Don't know if anyone else here runs but I thought I'd try to start one of these. If not, I'll stop so it doesn't become HurricaneRex's brag fest.
Today's race: 17:48 5k (PR) it was a predict race so I predicted 17:50.
You aren't alone. I also run, and I'm preparing my first half marathon, which will take place in 5 weeks.
However, I prefer to run orienteering (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orienteering) courses. A lot of my road clinches in the last few years have come thanks to them.
I sort of do only because I have a Fit Bit and a Garmin Fitness band previous to that. Certainly worked out documenting somewhere that I really did 52 Half Marathons last year. I use it for other exercises such as Weight Training and Hiking as well.
That's damned impressive. I would have to be in good shape to break 22 in a 5k.
I also had a 5k yesterday. Not quite at that level, but my 23:17 finish is a new best for me.
Quote from: Alps on February 11, 2018, 05:30:53 PM
That's damned impressive. I would have to be in good shape to break 22 in a 5k.
Thank you very much
Quote from: Eth on February 11, 2018, 08:10:56 PM
I also had a 5k yesterday. Not quite at that level, but my 23:17 finish is a new best for me.
That is still a pretty good time IMO. It took years of training to get to where I'm at.
EDIT: Glad to hear I'm not alone here.
Yesterday I ran a "hybrid" race, which combined flat off-road and hilly trail sections (it was announced as the later). A 10 mile run with a altutide gain of 500 ft which I completed in 1:45:57. Some mates ran with road runners and thus they got in troubles in the trail section, while I passed through it like a breeze thanks to wearing trail runners. Just four weeks for the half-marathon!
Did a Half Marathon at 1:36:05 this morning which I thought was decent considering I had to wear all my winter gear given it was below freezing:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/12500502789
Did a 10k on the track this evening. Don't ask why. 36:29 was the time.
Did Half Marathon #5 for the year on Tuesday at 7:15 minute pace:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/12767220921
Tomorrow starting at 2:00 AM Mountain...
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You might get surprised, but I'm from the other side of the pond (some already know this fact, but I believe Hurricane Rex doesn't).
Also an avid runner and am on my high school's Cross Country and Track team. Yesterday at an Outdoor Track meet, I ran a 2:18 on my leg of a 4x8 relay. My favorite event however, is the Mile/1600 where my PR is 4:49. My goal is to break 4:40 this year.
The best mile I did was 5:16 a couple years back. I generally don't spend a ton of time doing short runs but 5:30-6:00 pace is still somewhat easy to do, I'd like to do at least one under 5:00 if I can motivate myself to do it.
Incidentally, I did backyard Half Marathon #6 this morning at a 7:19 minute pace:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/12994635421
I almost never run shorter than about 2.8 miles at a time, and going back through my records it looks like the last time I did one mile or less (outside of injury recovery) was about 5 years ago. So the best mile time I've recorded is a 7:11, set during the 5k I mentioned earlier.
At present, I'm in training for a 10-mile race in North Carolina next month. That will be the 7th state I've raced in (FL, GA (×23), CA, SC (×2), LA, TN). Also a new distance for me, though I've done longer races previously (8 half-marathons, 1 full).
Did my seventh Half Marathon of the year this morning at 7:18 pace:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/13160898817
The last two miles were on a road that doesn't have side walks or really shoulders. I noticed my heart rate tends to spike on roads like that or if I'm in a major traffic area.
I'm in pretty awful shape, barely able to run for more than one minute at a time, so I do a brisk walk while I'm catching my breath. Thus, since I'm trying to build endurance instead of speed, I go about it the other way: I just log the distance that the treadmill says I've traveled after 30 minutes has elapsed. Right now I can't do much more than 2.12 miles in that time (so averaging about 4.14 mph or a 14:09 pace–as you can tell, I'm walking more than I'm running).
Just got injured and will be out for a few days. Was forced to scratch my 1st 3000m 2 laps in.
