.