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Me and my dad climbed it yesterday, the road has been closed all week except for cyclists so there's been a tonne of people on it.
https://www.strava.com/activities/351501477
It's actually a super nice climb. It's steep, but it's not that long.
A couple of others were running in the race and put it up on Strava, too.
Broke 3 hours and qualified for Boston yesterday with a huge PR of 2:56:58! So stoked right now! I was able to run fairly even splits most of the race until the last 4-6 miles where I was just hanging on constantly calculating what pace I would need to hold the rest of the way to stay under 3. I followed the Hal Higdon Advanced 2 training plan and only missed a few runs. It ended up working out really well and there was definitely a difference in how fresh my legs felt for the race compared to the long runs in training. Here is the Strava!
That's life. Want to trade? This is mine.
https://www.strava.com/activities/643981613/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-GB&v=1469099934
I work as a bank manager. No shower so I do a sink shower after and wear a suit at work. I don't do it daily but when I do, it makes my day 1000x better.
It gets better. I commuted 15k each way for years. The first few it takes a bit to get the routine down. It took you an hour so 2 hours both ways. That's your workout done for the day too AND your commute. You often can save time when you you remember you are effectively multitasking.
Hi there,
I haven't been on reddit for a few years but have relapsed and started using again with some gateway lurking. I want to say how encouraging you all are on r/running. I've typically run solo so reading all your stories has been such a joy.
I live in Adelaide, Australia which is 10km from the sun during summer so the upcoming winter is looking pretty appealing right now.
My current goal is to run a sub 35min 10km (currently at 39:54).
I'm running 30km a week which has been a slow slow rise due to injuries and falling off my push bike!
I haven't joined a club but have gone as far as liking some facebook pages and hoping that will inspire me.
I'm also a physiotherapist studying a Masters in Sports specialty so I love long, tedious articles with lots of details.
For sure follow me on Strava and I'll follow back!
Strava has an option "Hide Privacy Zone" almost literally shoved in your face.
HERE is a recent ride of mine - know where I live? NOPE, cause Strava fucking said "do you want people to know where you live, press here to say NO"
You can extend that zone to wherever you want. Want a 10 mile privacy zone, cool... make the privacy zone cover 10 miles. The stats still show, but not the specifics.
Ragen... PM me, I will give details, you can show your progress without divulging detials, I am more than happy to help another cyclist!
Woke up, got dressed and drive to a half marathon trail race. Starting in 35 minutes, so I'm downing a Gatorade and Redditing. Hoping for sub-1:50.
Edit; 1:54:23 on my watch, 13.23 actual miles. Not 1:50 but crushed my PB from a year ago by almost 14 minutes. So I'm quite happy!
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Had a 1.5 hour run scheduled that I wanted to push into a 2 hour run, that ended up being 2.5 hours because I went too far out on an out and back loop. Half marathon long slow distance run completed, but not intended. https://www.strava.com/activities/487170600
Ran my second 5k race. Goal was under 35 mins.
5 pr from the race:
The hills did not get me! Sadly, I am now sick.
note: edited for spelling
A horrible weekend with my fiancé's Grandpa passing away on Saturday afternoon. She had her first HM lined up today and considered not running. She buckled up and ran it in his name today, having to stop along the way as the emotional pain was a little much. I'm super proud of her for not only completing the race but also showing real mental strength during this tough time.
Oh, and I got a nice new PB too which is always a bonus!
I'm racing a UCI 2.2 stage race this week. You can check the power data for the first two stages if you'd like. I weigh 69 kg and finished in the first peloton both days. https://www.strava.com/activities/313884321 https://www.strava.com/activities/314371061
Un-complaint: I managed to run 18 minutes continuously[1], and the pace wasn't even that bad!
Complaint 1: Now I know what running after eating a lot of fatty food feels like, and I don't want to repeat it. Seriously, so uncomfortable.
Complaint 2: I'll be travelling for the next ~10 days, into a foreign country, and I'm not sure how comfortable I am with running there. I mean, I'll do it nonetheless, but it takes more initial energy.
Confession: This week is food week. I cooked a lot. There was a work event. I'm surprised that I don't roll on declines.