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Did my 8th Half Marathon of the year on Sunday morning at 7:22 minute pace. I felt really good which generally translates into my heart rate was low and I was going slightly slower than normal.
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/13561733910
Quote from: Eth on March 19, 2018, 09:48:39 AM
At present, I'm in training for a 10-mile race in North Carolina next month. That will be the 7th state I've raced in (FL, GA (×23), CA, SC (×2), LA, TN). Also a new distance for me, though I've done longer races previously (8 half-marathons, 1 full).
Finished on Saturday in 1:24:44, an 8:28/mi pace. Amusingly, that's over 20 seconds/mile faster than my best 10k, which is a testament to the effect of weather (it was 43 degrees for this race, versus 76 for that 10k). In fact, I ran a 10-km segment of this race in 51:36, which is three-and-a-half minutes faster than my "official" record.
Heck, that sounds like what I have for 5K: My "official" personal best is 27:15, but I'm sure I've done it in 26:something, given I ran a 6K race in 32:07 in January.
I ran my first half-marathon in 2:16:42. Actually I did more of a run-walk from km 12 (about 7.5 miles) onwards as somehow my mind was not up to the level of my legs, but I didn't feel it was lasting forever. As for upcoming races, I've said I'm planning a roadtrip to Navarre, which is precisely to attend a village race. I've expanded that trip from a daytrip to a weekend trip, and I may end up running two races in two days...
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 26, 2018, 04:18:56 PM
Heck, that sounds like what I have for 5K: My "official" personal best is 27:15, but I'm sure I've done it in 26:something, given I ran a 6K race in 32:07 in January.
I ran my first half-marathon in 2:16:42. Actually I did more of a run-walk from km 12 (about 7.5 miles) onwards as somehow my mind was not up to the level of my legs, but I didn't feel it was lasting forever. As for upcoming races, I've said I'm planning a roadtrip to Navarre, which is precisely to attend a village race. I've expanded that trip from a daytrip to a weekend trip, and I may end up running two races in two days...
Seems like a common theme as I PR'd with my 5k time when I did the early March 10k.
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7:14 minute pace Half Marathon on Monday, my ninth of the year. I'm essentially looking at doing on only 20-25 this year:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/13887097053
Finally well enough to run again, still a little risky but its the last meet of my high school career so I have to go for it. After that, 10 more days off minimum. I was going to do a half marathon race for my birthday but I'm no longer going to risk it. Current half PR (happened on a normal run): 87 minutes. Proof is available if requested (I think).
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Hit a cold lull in the weather which brought the temperature below 60F this morning. I've been holding off on summer morning Half Marathons above 65F since a crappy hospital visit for dehydration in 2015. I thought 7:23 pace for a Half Marathon was respectable considering I had a sore knee from hiking Vernal Falls in Yosemite yesterday:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/14795229184
For reference my max distance I run over 65F is only 10 miles. I probably could make due at 70 or 75F but it does't seem worth it considering I didn't do a Half Marathon for three summer months last year and still ended up at 52 by December 31st.
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 05, 2018, 04:42:59 AM
I'm in pretty awful shape, barely able to run for more than one minute at a time, so I do a brisk walk while I'm catching my breath. Thus, since I'm trying to build endurance instead of speed, I go about it the other way: I just log the distance that the treadmill says I've traveled after 30 minutes has elapsed. Right now I can't do much more than 2.12 miles in that time (so averaging about 4.14 mph or a 14:09 pace–as you can tell, I'm walking more than I'm running).
The C25K app might be good if you haven't tried it already. If you're not ready to progress to the next day or week, just repeat the day or week you're on.
