ILX running running thread

has this ever happened to anyone: i stopped running and was walking home (about a half mile) and my ears got all clogged like i was on an airplane. i could hear myself breathing but everything else was fuzzy. maybe it wasn't related to running at all haha

I used to get this after running all the damn time! Have no idea why, but it was very annoying. Always assumed it was some sort of weird snot thing. Haven't had it for ages though thank god.

hey derelict, i think i just realized i am taking pretty short steps, too! and i have no knee pain :)

sometimes i walk better in a heel bc i have really high arches and flats, if not supportive enough, tend to really screw up my feet.

I will OTM that all over the place.

maybe that's why i'm scared of the barefoot stuff. modern ladies flats are usually just slabs of nothing for the sole w/ a little fabric to cover your foot and they are really not conducive to foot health imo.

nike free are their "barefoot ones"

syringes

the barefoot gait is pretty funny

i ran barefoot on treadmill so they could videotape/look at gait and it was weird.

its not just toe striking its also ginger

do people ever sprint barefoot - doesnt look like itd be workable for intervals

stanford track team trains barefoot, so yes

feels faster sprinting barefoot

I'm skeptical of the whole barefoot running trend. It goes with the idea that anything that is considered "natural" is considered right, where as the unnatural is wrong.

Naturally, feet come in all shapes and sizes. Some are conducive to running, others not some much. You have club feet, high arches, low arches, other gait issues. It's just the genetic hand you're dealt. I like wearing well cushioned running shoes and custom orthotics. It's working out great!

given that we mostly walk around in shoes that give us biomechanically improper gaits, i just am unconvinced that running in shoes does any more harm than most of everyday life.

i know that i get monster knee pain from walking for even 15 min in thin-soled ballet flats, so i'm just going to figure that the extra cushioning of my shoes is helping.

given that we mostly walk around in shoes that give us biomechanically improper gaits, i just am unconvinced that running in shoes does any more harm than most of everyday life.

The forces involved are so much greater when you're running though. That's especially true if you're landing heavily, which excessively cushioned shoes do little to discourage. I think barefoot running is about running lightly and letting all that engineering in your feet act as a spring. I love the idea of barefoot and I did find the arguments in Born To Run fairly persuasive. Haven't done it though, mostly because of the obvious risk of stepping on something nasty. Also, although we might have evolved as a species to run long distances barefoot, we never had to contend with a surface as unforgiving as concrete paving slabs for mile after mile.

What I am doing to try and strike a balance is using a very neutral offroad shoe with a lower than average amount of cushioning and I'm doing 90% of my running on trails. I'm also thinking about posture as I move, running lightly, landing more towards the middle of my foot and not stomping about on my heels quite so much as I used to do. Haven't had the knee pains that I used to get and I'm definitely waking up less creakily than before, but maybe that's just me getting fitter.

has this ever happened to anyone: i stopped running and was walking home (about a half mile) and my ears got all clogged like i was on an airplane.

I think that is related to air flow around your ears, for example, on a very windy day, the passing air can depressurize your ears (this sometimes happens to me even if I'm just walking on the street). But if you *are* running, and breathing heavily, then your jaw position and/or style of breathing can vary the air pressure (both positively and negatively) in your sinuses. It's kind of like how a scuba diver needs to "equalize" their sinuses, but while you're running you're concentrating on other things and basically forget to do this.

Anyway, it doesn't take long for your ears to "pop" back, so there's nothing to really worry about.

yeah they were back shortly after i got home, it was just weird. i also just remembered i had covered my ears for a minute while walking home because the trail is by a train station and a freight train was braking overhead! that's probably what did it.

the surfaces we run on really do make a difference. that makes me wonder if there are any trails within several miles of my current apartment...asphalt all the time is not good for you.

doubtful as i am of the benefit of barefoot running, i do wear pretty heavily cushioned massive shoes and will probably try to switch to something lighter when they wear out, just to see how things change.

I haven't ran any in 6 days, and really am having a hard time encouraging myself to do so. It's partially because of the weather. Summer is gone. It's going to be a miserable winter. Plus too many 10 to 12 hour workdays.

do people ever sprint barefoot - doesnt look like itd be workable for intervals

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stanford track team trains barefoot, so yes

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on grass on grass they sprint on soft soft playing fields of grass

The only time I ever take my socks off is when I shower. I certainly not going to go barefoot outside.

Ran today after not going for a week. I set my virtual partner for a 28 min 5k and beat him by a min and a half. Not a personal best, but it did feel good.

did another run yesterday before the midday swelter came on. legs kinda sore today.

6 miles today. Only 9.10 for this week, but that's ok. I just have to remember that I don't lose everything if I take a week off. In fact I'm running a little faster. I was hoping to get 75 miles in September, but it looks like I'm going to come in between 60 and 65. It will give me something to shoot for in October.