Check out Strava. It's great for keeping track of your rides.
It has a great route mapper too, so you can find good routes to give you a slight boost in distance when you want it.
Hey guys and gals, just wanted to introduce myself and stop lurking. I'm a slow-ass, beginner, fat (but not as much), 31-years old runner, but I've been reading /r/AdvancedRunning for almost a year now.
I've ran a few 10ks with a PR of 55:xx, and I'm getting ready for my first half-marathon next Sunday.
Here's my Strava account.
I've done mostly road training and racing, but given that the community around my place is mostly trail-oriented (we have one half and one marathon per year, but lots of very technical trails and ultra-trails), I'm thinking of doing some trails races during the second half of the year while training for a December 10K (where I hope to go as close to 50 minutes as possible).
Cheers!
Fucking. Exhausted.
Moved into our new house this weekend. Why the hell do I have so much massive furniture and how the hell did it all fit into our tiny old house? Spent Sat/Sun working on things and it's been pretty smooth, yet still tough. I think the cats are taking it the hardest - they've not allowed me to sleep since Friday so I'm very deprived.
I had to do a couple of laps in the back yard yesterday to keep my streak alive so I'm pretty sure the neighbors think I'm already a bit ridiculous. First full day living in our new home and I'm literally running in circles in the back yard.
It's going to be a loooong week.
Book-ended the week with races on Monday and Sunday.
Monday - 5k in 15:11. Ran 15:31 on the course the year before at the same effort level so it was a good improvement.
Thursday - Fartlek of 6 x 1min on, 2min off, 2min on, 1min off. Averaged 5:28/mile for the 7 mile workout.
Sunday - Columbus 10k. The store I work at puts this on so it was a big goal event for most of us. I ran 31:42 the year before and ended up finishing 2nd this year in 30:55. The top few guys were very quality so I was surprised to be as competitive as I was. It was also the USATF-Ohio 10k Championships and I was the first Ohio guy to finish so I suppose I can add that to my resume now.
Now that a mini race season is over I'll go back to some more higher volume training for June/July and pick up more racing in August.
Major lurker, but working on it!
Where in the world are you? Boston, MA
Are you training for anything in particular? Half marathon in NYC this weekend (sub-2, crosses fingers) and my first full marathon later in the year. Didn't get into New York but I think I might go for one in New Hampshire. But yes, I initially started for general well-being. Runniversary in one month!
What kind of training plan are you following? I switch between Hal Higdon and whatever I'm in the mood for.
Are you a member of a running club? No, and to be honest, I tend to prefer running by myself most of the time (and without music too!). There's something meditative about it that I can't quite replicate with a buddy next to me.
Also tell us something about yourself. I make pinatas. Well, I used to. Oh, and I count ice skating as cross-training. That counts, right?
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I always see people talking about doing a Beer Mile so I tried an unofficial one on Sunday. Yeah yeah, I know the beer has to be a certain percentage of alcohol content, and the beer has to be chugged every 0.25 miles on a track. I don't have time for that nonsense. I did it Shoes-Style! Tiny loops in my back yard with the greatest beer ever produced! It wasn't nearly as hard as people have made it out to be. My first ever 'beer mile' done in sub-10.
We had a beautiful Sunday in New York, so I couldn't resist pulling out my phone for a few pictures of the city on my slow 9-miler.
Pictures: http://imgur.com/gallery/E1g7H/new Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/462484857
Have a good Friday everyone!
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He posts everything to Strava so there is much less doubt (almost none, really) that this is a real attempt. If you look at the October distance challenge, he's massively in the lead:
https://www.strava.com/challenges/October-2016-run-distance-challenge
And thats without looking at his previous running achievements.
Øresund strait - The Baltic Sea.
I did this on top of a cruise ship off the coast of Copenhagen last summer. I'm KOM and plan on taking this one to the grave.
Yesterday's race was my first race of the year.
After failing to achieve a sub 1h 10K last year, I wanted to try it again this time. However, after studying the course and seeing that it had quite a bit of elevation (139 meters / 450 feet), I knew it was going to be hard. The race was two loops, going mostly uphill for the first 3 kilometers, then downhill two kilometers, and then the second loop.