Broke my small right toe the other day while doing unrelated strength exercises. I was given a 4-6 week recovery period which includes no running at least until the four week window if everything goes smoothly. That sort of left me a dilemma in regards cardio activity. I broke out my old rowing machine which I'll be on approximately 3.5 hours a week. Walking isn't much of an issue so I think a reasonable seven light miles at home and work ought to be sufficient. My goal is to start with 3 Mile runs at week 4 followed by 5 Mile runs by week 5 and eight Mile runs by week 6. I should be back to full speed and endurance for 10-13.1 by week 7 I'm figuring.
Basically I'm trying to maintain 700 active minutes a week and a daily expeniture of 3,500 calories. I was averaging about 1,200 prior to the toe injury with a daily expenditure of about 4,300 calories burned a day. I suppose that I needed to ramp things down a little on the activity, the grocery bill tends to get out hand approaching 4,000 calories a day. Back when I ran 60 miles a week I usually burned about 5,000 a day, it's almost impossible to replinish that amount or create a gain with healthy prepared food.
Back in June I took part in three races in three consecutive Sundays: a hilly trail run, an orienteering course that ended up being the second longest I've ever ran (also one of the longest non-stop drives I've done at exactly 120 miles), and a flat trail run. The last one happened to raise funds for the Dravet Syndrome Foundation (or more exactly its delegation in Spain, actually a separate organization), and since I run with its team I was treated like a VIP runner :sombrero:.
Next up is another trail run, which is part of a five race event, the flagship one being 66 miles long. I'll be running the shortest one, which is about 7 3/4 miles long. Registrations for this one were sold out in just half a hour back in late January!
Down to 17:27 in the 5k now. Great to be PRing less than 2 months after coming back from an injury.
Still can't do uber long distance yet (14+ miles).
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Summer is the time of year for shorter races for me, and I've done two this month.
July 4th saw a 52:38 10k, knocking about 2½ minutes off my previous PR set exactly one year earlier (which was itself 3 minutes faster than the year before that).
Last weekend was a local 4-miler, done in a modest 33:09. Technically an 8+ minute PR, but that's sort of cheating because the last race of that distance I had done was over 5 years ago.
Nothing else really on the calendar in the near term, though there are a couple 5k races in the next several weeks I may do. Tentatively looking at another half marathon (would be #9) around the first half of December.
I'm three weeks into the broken toe saga. So far its been smooth sailing with the indoor rower, I've been switching between my cable rower and chain rower at the gym just to mix things up. I've done some cycling as well but I kind felt like it was best to primarily focus on something that doesn't involve the foot really at all.
Unless the doctor says different I'm looking at starting 3 mile runs 4.5 weeks in and progress back up to 8-10 by week 6. The good news is that its actually hotter than hell with the recent heat wave so I guess that I haven't been missing any solid opportunities for a distance run. I stopped wearing buddy tape at 2.5 weeks, it was just blistering my skin at that point and the pain had largely disappeared already.
21:44.1 5k = 6:59.75 mile. Woot.
I was cleared to start running two days ago after a follow-up on my broken toe. I'm looking at starting 3-5 Mile runs next week and if all goes well ramp back up to 8-10 the week after. It's too hot out right now to reliably run Half Marathons and likely will be until late September. I'm hoping to drop down to 7:10-minute range given I've been working on cutting back mass after a long weight training gain phase.
Its been three weeks since I started running again. My shortest run has been 5 miles but more typically I've done 7-10 at 7:17-7:26 minute pace. I attempted my first Half Marathon this morning since breaking my toe and it pretty well at 7:21 pace:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/16282170861
Recently I've fallen in love with Parkrun (styled as parkrun), a collection of free timed 5K runs. The only downside? There are none in Spain yet (The closest one to me is La Ramée Parkrun near Toulouse, France), so I haven't had the chance to run one so far. There are a few in the USA, and a load of them in the UK, where it all started back in 2004 in Bushy Park, SW London.
Did Half Marathon #12 last week and #13 this week. Today was 7:18 minute pace but more importantly my heart rate has dropped considerably.
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/16434921626
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/16566985760
An inspiring story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=x4KC0nUmY4Y
Also you can see me a few times in that.
