ILX running running thread

two years of it? eeek! :(

Y'all got any good sock recs? Lets talk socks.

when I worked at a bookstore a ton of my co-workers suffered from PF... it sucks.

Socks? Bought a new pair of shoes last week (eye-opener: try one size above your regular shoesize. omg they feel so comfortable!) and I was given a pair of x-socks when I was trying out shoes. Got the pair with the shoes. Have been using Falke running socks until now, but I'll probably switch to x-socks when the Falkes are worn.

I also got a Garmin Forerunner 220 watch from my gf. Love it, GPS is more accurate than on Runkeeper/iPhone, though it takes a bit too long to pick up the satellite signal when I go for a run...

Days are getting long enough again to run after work. Ran at dusk yesterday, fields full of birds and hares, love this time of year.

Socks. Smartwool all the time.

Hey Jeff, it's March - hope you've recovered and are ready to roll again.

Still on the DL, but looking to run for the first time in a month on Saturday. Basically a little test to see how things are coming along.

I have never even thought about my sock choice, nor noticed a difference?

This is week 9 (of 20) of marathon training and morale is quite low. The notion of doing the weekly long runs on the treadmill has been filling me with a dread I can't adequately describe. I really need winter to fuck off soon.

OK, it got warm enough for my liking so I went for my first outside run today. Man, 2.5 months of treadmill must have really altered my body's concept of running because my speed and stamina went waaay down. Thankfully still have another 2.5 months to correct this...

shredded 10miles @ 9min/mile yesterday felt good man

^^ good work. first warmish weather run today, t-shirt and shorts for the first time this year, albeit through melting snow and slush. felt great!

have had some weird ITB issue for the last month. it's mostly been fine, but on my last few long runs i've been hit by this sudden crippling pain in my left knee after about 2 hours of running. twice i've barely been able to walk more than a few steps further without stopping, and i've had to phone my wife to come and rescue me. weird thing is that the pain goes after an hour or so, and i can run the next day without any issues whatsoever. got a marathon next month, so it's been a bit frustrating. anyhow, i figure it's some sort of muscle imbalance thing, so i've started doing some leg strengthening stuff at home - bought one of those resistance bands etc. time will tell...

this is weird too - they've been using my face on a bunch of publicity stuff for the brighton marathon. would be okay with it if i didn't look quite so knackered in the photo:

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

maybe i'm just stressed cos i'm about to be overtaken by bon iver

Does the pain feel like a knife being stabbed into the side of your knee? If so that's classic ITBS. It sucks.

exactly that pain, and completely impossible to run through it

I had it in 2010, I talk about it many times in this thread. I stiff leg walked 8 miles of a half marathon with it. Not sure what eventually got me over it. That strap seemed to help, but it was probably just the passage of time. Some people with say hip strength something something.

I stiff leg walked 8 miles of a half marathon with it

that is big effort in hindsight. not just battling through the pain, but just plodding on for so long when the sensible thing to do is to just quit, so serious kudos for that.

am doing this hip strengthening exercise where you have to flap yr leg out like a bird? dog? thing. don't know if it's working or not but it isn't making it worse so

sounds similar to something i had a couple of years ago - what was weird is that i'd have to limp home from my run but within an hour or so i couldn't even feel a twinge while walking. and yet it recurred every time i ran. ended up just taking a month or so off running, it hasn't come back since except once, mercifully briefly.

ong so happy, today i didn't have to wear my winter running top or want to die of cold during my run, thought the day would never arrive

yeah it's been a beautiful few days for running here too, shorts weather already

xp back a couple of weeks, I was just wondering if anyone had anyone had any like super incredible socks that they swear by. I feel like all the tight fitting synthetic fiber based socks are basically the same, at least on my 20 - 30 minute jogs

I have a pair of the smartwool and I don't really feel like they are any better - but I know jeff runs a lot farther than me

i like smartwool also feetures. dumb name.

