ILX running running thread

h8 being out of the groove

out of the groove as well and it kind of sucks but am taking it easy after a half-marathon ~ 3 wks ago. Kids are out of school for the summer so I basically have to wake at 6 to run these days and I am very, very bad at that. Signed up for another half in September so will get back on the horse over next couple of weeks.

first 10k i did this year a couple months ago, after spending the winter not running and taking up smoking again, i dropped from 54 minutes to 48 minutes. after spending the intervening two months training regularly and going to a fucking gym for the first time in my life, yesterday's run i dropped from 48 to 47. bahhhhh

I ran an informal training 10K yesterday in 50:26, which was a like a minute and a half faster than I've ever run one in a race. Nice when you can actually see the improvements. I'm getting better of running in my discomfort zone, the pace that I can uncomfortably hold for a sustained amount of time.

set out to run 9 miles today, did maybe 6.5

i lived in my neighborhood over a yr and i still can (and did) get lost like 2 streets away from my house. 1st thing i finally found that i recognized was cuz of too much time on ilx reasons of noticing it once (collier st.) and knowing where it came out

Running in Hong Kong has been challenging. With mountains, poor air quality, and soul soaking humidity, my pace has suffered greatly. Great views though.

Who's running?

ive been running around this lake a bunch, then i jump in, p dope tbqh

I've been running again over the past couple of months after a long layoff. I abandoned my old route completely (now I run south instead of north), at least for the time being. I still feel pretty good about my running, I was surprised at how quickly I re-adapted to the whole psychology of it, I don't know how to explain it but if you've recently taken time off from running for whatever reason then maybe it makes sense to you. I tweaked my knee again (just like the old days) and have been dealing with that over the past couple of runs.

Just walked in the door from a 6.5 mile run on a steamy DC morning. First time I've done more than 4 in the past month - starting to ramp up again for another half- marathon at end of Sept. Felt pretty good, even in the heat.

you are a better man than i. living in the dc area has really zapped my will to run out of doors for the months of may-august.

Yes I am much more careful about over-doing it in the bad heat. Just a few years ago it didn't bother me at all. But I knew a dude who keeled over from a heat stroke in the middle of a half-marathon a couple years back. It was only like 85 that day and he was in p good shape. Can't help but think of that when I go out in 90+ heat.

I've been running great, no pains. However today I was going to run a practice half marathon, but ended up puking twice in the first 4 miles. I'm going to guess I'm still jet lagged or got sick coming back from Hong Kong. Regardless, it sucked and I'm bummed I didn't get to test how fast I could run a half. I've got the real thing coming up in two weeks.

i never thought i'd ever click the running running thread, but today i went for a "run" for the first time in 12 years! i'm a stat nerd with about everything i do, so i started off by just running a mile to establish a baseline (7:45, not as bad as i thought i'd do). then it started pouring rain and i got the fuck out of there. but i think i'll try to keep this up, with the goal of being able to run 4 miles or so at a decent pace.

Welcome to your new addiction. Stats are basically the only reason I got into running. I hate running, but I do love a good data set.

I hate running

wwwhaaat!?

anyway, a very positive side effect of my running is that my psoriasis has almost completely disappeared and i think this is the number one factor. psoriasis is basically your body making too much skin and, i think, since i've given my body so much more to do than i have in recent years then that's being kept in check. it's only my theory/rationalisation but i think i'm right.

so, i tried to find this in the thread above, but there are about 90K posts so...

does anyone know of a good calculator/tool that can recommend goals for distance and/or time? For example, you could enter in your time for a 3 mile run, and it would provide escalating goals for improving that time, or for running farther at the same pace?

i know i could go old school and just come up with the goals myself, but for some reason computer-generated goals are more inspiring to me

This is quite good (scroll down to the calculator, it's free, no need to click "Buy DVD" or w/e)

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm

thank you!

It assumes the "best time" you enter is a race at 100% effort, so the pace it recommends for the majority of your runs is going to be much slower than that.

Also, the equivalent race performances assume you've adjusted your training for the new distance. So if you can run 3 miles in 24 minutes, you ought to be able to run a half-marathon in 1:55 - but obviously you'll have to do longer runs.

I've yet to live up to mcmillans expectations of me.