On a different note: XC season has begun. I'm also finally back up to 40+ miles a week. Last 2 week's longest run was just over a half marathon each. This weeks I took at 6:15 per mile or faster for 8 3 of the miles. Proof is available when asked. This week I'm hoping to do 15+.
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Quote from: Eth on July 22, 2018, 08:49:45 AM
Nothing else really on the calendar in the near term, though there are a couple 5k races in the next several weeks I may do. Tentatively looking at another half marathon (would be #9) around the first half of December.
I have indeed signed up for a December half, this one in Alabama, which will bring my total number of states raced in to eight. Training is beginning to ramp up for this one after a two-week delay due to a minor knee injury that seems to now be healed. Hoping to break 1:50 this time (current best is 1:53:47 set last November).
I'm up to 16 Half Marathons for the year. Broke my streak of six weeks after I ripped an oblique muscle descending a hill on the Old Wawona Road in Yosemite about 10 days ago. Breathing hurt like hell for a couple days, I still ran in a charity 5K the day after.
So this is what I did on Sunday, and I'm still paying for it.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181024/109800d2664523de3cb07ae20617dc4d.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181024/e9b6a67c9bd3f5a014cee9cb3a523899.jpg)
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Only 530 meters of ascent in 23.5 km? I've done upwards of 3,000 ft in only a half marathon before, but it took far longer. This year I did 1,500 ft in 7.75 mi... and did I say the bulk of those 1,500 ft were in just a couple miles? :sombrero:
Anyway, what a pace. This Sunday I was pretty exhausted after running 2.14 miles at about 8:15 min/mile.
Slipped down a hill in Yosemite at the beginning of the month which had me hampered from a torn oblique muscle for about 10 days but I'm up to 18 Half Marathons for the year. All things considered its been a strange year for injuries between this and that broken toe. Pace has been solid at 7:18 and 7:24 the previous two weeks. Weird thing is that I've been getting faster as the week goes along on 10 and 7 mile runs for some reason.
Just got a 16:57 in a 5k after a 60 mile week with a run from Corvallis, OR to Albany.
Then got re-injured.
LG-TP260
I'm up to 21 Half Marathons for the year, the last one was on Monday at 1:35:05:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/18177251068
I did some trail running out on the Old Ridge Route near Gorman. The run downhill from the Sandberg Summit Inn over Liebre Summit was cake but the run back up was a beast. I'm not sure of the distance but it was probably 8-9 miles, lots starting/stopping for photos:
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/18029168505
The year ended out being at 1965 km or about 1200 miles. I wanted 1500 miles before my 1st injury, but I reduced it to 2018 km after that. Then I got shin splints.
Some quick facts (excluding injury time):
Average mileage per week: 31
Average monthly mileage: 100 (includes injury)
Average daily mileage: 5.5
Average maximum day in a week: 11 miles
Elevation gained: IDK
#of half marathons or better: 12
Most miles in a day: 18.93 (record 22.22)
Most miles in a week: 60.3 (record 64.9)
Most miles in a month: 175 (record 205)
All races (except 1500m and 3k) are PRs
1500m: 4:47 (PR 4:43)
3k: 11:11 (did during injury just to get a mark during track season, PR 10:02)
5k: 16:57
8k: 28:39
10k: 36:29
Half: 87 minutes
2019 goals: marathon time 2:45:01
Mileage: 1500 (redemption, but would like 3,000 km)
10k: 35 minutes.
8k: 27 minutes.
5k: keep time.
I'm at about 30 miles a week (probably more like 31-33) these days as well. I didn't keep track of my overall mileage but I did miss three weeks of running due to a broken toe last year. Ended up with 26 Half Marathons which happened just in time for the flu to hit me Christmas Day. This week I'm only runnng 9 miles maximum but it was tempting to try a Half Marathon this morning. I'm in the low 7:10s mostly on distance runs right now, it would be cool to crack the 6:50s at some point this year.