I'm honestly impressed by how little you do lose when you take time off - maybe speed's affected by longer breaks, but endurance is hard to lose. A couple days ago I ran 9 miles due to being locked out of my house and having nothing better to do...it was the first time I'd done more than 5 since June and surprisingly it felt absolutely fine!

I'll share your October goal - think I'm at about 50 this month but having no problems working up, so 75 is where I'd like to be.

i have not been able to run since thursday and i am sad and tired :(

I've picked up running in the last days of May, when on holidays in France. I've managed to do it three times a week mostly, although there have been 'episodes' of two weeks with no running altogether (due to work, or feeling meh).

When I started out, I did so a bit too enthusiastic, straining my weak right knee. That is now gone though, luckily, even though it took some time.

Right now I'm on 4 to 5 miles per 40 minutes, on average. It's not a lot, I know, but it just feels so good to do... I never could have imagined running to be such a great feeling, such a 'cleansing' experience.

one more week on the celebrex to go. Knee feels just fine, but I haven't tested it in the slightest. Muscles in my legs are real tense though.

yeah i should make a mileage goal for october so i will feel some kind of obligation. it's hard to run.

Here are my goals for October:

*Run a sub 25 minute 5K. My fastest time currently is 25:22. I should be able to do this. I'm running two officially organized 5K's in October, so it would be nice to do it in one of those, but I'm not limiting myself to official races.
*Run 75 miles. 18.75 miles a week. Doable, but probably going to be unpleasant at times. I've only gone over 18.75 miles a week once. I'll just have to bust out some long runs in there. I know I'm going to have to fight the weather too.
*Run 13.1 miles. 10 miles is my current longest, might as well see if I can do a half marathon. Would help a lot towards my 75 mile goal too.

http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm

This is a great calculator. I put in my 5K time and it gives you all sorts of times and paces.

ok now i need cool weather attire advice. how do you stay warm but not overheat?

also do you guys run in light rain? i feel like if i'm going to keep this up i need to figure out tricks for running safely in a little bit of rain or i'll end up only running once a week for the next 9 months.

due to the fucked up status of my knee ive been working the elliptical trainer - its strange - i feel i may have forfeited my right to be called a man

tehresa, i always underdress because i tend to get very warm running - for me, it's t-shirts and shorts until it hits maybe 40 F, and then sweatpants and a long-sleeved shirt, if it's REALLY cold i wear tights underneath and a warm vest on top. but i almost always do wear a headband in the winter, cold achy ears are the worst.

and i do run in light rain if it seems that it'll rain for a while, so i can't put off my run for a day...cell phone in a plastic baggie, avoid busy roads, and there you go. sometimes it's a drag though.

and you guys, this saturday i'm running in a race for the first time! a charity 5k like most of them are. i expect i'll be on the slow end of the pack, but it gives me an excuse to make a trip back to boston. maybe fun too!

one mile jog with girl and dog was fine. heartened!

yay :)

i did rain run tonight but only 1 mile bc i got paranoid about slipping and came back home like a wimp but actually it was kind of neat. i don't usually feel that hot temperature-wise when i run, but i do sweat a good deal so i worry about weird clamminess or sogginess or whatever. i guess that's moot if you're running in the rain anyway. but tonight i was cold and wet and it was not pleasant.

check out underarmor maybe?

running in bad weather is the best!

Yass! Love running in rain and wind!

Don't mind the rain at all, but the wind can just go and die tbh.

I'm always afraid my gps/music is going to stop working in the rain.

I've never had that problem (though I hardly run with music on). Hard wind can be an annoyance though when you're soaking wet, I'll give you that Nick. But hard wind when it's dry isn't a problem for me.

i hate running in the wind too, it's a popular excuse for me. rain is ok except i don't wear contacts ever.

ziplock bags are your friend.

Ziplock bags don't save your earphones. The last rainy run I did was along the seafront, with the rain really piling in sideways from the sea. My seaward ear filled up with water on the way out; turned around when I reached the end, same thing happened to the other ear with the sound getting dimmer and dimmer. Was listening to Can's Future Days, which is a pretty aquatic sounding record anyhow, but by the end of the run I was only hearing squelches and gurgles, and the occassional drowned yelp from Damo Suzuki.

Ohh I must try running to Future Days soon! I am sorry it cost you your earphones, but I wish there'd be a way to experience hearing the disintegration of the record you just described!

Best thing is that my phones worked again after they dried out.

Any UK people done any of these Parkrun things yet? Have honestly never heard of them before, dunno how they passed me by. Sound like they could be good fun (and it's free too):

http://www.parkrun.com/

I'm just going to run with a plastic bag over my entire head.

Sounds like a plan.

Does anybody actually own any underarmor? Is it worth the ridiculous price compared to, say, long underwear and a pair of sweatpants from Wal-Mart?