Ran a 10k - Official Thread (7 Viewers)

[SFBayDuck]

Cellcom Half Marathon today

if i didn't have to stop for a #### at about the 8.5 point, i would not have missed my goal by 0:04 seconds

Ooof. Did you eat multiple chicken breasts beforehand?  Sounds like you had more than enough fitness to hit your goal, congrats on that!

Not a race but I got in my car to drive the 2 miles to the trailhead this morning, started backing up out of my driveway, then put it back in forward and ran back inside for my 5th bathroom trip of the morning. Damn gluten just destroys me these days, but garlic bread and lasagna is so good....

 

[mr. furley]

Ooof. Did you eat multiple chicken breasts beforehand?  Sounds like you had more than enough fitness to hit your goal, congrats on that!

Not a race but I got in my car to drive the 2 miles to the trailhead this morning, started backing up out of my driveway, then put it back in forward and ran back inside for my 5th bathroom trip of the morning. Damn gluten just destroys me these days, but garlic bread and lasagna is so good....

tortellini and toast for dinner the night before. been trying to eat halfway decent foods in hopes of avoiding that bathroom break but.....

 

[ChiefD]

Cellcom Half Marathon today

if i didn't have to stop for a #### at about the 8.5 point, i would not have missed my goal by 0:04 seconds

Can't wait to read the full report on this one. 

If your fitness is such that you would have hit your goal regardless of the break, nice job. I consider that a success.

 

[Ned]

@lombardi - welcome aboard!  Don't be shy about sharing your daily runs.  Its a great exercise in keeping yourself accountable as well as a good learning experience.

@Nigel - Congrats on the PR!

@Hang 10 -  at finishing off the 5K on your own.  I remember doing the same thing (racing a 5K in middle of a LR) and it was fun.  How'd you feel heading back home?

@mr. furIey - Good job on another HM!  Sorry about your pooping issues getting in the way of a PR... Maybe you should PM @Mr. Fruley's Proctologist for help?

@FUBAR  - Glad to hear you're still in one piece!  We need detailed descriptions of these 2 masseuses.  

 

[Hang 10]

@Ned I didn't feel awful but I could definitely tell that I haven't been putting in the miles lately. Yesterday was the longest run I've had since my half in March. Also, my legs are a bit weary from all the strength training, so I'm sure that added to the fatigue running back. It was kinda fun to do something different though. I'd like to try it again in the fall when I'm gearing up for a marathon.

 

[igbomb]

Well, my HRM is kaput. It's an old Forerunner 110 that I bought for my wife several years back (she decided that instead of becoming a runner again we should have two more kids so I took it). 

I'm in no rush but I guess I'm in the market for another one. I would LOVE to get a decent wrist monitor and avoid the strap if they are a) any good and b) reasonable cost. But I'm ok with going old school strap if the price is right.

Not looking for recs yet, though I inevitably will. For now I'll just do a little shopping whenever I need a bit of a break at work.

 

[ChiefD]

Well, my HRM is kaput. It's an old Forerunner 110 that I bought for my wife several years back (she decided that instead of becoming a runner again we should have two more kids so I took it). 

I'm in no rush but I guess I'm in the market for another one. I would LOVE to get a decent wrist monitor and avoid the strap if they are a) any good and b) reasonable cost. But I'm ok with going old school strap if the price is right.

Not looking for recs yet, though I inevitably will. For now I'll just do a little shopping whenever I need a bit of a break at work.

The Tom Tom watch has been great. HRM is on the wrist, and this thing works great. I'll never go back to a chest strap again.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Another Q re: my 10-year old...

He ran a 21:01 5k in a steady rain Saturday (6:47/m), which was good for 2nd in the kids' race.  My Q is about his form though.  He is ALL OVER THE PLACE when he runs.  Has this weird forward lean and his arms and legs fly.  I assumed that's just what kids looked like when they run, but the 1st and 3rd place runners looked pretty normal/smooth.  Is his form likely to naturally get better as he gets older?  He's so long and skinny right now that I'm thinking maybe he grows into his body, but figured you guys might have some thoughts.