Edit: On the 30th I did some trail running with my new hiking shoes in San Emidgio Canyon which went well. I was surprised how well marked the El Camino Viejo was considering I just heard of the Wolves Preserve a couple months ago. Travelers on the El Camino Viejo sure had a hell of a view descending into San Joaquin Valley.
I ended the year running a Saint Silvester race. Most runners do it wearing costumes, I do it like if it was an orienteering course (complete with map, but without control flags). I also added an Angry Birds cap to my usual running set. Despite this I ran like a normal race, and since I now have my own GPS watch I can now know if I get a PB in the middle of a longer run. I already suspected I can do a 5K in 26 minutes, and it was confirmed by the watch: I did a 5 km (3.11 miles) segment in 26:08. The race was half a mile longer than that, and I finished in 30:18 according to my watch and 29:51 according to the official timer.
Cool, injured a 3RD TIME IN LESS THAN A YEAR (9 months actually) AND 2ND TIME IN LESS THAN 50 DAYS!!! :ded: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
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Was injured for 70 days. Returned mid March. Just now getting back up to prime mileage. And because I'm crazy here's a half marathon photo on OR 34(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190530/bf043a17d260246f2245fa2d3a9c09b2.jpg)
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Personally I don't think it's all that weird to run along signed highways. I used to frequent US 1, FL 436, FL 552 and FL 15 during my Florida years. On occasion I would run parts of CA 43 here in Central California. I've found that a lot of abandoned roads like the Old Ridge Route, NOTR route over Cajon Pass and a couple others to be prime mountain run destinations.
Horrible week running. (Dramatic emphasis not intended if it comes across that way. But worst non-injury week in a very long time)
Thursday made the mistake of doing a hard track workout 16x200 at 38 seconds each with minimal recovery (150m) in 90+ on a day I had anxiety due to finals. Ended up overexerting myself and got signs of heat exhaustion. Don't know how that final went with no food in me when taking it. Ended up breaking cuss free streak of 111 days afterwards.
Saturday: Ran up Chehalem mountain and got a Strava CR. On the decent, I went too fast around a corner and ended up hitting a BlackBerry bush on my left leg. Able to avoid my right leg due to jumping immediately. Bleeding wasn't bad even with one thorn in but once I started running again, lost form really quick and still felt the thorn even after I took it out. Ended up cutting it short 4 miles. Was going to be my first 15 miler in 16 months.
Update: That final ended up being a 48%. Class: Vector Calc
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on June 16, 2019, 12:51:48 AMEnded up breaking cuss free streak of 111 days afterwards.
Shit, I hate when that happens.
Quote from: kevinb1994 on June 17, 2019, 09:30:06 AM
Quote from: Alps on June 16, 2019, 11:44:34 PM
Quote from: Hurricane Rex on June 16, 2019, 12:51:48 AMEnded up breaking cuss free streak of 111 days afterwards.
Shit, I hate when that happens.
:-D
How do you even keep track of something like that?...I probably can't even go an hour.
Anyways, I bought a larger water container that holds 44oz to keep trying half marathons in the summer. So far I've made twice this month but times have sucked being close to 7:30 min pace. This last week it was approaching 80F at 4 AM so I'll be happy if I can get two half marathons in for July and August.
Got this pic of the Speed 65T60 sign at the end of a week with 65.60 miles (74.3 7 day total but it skews up week totals so keeping it off). How perfect. Got a selfie too but keeping that redacted. Done on an 18.5 mile run which will be longest of the season and longest run in 16 months.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190702/62d63260309b9420560611767f75673e.jpg)
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4 injuries now in 15 months.
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Quote from: Hurricane Rex on July 31, 2019, 05:07:54 PM
4 injuries now in 15 months.
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Just out of curiosity how much strength training do you do? I used to have a ton of leg injuries myself until I started building muscle mass in my 20s.