ILX running running thread

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Did a half-marathon in 1:32 on Sunday and was all "Damn bro, you bad" then got an email a couple hours later, confirming what the ol' satellite watch had been trying to tell me during the race: they left an entire mile out of the course. Maybe not so bad after all.

Still felt very good!

hah!

still fast tho

once you pass someone never let them repass otherwise ur pussy

otm

it's kinda awkward when you're running at a slightly faster pace than someone ahead of you but only slightly so it takes you ages to overtake unless you speed up

h8 getting overtaken even though i know it's dumb b/c who knows how far the other person has run vis-à-vis you. also h8 coming to a halt if anyone else is around.

i try to avoid gnarly runs but winter sunsets can sneak up on you - couple of weeks ago i left the house wearing prescription shades to run, as i always do. midway through the sun sets and i have to run 6k back home still wearing shades in the dark. along a canal. i didn't fall in or anything but still :(

lag∞n is ice crÆm?

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lag∞n = icey ה/ע

14 miles today. That sort of came out of nowhere.

did a similar run to the one from a couple days ago except i took a left after ~3mi instead of a right then climbed a simliar sized hill but it was steeper this time mapmyrun says 600 feet of vert in abt a mile, at the top it was some miles of similarly steep rolling hills then a v steep descent, p brutal overall, tho more beautiful more backwoodsy less cars almost zero cars really, and the conditions as far as weather and light were superior this time, the other run i feel like is better balanced tho

How's it going out there?

Last winter I was such a trooper, going out there in the snow and ice and wind; this winter I've been a bit sluggier and either going to the gym or not going at all. But the weather seems to be on a steady upswing toward perfect (50 and overcast) and I went out yesterday AND IT WAS GREAT.

Looking forward to more running in the near future. (Also I have been derailed by a few notable clumsy events that led to bruises, aches, and pains -- none of them were related to running, though)

I've been going to running club (a gay running club, of all things) and that's been keeping me going but it's pretty much all the running i've been doing. i need to step it up. looking forward to the light nights coming in.

Ran a very disappointing 5K two weeks ago, it was like 2 minutes slower than my PR.

Basically everything is broken on me right now. I have some new orthotics coming in next week, so I hope they help.

Mild winter here in DC = lots of running. Did 12 warm, sunny, springlike miles today and it was great. Looking for a marathon.

You probably missed out on MCM. It sold out in like 5 seconds.

Actually, it was sold out in 2 hours 41 minutes.

That's fast, it took Chicago 6 days to sell out this year.

Yeah I was in the middle of my run this afternoon and it dawned in me that I was missing the sign-up. Would kinda rather do a smaller race anyway. MCM seems like a mobscene.

I've done a 700 ppl marathon and a 38,000 people one. I'd probably like somewhere in the middle.

well, i'm a lot lazier than most of you, but i finally managed to get off my ass and run today! i also got some new shoes this evening, so hopefully i should be able to avoid the ankle injury that ended my short-lived running season last fall.

does anyone use runkeeper? if so, let me know and maybe we can be on a "team"? (basically that just means everyone can see each other's routes/times, etc. works for walking/biking and other kinds of exercise too, not just running)

a couple of us signed up for daily mile a bit ago, but I don't know if anyone is still updating it

my daily mile was sick for like a month

I'm still an active dailymile member.

Even though I haven't logged a workout recently.

i havent used my satellite watch in forever

need to train for something intense

have been really diligent lately! got some serious ground to make up, though. the medium route felt looooooooong today and i got a stitch in my side.

after running only 3 times, my heel pain is back. :-/

this never happened to me when i was younger, ever, and i even went out and bought really nice shoes for this year. ach.

r u a heel striker

Went for my first run in a month on Sunday. Starting to think that I'm about finished with running. Need to find a substitute physical activity.

damn

i refuse to believe that's possible

I am running all the time at the moment. All the damn time.

RE: heel pain, I've had great luck with switching to minimalist shoes that are supposed to shift your foot strike from heel to mid-foot. Mine are Brooks Pure Flows, but I'm sure there are other options. Combined with Smart Feet insoles. Have been steadily increasing mileage while pain has been steadily decreasing.

I'm a little irritated because I even got my stride "examined" at CitySports (they were supposed to do some sort of video/computer analysis, but in reality the guy was just like "walk over there...ok, now walk back...ok, you need Stability shoes") to avoid this kind of problem.

i am thinking of doing a 5k race on 6/24 and there is an option to pay $25 extra so you can do the 8-week group training thing, which is once a week on a hs track for an hour. is that gonna be cool or lame? might be helpful but i am shy

Starting to get back into running again. I ran three times in the past week, somehow I'm not sore at all, I must be running "safer" this time around or something (long term muscle memory?)

I need new clothes + shoes like yesterday.

Did a 5K today after 10 days without running a step due to a suspected stress fracture. Got to the finish line but could barely walk afterward. Still suspect I have a stress fracture.

Health keeps breaking my routine but I ran 5 miles this morning, felt in great shape and the only real battle was against nipple-chafe cos the hot weather had me wearing diff clothes. Might actually buy those little rubber guards.

Get them soon before Cameron's tax on pasties comes into effect.

i am thinking of doing a 5k race on 6/24 and there is an option to pay $25 extra so you can do the 8-week group training thing, which is once a week on a hs track for an hour. is that gonna be cool or lame? might be helpful but i am shy

I think it would be good! Things like that are great if you need a little more motivation to run or if you want to hook up with other people to run with or if you want to push yourself just a little bit harder (this kind of happens without you necessarily realising it at the time tbh) or just for a change of scene. Would guess it would be a whole range of different abilities too.

So this time last year I though it would be a good idea to enter the Brighton marathon figuring that I would have plenty of time to get over the niggling injury I had and get myself fit ...and now all of a sudden it's in two days time and I've only done about about ten weeks of running. Don't actually feel in that bad shape and pretty sure I'll get round but there are some seriously jangly nerves going on here right now.

just take is easy youll be fine, ten weeks is not that bad

Seriously, as long as you don't feel hurt, you'll finish fine.

Only 177 days to the Chicago Marathon. Still only doing about 6 miles a week.

it's cool since u have 177 days

just take is easy youll be fine

Yeah, my race tactic is to take it easy and just jog around annoying people by KIP and chatting to them a lot.

haha yes