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Ran a 10k - Official Thread (2 Viewers)
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SteelCurtain
Footballguy
268 miles in January which has to be a record for me. Last three Januarys ranged from 143 to 179 miles. A warm less snowy January helped but I also was way more consistent in getting out.
I’m just focused on volume so when I have to pace London 6 days after Boston, my legs aren’t dead.
I’m just focused on volume so when I have to pace London 6 days after Boston, my legs aren’t dead.
SteelCurtain
Footballguy
I don’t know what drinks you are drinking. But if it’s Gatorade or Vitamin water or that kind of crap, I’ve really enjoyed Bai. It only has one gram of sugar and tastes pretty good IMO.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Costco has packets of Liquid IV, which are similar to Gatorade but without all the sugar.
JShare87
Footballguy
The one good thing about my failed attempt is I did cut out sugar for the entire month of January. No more than 3 to 4 grams per day. Almost impossible to not have any grams of sugar.
gruecd
Footballguy
Bai is one of the things I do drink. I love it, but the erythritol makes me super bloated.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
Cut alcohol, sugar and refined grains. Eat more fruits and vegetables.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
What's next, boss? Moving on to squats, yes?
-OZ-
Footballguy
Air squats, or lightweight.
The Iguana
Footballguy
I just popped in here for the first time in awhile, saw this and was all excited. I ran to strava and searched your name before I saw the post after this one.
The Iguana
Footballguy
I had 7.2 miles in january. That's 1 run of 3.6 miles on Jan 3 and 1 run of 3.6 miles on Jan 31.
The Iguana
Footballguy
But I did just look and that's an improvement over January of 2022, when I only had 1 run for 3.2 miles in the entire month.
tri-man 47
Footballguy
Sounds good. Truth be told, I've been doing 75 squats and 75 pushups each day along with the planks. I'll back off on the planks to a great degree and maybe swap in some lunges to complement the squats ...and/or add some weight to them.
-OZ-
Footballguy
-OZ-
Footballguy
Nice work!
I only netted 442 total miles and 30 hours across all activities (except walking the dog).
71 minutes of planks though, so there’s that.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
Tomorrow is going to be rough. -3 with 10 mph winds (feels like -19). Fortunately this cold snap ends late Saturday morning.
beer 30
Footballguy
Consistency, thy name is Iguana
The Iguana
Footballguy
Sand
Footballguy
So 2200 miles? Impressive.
Not much going on here besides sitting in the basement on my bike. But I am 1/1 for workouts in February.
Tonight will make 3 days in a row.
Zasada
Footballguy
Yeah, me too. My "sugar-free" (1g) drink of choice is True Lemon Lemonade. Uses Stevia, which is much better on my gut.
gruecd
Footballguy
Moving my long run to Sunday this week. Have a wedding to attend tomorrow afternoon, so I'd have to run first thing in the morning, and with sub-zero wind chills, that means I'd be relegated to either running on the treadmill or doing 66 laps at the Pettit. 
Sunday at noon we'll have temps in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s. Easy decision.
Sunday at noon we'll have temps in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s. Easy decision.
Zasada
Footballguy
Moving my long run to Sunday this week. Have a wedding to attend tomorrow afternoon, so I'd have to run first thing in the morning, and with sub-zero wind chills, that means I'd be relegated to either running on the treadmill or doing 66 laps at the Pettit.
Sunday at noon we'll have temps in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s. Easy decision.
-40 (same in both metrics!) wind chill for this one.
gruecd
Footballguy
Discretion is the better part of valor.Moving my long run to Sunday this week. Have a wedding to attend tomorrow afternoon, so I'd have to run first thing in the morning, and with sub-zero wind chills, that means I'd be relegated to either running on the treadmill or doing 66 laps at the Pettit.
Sunday at noon we'll have temps in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s. Easy decision.
-40 (same in both metrics!) wind chill for this one.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
Moving my long run to Sunday this week. Have a wedding to attend tomorrow afternoon, so I'd have to run first thing in the morning, and with sub-zero wind chills, that means I'd be relegated to either running on the treadmill or doing 66 laps at the Pettit.
Sunday at noon we'll have temps in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s. Easy decision.
-40 (same in both metrics!) wind chill for this one.
Which way was the wind blowing?
Zasada
Footballguy
Good question. Thankfully it was a tailwind. Really made a difference.
At those temps, the soles of my shoes were as hard as rocks. It actually sounded like I was running in wooden clogs.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
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Zasada
Footballguy
Zasada
Footballguy
I'm now in the "[eff] that [poop]" phase of my injury recovery. First few steps this morning were fine, but then things went downhill with my leg. Zero power or stride length. Slowest pace on my "standard" run in years. But just ran through the pain.