 

[Hang 10]

No, I don't think form naturally improves in most cases but it sounds like maybe he just hasn't grown into his body and as his coordination gets better, his form could improve as well. Also, that's a great time for a 10 year old!

 

[igbomb]

The Tom Tom watch has been great. HRM is on the wrist, and this thing works great. I'll never go back to a chest strap again.

How is it with moisture? I'm a sweaty ******* and I think the constant sheen of sweat is what did my last one in. It had a nice cloud of condensation inside the screen for the last several weeks before deadlining.

 

[Hang 10]

How is it with moisture? I'm a sweaty ******* and I think the constant sheen of sweat is what did my last one in. It had a nice cloud of condensation inside the screen for the last several weeks before deadlining.

Most of us are sweaty bastards when we run. Sweat shouldn't be a problem for most newer watches. Maybe the seal on your old one just failed.

I'm using a Garmin 225 with a HRM on the wrist and it works pretty great. I did see a deal for the new 235 for $250 earlier this week though...it's still a bit pricey but that's a $100 discount for that model. 

 

[ThreeThousand]

IM Choo 70.3 yesterday.  Goal time was to break 5 hrs.  Met @FUBAR for dinner Saturday night before the race, good peeps.  Quick race summary:

Swim 33:05

Bike

29.9 mi    1:16:39     23.41mph

56 mi       1:19:21      19.74mph

Total        2:36:00      21.54mph

Run

.8mi     .8mi     5:51    7:48/mi

3mi      2.3mi   18:00    8:00/mi

5.8mi    2.8mi    23:18    8:22/mi

8.8mi    3mi   23:12    7:44/mi

11.6mi    2.8mi    22:56    8:14/mi

13.1mi    1.5mi    10:48    7:00/mi

13.1mi    1:44:05    7:56/mi

T1 - 4:42

T2 - 3:27

Total 5:01:19

 

[MAC_32]

No, I don't think form naturally improves in most cases but it sounds like maybe he just hasn't grown into his body and as his coordination gets better, his form could improve as well. Also, that's a great time for a 10 year old!

At age 13 I was about 6'0 and a buck twenty soaking wet, so if he's long and skinny then I could see that being an issue as I experienced it too.  Start coaching him up on his form though.  That isn't something that magically fixes itself.  Bad habits now will be harder to kick if not corrected until later.

 

[ChiefD]

How is it with moisture? I'm a sweaty ******* and I think the constant sheen of sweat is what did my last one in. It had a nice cloud of condensation inside the screen for the last several weeks before deadlining.

It's been fine. No worries at all.

 

[igbomb]

Most of us are sweaty bastards when we run. Sweat shouldn't be a problem for most newer watches. Maybe the seal on your old one just failed.

I'm using a Garmin 225 with a HRM on the wrist and it works pretty great. I did see a deal for the new 235 for $250 earlier this week though...it's still a bit pricey but that's a $100 discount for that model. 

Fair enough. While I certainly don't have the market cornered, I had to stop running side by side with my wife because I spray sweat with every pump of my arms. I sure lose a lot of weight on a long run though.

 

[Hang 10]

Fair enough. While I certainly don't have the market cornered, I had to stop running side by side with my wife because I spray sweat with every pump of my arms. I sure lose a lot of weight on a long run though.

http://www.clevertraining.com/garmin-forerunner-235-gps-running-watch-activity-tracker?ref=cj

Here's that deal I was telling you about. 

 

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Well looks like I've been thrown into the fire a bit earlier than expected. 

I'm also on a Memphis Italian Festival competition cooking team and the festival is the first weekend of june. Apparently there is a "Luigi 5k" that Saturday morning and the team gets some sort of credits for each person that runs. I've been pressured into running it. I've been leisurely running shorter distances (1-2mi mostly) so this will be stretching me out a bit (I know... n00b) but going to try this approach since I'm 12 days out from the race:

Tonight: 1mi short run just to stretch legs (Ran 1.5mi Fri PM and 2mi Sun AM)
Wed: 1.5 to 2mi
Sat AM: 2.5 to 3mi "long" day to work out pacing for the race
Mon PM: 1 to 1.5mi
Wed AM before work: 1mi to stretch legs
Sat: 5k "Race" Day 

Any glaring issues? 

