ILX running running thread

I know! That's why the idea of someone doing it in 16 is so intimidating!

16 is nearly a four minute mile though, it's not really "jogging enthusiast" territory

I think you are getting to the heart of why I am finding the idea of this race intimidating. I run with my dog (who is a bit of a slow poke frankly)!

what site lets you log runs using google maps? sanoodi doesn't, does it?

has anyone used the nike sensor thing? i don't have the $$$$ for a fancy garmin deal. and probably i'm not good enough to justify that expense anyway.

yeah i would like a gps eventually and i think it would help but for now i have to click on the map by myself. the runnersworld log is *awful*. you always have to try twice before your route saves! but i like how it keeps track of total mileage and stuff for you.

i ran about 4.5 miles today! not as big of a deal as i had thought it would be. am guessing that i averaged around 10-11 min per mile? gettin' better.

this is after taking about 4 days off, btw, so i feel confident that i am actually getting stronger because this didn't feel like a huge burden, just a moderate to difficult run (for me).

i have been tracing routes on gmaps pedometer but obv you can't save that. it's fun but hard. i was looking at mapmyrun.com yesterday and it is a disastrously designed site.

figures. :(

bikely.com is nice and simple

i think this http://www.runningahead.com/ might do what i want

Wait why can't you save gmap ped routes? It appears to have a save option.

you can save them to revisit them but you can't use it to automatically log if you do it twice or something.

I cannot recommend a GPS watch enough. I love love love my Garmin Forerunner 305. You can probably find one for around $150 these days. I'd go with it over the newer 405. The 305 is bulkier, but you really don't notice it after a few runs. I refuse to run without it.

After my last practice 5K, it felt like I was running a few notches below sprinting the whole way. That's good and bad. Good in that it's 3 to 4 minutes faster than I could run the same distance 2 months ago. Bad in that I can't imagine myself getting much faster.

I'm going to try and do some fartlek training to improve my speed. I need to work out the ratios I want to do and program them into my Garmin.

Someone above mention stretching. I am vehemently opposed to stretching. Refuse to do it. It's not going to prevent most running injuries, it takes too much time, and is booooooring. I'd talk myself out of running before I got done stretching. For runner's knee, I read that you need to strengthen your quadriceps. I did that for awhile with leg lifts, but found it equally as boring.

haha. i always say "i'm going to stretch later" when i get back from a run but i never, ever do. i pretty much agree they won't prevent injuries but i still feel like i should just to have better posture and to feel less stiff all the time. maybe later.

"you can save them to revisit them but you can't use it to automatically log if you do it twice or something."

Isn't that what excel is for? ;)

i have been stretching my calves right when i get back because my front steps and slope are kind of perfect for it.

for me, probably bc i am new, it does help with stiffness.

yes...but i like to have it add the route and have it add to your total or weekly mileage by itself without opening another program. also portable so if i wanted to i could log into it from another computer. runningahead appears to do that. it also keeps track of shoe mileage, though i don't know how many miles are on my current shoes. xxp

oh i should start now then since my shoes have about 6 miles on them so far!

did another few of miles on the treadmill today and have signed up a running partner to go jogging w/. :)

have signed up for runningahead; harbl do u know if it is nike+ friendly?

hmm i do not. it says you can do gps import but i don't know if nike+ makes the same type of output.

i did treadmill again today bc i was already at the gym and taking it easy after over an hour of circuit training. i did 3 6min sets with 1 min walking in between and about 4 min walking after (and then the walk home up the hill).
tomorrow morning i will go outside again. it's so much prettier!
this page has some images that are part of my normal route :)

! today on my run i saw this thing http://c.imagehost.org/0378/Tower_in_Druid_Hill_Park.jpg

that reminds me of peru!

reminds me of a rook

it's called the moorish tower. i just had to look that up because i had no idea other than "giant chess piece." also in that park: safety city.

pls to devise obstacle course running route through safety city!

Ended up finishing the 3.5 miles in a little under 24 (so yay me!)

good job!

coz it looks like that site is only garmin friendly. do you use nike+?

do you need to also have nike shoe and an iPod to use nike+ i don't really understand how it works

does it just tell you your time and mileage? if so that would be easy enough to type in, right? i just need to use the map because i can't estimate the distance myself.

one thing that's shitty about living in the countryside is that, while running is lovely, no traffic fresh air etc, it is impossible to incrementally increase your distance without having to repeat parts of your run because there are no blocks that you can just add on, merely large ring roads.

you don't have to have the shoes. i think there are lots of hacks ppl have come up with to not wear nike shoes.

i think it tracks speed, distance, calories, and goals (if you set them/use a set workout) and then turns it all into pretty charts when you sync.

sunscreen.

the one i wore today made me feel really gross and irritated my skin (neutrogena sport, which i hadn't had issues with in activities like hiking). not wearing sunscreen is not an option for me but i am going to have to do more daytime running as it's getting darker earlier and earlier.

what do you use?

first outdoor run today w/my new jogging partner. 2.1 miles in 16minutes. was really feeling it 1.75 miles in, what with the hills and driving glasgow wind but didn't need to stop any. I'm happy with that for a first attempt :D

That's a pretty good pace for a first run, especially on hills. Not surprised you were feeling it!

so in the uk you run in miles but do everything else in km? i'm confused.

miles = the "english" system isn't it? i don't understand "stone" though

trying to make myself go running now. can't.

never done anything in km in my life thankyouverymuch yankee

def didn't get out of bed this morning. hoping i can do it after work tonight. hoping i don't blame the light misty rain for not going...

I tried some intervals yesterday. A whole new kind of suck. I was going to do 3 and 3, but I was so out of breath after the first hard run that I decided to throw in a 1 min walk. Ended up going 5.44 miles.

10 min slow jog
3 min hard run
1 min walk
2 min jog
3 min hard run
1 min walk
2 min jog
3 min hard run
1 min walk
2 min jog
3 min hard run
1 min walk
2 min jog
3 min hard run
1 min walk
2 min jog
3 min hard run
1 min walk
10 min slow jog

got bad cramp w/ 5 min left. i hate that! i always cramp coming down the long hill because i don't stand up straight.

Kinda drunk and I'm going running with my neighbour in six hours or something. It's gonna be hhoooorrribbbblllleeee. Shoot me now.

Long, tiring 8.77 miles today. I tried something different though, I took the bus downtown and then ran to the end of Northerly Island and back.

i miss running

bashed my knee climbing today and now running hurts :(