Looking back on it, the lack of hill training in my training cycle was a mistake - I didn't know how hard I could go uphill, and I wasn't certain of my downhill technique, and I think I lost a lot of time on both portions of the loop.
Comparing my heartrate data from my preceding race to this one kinda makes the same point - I didn't go as hard as I could have.
However, and even if I finished in 1:00:34 (chip time), and so missed my A goal, I still ran a strong race, managed to keep my speed up, never got so out of breath that I had to really slow down or walk. It also was a 10K PR, which tells me that if I was running on a flat course, I could have done way better.
I'm beginning to better know my body and how to get its strength out, and that makes me happy.
I'm taking this week easy, and beginning a new 10K training cycle February 15th - there's a flat 10K on April 9th, and I'm planning to race it as fast as I can. Don't know my goal yet, but something sub 58 minutes.
I meant once you get into the meat of the climb. You think anyone sustains their carried speed for more than 20-30 vertical feet of what's shown in the picture?
Using mgh = 0.5m v^2, someone hitting the base of a climb at 23mph will have all of that kinetic energy tapped in the first vertical 15ft of the climb.
This is a climb I did today on single speed: https://www.strava.com/segments/10949735 hit it at 130rpm and ground down to 50rpm by the time I was half way up. And this was a mere 40 vertical ft.
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I found one of the women from last weekend - and she used HR for extra data:
https://www.strava.com/activities/676408100
Lisa Weightman, Australian Marathoner, 31st place 2:34
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/lisa-weightman1
Check out that suffer score.
Where in the world are you?
Waterloo, ON.
Are you training for anything in particular?
10k/day streak. Somehow the streak is still alive and today is day 187. I've been subscribing to /r/running. /r/advancedrunning, and /r/amileaday.
I'm also running my first marathon in April.
What kind of training plan are you following?
Nothing. But I do long runs in the weekend, and cycling. I've been consistently running 85-90km/week.
Are you a member of a running club? No, because I'm a shy guy.
Also tell us something about yourself. I'm a PhD student (duh). A really short and skinny guy, 5'4" and 110lbs. If you meet me in person, you might think I have malnutrition. I used to think my body is physically weak, and unattractive. In Highschool, I was a kid whom you think smart and weak. But hey, fuck that. Now I think my body is built for running. No unnecessary weight? check. Can eat anything without gaining a pound? check! Skinny like Kenyans? Yes!
I cycled up Aprica in the summer without realising it was a mountain pass (or at least not at the start). A few cars slowed down when we were starting it saying how impressed they were with us. I was thinking it was a bit strange as I thought the hill would only be a couple hundred meters.
We cycled the route the opposite way though, from Tirano to Edolo and we got rained on quite a lot.
I'm not sure if my Strava is private?
Edit: the climb took us 1 hour and 47 minutes for only 750m elevation. 199/200 on Strava :D It was probably my favourite climb of the trip.
I've been lurking for quite a while, but here goes:
Woo new parkrun PB. First sub 18! I didn't rest at all prior to the run due to marathon training, but about halfway round just decided to really go for it. A real nice confidence boost before my first marathon in 2 weeks time!
Where in the world are you?
Maryland!
Are you training for anything in particular?
My first half marathon! It's in two months :)
What kind of training plan are you following?
I kind of just developed my own base building plan that I'm using to work up to the half.
Are you a member of a running club?
Yup! Just joined a few months ago, but I have yet to run with them because I like to run at work during lunch.
Also tell us something about yourself
I love to bake and I once made a Pink Floyd cake.
Where in the world are you?
Near Strasbourg, France
Are you training for anything in particular?
The Amsterdam marathon in October (it'll be marathon #3!) and a few halfs leading up to it (Geneva, Vignoble d'Alsace -- which will be more about drinking than running, but shhhh, Colmar).
What kind of training plan are you following?
No training plan in particular at the moment, just building mileage back up. I've recently faced facts and realized that I need to seriously revamp my nutrition and lose weight if I want to get faster. So I'm currently in the losing weight phase of my plan.
Are you a member of a running club?
Nope. I'd like to change that in the future though.
Also tell us something about yourself.