 

[mr. furley]

Can't wait to read the full report on this one. 

If your fitness is such that you would have hit your goal regardless of the break, nice job. I consider that a success.

man, i'm not sure what it is. my guts get jostled and jarred around enough that i always have this overwhelming feeling of having to #### after about 7-8 miles. sometimes i can fight through it but often times i've got no choice but to stop somewhere. 

in the past i'd eaten bananas on the route, a popsicle, ice cubes, jelly beans, etc. and figured one of those things was triggering the bowels.  didn't do any of that this year on any of my training runs... didn't matter.  my intestines have a timer or something. 

the porta-potties are spaced out every 1.5 miles (i think that's what it was). i passed the 7 mile marker, which is the start of a steady incline, turned down the opportunity there though i knew i shouldn't have, and the whole time up the hill was thinking "i'm not going to make it". saw my wife and kids a little after the 8 mark. kids ran out to high-five me and then... there in the distance... i saw the porta-johns.  i've never run faster and more carefully in my life.

thankfully there were 4 and one was open. would have been in and out faster but sitting down felt so, so good. had i closed my eyes i would have gone to sleep.

 

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 awesome

 

[worrierking]

I have a Garmin 225 which does not need a chest strap for the HRM.  I like it a lot.

I am having some issues getting a good connection to my PC.  I am running a bit now, but my stuff isn't showing up on Strava since I am struggling to get a connection. I googled the problem and I found a suggestion of trying a different USB port, which helped once and hasn't worked since.  If anybody has any suggestions I would be grateful.

All my posts since I have been here for about 4 years are about injuries or Garmin issues. 

 

[mr. furley]

just remembered.. there were 3 people on the course, 2 men and a woman, wearing bibs from the first corral that i kept seeing pass me.  i kept passing them and thinking it had to be bathroom breaks or their uneven pace, whatever.

a bit after mile 7 they got right in front of me and were talking about drinking. something about shots... hangovers, etc. whatever.

one guy said something about the bag he was lugging getting lighter.. then he streaked across the crowd to the curb where some spectators had setup a table with a "free beer" sign.  he yelled something about them not having any booze, but, no worries.. he had his own! so he took the free beer (maybe a couple ounce pour), drank that and then ran back to his friends in front me of and pulled out a bottle of Fireball.... from which he and his pal took pulls

from that point until around mile 12 that group was within range of me enough that i saw him take another shot, grab a beer from the crowd, chug that as he ran and then pull out his own beer from.. i have no idea where.

####### hell. 13 miles with a buzz. and they still finished ahead of me. 

maybe i need to run drunk?

 

[lombardi]

So the plan was to start running this morning.  Had my clothes/shoes set out, downloaded my apps, went to bed early.  I had everything ready.   My daughter stumbles into our room crying around 2am covered in puke. Not a fun cleanup, some hit the floor but most hit the walls on the way from her room to ours.  Son is also sick in the morning.  That's ok, I'll go in the afternoon.  Work goes late, everyone is sick, it gets later and later.  Finally with about 45m left of daylight I storm out of the house "I'm going running."  I made a commitment to myself so I'm running!   On the 3 minute drive to the park it starts raining.  That's ok, rain wont kill me. Finally get there, grab my phone, get ready to go..... phone is dead.  No couch to 5k program, no timing anything, no music.  It's like the universe is trying to stop me  

No matter, I went anyway.  I just counted in my head.  300 seconds of walking, then 60s jobbing/90s walking about a half dozen times, then 300 more seconds of walking.  I think that's what the app was going to have me do.  I don't know if I was counting too fast or too slow but it felt like it was slow.  I kept thinking to myself "That's a minute, a true minute, as I live beneath the Beam" (any Dark Tower fans)?

The loops is 1.5miles and when I finished jogging/running I was probably done 2/3 of it, so about a mile.  I walked the rest back to the car.

