ILX running running thread

literally flying! great run jeff!

oh, and thx brio2 :)

if you'd allow me to dork out for a minute, this is what my training since may looked like...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v472/birdnestsoup/training.jpg

~1200 miles in five months, pretty happy with that. that's by far the most consistent i've ever been at running and i think the secret was (1) having a major goal to aim for, and (2) running really slowly most of the time. there's a bit of a blip in july, mostly cos i was trying to up the mileage a bit and throw in some speedwork too and my body just crashed for about 10 days. after that i spent about a month trying to get back to where i was before, so i could have probably saved myself a bunch of time and effort there - pretty sure i know where my limit is now.

damn yo

You're spending A LOT of time on your feet. I can't even imagining making that much time to run. I'd probably have to get a divorce.

Here's mine over the same time period. October has sucked so far, mostly due to travel, I just haven't gotten going this month yet.

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5606/15284208209_f1f3cb7605_o.jpg

it certainly has been a major time-eater - lots of early morings and a few all-day jaunts here and there. my wife has been incredibly supportive it must be said, but luckily we're at the stage where our kids are a bit more self-sufficient and can occupy themselves for a few hours at a time, so that helps a lot. actually quite a few of my long runs have been with the kids tagging along on their bikes. those have been nice trips and my wife's had some time to herself, so probably a win all round. my allotment has been the real loser - it hasn't had a look-in for four months and now looks like a total jungle. expecting to get a letter about that any day now tbh...

consistent trend towards faster average running speed each month there jeff, bodes well for the next marathon i think?

quite a few of my long runs have been with the kids tagging along on their bikes.

― john wahey (NickB), Tuesday, October 7, 2014 3:29 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

aw nice

Hope so. Although I can mostly attribute it to training for a half next month, I've definitely been running faster stuff and not going any longer than 16 miles on my long runs. I expect if I was marathon training, those averages would be higher.

man, half marathons are really good to train for i think. a perfect distance really

aw nice

it's true but sometimes my kids ride really fast and don't understand that their dad just wants to run slow all day and be mellow. sometimes it completely murdered me! then we'd stop for ice cream or whatever and then things would be okay again

lol

I like training for the half, but man am I dreading the actual racing part. I've never been a huge fan of racing anyway, it's just the logical conclusion to my training that I feel I have to follow through on. I get super nervous. The thought of training to maintain a 7:05 pace for 13.1 miles is making me sick to my stomach right now.

I shouldn't worry, I've almost always met or exceeded my own expectations, so I should be OK. And if not, that's fine too. I'm going to PR, but I may not get as close to 1:30-1:32 as I want.

never underestimate the power of running with a bunch of other people to tow you along at a good fast pace without you necessarily noticing! i know what you mean about nerves though. FUCKING NERVES! guh!

oh shit, this weekend is coming round so quickly. previous mild panickiness now grading into fits of bowel-churning terror. weather forecast is okay-ish - light rain showers and max wind of 17mph, but temperatures only go down to +16 celsius, so at least i should avoid overnight hypothermia. good news is i've found a willing victim to join me as a pacer on some (possibly all) of the last leg - my sister's partner, good man. hope he's prepared for some hardcore 30 minute miles

Good luck NickB! I usually get jazzed during races and do better, everyone is so nice. One reason I do them infrequently (aside from them being expensive and not needing that many t-shirts) is I don't want their specialness to go away.

haha, yes - the t-shirts are mostly hideous as well (at least all the ones i've ever had are). sponsors' names all over the place too

I just did the Oxford half marathon on sunday. I was hoping for 1:45 and got 1:40, so that was pleasing. (Previous best was 1:47)

Sweet time! Good to totally blow your previous PR out of the water.

So I'm 17 days from my half and I have an important workout this weekend to gauge if it is even possible to shoot for the goal I've been thinking about. 7 miles easy, then 6 at goal HMP, then 1 easy. HMP is not pleasant, and I've yet to get that "locked-in" feel while running it. If I can't get at least somewhat comfortable with the uncomfortablness for 6 miles, then no way I can do it for 13.1 later.

I have to remember this: http://www.coachcaleb.com/training/tips/daily-coaching-tip-why-race-pace-so-hard-training

great result cajunsunday, that's awesome!

you guys are m/l doing a diff activity than me ur so much better at it

Hardly, it's all relative.

Spectated the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. It's always a spectacle. Awesome to see the elites, but I also make sure I catch the slower people as they finish up. These are people shuffling to complete it in 6 or 7 hours. I was at mile 25 and it basically looks like the walking dead at that point, but most people are still so determined to finish. That was me in 2010 when I ran, well walked, it in 5 hours 40 minutes.

12 hours to go before the start of this thing, uh oh. currently sitting alone in a rubbish budget hotel in reading town centre, eating cold pasta out of a tooth mug with a teaspoon. had a few ciders hoping i'll get some kip but um, I'm not sure it's going to happen. butterflies in my stomach, more like I've got a pair of fucking buzzards flapping around in there. feel like I've got a mega cold starting too, my head feels filthy. nevermind eh? see you on the other side guys!

youre gonna have a great time!

Run fast!!!!

haha thanks! it's not really much of a spectator sport, but if you wanna see the exact moment i expire in the corner of an english field, there's a live timing page here:
http://www.centurionrunning.com/live/2014-winter-100-live/

Just over 4 hours for 25 miles! That's kind of fast, slow down!

shredly

nick r u checking ilx hi

06:27:19 through 37.5?! I bet he's hungry.

I'd like to run an ultra just to eat the buffet at the aid stations.

lol

Keep running Nick! You can do it!

12 hours in, 62.5 miles! I've had months where I haven't run that much.

crazy

crazy cool

Winner done in 15 hours. Way to LOSE NickB!!!

very disappointed in u man nickb

22:24:36! congratulations. You should take a week off now.

wow you ran for almost an entire day straight holy shit i cannot even imagine amazing

ha thank you,i can't believe it either! where the hell did all that time go? feel really fucked up right now, so much pain from the waist down and my brain feels like a melted candle. at home and just about to go to bed forever, but rooting for the last few guys still out there trying to make the 30 hour cut off. can't imagine being still out there and seeing the minties tick by

minutes wtf

just down to the last two. saw them both heading out on thie last leg just as we were getting to the finish, still looked in good spirits iirc

one of them just in, only honda left out there. he did have a pacer with him and the sweeper will be right behind so i reckon he'll do it

if he's not on the last mile he's doomed though. come on hidetoshi!

my man! :)

yay!

felt so bad watching him go out, so pleased for him

WHat's next, 200 miler?

Well done Nick! I can't even get my head around running for 22 hours.