The Distance Running Thread

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  1. Gunners

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    Miss running and playing soccer, fuck my knee. Can do long swim and bike workouts at 100% and play basketball a bit but any running for more than a minute or so and knee hurts like hell.

    Think rest will fix it but with my 3000+ calorie diet, afraid I'll get fat.
     
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  2. Hank Scorpio

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    Anyone in here do pickle juice before a long run? I've had a few people recommend it now that I'm entering the home stretch for the marathon.
     
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  3. Chicago Seminole

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    I often handwash my gym clothes in baking soda and vinegar and it seems to work.
     
  4. aisle seven

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    I think he means ingesting it. :idk:
     
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  5. Matt Foley

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    Anyone have any experience running half marathons in back-to-back weekends?

    Thinking about doing Banff and Anchorage next year and am curious if that significantly changes the training from a regular half marathon training plan.
     
  6. GamecockInCbus

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    Set a few personal bests on Saturday:

    Longest time: 2:12:00
    Longest distance: 16 miles
    Fastest 5K: 21:56
     
  7. kinghill

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    What was the timeline on this? Was it a 5k race, then long run?
     
  8. kinghill

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    Last 20 mile long run today before Oct 7th marathon. Ran up and down Rickenbacker bridge (0.85 miles) 12x, then more around the area to make 20.
     
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  9. GamecockInCbus

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    I tried to keep up with the fastest people in my running group, and did so successfully for about 3 miles. Then they said they were done warming up, so I dropped down to about 8:30/mile the rest of the way.
     
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    good watch if you haven't seen yet

     
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  12. Daniel Ocean

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    I either need to run more races or stop running them. This half is going to suck. Did my longest run in forever on Saturday. 7 at 10:30 per. I did them but I knew I wasn’t in “running shape”. I constantly run 4-5 miles so not out of shape but I am not going to break 2 hours like I hoped to last year. Thinking I’ll finish about 2:15 but I’ll have to give up booze and train regularly. Did 4.5 today will do that again on Thursday and 8 on Saturday. Less than a month away
     
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  13. Fecta23

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    Just qualified for Boston. 3:03:50. :usasmug:
     
  14. Daniel Ocean

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    8 in 80 this morning. This thread is dying what’s going on?
     
  15. THEBLUERAIDER

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    Did 12 this morning. 9:20 pace. Need to get faster in two weeks to get under 2 hours for my half.
     
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  16. Gunners

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    Knee is better and got a couple miles in this week, feels good.

    My brother has autism and currently at a 20 minute 5k, gonna destroy me next time we run together.
     
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  17. aisle seven

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    Beast.
     
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    Awesome work!

    You may not get to run Boston with that time but it's still a BQ time
     
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  19. Frank Martin

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    That's crazy that time may not get you in Boston. I didn't realize how good those runners really are that make it to Boston.
     
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  20. Fecta23

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    Yeah, its pretty wild. This year the cutoff for my age group was 3:01:23. Luckily I still have the spring to try and get down to hopefully sub 3. Im gonna take my peak mileage from 60 a week to 70 and then throw in a lot more hill work.
     
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  21. Hank Scorpio

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    3 weeks out from the Marine Corps Marathon. Had my longest run of the training schedule yesterday. It went pretty well I think. I'm feeling pretty good about finishing, just worry about those last couple miles that everyone always mentions as where they hit the wall.
     
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    Trail runnnnn Santa Monica mtns

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  23. rv12

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    the worst at MCM is the last hill right in the last mile.
     
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  24. repoocs

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    Haven't kept up lately, but just finished Kings Island half. Didn't train as hard due to job change and hectic life and ran close to 10 pounds heavier than last year. Still, only tacked on six minutes to last year's time.

    I may get serious again now and sign up for my first full in May.
     
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    I disagree

    but that's only because that part of the course was a complete blur to me. Not sure what energy I used to run it because my tank was empty. Pure reach-the-finish adrenaline.

    The hills in the beginning of the course were worse as far as hills go.

    My legs seized up around mile 24 just after a crappy section of the course that went into Crystal City area, so I just associate that area as being the worst part. Hopefully they changed the course to do away with that out and back crap section.
     
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  26. Fecta23

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    Just signed up. Taking a couple weeks off after my marathon but I'll be hitting hard after that.
     
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  27. kinghill

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    3:33 marathon today, beating my previous marathon 4:08

    Met Hayden Hawks after the race

    Canes beat the Noles

    Today was a good day
     
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  28. TableKnight

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    I just joined. I have a 10 mile planned for this weekend then going light the week before my Half Ironman next Sunday in Miami
     
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  29. repoocs

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    Has Strava been a bit spotty for anybody else lately? For example, I'll go to start a run and the map clearly shows the little dot exactly where I'm standing, but I get a "can't find GPS" signal.