A couple of observations.

These shoes are awesome.  I couldn't believe how good my knees/feet felt afterwards.  Shoes seriously make a huge difference, I can't believe how big a difference.

I was kind of thrown off a bit by my rough start but to be honest it may have been a blessing in disguise.  No phone app, no music, nothing to distract me.  It was interesting but I think it helped me pay more attention to my body.  How I felt, how quick I should run so I wasn't wheezing by the end of the minute, how my legs felt depending on where I tried landing on my foot.  I'm going to use the C25k app for timing but I think i'm going to run without music for a while.

I tried landing on the middle to front of my foot.  I read it was better for knees instead of landing near my heel.  It was pretty comfortable, I think I'm going to keep trying to do this.

On one hand I couldn't believe how shockingly out of shape I am and it was somewhat depressing.  On the other hand I couldn't believe how shockingly out of shape I am and it really pissed me off and motivated me.  It feels pathetic not to be able to simply run a mile but it felt SO DAMN GOOD to be outside running at all. If I can keep myself healthy and build up some strength and stamina I could see myself really loving this.   Until then, I know for sure that if the zombie apocalypse comes and I run out of ammo, I'm doomed.

I really appreciate the encouragement in the other thread and I'm sorry if I've gone on a little long.  Just a lot of stuff running around in my head after today and wanted to get some of it out.

If anyone reads anything that seems off or alarming about how I'm running, please let me know.  Thanks.

 

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Congrats!!! Impressive resolve given road blocks. Glad to see you chose the "can't believe I'm this out of shape, I must do something about it" path. I still recall when Iwas starting out with C25k and how day 1 was daunting ... It's good you're seeing it as a challenge not an obstacle. You've got this. 

Ill defer to people who actually know what they're talking about on suggestions on form and other stuff... But just wanted to give you props.

 

[Ned]

I was kind of thrown off a bit by my rough start but to be honest it may have been a blessing in disguise.  No phone app, no music, nothing to distract me.  It was interesting but I think it helped me pay more attention to my body.  How I felt, how quick I should run so I wasn't wheezing by the end of the minute, how my legs felt depending on where I tried landing on my foot.  I'm going to use the C25k app for timing but I think i'm going to run without music for a while.

Good job getting out there despite the temptations to blow it off!  It would've been easy to just say screw it and kick the can down the road, but that's exactly how we all end up gaining weight and getting out of shape!  The above is exactly why I never run with music.  It's excellent alone time.  As you become stronger you'll be able to turn off all of those running thoughts and just be able to cruise around and contemplate random crap.

I tried landing on the middle to front of my foot.  I read it was better for knees instead of landing near my heel.  It was pretty comfortable, I think I'm going to keep trying to do this.

This is very important, IMO.  Good work!

On one hand I couldn't believe how shockingly out of shape I am and it was somewhat depressing.  On the other hand I couldn't believe how shockingly out of shape I am and it really pissed me off and motivated me.  It feels pathetic not to be able to simply run a mile but it felt SO DAMN GOOD to be outside running at all.

 

 

[FUBAR]

I'll edit in details later. 

SWIM DETAILS | Division Rank: 49

Total 1.2 mi 30:46 1:35/100m 49 399

Felt pretty good here, didn't push overly hard but kept a solid pace throughout. 

BIKE DETAILS | Division Rank: 220

29.9 mi 2:03:41 14.50 mi/h

56 mi 1:22:42 18.94 mi/h

Total 56 mi 3:26:23 16.28 mi/h 

My active time was 2:41:38, at 20.9mph. Flat tire at mile 16, a broken pump, a borrowed co2 which I let bust my spare tube (so had to change the tire twice) almost led to a dnf. The thought of quitting was strong. But I did not.  Another rider let 


me have his spare tube and then the motorcycle repair guy (don't know his real title) squared me away and off I went.  This meant I was now 45 minutes back and behind a lot of slow riders.  At dinner the night before, 3k commented about a rider doing this race with a fat tire bike  (pretty much a mountain bike), whom I was now behind.  Being behind people new to the sport was unique, many of these people don't understand or follow the rules of staying to the right, don't ride straight when getting something to eat, riding double across the lane, and are just inexperienced.  To add to this, there are cars on the route who thankfully were cautious with these riders but that meant blocking the road for anyone riding faster than the pack in front.  I made up some time but this grew frustrating.  At the same time it was good to see the less fit athletes getting through the race and they were having fun doing so.  My mentality went from trying for a pr to just enjoying the event. 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

