ILX running running thread

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?

have been failing to run lately

moving to york soon, have set myself goal of 'be able to run full circuit of city walls' by end of month. actually i just checked that and it's only 5k. i need a better target

I love my Under Armor. I have some of the holy crap it's cold weather gear. I won't wear it unless it's in the low 40s. It's warm and I love the compression. It feels like I'm in Tron.

hahaha. i have a hiking base layer - should i be looking for something similar to run in? or are they interchangeable?

i run in sweats a hat and gloves down to abt 20F and then fuck it im not going out there - dont generally run in the rain tho

I started out my Runtober with a 7.12 mile run. I ran home from work, in the rain. I had plastic baggies over all my electronics. I looked like an idiot. Only 68 more miles to go.

i got that nike+ thing about a week ago (went with the hack where you enclose the sensor in a plastic bag and then just duct taped it (actually gorilla taped it) to the tongue of my shoe with laces crossed over it - has held fine every time even if it looks a little silly). i like the tracking aspect, but it's definitely a $19 gadget and not a fancy gps. you can't really dissect your runs, which is weird because it graphs your speed for the whole run, but won't let you go into detailed analysis. obv the data is there, so why can't you access it? or maybe i just haven't figured the website out yet.

anyway, it's been kind of fun as a tracking/challenge device. yesterday i ran a mile without stopping (after 2 shorter warm ups between which i took a little walk break). today i set it for 1 mile to start out and decided to keep going once i hit that. i was going to shoot for 2 but i got to the end of the loop i was on and was v v tired so i stopped at 1.84. still, kinda happy with myself but my shins are not especially. i think tomorrow i will rest and sat i will do 7 or 8 min sets again.

I've just started running a fortnight ago, after doing NO EXERCISE WHATSOEVER for he last, I don't knoow, 10 years? I've been doing that couch-to-5k run thing, and I'm finding it about right eg. I'm broken at teh end of the run, but any less would be almost too easy. I can't say I'm enjoying it yet, but I'm hoping that once i get over the "absolutly unfit" bqarrier I'll be able to start liking it a little more.

Has anyone got any noobie tips?

I'm glad the pacing's working for you! I think the more you run, the greater proportion of your runs are kind of fun, as opposed to totally unpleasant, but the unpleasant ones are the price you pay for the good ones, right?

Haven't run for the past couple days because I want to be rested for my 5k tomorrow, and I'm still pretty sore from my 8 miles Wednesday. No clue why I'm so sore from that, but I'm hoping taking it easy is the solution.

i realized this morning it's not really my shins that are sore as much as my lower calves? i need to learn anatomy better. anyway, i don't know if that's a good sign (that shins are actually ok) or if my calves should have been accustomed to this stuff by now...

that happens to me sometimes. prob because you ran continuously for a longer time than usual you got tired and started to run badly. walking in intervals is good because it gives you time to recover so during the running time you run properly.

you are probably totally right on this bc i went from doing 7 or 8 min sets to 9.5 min on wed and then 17.5 min of continuous running on thurs. probably too much but it was fun!

9.20 miles today. Good run, I felt much better this time than the last time I ran 10 miles. Faster too. However, when I was walking home, I was freezing my ass off because I was soaked with sweet and it's 60 degrees with the wind blowing today.

Ran in a 5k this weekend! Unfortunately, I ran most of it with a friend who's a little faster than me, and miscalculated my pace when she ran ahead at the end...had to stop at 2.9 miles, vomit, and get going again, which was pretty embarrassing and ended up giving me a slower time than if I'd just taken it a little tiny bit easier. Anyway, overall it was fun, especially it being in warm rain :)

awwww. good job finishing after all that, though!!

i can't get this calf thing right... yesterday they were getting really tight, especially as soon as i stopped running and started walking. then super tight right when i got home but not so bad after 30 min or so. today they're a little sore. does this mean i need a break or that my form is horrendously bad?

haha how did you keep running (even if it was .2 miles) with puke in your mouth?? i ran just now and got a mouthful of gnats btw. gotta keep my mouth closed.

lol ew

xpost that seems normal to me and probably will go away soon? i get tight calves if i run a few min cold and then walk, then it goes away after i'm warmed up.

stretch though, i should do that too

9.20 miles today. Good run, I felt much better this time than the last time I ran 10 miles

how often are u running 10 miles?

i have chronically problematic calves and shins - they act up from running basketball yoga walking or whatever - one thing i find v helpful when running is to stretch then do a slow warm up jog for like a mile then stretch again and start the serious run - in fact all the stretching and running ive done over the last couple years has really helped my shins and calves a lot - theyre in way better shape than before

bought some new running shoes today - looks like theyre made out of silver lava btw

pix!

thanks for the tip - i will try this.