ILX running running thread

haha smartwood. i have a pair of smartwood and a pair of feetures and some cheap nike running socks from dick's. i like the feetures the best but i left them at my parents' house.

So. Did one of those what you might call a Tough Mudder races today. They are not messing around.

Sorry for grammar, but I'm still a bit après-mud

Awesome! I think I would just get injured in one of those.

may i suggest that they are perhaps messing around

I was traveling last week and went running at altitude (up to 800 m above sea level) and on some fairly long hills. My usual routes are flat (with small hills and occasional stairs) and at sea level. Needless to say, I was having a really hard time compared to my usual runs. I definitely need to drop a few kilos if I ever wanted to be serious about running that kind of route. It was a fun experience though.

In a week or so I'll be running at 8000 ft above sea level. I imagine it will be difficult.

oh god yes

Ran my last 20 miler of the training cycle. Went great, took the first 10 easy and did the next 10 at marathon pace. Now I take it easy for 3 weeks.

just curious, what kind of runs are "taking it easy" runs?

9:15 to 9:45 minute miles. No speed work, just keeping a consistent pace that isn't too taxing.

Basically I don't sweat the pace too much and run what is comfortable.

That's every run for me!

It's a good way to run! However, I like bringing the sufferfest sometimes too.

did some sweet trail running up a big hill today, it was v beautiful outside, then a lil plyometrics when i got back

had a really shit run today and am so confused as to why? basically got a stitch about 15 mins in - excepting hungover runs, i haven't got a stitch that early since i first started running regularly! and all the conditions were optimum or normal - empty stomach, hadn't drunk in a few days, had slept well, cool weather but not cold. and yet, a fucking stitch. for no reason.

i hate it when things go wrong and i have no idea why :(

just one of those days, happens to the best of em

next time will be better! :)

Last long run done. I'm so ready for this marathon I can hardly stand it.

lil plyometrics

"the explosive motion by which hunt3r goes to the bar to dump more vodka in his seltzer water w/lime while watching nfl"

so i ran for the first time since last winter. i ran while my 6 y/o rode her bike with me, it was as fun as running can be after a huge layoff.

also, haven't ridden or done anything in 6 weeks since smashing my hand. it's been... a weird layoff from exercise.

have been in a great groove lately. Cooler weather has helped a lot. im back up to 25 mi/wk, hopefully will get to 35 in a month or so. Loving it.

^co-sign. loving autumn. back to running ~three times a week. hoping to increase distance significantly over the next few weeks. then work on my speed.

What happened to your hand Hunt3r??

Did my first half-marathon for a couple of years yesterday. Have only been doing slow runs recently so had no idea how to pace myself, but when I went through the first two miles in less than 12 minutes, I knew I had overcooked it a bit! Ended up with 1.31 which was okay for a fairly undulating course. My hamstrings are don't feel very happy today though, I can hardly walk at all.

not sure how but managed to strain my achilles (i think) & havent run in 2 weeks, almost definitely the longest ive not run in 10 yrs. might be slowly driving me mad

did see a doctorb who just said to ice it & rest and did also prescribe some physical therapy <---anyone have any experience w/ this? i guess i'll do it, im frustrated that it just hasnt improved w/ time

Most things I've read about achilles strains recommend doing eccentric calf raises. Look them up on youtube!

great real names
eccentric calf raises

not that sort of calf u big silly!

it's a portrait of syntactical ambiguity! an exercise in vocabulary development! a head missing a tail! i love it. going to use it as example in class.
sorry this has nothing to do with running.

i have not been running very much, lots of walking and biking. i think it turns out that i only enjoy running in colder temps.

it is good: i have raised my calves eccentrically

I let them sleep in my bed!

LOLOLOLOL

Xp great job on half nickb sounds like you did well fixing your pace.

I broke a few bones in my hand in a bike crash. so they did surgery to put metal bits in, then another to take some of em out, now I'm learning to make a fist again- about 3/4 of the way there. Even running wasn't so great for it as it sorta made my hand swell up.

Ow! Hope it's not too long before you can hold yr bars again. What the heck happened?

i rode into a parked car in a bike lane at about 13 mph while looking at my phone (i could try to polish this turd by explaining circumstances, but no, really, i was THAT stupid). don't know when i can ride for real again, probably another month at least. i've been riding one-handed to the rail station and on errands with kids, but that's it.

Ach, bad luck and a great many curses on cycle lane parkers.

i did 2 sets of the eccentric calf raises last night and it really feels not perfect but a lot better today. the body is kindof amazing to me.

also spoke on the phone to my buddy who is a PT and former athletic trainer who said it prob isnt an achilles strain and marginally freaked me out by knowing too much, asking if my back hurts cuz of how nerves are linked, etc

a guy i started running with back two or three years ago kept it up when i stopped, ran a half marathon in 1.20 over the weekend, ffs

Holy shit you guys are fast.

a guy i started running with back two or three years ago kept it up when i stopped, ran a half marathon in 1.20 over the weekend, ffs

plz tell him to slow down

johnny crunch, i've read a lot of reports from people saying that after two weeks of the calf raises they never had achilles troubles again, so i hope it works for you too! i only know about them cos i've had strange twinges every now and then but they never really turned into anything much

if i could catch him i would, i'm sticking with five a side these days

man, I love playing football but i totally shudder at the thought of the injuries there [/risk-averse old man]

i stick to football with my two boys and their friends but as soon as they're big enough to be able to swing a foot anywhere near my balls then i am definitely quitting that shit

thx nickb -- the PT friend i have, who also runs a lot, did know abt them and thought that and icing could be all i need, whatever it is

sortof suspect it could have been brought on by my playing tennis a lot this summer in addition to running, different kind of impact than running 4 sure

absolutely killed it this morning, 7.5 miles in just over an hour. came from nowhere too, had about 6 pints of beer last night and a mate texted at 0830 asking if i wanted to go for a run, ten mins later i was out the door.

absolutely killed it this morning.

what a great feeling!

so good. i have total post-run euphoria now.

Marathon tooooooooomorrrroooowwww

yeah dawg

good luck jeff! don't know if you get pre-race nerves, but it's always such a relief when the gun finally goes off and you start running the race. that first mile with the crowds and nice fresh legs and everything - BEST THING EVER