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Ran a 10k - Official Thread (6 Viewers)

Also, I just looked and I'm at 30+mpw for the 3rd week in a row.  I've only done that once before.  If I can hit 30 again next week, that'll be the first time.  Considering the time of year, I'm even happier about that.  Two really long runs help that, but still.  Legs are feeling good, too.  Getting to the point where 6-7 miles feels like a regular/short run. 

Just another step in the long-term progress.  As always, you guys are right. 

ETA -- Up yours, @AAABatteries!

 
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gianmarco said:
No way I'm divulging when I'm SO close.......

And whatever it ends up being, I might have to add some jump rope time if need be......
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Serious question - Is the goal to win time or distance? 

 
Juxtatarot said:
Just wait, you'll be first (excluding Steve) and @SFBayDuck will spend 9 hours in the mountains on Sunday afternoon.
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I wish, because that sounds amazing.  Instead I might actually go out for my first 2+ hour run in months this weekend.  

But I do like this schtick - swoop in on a Sunday with a 5-6 hour run and go all Conan the Barbarian on @gianmarco and his Strava leaderboard dreams.

 
Zasada said:
Quick running update.

I've started to get my volume back up after my "November off".  Strava Summit now has a fitness score (it's like they know exactly how to push my buttons).  Before I started taking time off, I peaked at "99".  Through November, I dropped to 71, a low not seen since May of this year.  :(

I've got my volume back up to about 65kmpw (40mpw), and have dragged my fitness score back up to 92.  I definitely think that's exaggerating, but if it gets measured, #######it, I'm going to manage to it!
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My Strava fitness score is currently at 41. Must be a metric thing, right?  Right?

 
gianmarco said:
No way I'm divulging when I'm SO close.......

And whatever it ends up being, I might have to add some jump rope time if need be......
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Bah, Strava doesn’t count the vert unless there’s some horizontal thrust attached to it.  Major flaw.

But really ...what Juxt said (swim, bike, run).

Go get ‘em, tiger.

 
Will make a go of it today.  Sad effort earlier in the week when I forgot how cold 20* and windy felt at 6am led to a slow retreat home. 

 
Juxtatarot said:
Due to taking so much time off I enter the year with my worst heart rate and VO2 Max in a long time.  As I mentioned, I’m hesitant to commit to races this spring and just want to see what happens as I base train here for a bit.  I doubt I’ll run a marathon but I can see some half marathons in the cards.
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Despite the injuries you had another fantastic year, how are you feeling now?

I think you have mentioned before your VO2 Max before in regards to your fitness level, how are you evaluating your VO2 max? 

 
pbm107 said:
Despite the injuries you had another fantastic year, how are you feeling now?

I think you have mentioned before your VO2 Max before in regards to your fitness level, how are you evaluating your VO2 max? 
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I’m actually feeling better now that I’m running and stretching than I was when I was taking time off.  The rest didn’t really help.  We’ll see. I’m optimistic that some new stretches (and intensities) will help.  During marathon training I think I might be too cautious of aggravating an injury and try to protect it when, in fact, certain muscles need to be stressed to heal.  I’m not 100% but certainly better.

I just look at VO2 max on Garmin Connect.  Although I have no idea how accurate the actual number is, viewing that stat on an annual graph perfectly lines up with training, race performance, and my gut feeling of my relative fitness. Does it do the same for you?

 
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Juxtatarot said:
I’m actually feeling better now that I’m running and stretching than I was when I was taking time off.  The rest didn’t really help.  We’ll see. I’m optimistic that some new stretches (and intensities) will help.  During marathon training I think I might be too cautious of aggravating an injury and try to protect it when, in fact, certain muscles need to be stressed to heal.  I’m not 100% but certainly better.

I just look at VO2 max on Garmin Connect.  Although I have no idea how accurate the actual number is, viewing that stat on an annual graph perfectly lines up with training, race performance, and my gut feeling of my relative fitness. Does it do the same for you?
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Btw, I've never really mentioned this or outlined my thoughts on this before, but I LOVE reading when you faster guys engage with each other.  You guys clearly have an understanding of what you each go through at a level that I just can't understand but I'm fascinated to read about.  The small details that matter so much for you guys that I never pay attention to.  How certain workouts or parts of your training cycle are going and your reflections on them. 

To maybe explain it better, it's kind of like watching former players and analysts breakdown football plays with an understanding of what's going on that I'll never get having never played at that level.  But I LOVE that stuff. 

So, that's kind of my way of saying don't ever hesitate to post that kind of discussion here. 

 
Juxtatarot said:
I’m actually feeling better now that I’m running and stretching than I was when I was taking time off.  The rest didn’t really help.  We’ll see. I’m optimistic that some new stretches (and intensities) will help.  During marathon training I think I might be too cautious of aggravating an injury and try to protect it when, in fact, certain muscles need to be stressed to heal.  I’m not 100% but certainly better.

I just look at VO2 max on Garmin Connect.  Although I have no idea how accurate the actual number is, viewing that stat on an annual graph perfectly lines up with training, race performance, and my gut feeling of my relative fitness. Does it do the same for you?
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Maybe semantics, but I wonder if the rest actually did help, it just didn't feel like it. Running is your normal. Your body isn't going to feel right when outside of your own unique norms. So now that you're going again you feel better than before the rest period. Meaning the rest helped, but you'll never feel right unless you're also running. 

