Running General Chat - Weekly Thread Sat 18 May 2024
Running General Chat - Weekly Thread Sat 18 May 2024
Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.
Today my long trail run was very windy. Really sucked the energy out of me, and it sucked.
Had another crack at a pb (under 5min /km). Missed it by 8 sec. Grrr
8 seconds is very close, you are definitely capable of running that pace. I think you'll crack it with your next attempt!
Oh its going to happen!! It felt like the hardest thing I have ever done. Looked at my stats afterward and realised I was probably only hitting 75% of my effort.
I was able to run for the first time in 8 weeks as of yesterday! I've been off any high impact exercise for about the past two months due to shin splints. I'm still wary and taking it a bit easy, but hoping to be able to hit up a 15k or half marathon in the fall at least and I want to ramp up my training bit.
Shin splints suck can confirm. Hope it stays good for you!
What do you guys do on your +2h long runs to not get bored? I listen to podcasts and stuff, but I still always get bored as hell after about 1h of running.
I’m probably an outlier. Nothing at all. My brain is busy mapping out the route ahead of me. Tracking pace, hr, reminding myself when it gets hard that I’ve done it before.
Taking in the environment: cars, other people, wildlife, trees, the sky, etc.
Mulling over the previous days events, planning the next day, theres a bunch of stuff that occupies my mind.
I did find a good podcast to listen to recently and so have given that a go.
Haven't made it past an hour yet...
I listen to music. Sometimes I use Spotify's auto-generated playlists and find new things. I was also into the "Zombies, Run!" app for quite a while which is a zombie apocalypse story that unfolds as you run, and you get to listen to music in between story clips.
Ran another yearly PB this week: down to 24:22 at this morning's Parkrun. I was actually a bit worried beforehand because I thought I might not have recovered from a slower 8 km run I did mid-week, but once I got going I felt great.
Isn't running supposed to be really bad for your knees?
Not at all, unless you have poor running form. Many people are able to run just fine for their entire lives, even running marathons in their 70s and 80s.
Wow it's one of those things I was always told as a kid, thinking it was real