Yeah, his extrapolations over longer distances are a bit optimistic. The implication he's going for is probably that you need to purchase his online coaching to reach your full potential, which is BS. But it's still a decent calculator I think.

went on a run today on a track near my house, and this is what the app I was using (Fitnio, basically the first cheap running app I found on the the iPhone app store) showed as my route.

http://i55.tinypic.com/25tuh04.jpgI don't remember losing my mind and running into the street, and then cutting across the baseball field on the following lap, although I suppose it's possible.

Does anyone have any suggestions for an app that's useful on outdoor tracks? Nike+? Something that uses a sensor on the shoe? An old-fashioned stopwatch?

Not an app, but http://gmap-pedometer.com/ is an awesome site. To test the accuracy I zoomed all the way in on the (standard 400m) running track in my neighborhood, and it measured it as 401.6m, which is good enough for most anyone I should think.

lol zs

Yeah Gmap Pedometer is crucial - without it I'd be planning my long runs with an Ordnance Survey map and a piece of string.

ugh after a couple weeks off i am apparently down to 8 and a half minutes per mile, this is basically walking

That's relative.

On Martha's Vineyard yesterday, perfect conditions: 70 degrees, fog and drizzle. Did 5 miles in abt 7:45 per. That's about as fast as I get.

so jel

tho i guess ive been running around vermont, p nice too

MVY is a zoo this time of year. Running on the main roads is like playing dodgeball if the balls were chevy suburbans piloted by Massachussetsians. Going out again at 7 this morn to avoid congestion.

Vermont sounds great right now.

Thinking of the Miami Marathon.

That sounds hot and steamy

It's in January, so hopefully not too hot and steamy.

Chicago Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon yesterday in 1:55:12. Really didn't know how I was going to do since I hadn't run that distance since the Wisconsin marathon. This was only my second half marathon. I ran the same race last year and ended up re-aggravating my injury causing me to walk over half of it finishing in 3:10.

Content with the results. I know I can do better because I felt good the whole run and didn't feel like I was pushing it too much. With consistent training and not being injured I think I can get down to around 1:45.

ran 7 miles on saturday for the first time in weeks. it was slower than it used to be, but it went well. no struggle. post-run, immediately went to do some shrooms and the body high was really something. reminded me how sore i am normally. easier to ignore while sober.

i have nothing to do today and i want to do as long a run as possible. just waiting for the day to cool down....

well done upper case jeff and lower case jeff

i really should get around to signing up for the oxford half marathon

ran 7 miles on saturday for the first time in weeks. it was slower than it used to be, but it went well. no struggle. post-run, immediately went to do some shrooms and the body high was really something

wau that's some kinda post run routine you got going there

Do you take those in a recovery drink? Add protein?

Hmm Oxford half marathon...maybe I should run that. At the moment I'm desperately trying to go from 0% fit to 90% fit in time to run the Dublin Marathon at the end of October.

The shrooms thing reminds me of a friend who used to like running while stoned. Can't imagine it! I keep such anal tabs on my own real state.

Did 9 miles today in about i hr 10. was nice, but was very reliant on music for motivation. wu tang.

yeah i should've mixed them in my shake. missed opportunity.

ran a slow 10 today. went ok, but it was just too damn hot.

i ran today after a week off for vacation. for the first half mile, i had a pretty decent amount of pain on the insides of both knees. then it went away. anyone have any ideas of what that was?

that is probably a really, really stupid question, but when i mentioned it after our run my gf said that something similar happened to her once and never popped up again. so hoping others know what i'm talking about.

My knee pains are random and often pop up after inactivity and don't last so hopefully same for you. My foot pain, sadly, is chronic but I can deal.

Did 4 slow miles this morn on an off day and felt v sluggish. Maybe my bones were feeling the earthquake coming?? Half-marathon in 3 weeks.

Yeah I'm back in the game too. Ran 6 miles on Saturday and had no pain. Ran a v cautious and slow 4 miles on Monday. Easing back into
it. Hopefully that's me done with injury.

one of my heels is numb. i'm not into it.

11 miles last night. Went over 600 miles on my Newtons. They've held up well. At that mileage, they've only cost me 29 cents a mile.

12 slow, flat, muggy miles in super-humid DC this morning. My feet hurt but last night I was talking to dude across the alley and learned he makes custom orthotics out of his basement. I get to make my own!