ILX running running thread

Figgester, how far did you get in 15 min?

tehresa -- i've been at it for 4 weeks. no signs of giving up yet.

jeff -- not sure, because i'm not measuring distance, but i do know this: what used to take me 30 min has had to be expanded. i think i went from my apt to the bottom of loyola beach (pratt/sheridan) in the 15 min, maybe a couple of blocks further. i'm guessing it was about a mile? slow and steady, that's me.

yeah that's right, a 15 minute mile. but i ran a mile! i have never done that before in my life without walking for at least a little and/or feeling like i was gonna die. in gradeschool i was an active (even hyperactive) skinny kid, but when it came time for the mile run (presidential fitness) i always got a cramp, gave up, and walked. redeemed!

ha, pratt/sheridan = my home, 2000 AD

2.5 more miles today. That's 5 days in a row. Tomorrow is my day off.

Four miles today, after my day off. Not bad. I felt like I had gas in the tank when I quit too, which bodes well for running tomorrow.

hooray i conquered day two of this thing, which was somewhat of an achievement after training session/abs/cardio earlier today (i screwed up my scheduling!). i feel good. might die tomorrow. we shall see!

I'm surprised how much my stamina has increased. I ran another 4 miles today in just over 35 minutes. Two weeks ago there is no way I could have done that.

Also surprising, my favorite song for running is Tokyo by The Books.

Starting up again after the field season, when i seriously reduced distance for the first month and then just didn't run at all for the second...i'm nowhere NEAR where i was in June, and just moved to a new city without any routes i actually enjoy yet (it's very flat and gridded, which i hate, so i'm pessimistic). it'll get better eventually, it always does....

Also surprising, my favorite song for running is Tokyo by The Books.

Never really listened to the Books, though things I've read have always sounded interesting. Have just recently been listening to lots of ambient stuff while running, nice to let my brain just drift off rather than be driven along on by beats. Am totally into going really slowly at the moment though, wanna keep building distance.

Four more miles today. That seems like my distance.

have just devloped a few new routes that incorporate about a half mile of running on railroad ties. keep it lively

i feel like i am getting better at this. today i threw in some small hills and stairs.

and then i lolled when the last song the genius gave me was
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKCuMy6JffY

because i took 'ankle injuries' out of the gym list since i thought it would be bad luck.

haha! uh oh.

but i am going to use it as a sign to go get new shoes :)

I ran 10 miles today, which is certainly the longest distance I have ever ran in my life. I really should have stopped at 8, but I was feeling good and wanted to see if I could hit 10. Just after that I slowed waaaay down:

1: 8:43
2: 9:38
3: 9:58
4: 9:42
5: 9:46
6: 9:53
7: 9:31
8: 9:50
9: 10:12
10: 11:16

Basically just shuffling my feet for the last mile, my knees were starting to ache.

Hey, nice work Jeff! Have a rest tomorrow eh?

for real dude. take a break! i am basically just shuffling my feet all the time and i'm proud about it!
i only ran 2x this week because i had a terrible cold and went hiking in wisconsin this weekend, which i figure is good enough for exercise.

the good news: i kind of missed running! looking forward to starting up again tomorrow. i hope i haven't lost any ground, but it's no big deal either way. the weather is lovely and perfect for outdoors exercise. (60s and sunny)

I am gonna get upppp. And go run. Right now.

ps wtg jeff

times piece on thin soled running shoes http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/business/30shoe.html mentions chirunning in passing

Thanks for the link. Have just finished reading Born To Run, which also gets mentioned in the article. Got a bit annoyed with the style it was written in, but if you just want to geek out on running, it's fine. Gets right into that whole discussion on the advantages of minimal shoes/barefoot. Made me want to try those FiveFingers things, if only to freak my wife out with.

i've been hearing a lot about those lately, it makes me think maybe i should switch it up for my next pair of shoes. i've been buying the same model of large, heavily cushioned shoe for at least three years, maybe something just a little more minimal would be good to try (there's a long way from where i am to fivefingers though).