RUN DETAILS | Division Rank: 178

0.8 mi 8:13/mi

3 mi 8:32/mi

5.8 mi 9:38/mi

8.8 mi 9:09/mi

11.6 mi 11:18/mi

13.1 mi 8:49/mi

Total 13.10 mi 2:04:41 9:31/mi

I knew before the race that the run could be rough.  Thankfully my leg held up but my stride was cut short.  This was consistent with the few runs I did last week.  The leg didn't give me problems until mile 5. Even then it was manageable if I didn't lengthen my stride.  I just wasn't going to be fast. 

Transition Details

T1: Swim-to-bike 7:01 (really slow, this included the climb up the ramp which I didn't push)

T2: Bike-to-run 3:35

Afterwards I hit the massage tent, where 10 girls and 2 guys were helping us recover. My turn was up, an older woman (close to my age) was teaching a younger girl how to give a proper massage.  The older one knew exactly where to hit, nothing quite like having her massage my piriformis and telling the girl to not be shy and get in there.  The older one liked my bald head and gave a good scalp massage, again telling the girl how bald guys are awesome and how we enjoy getting our heads massaged.  

Overall it was a good experience, but I'm enjoying this week of rest.  I'll probably hit the pool for a light workout later today but nothing hard until next week. 

 

[Hang 10]

Nice work, @lombardi and congrats on the massage, @FUBAR!

So this morning, I wake up to a text from my buddy with a clipping from the VA Pilot with the weekend's race results. Much to my dismay they printed my 5K time as 27:51 instead of 17:51(short course as I mentioned before)! 

So my question is, can I sue them for libel? 

 

[Nigel]

Last week I threw my name in the lottery for the Falmouth Road Race, a 7M on Cape Cod in August. 10K runners with an elite field (Meb finished 10th last year). I was hoping to make it the focal point of my training the next two months but just found out I didn't get in. Looks like I'm relegated to the local 5K circuit for a while, which is fine, but I'm pretty bummed.  :(

 

[Nigel]

@FUBAR nice job keeping a positive attitude despite the equipment failure. 

 

[Ned]

Last week I threw my name in the lottery for the Falmouth Road Race, a 7M on Cape Cod in August. 10K runners with an elite field (Meb finished 10th last year). I was hoping to make it the focal point of my training the next two months but just found out I didn't get in. Looks like I'm relegated to the local 5K circuit for a while, which is fine, but I'm pretty bummed.  :(

Make it the Summer of SPEED.  5Ks are fun!

 

[mr. furley]

On one hand I couldn't believe how shockingly out of shape I am and it was somewhat depressing.  On the other hand I couldn't believe how shockingly out of shape I am and it really pissed me off and motivated me.  It feels pathetic not to be able to simply run a mile but it felt SO DAMN GOOD to be outside running at all. If I can keep myself healthy and build up some strength and stamina I could see myself really loving this.  

man, this was me on day 1

utterly devastated with how out of shape i had let myself get... but determined to let that day be my nadir.  

and the feeling of being outside in the warm sun, alone with some quiet, doing something solely for myself to prove i could do it.  that's all it took. i got hooked on self improvement.

there are a lot of things i love about running (coming from a guy who had only run when forced up until about 31/32) but the thing i love most is it's completely up to you. it's on you to get out there, to improve, to fight the fight when the weather sucks or you don't feel up to it. and it's up to you to run the race and finish it. other people don't give a #### if you're fast/slow/fat/ugly/look like a rockstar.... but they're going to be super friendly and motivational if they see you struggling and think you need it.

