ILX running running thread

Crush it.

break the world record

I mean what's the point otherwise

brb gotta lose 50 lbs

spent the last couple of weeks on vacation in ireland. rained every day but weather was perfect for running, so I did a ton of it. capped it off with an epic trail run on the Kerry way between Kenmare and Killarney. Really, really cool and I highly recommend it!

it's a year away, but i seem to have just entered this ridiculous race:

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

it's a single stage event but it does have a 4 day time limit, so plenty of time for dawdling along

A whole year, maybe I should sign up?

I'm at an interesting place with my running. Consistent, but not anywhere close to being competitive. I'm still pacing a local marathon training group on the weekend, we're up to a 15 mile long run. That's been good to get my out the door on Saturday and getting my run over before 9:00 AM. I'm running about 3 other times a week, with at least one, sometimes two speed workouts. Done some hill work and fartleks mainly, haven't really crushed any 200s to 800s recently. So I'm starting to get the feeling that I can ramp up the time and quality of workouts, but don't think I could PR at any distance at this point.

Still some PF pain, but it is about as light as it has been in quite some time.

Holy fuck @ that above race, y'all nuts

10 weeks to marathon the second - doing more cross training this time via exercise classes, which are nice and intense, but seem to have made my weight shoot up (without any change in appearance/how clothes fit etc). Annoying - I'd like to get to a better place w. overall strength but I'd also like to uh weigh less for this.

I've had some promising speed workouts in the last month. A couple of 3 mile tempo runs 2 weeks apart:

7/30 - 7:25, 7:32, 7:05
8/10 - 7:19, 7:17, 6:45

And a distance ladder interval run yesterday, 2 min rest between each interval:

0.26 - 1:35 (6:08 pace)
0.52 - 3:21 (6:28)
1.05 - 6:59 (6:40)
0.52 - 3:17 (6:20)
0.27 - 1:28 (5:28)

These were hard, but not miserable. Certainly not as fast as I was a year ago, but maybe I should run a all out 5K as a test. I can't PR, but maybe I could eek out a sub-20 again or at least get close to it.

Another 3 mile tempo last night: 6:52, 6:51, 6:26. Good improvement. I signed up for a 5K in a couple of weeks. Will need to get down to 6:15's to PR. Unlikely, but maybe within the realm of possibility.

i think i moved to colorado and its so fn dry here+altitude that i prob have to start carrying water w me on long runs which is frankly my worst nightmare, whats the least bad water toting system plz dont say that thing that straps a bottle to yr hand ugh im so depressed abt this but i just totally fn bonked due to dehydration something that never happens to me in the humid east

running midday in this sun may not have been the wisest either tbh but i just felt like it so there

wait did u really move to colorado

im not sure

6 weeks to marathon #2 and officially terrified all over again just looking at the fucking route

I seem to have a tendency to strain my right big toe, is this more likely a stride/technique issue or a shoe issue? I really do not need to fuck up my big toe.

I hope you win! Or at least do well.

im moving to vt

nice where

union village

in a barn

das cool not roaming too far i guess

still gotta go to work

better running trails over there too ;)

:|

Raced a 5K last night, first one in a year. Wasn't sure of my fitness but I managed 19:47, 13 seconds slower than my PR. Happy with that, glad to keep it under 20.

and the feet?

Good! It seems to be holding steady, probably the best it has been in awhile. We'll see how I feel after my 18 miler on Saturday.

great news! :)

Running a decent race again has gotten me playing with training paces/estimated race times again. Using the Daniels formula and my latest 5K pace, I'm taking a look at what percentage I am off of what it believes I should be running in races.

Marathon - 12% slower
Half - 6% slower
10K - 4% slower
8K - 8% slower
5K - even
1 mile - 6% slower

Marathon PR by far my worst, which just burns me. If I could even get within 8%, that would put me sub 3:20.

I need to up my miles. Right now with two quality workouts a week, one easy run and one long run, I'm doing the bare minimum to keep up a decent fitness level. I should be doing at least 2 more days of easy miles.

Paced my group for their 20 miler last weekend. Went extremely well, no one got hit by a bike and everyone finished. Felt great myself.

So today I had this crazy idea that I should just run a marathon since I've put in so much marathon training, albeit much slower than I normally would train on my own. There is a nice trail marathon just outside the city here that looks really nice. Soft crushed gravel trail, very few hills, rambling through 26.2 miles of lush forests. It would kill me that I wouldn't be going for a PR, but it might be nice to just do a race that I have no intention of PR'ing. Or I could just call it my trail marathon PR, since I've only done road races.

http://www.desplainesrivertrailraces.com/photo-gallery.html

yeah do it man

nah

do the 50 instead :)

Carl would probably have me committed if I signed up to try a 50 at this point...

they'll have to catch you first

that looks like a gorgeous trail... I'd do it.

lol xp

50 miles last week, first time in over 2 years I've done that. Too long. Still undecided on the marathon.

Welp, I signed up. Marathon number 5 here I come.

huzzah! my second is in three weekends (gulp)

not nyc, is it?

good luck folks!

I ran my first marathon at Loch Ness this weekend in 4 hrs 2 min. Was mildly disappointed to not go under 4 hrs, but mainly pleased to have finished. The furthest I'd ever run in one go was 18 miles. I ran the first half a bit quick, and the last 11 miles were a struggle. Also it was a lot hillier than I expected. Bring on the next one!

Congrats, that's a darn good time for a first one. It took me four to break four hours.

It will be interesting going into this one. My last marathon, I knew I was going to run and signed up 9 months in advance. So I had a LONG time to dwell on it, worry about it, etc etc. This time, I have umm.. 18 days.

Since I had not intention of running a marathon this season, I didn't train for a specific time. So I'm going to play it very conservatively and plan for a negative split (if possible), which is really what I should have been doing for previous ones anyway. Rough plan for now is to run 8:30's for the first 18 miles and then see if I can do a progression in the last 8.2. If I can start ticking off 7:30 miles in the last 6, I should be able to get close to a PR. Easier said than done.

To contrast, the first 18 miles of my previous marathon I ran in 7:46 pace. The last 8.2, 9:05. No bueno.

I don't know who here is on Strava, but if you are, check out Veloviewer. Ups the data analysis about 10 notches. http://veloviewer.com/ I could spend hours slicing and dicing all my runs.

One chart from Veloviewer. It my mileage progression for each year I've been running. 2013 was an awesome year. This year, not so much. At least by that metric. At least I'm past my 2012 mileage pace now.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5834/21631196360_c296181168_o.jpg

not nyc, is it?

I'm doing the Toronto Waterfront.

Boston finalized admission standards today for the 2016 race, you had to beat your qualifying standard by at least 2:28! I would have had to run a 3:07:32 or faster. I'm afraid they'll be lowering that time in the future because of the huge demand.

run as a rogue B-)

Well done cajunsunday, great job!

what should I listen to on my Sunday marathon?