 
Snow pack hasn't melted yet, should later today, but my time to run today is now. Planned on SoS, so probably gonna have to tweak the plan but we'll see how challenging it is once I'm out there. Third run in a row without a cloud in the sky...

 
Juxtatarot said:
I’m actually feeling better now that I’m running and stretching than I was when I was taking time off.  The rest didn’t really help.  We’ll see. I’m optimistic that some new stretches (and intensities) will help.  During marathon training I think I might be too cautious of aggravating an injury and try to protect it when, in fact, certain muscles need to be stressed to heal.  I’m not 100% but certainly better.

I just look at VO2 max on Garmin Connect.  Although I have no idea how accurate the actual number is, viewing that stat on an annual graph perfectly lines up with training, race performance, and my gut feeling of my relative fitness. Does it do the same for you?
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It’s good to hear that you’re feeling better. I have been lucky in that I haven’t had to deal with any real injuries, but I find that if I take a couple days off or more that first run is the most uncomfortable, it is like there is too much healing going on.

My vo2 max on garmin connect used to track fairly well to my fitness level, but then it stopped updating for a while. I did a hard reset on my watch a few months back and it seems to be working okay again but I haven’t been monitoring it closely. It shows my VO2 max going back to June 2016, and it has me peaking in April 2018 which makes sense to me.

 
Something definitely not right with my shin, but not life threatening or anything. Not even enough pain to force a stop, just enough to be uncomfortable and make me worry about the source. All was good for about 2 miles, then started to notice it. But the end, which was only a little over 4 miles, it was starting to really talk to me. 

After getting home and having my wife look at it, she is pretty sure it is likely some kind of cyst that is getting inflamed when I run and the swelling is then pressing against a nerve to cause the pain. Have an appointment Monday morning to get a second opinion. 

 
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Something definitely not right with my shin, but not life threatening or anything. Not even enough pain to force a stop, just enough to be uncomfortable and make me worry about the source. All was good for about 2 miles, then started to notice it. But the end, which was only a little over 4 miles, it was starting to really talk to me. 

After getting home and having my wife look at it, she is pretty sure it is likely some kind of cyst that is getting inflamed when I run and the swelling is then pressing against a nerve to cause the pain. Have an appointment Monday morning to get a second opinion. 
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This makes sense if it's in an unusual location.

 
Juxtatarot said:
I’m actually feeling better now that I’m running and stretching than I was when I was taking time off.  The rest didn’t really help.  We’ll see. I’m optimistic that some new stretches (and intensities) will help.  During marathon training I think I might be too cautious of aggravating an injury and try to protect it when, in fact, certain muscles need to be stressed to heal.  I’m not 100% but certainly better.

I just look at VO2 max on Garmin Connect.  Although I have no idea how accurate the actual number is, viewing that stat on an annual graph perfectly lines up with training, race performance, and my gut feeling of my relative fitness. Does it do the same for you?
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I know my VO2 max number matches my fitness. When it’s higher, I’m in better shape. The peaks will match a harder training cycle.

In terms of Hansons, it increases during the speed part of the cycle but will flatten out during the strength part of the block.

whether 56 for me is accurate? I have no idea.

 
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I think my 2019 running year has come to an end.  I could definitely get out and run today but to what end?

I tried to run through this for about a month and the hip wasn’t getting much better. 
 

My next serious race will be in October.  I’m still scheduled to pace Miami marathon. I have requested a move from 3:45 to 3:55 pace group, which ironically will make Miami my slowest of my 20 marathons. 
 

I plan on biking, elliptical, stairmaster and maybe rowing for the rest of this month. I plan on running again January 1.  

 
Forecast is 100% rain all day but per my schedule I’m supposed to do 90 minute long run.  Seeing that this is literally the first week I’ve ever followed a training plan in my life I was wanting to do my best to stick to it.  Was sick early in the week and pushed one run back and did back to back and paid for it.  Knee feeling a little worse than it has for a while because of that but, I iced it, ibuprofen and stretching and it’s not bad.  I’m confident it’s fine.

Somebody please tell me to DBAP.

 
AAABatteries said:
Forecast is 100% rain all day but per my schedule I’m supposed to do 90 minute long run.  Seeing that this is literally the first week I’ve ever followed a training plan in my life I was wanting to do my best to stick to it.  Was sick early in the week and pushed one run back and did back to back and paid for it.  Knee feeling a little worse than it has for a while because of that but, I iced it, ibuprofen and stretching and it’s not bad.  I’m confident it’s fine.

Somebody please tell me to DBAP.
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If you can do it tomorrow or Tuesday instead then enjoy the lazy day. Otherwise...

 
SteelCurtain said:
I think my 2019 running year has come to an end.  I could definitely get out and run today but to what end?

I plan on biking, elliptical, stairmaster and maybe rowing for the rest of this month. I plan on running again January 1.  
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I'll be thinking of you as the time slowly elapses on the time elapsed digital display at the gym.  (I finally have done enough elliptical where I can now get a pretty good workout going.  Unfortunately, one other lady in our neighborhood gets to the gym before me and only does slow elliptical for 45 minutes. Reason #417 why I don't like the gym)

 
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