ILX running running thread

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!

If you can put 600 miles on a pair of Newtons then I'm springing for a pair.

Basically at this point I've built a base of 30 mile weeks. Which is right where I want to be when I start my fake marathon training at the end of September. I want to execute a full plan, but maybe not run an actual race. Or just run 26.2 all on my own.

how you all getting on? i'm feeling v good again running-wise, been mad cautious, just doing 4 miles every second or third day but no pain at all really so far.

do any of you do other sports on your day in between runs? if so, what? also...anyone do weights much, i looked for a thread but there isn't one. is that worthwhile? i feel like i'd like to add a another fitness hobby into my life.

I'm going good. I had to take a week and a half off to rest my calf, so I'm building back up to my base mileage. Still no races on the horizon.

I don't play any other sports regularly. I wish I had a tennis partner and courts that weren't hard to procure, I'd play weekly.

I don't like to lift anything heavy.

The two jeffs thing is kind of confusing, eh?

I was here first.

been doing like 7-9 miles runs a couple times a week, like to get more in but been p busy

i have trapped/pinched sciatic nerve is my back and hip and so i can't run at that moment (i can barely walk some days). it's driving me crazy, i can feel myself getting more unfit by the day and (more crucially) i don't have running as a stress relief/mood enhancer, which it has been invaluable as this past year, so things are really getting on top of me. damn vicious cycle.

I thank my lucky stars for no such major injury - would really bum me out. Just doing 4 or 5 miles or so every other day. Not particularly training for anything, just having fun out there.

Hey LocalGarda if you have access to a pool you got to try swimming. It's a great complement to running and is v low impact. Plus you can get a little buff! I very much miss living down the block from a year-round pool. Only problem was I would get super sleepy after a pool workout, to the point where I would abs have to take a nap.

LG, if you can find a class then Pilates is also a great complimentary excercise to running. If i had kept mine up i don't think i'd be having these back problems now. It has quite amazing results to posture and core strength even after 2 or 3 classes.

Been getting in around 20 miles . Doing light lifting on days off, a lot of ab/core work too which I feel really helps with the running.

20 miles a week that is

ab/core work is also what pilates is great for. it's also perfect if you work at a computer screen all day and feel the effects of that in your back and shoulders. so running + working on a computer all day LG, pilates is what you need!