Maybe I can find some stretches or something to help.
Maybe I can find some stretches or something to help.
JShare87
Footballguy
Sorry about your injury, but you’re a BMF. Take it easy for a little while. Work on those dumbbells.
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
What’s the injury?
-OZ-
Footballguy
Fairly accurate. Although there’s a site you can get titles from
I’ll leave the zwift titles alone but all others become the holiday. So Happy National Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day y’all!
tri-man 47
Footballguy
<Strava> "Ran with @gianmarco " </Strava>
gianmarco
Footballguy
tri-man 47
Footballguy
On a serious note, you might check out various routines from Kristie Ennis on YouTube. I have a first-thing-in-the-morning routine and a last-thing-at-night routine, and I find those helpful for generally keeping loose. If nothing else, working through a variety of stretches should help narrow down exactly where the issue is.
SFBayDuck
Footballguy
Thank god, I fly in on Monday night. Three full days/nights of work stuff so won’t be outside much anyway, but that sounds brutal.
If you’re regularly drinking booze and eating sugar, then cutting those out are the quickest way to drop a few pounds. I’m still drinking my wine in the evenings but have been pretty strict keto since Jan 1, down about 12 pounds so far. I know if I cut out the wine it’d be even more.
Time to go see a PT and get some work done on it and specific exercises prescribed. My Achilles issue lingered for 6 months before I finally went, and now three months in its waaaay better.
SteelCurtain
Footballguy
I agree. If the legs aren't getting better, its time to go see someone and see if they have ideas on how to fix it.
You have a R2R2R to be ready to crush this fall. Need you healthy!
Zasada
Footballguy
Based on YouTube videos it appears to be adductor issues. I can make it hurt with stretches which focus on that area.
Had the same pain after my Vegas race, but it was symmetrical and lasted about a week. Symmetrical again after Houston, but the left leg issue is lingering and the right is now fine.
bushdocda
Footballguy
Bro I feel like I mentioned this but if sorry but I think gian makes note every time I chime in on groins.
Try some internal squeezes on a bball or yoga block laying on your back with knees bent. Should light up the adductor. Don’t overdo it. Cycle the pressure on/off a few times and then have a snack.
Another is also back on the ground and to keep one leg bent on back/ground and raise the other towards your head and press it into your hands while resisting within your hands and while pushing the other foot/leg down into the ground. This is what we call ‘hip resets’ but it probably has a name like ‘longitudinal resisted hip emasculation’ or some ****. Do it on both sides and do the side that sucks worser twice.
#groinlife#wtfismylife
tri-man 47
Footballguy
@bushdocda, you'd recently mentioned lateral steps with a resistance band. I do those a little ..not nearly enough, but I certainly feel it when I do them. Those would be helpful too, wouldn't they - but after recovering from the current strain?
bushdocda
Footballguy
For sure. Those are gold for glute stuff on the lead leg moving laterally and adductor/abductor more on the trail leg I find. Great rehab and prehab move.
Zasada
Footballguy
Yeah I did many of those for my glute recovery/prehab.
gruecd
Footballguy
Total comedy of errors yesterday. I'm about 5 mile my 18-mile point-to-point run when I hear "battery low" through my headphones. I'm confused, because I'd just charged my headphones, and I start thinking about what I'm gonna do when they die. I stop at a gas station for water around 11-12 miles, and they're still going strong. Interesting. I make it past 14 miles, and my headphones are still fine, but my Garmin dies. Ooooooh, that battery was low. 
Thankfully I was carrying my phone (unusual for me), so I pulled it out and fired up Strava, figuring I'd just combine the two activities later. Not two miles later, my phone decides to just randomly restart. 
I'm less than two miles from the finish at this point, so I say **** it and continue running, figuring I'll just note the time when I finish and figure out everything else based off that.
Run was going really well until my Garmin died. I feel like I was set up for a really strong finish, but sadly the technology fails stressed me out, and the last 3+ miles felt a lot harder than I think they would've. Technology, man...it's a blessing and a curse sometimes.
Thankfully I was carrying my phone (unusual for me), so I pulled it out and fired up Strava, figuring I'd just combine the two activities later. Not two miles later, my phone decides to just randomly restart. I'm less than two miles from the finish at this point, so I say **** it and continue running, figuring I'll just note the time when I finish and figure out everything else based off that. Run was going really well until my Garmin died. I feel like I was set up for a really strong finish, but sadly the technology fails stressed me out, and the last 3+ miles felt a lot harder than I think they would've. Technology, man...it's a blessing and a curse sometimes.
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