    Yes you can! Look at the dot on your map! I've even opened Google Maps, etc., to double check my phone signal, etc., and it's tracking me fine.

    Eventually Strava decides to believe in it's own map plot and recognizes my location but it's annoying. I even had it lose me once on a route i run all the time and it once it found me, I ended up getting credit for a 20 minute mile. I mean, I'm slow, but not that slow.

    I'm considering my first full in the spring. It may be time to break down and buy a watch.
     
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  30. Daniel Ocean

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    My half in a couple of weeks is going to suck donkey balls.
     
  31. Matt Foley

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    9.5 training run tomorrow is going to suck really bad. Football season has me eating/drinking like shit.

    Probably gonna be in the 9 per mile range.

    10 mile race on the 28th, hoping to stay around 9/mile and finish my next half (in November) under 2 hours.
     
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  32. THEBLUERAIDER

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    Finished my half at 1:56:48. I was hoping for anything under 2.
     
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  33. GamecockInCbus

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    Just got home from the Columbus Marathon. I did the half in just under 1:50, about ten minutes slower than I wanted. I got a blister on my big toe around mile 8 or so.
     
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  34. Vito Corleone

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    Have had this problem. Only fix I have it to run with wi-fi off. I ran a great 6 mile time, close to a PR if I had to guess and when I looked at my phone, I ran it at an 11:40 pace
     
  35. repoocs

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    Ouch. See? You feel cheated. I always turn the wifi off. It doesn't help. And it's not the phone, as I open Google Maps and there I am. Ah well, first world problems.
     
  36. a.tramp

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    First run tonight since knee surgery last December. Actually since knee injury 18 months ago. Have been holding off as I had a goal weight I was trying to reach before putting too much impact on my knee. Was at 230lbs following surgery and wanted to hit 175. Have been stuck at 183 for 4 months so said fuck it.

    Knee feels good, went 1 mile at 8:05. Walked a little to cool down and will give it a go again after a couple days rest.
     
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  37. Daniel Ocean

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    Did 9 at 10 per on Saturday. Half is in a couple of weeks. It will suck so bad.
     
  38. kinghill

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    GPS watch for Christmas
     
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  39. a.tramp

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    :roll: this past year I have put over 5,000 miles on my bikes, summited 2 mountain passes and kept up with Lance Armstring on a 52 mile rolling hill ride. I say all this because in all of that, my legs have not been close to as sore as they are from 1 × 1 mile run.

    Da fuq do I want to start running again for? :laugh:
     
  40. TableKnight

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    I'm getting ready to leave for my flight to Miami for my first 70.3 Ironman on Sunday.

    9 months of training down to 2 days :pray:
     
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  42. Gunners

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    Did exactly this on the treadmill this morning while watching soccer, I’m dead.

    Actually did 10 at 9, I can’t read
     
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  43. Daniel Ocean

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    Was supposed to do 10 this morning. My last weekend before the half but said fuck it. It is what it I’ll probably finish around 2:15.
     
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  44. Hank Scorpio

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    Finished the marine corps marathon in a little over 5 hrs. I'm tired. Where's the beer?
     
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  45. FourClover01

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    Another great short video by the Ginger Runner, an attempt to break the record around Mount Rainier.



    Quick update on my running. Shut things down in July completely after my first 13 mile run of the year. The upper right hamstring has been a major issue for me this year. The past 3 months I have done a bunch of physical therapy along with doing a lot of exercises that have been strengthing my core. I hope to be back running by 2018.
     
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  46. TableKnight

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    That 70.3 HIM was amazing, I had a great time and met a lot of very awesome people. It was also the single hardest thing I have ever done. 16 MPH wind made huge waves on the swim and a ridiculous headwind on the 2nd half of the bike. I was so tired when I got off the bike I was only able to trot a 3 hour half marathon, a good number of people couldn't make the cuttoffs and DNF.

    In all 7 Hours 9 Minutes 20 Seconds. Excited to do another one, but I have a lot of training ahead of me to get into the sub 6 hour range.

    I'm thinking Barcelona 2018.
     
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  47. FourClover01

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    Figured this would be relevant for this thread. Courtney Duewalter won the Moab 240. She beat all the woman, men and I think a few Aliens signed up for this race as well. Much respect to a badass person!

     
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  48. Daniel Ocean

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    Half on Sunday. Wish me luck finished last year in under 2 hope to finish this year in 2:30. Need to “train” better and maybe run an extra one during the year to stay motivated throughout the year in my training.
     
  49. Gunners

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    Did close to 45 this week(way more than I've ever done) with 5 of them today with a 20 pound vest.

    Convinced myself that it will make me feel better if Ohio State loses tomorrow, it won't.
     
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    why are you running with a 20 lb vest?
     
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