 

[Juxtatarot]

 5Ks are fun!

Your masochist side is showing.

 

[ChiefD]

No matter, I went anyway.  

Dude, this is awesome. 

So many potential excuses available to you, but you went anyway. That is a HUGE first step. Congrats!

And I will also tell you, don't be depressed about your initial realization. Be excited that you are doing something about it. I (and most everyone here) have had the same thoughts. I just looked up my very first workout on Map My Run. It was in October 2012. I went 1.54 miles at a 16.31 pace, which is basically slow jogging/walking.  A month ago I ran a half marathon at a pace of 8:09, thanks to going out the second day, and the day after that, and the day after that.

It doesn't matter if there is ever a race in your future. Just go out the second day, and the day after that, and the day after that. (but I gotta say, if someone had told about all the honey's in spandex shorts and sports bras, I would have started running 10 years earlier )

 

[MAC_32]

Make it the Summer of SPEED.  5Ks are fun!

Speaking of 5K's, I'm going to try to beat my adult PR of 18:18 sometime in June.  The suck index watch has arrived though.  Despite temps of 86 now just a 141 SI, but the humidity is set to climb each day from now (46%) until Monday (76%  :X ).  Trying to plot out when to do this 5K should be an added challenge as I really only have one shot, don't want to try it too far into marathon training...

 

[Sand]

I'll edit in details later. 

SWIM DETAILS | Division Rank: 49

Total 1.2 mi 30:46 1:35/100m 49 399

Felt pretty good here, didn't push overly hard but kept a solid pace throughout. 

Total 13.10 mi 2:04:41 9:31/mi

I knew before the race that the run could be rough.  Thankfully my leg held up but my stride was cut short.  This was consistent with the few runs I did last week.  The leg didn't give me problems until mile 5. Even then it was manageable if I didn't lengthen my stride.  I just wasn't going to be fast. 

Sucks to be stuck like that, but at least you got going again.  Your run was shockingly good considering your injury issues.

And a 30x on a HM swim is absolutely smokin', man.  You should be in the front 5% with that kind of time.  I didn't know you were a swimmer guy.

Make it the Summer of SPEED.  5Ks are fun!

5Ks are the devil.  I'm pretty sure Dante described the 9th level of hell as being a 5k track...

 

[FUBAR]

Sucks to be stuck like that, but at least you got going again.  Your run was shockingly good considering your injury issues.

And a 30x on a HM swim is absolutely smokin', man.  You should be in the front 5% with that kind of time.  I didn't know you were a swimmer guy.

Thanks.  We had a decent current. Actually upstream for the first 350m, then down.  I placed 399/2346 finishers for the swim, so not bad but not top 5% (just top 17%)

 

[Sand]

Thanks.  We had a decent current. Actually upstream for the first 350m, then down.  I placed 399/2346 finishers for the swim, so not bad but not top 5% (just top 17%)

Forgot it was in a river.  Still, that's a nice result.

I'm glad you managed to do this without aggravating your injury.  That's a big win here.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Speaking of 5K's, I'm going to try to beat my adult PR of 18:18 sometime in June.  The suck index watch has arrived though.  Despite temps of 86 now just a 141 SI, but the humidity is set to climb each day from now (46%) until Monday (76%  :X ).  Trying to plot out when to do this 5K should be an added challenge as I really only have one shot, don't want to try it too far into marathon training...

Assuming non-terrible weather and continued good health, I'm sure you'll break 18 this time.  Heck, if I recall correctly, you ran your first mile of your half marathon at 5K pace! 

 

[mr. furley]

(but I gotta say, if someone had told about all the honey's in spandex shorts and sports bras, I would have started running 10 years earlier )

so much of this. my god, yes.

 

[tri-man 47]

 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

 telling the girl how bald guys are awesome and how we enjoy getting our heads massaged.  

Not just the bald guys, brother.  Not just the bald guys.

I'm really impressed with your toughness to continue on after the problems on the bike!

@lombardi, I'm impressed with your toughness, too, to just get out there after the night and day you had!  Running does become our little escape from the realities of life.

