The Running Thread

The Running Thread

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gazza285

9,780 posts

207 months

Sunday 30th August 2015
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I did the Tour Of Norland Moor fell race this morning, a nice little 10k in the sunshine, 270m of climbing as well.

markh1973

1,787 posts

167 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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KTF said:
I made one: https://www.strava.com/clubs/pistonheads-running

The name/logo can be changed as neither are very imaginative smile
I'm in - need to keep the miles up and it's always fun to see what others are doing

MC Bodge

21,552 posts

174 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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gazza285 said:
I did the Tour Of Norland Moor fell race this morning, a nice little 10k in the sunshine, 270m of climbing as well.
Sounds good.

MC Bodge

21,552 posts

174 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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MC Bodge said:
A fell run in the Yorkshire Dales for me this morning. I've been spoiled by good conditions of late, so it was good to do a 'proper' one today in thick cloud, wind at the summits, with thigh deep bogs and sketchy way-finding.

It was only 12k, but felt like much, much further. The good news was that my quads only felt to be on fire for a couple of minutes on the first rocky descent -things are improving!
I did another Dales run before breakfast this morning. 11K of 2 climbs and 2 descents. I stuck to stony tracks this time. My downhill running is definitely improving.

Giving extensive shoulder rides to a 16kg child and a 20kg child (up hill, down dale and over stiles) over the weekend was also good exercise.

Edited by MC Bodge on Monday 31st August 18:05

marting

668 posts

173 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Just put in 32km for the LSR, surprisingly fine even after my stag do on Saturday. Feels good to burn off all that beer... defo didn't need any extra fuel on the run smile

I've been thinking about getting some calf guards for a while now, I think they may keep me warm in the winter but I'm dubious about the claims of performance benefits. Does anyone rate them? Are they worth all the stick I'd take for wearing them? laugh


ewenm

28,506 posts

244 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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I get calf issues in the cold so run in leggings (Nike DriFit lycra) when the weather changes. I find they help.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Managed to go over on my ankle the other day-got some impressive bruises around the ankle and not able to run for the moment frown

Fortunately I iced it straight away-kept on icing it throughout the day and am continuing to ice it now a couple of days after the fact. Thye difference it's making to my recovery is amazing in comparison to pevious times-so ice ice ice for a twisted ankle!

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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  • gulp* - just entered the Great Glen Ultra '16, 71 miles of fun. My wife did it last year in 16:30...no pressure then....!

eric twinge

1,614 posts

221 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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KTF said:
I made one: https://www.strava.com/clubs/pistonheads-running

The name/logo can be changed as neither are very imaginative smile
Nice one, joined!

ED209

5,740 posts

243 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Won my first race at the weekend.

Shame it wasn't really a conventional race. It was just under 5km over 5 laps, at the end of each lap you had to down a pint of ale and then eat a pub snack. At the end of the last lap a full pint had to be drank before the clock was stopped. I did it in 2 minutes something.

Not really sure if i should be boasting about it though?

KTF

9,788 posts

149 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Did you keep it all down afterwards smile

boyse7en

6,671 posts

164 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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ED209 said:
Won my first race at the weekend.

Shame it wasn't really a conventional race. It was just under 5km over 5 laps, at the end of each lap you had to down a pint of ale and then eat a pub snack. At the end of the last lap a full pint had to be drank before the clock was stopped. I did it in 2 minutes something.

Not really sure if i should be boasting about it though?
2 minutes???

boyse7en

6,671 posts

164 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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MC Bodge said:
boyse7en said:
Did my first-ever split long run yesterday and I'm suffering this morning.

Did 13.5 miles in the pouring rain running to work, worked 7 hours then ran 10 miles home in the blazing sunshine.

Quads are really stiff and it hurts when I sit down or stand up frown
Was that a distance that you were used to?

Would you do it again?

I'm contemplating a 9 mile each way run commute, although I may do a train in/run home first. 9 miles would be fine, but 2x9 might be pushing it a bit.
I have been doing 15-18 miles on a Sunday morning over the last 6 weeks or so.
So each leg of the run was within my normal mileage, but the 23 miles was definitely more than I was used to in a day

Smitters

3,995 posts

156 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Joined the Strava Club - now to definitively prove how "L" my LSD runs are!

Calf Guards - I quite like the Compressport ones and find them better than compression socks in fitting terms (I have big feet and short legs). The look is, er, challenging, especially when you have yellow ones like me, but I reckon they work well. Definitely less calf ache, and I have suffered a bit as I've transitioned from a determined heel striker to a mid-foot landing over a couple of years, which has stressed the legs a fair bit.

Not managed my LSD this week - a wedding in Ireland, so unknown lands, plus a rush to be in a suit, meant restricted mileage, but I did run three times in three days, a first for me without total injury and collapse!

Cheers for the tapering tips. I've got a half marathon three weeks out, where I plan to run about 15km beforehand, then do the race at a steady pace, so the hard miles of the longest long run will have supporters! One more decent LSD after that, then 13 days tapering down to a get-myself-round situation. Just need to keep adding the miles to the long run. Not gone over a half yet, and only two months to race day!

ED209

5,740 posts

243 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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boyse7en said:
2 minutes???
21 minutes, sorry typing error.

Dr Murdoch

3,427 posts

134 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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MC Bodge said:
Was that a distance that you were used to?

Would you do it again?

I'm contemplating a 9 mile each way run commute, although I may do a train in/run home first. 9 miles would be fine, but 2x9 might be pushing it a bit.
My max run at the time was 10miles, then I decided to run to and from work (8.5 miles each way).

I thought it was a bad move, but it turned out the run home tends to be faster! I thought I would seize up as the day wore on, but nope, all good in the hood.

I now do it regularly and my long runs are up to 15miles.

Foliage

3,861 posts

121 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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Ive started doing a spinning class once a week (instead of the sprinting previously discussed, not sure if it was the right thing to do) and my stamina is shot, im really struggling to even finish my mid week 5k's my legs just die, go to jelly and go cold. Any tips/ideas/suggestions?

L100NYY

35,076 posts

242 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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markh1973 said:
KTF said:
I made one: https://www.strava.com/clubs/pistonheads-running

The name/logo can be changed as neither are very imaginative smile
I'm in - need to keep the miles up and it's always fun to see what others are doing
Just looking at this 'leaderboard' and it looks as though I am better than I thought. Current progress would put me in Top 5-10 but it looks as though my pace is too high which is effecting my distance, this is fascinating and quite addictive stuff isn't it!


Edited by L100NYY on Wednesday 2nd September 21:19

KTF

9,788 posts

149 months

Wednesday 2nd September 2015
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I tend to upload from my garmin every Tuesday so my stats always look rubbish on the current week smile

MC Bodge

21,552 posts

174 months

Thursday 3rd September 2015
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Foliage said:
Ive started doing a spinning class once a week (instead of the sprinting previously discussed, not sure if it was the right thing to do) and my stamina is shot, im really struggling to even finish my mid week 5k's my legs just die, go to jelly and go cold. Any tips/ideas/suggestions?
Er, stop going to the Spinning class?
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