I have Thorlos because, well, that is what they had at the store the day I bought running socks. They work great, although I am probably paying too much. But then I knew that was going to happen when I bought socks at a running store. They have black ones, though, which is nice... goes with my shoes.

i wear cheap cotton socks

bless your cotton socks

I'm not really fussy about socks at all, I just wear whatever I have on my feet at the time.

my feet are super fussy about socks but I've never worked out what the criteria are (can't be too thick, can't be too thin, etc) - basically I find one type of sock that I can run in and keep buying it until it's discontinued, then have a miserable search for another type, and so on

Brighton Marathon today, let's see how well my dodgy leg holds up.

A: It won't

My IT band held up in the end - I am amazed by this! From about halfway onwards I was expecting it to go south at any minute but weirdly I didn't even feel a twinge. I smashed into the wall though: my calves slowly turned to concrete in the second half of the race, and at about 22 miles it felt like someone had dropped an anvil on me - I don't think I've ever found it quite as hard to move forwards before. Am putting that down to not drinking and eating enough in an attempt to avoid any stomach issues - probably a dumb move because it was actually quite a warm day, and I totally collapsed after finishing through lack of sugar and dehydration. I knew had a coke in my kit bag at the finish, but I couldn't find my bag at all after about 15 minutes of searching with mounting hysteria, so I just sat down in the street and wept like a baby for about a minute. It was really sad :(

Anyhow, 3:21 in the end. I didn't really do any specific training for the event - no speedwork or steady tempo stuff, have mostly been doing slow easy miles to try and avoid aggravating my injury, so I'm fairly happy with that. Mostly I'm relieved to get it over and done with, it really really hurt. Think I'll go back to trotting through woods with a backpack full of sandwiches for the rest of this year.

Spot where my pace goes off a cliff:

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

nice job man youre an inspiration

Sandwiches are an inspiration - I am just a man.

(but thank you!)

lol ur welcome

Winner got round in 2:10:15 which is just fucking nuts, it's not like this is one of the world's major races at all

thats a very fast man

so that's about a 7:30/mile pace... wow! congrats! I'm currently planning to spend the summer training in an attempt to run a 5k at that pace in the fall, hahaha.

Boston Marathon today. Exciting, but sad because I would like to qualify one day and I don't see it happening until I'm way up in age groups. Out of reach right now (3:10 lol).

I did run 4 times last week, 19 miles. PF still hurts some, but not enough to make me stop again. No speed work at this point, just trying to get my general fitness back. I just wish I could string together several years of injury free running, I would be awesome.

I did sign up for a 5K this weekend. But I'm going to do it with the stroller so I'm not disappointed with myself not being anywhere near PR shape. But it will certainly be a stroller PR.

Hope there's not too many tight bends on the course!

I just wish I could string together several years of injury free running, I would be awesome

Amen to this btw. Consistency is key but it sure as shit eludes me.

running with the stroller seems problematic not being able to swing one arm/have natural form, hows it feel

It definitely takes getting used to. Easier if you run just holding on with one hand, but harder to turn. I think I can probably break 25-26 min, depending on how much traffic I face.

25:37ish 5k pushing a stroller. Waaaaay too crowded. Could have easily gone faster on a more open course.

i have run 14.39 miles in april lol

april's not done yet harbl!

jeff - that is a decent buggy time imo, though i guess we should spare a thought for the people you had to mow down to achieve it, god rest their souls. dare i ask how the foot is?

Foot hurt before and after, but not during. We'll call that a victory.

lol this marathon is in a month I am so fucked

Nah, you'll be fine! Barring some sort of terrible injury, if you want to complete it, you will. The main thing after that is just starting off at a pace that won't kill you too quickly and then just accepting whatever comes your way, be it pain or discomfort or joy or whatever. Your fitness will be what it is; the rest all comes down to the decisions you make on the day - and you will be in control of those - so don't sweat it too much now. But good luck this month, and whatever happens, just make sure you don't do any crazy last-minute panic training.