 

[Nigel]

@Ned I have to agree with the masses, nothing fun about 5Ks if you're out there to PR, which I think is always the case with this group. The pain is relatively short lived but man do they hurt like nothing else. Nothing fun about racing any distance actually. 

Remind me again why we do this? 

 

[Ned]

@Ned I have to agree with the masses, nothing fun about 5Ks if you're out there to PR, which I think is always the case with this group. The pain is relatively short lived but man do they hurt like nothing else. Nothing fun about racing any distance actually. 

Remind me again why we do this? 

Yeah it hurts like friggin hell, but I love pushing to the max on those 5K and under races.  I'll take that over the marathon pain any day.

 

[Hang 10]

@Ned I have to agree with the masses, nothing fun about 5Ks if you're out there to PR, which I think is always the case with this group. The pain is relatively short lived but man do they hurt like nothing else. Nothing fun about racing any distance actually. 

Remind me again why we do this? 

This is why we need off time. Periodization is really the right word for it. Mentally and physically you can't peak all year round. I had a racing edge mentally a couple months ago but right now it's pretty much gone. The last couple 5K's I've done have sorta exposed what I already know....that I don't want it that bad. The extra pain isn't worth 20-30 seconds right now. 

Now, that doesn't mean I won't occasionally scratch that race itch this summer but the big picture says I won't really be ready to race again until Fall. You sorta have to forget how bad it hurts but mostly, you need to miss racing with big goals in mind. 

 

[FUBAR]

Yeah it hurts like friggin hell, but I love pushing to the max on those 5K and under races.  I'll take that over the marathon pain any day.

While I agree that pushing is fun, I'm pretty sure my last 2 miler caused my injury.   Of course, I'm the dumas who didn't warm up.  I'll never do that again. 

 

[SFBayDuck]

Good stuff @lombardi!  Keep at it.  It gets easier, it gets harder, it gets easier, just enjoy the journey.

@FUBAR, pretty ridiculous result given the injury to yourself and your bike.  

 

[ChiefD]

  The suck index watch has arrived though.

Yep. 150 tonight when I ran.

Awesome.

A funny thing happened though. It actually didn't feel that bad, especially compared to last summer. Maybe I'm finally getting into shape.

 

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How do you calculate suck index again? 

Having some pain in my right hip, started as an ache on the outside and now feels slightly sharper and more central (maybe 5-6pm if front of quad is noon, and up tighter against the joint. Suppose it could be base of the hammy but I'm not sure 

Taking anti inflammatories and a couple days off.  Guesing it's typical "overtraining" stuff but Thoughts welcome. 

 

[ChiefD]

How do you calculate suck index again? 

Having some pain in my right hip, started as an ache on the outside and now feels slightly sharper and more central (maybe 5-6pm if front of quad is noon, and up tighter against the joint. Suppose it could be base of the hammy but I'm not sure 

Taking anti inflammatories and a couple days off.  Guesing it's typical "overtraining" stuff but Thoughts welcome. 

Suck index is temp + dew point. Check the very first post in this thread for a good explanation of the suck zones.

As far as your hip goes, not sure. But I strained my groin gazing at your avatar for the last hour. Please keep posting. Thanks in advance.

 

[Ned]

How do you calculate suck index again? 

Having some pain in my right hip, started as an ache on the outside and now feels slightly sharper and more central (maybe 5-6pm if front of quad is noon, and up tighter against the joint. Suppose it could be base of the hammy but I'm not sure 

Taking anti inflammatories and a couple days off.  Guesing it's typical "overtraining" stuff but Thoughts welcome. 

Does this sound like it?

http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/piriformis-syndrome

 

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Does this sound like it?

http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/piriformis-syndrome

Actually, that may be it… It aches a bit while sitting down today. Thanks. Will look into that a bit… Any real world suggestions?

 

[Hang 10]

Actually, that may be it… It aches a bit while sitting down today. Thanks. Will look into that a bit… Any real world suggestions?

Get a massage. Do some stretching. Then go for a walk or a light jog to get the blood flowing.