a day or two one of my roommates decided we should run a half marathon this winter. i'm excited because it'll give me some motivation and companionship for running, and it's a manageable distance for me, but i'm nervous because my roommate is a former cross-country runner who's done a couple of marathons (he says he's out of shape, but i really suspect his out of shape is not the same as mine). we don't have to run the actual race together, but running together at all while training may present problems.

sorry guys, i just can't fathom wearing those shameful toe shoes
http://birthdayshoes.com/media/blogs/bdayshoes/jjcauals.jpg

Did a 5K in about 20:30 yesterday.

those shoes are weird!!

i started week 2 of that thing this morning. i'm scared of the 3 min sets on wed!

don't worry! you'll do it and it will feel good. seriously.

and if it takes a couple tries, that's fine! i'm all in favor of running being fun and not too grueling.

i'm hoping to head out for a 4-5 mile run with the roommate today, if we can fit it in between running errands on campus mid-afternoon and making dinner. i should probably push for a shorter distance, actually, because i have no clue whether i can keep up with him yet.

this morning this guy just whooshed past me and then where i turned around and came back, he kept going. later when i was still on the way back, he whooshed past me again. i felt so lame! but w/e he was tall and i am new? ehh.

I wouldn't feel lame. There are always going to be people faster than you (unless you are Usain Bolt or the like.)

honestly. been working on knee strength, flexibility etc for about 5 months now...

i don't know if i'll ever be able to run 5K again w/o runner's knee :\

I like having people run past me, I use it as motivation - "that guy thinks he's better than me, eh?"

it's just that it was the same guy twice! but also i had done a little loop while he went further and came back. but still. sigh. yeah ok motivation. but also i felt soooo slowwwww and like i was not actually running at all!

doctor tomorrow at 2pm

the "that guy thinks he's better than me, eh?" statement works esp. well for me, cause whenever I do run past someone, I think I'm better than them...and I just assume everyone operates the same

A lot of people pass me. Eventually I pass them back though.

I had to cut my 4 miles down to 2 on Sunday because my knees have taken to stabbing me with PAIN at every footfall and now I can't even walk down stairs without limping.

Having gone from 0 miles a day for my entire life to 4 miles every other day immediately, for the last 3.5 weeks, I suspect I've just overdone it. I'm also probably not warming up properly, and everyone's telling me my bought-in-2005 (but barely used) trainers are almost certainly too old and won't be giving me the necessary support.

London trainer shop tips? Warm-up/warm-down tips? How-not-to-be-a-running-noob tips? Right now I feel like I'll never run again, and that's GUTTING because I've been loving it and it's doing me real good.

London trainer shop tips?

Where is it you live?

Or work?

Live West Norwood, work Paddington, can travel anywhere really. Went to http://www.runningshoeslondon.co.uk/ but it was lame.

charlie, are you stretching?

Hmm, can't think what's in those immediate areas but you could try Run and Become near Victoria station or one of the Runner's Needs, maybe the Holborn one?

Whatever you do, talk to the staff and describe your problems and you should get a feel for whether they're listening or not.

prescribed a month's anti-inflammatories, told not to do weight bearing exercise or running until i feel better and they're trying to get me to do PRP therapy?

http://www.platelettherapy.com/index.html

i think i missed this but what originally happened to injure you?

First run after my 10 mile Sunday. Whoa was I stiff. I only went two miles, but went pretty fast (for me).

charlie, i know i am a noob, but noob-to-noob? why push so hard? real painful injuries are way worse than having people pass you/running slowly/running shorter distances. for real. also they are expensive.

tza: just runner's knee/tendinitis. I finally got past my plantar fascitiis and lost my shit. Started running 40 mile weeks and blew out. Need rest and aleve now i guess.

wow, 40 mile weeks are pretty intense. the most i've ever done was 28 and it's a good thing i had nothing else going on that whole week! i hope you recover quickly.

it was like two weeks, one at 35 and one at 40. I was basically doing five mile runs every morning. It felt great, I gotta say. Want to go back to that, but I'm gonna have to work my way into it.