I used to dream about running the way that people dream about flying. It still amazes me that I can run -- I just wish I had started sooner.
Where in the world are you?
Belfast, NI
Are you training for anything in particular?
Training for a marathon in two months, hoping to be fit enough to run it this year. Tried last year and only managed 22 miles before I needed to pull out.
What kind of training plan are you following?
Not too good at following plans but currently roughly using a McMillan Marathon plan on Strava as a guide.
Are you a member of a running club?
No but looking to maybe join one come summer.
Also tell us something about yourself.
Haven't ran properly in 4 days and feeling really frustrated about it at the minute.
I've done 52 days of a run streak and I may be breaking it tonight in favor of video games, Avengers Age of Ultron, and pizza.
TL:DR Last weekend was 4 years since I broke my back. I decided to hand cycle from Tower Bridge in London to the Eiffel tower to celebrate. This was my write up:
What a way to celebrate my 4th leg day (broke my back 4 years ago today cycling) by cycling over 180 miles from London to Paris in just under 24 hours (23:30).
The whole ride was great. We nearly missed the ferry. Had one hour sleep. I bonked 40k in at 7am and didn't know how we could continue. By 65km in I was back to full strength and felt great right up until the end. Not sure how, but am very pleased with my performance. Henry dragging me along probably had something to do with it.
It has been quite an eventful year. CYcling from Belgium where I broke my back to Croatia, finishing the trip I started three years before. I celebrated with an ascent of Mont Ventoux last September followed by coming third in the National Time Trial in October.
It has been my first race season. I started with the goal of coming in the top 3 in any race. I am getting stronger and faster, and even though I had a disappointing National Road Race last week I was still able to come third for my classification - which is a good sign of things to come.
I'm looking forward to seeing what will happen over the next year and what challenges are ahead!
Although I have just discovered blisters on my feet from the Paris ride. Blisters I had last summer that took 6 months to heal, so I am out of action for at least a moth and probably missing the national TT.
My Garmin didn't save day 1 data :(
I found one of the women from last weekend!
https://www.strava.com/activities/676408100
Lisa Weightman, Australian Marathoner, 31st place 2:34
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/lisa-weightman1
Check out that suffer score.
Dang it is hard to snoop around on Strava
Hey guys, Kae here! I'm participating in this challenge solely as an accountability component for the next few months of my life. I'm currently not trying to lose weight, but instead maintain as I prepare for my upcoming marathon on November 5 as well as my upcoming surgery. I'll be having skin removal (abdominoplasty and panniculectomy) surgery in early December which will prevent me from determining my "true" weight and I'll fluctuate a lot because of the surgery, hence the no weigh-ins from me.
However, I do have some goals:
I ran a PR at Maine Coast Marathon this morning, with BQ minus 2:40! I'm not sure if that will get me a bib, it'll be close. Either way, I'm pumped, especially after missing lots of runs this spring due to various injuries.
Splits, map, profile and photos: https://www.strava.com/activities/577168710
Beautiful course, and we lucked out with a tailwind for the parts that were along the water. Not too many hills, and low 50s with clouds most of the race.
I'm pretty happy about my pacing. The first 15 miles felt like a jog, same pace with more effort until 22, and then the last 4 were a case study in muscle spasm management, in both arms, and several spots on each leg. I kept a conservative pace over that stretch, because I didn't want to be hit with a full-blown muscle cramp.
I took a gu every 4 to 5 miles, and Gatorade every ~2 miles, sometimes water as well. Do you guys think that the muscle spams were a sign of too little nutrition?
Edit: Strava link.
Where in the world are you? : Calgary, AB, Canada
Are you training for anything in particular? A race? Or general wellbeing? : I don't race often. Running is just what I do to keep myself mentally, physically, and emotionally in-check.
What kind of training plan are you following? I do about 60-80km per week. Mostly just heatmapping. I try to never run the same route twice. When I use the treadmill is when I focus on pace practice. Otherwise, I'm pretty casual about it.
Are you a member of a running club? No. Running is me-time. Go wherever I want at my own pace and space out.
Also tell us something about yourself. I've been running regularly for about 12 years. I have a preschooler who tolerates going for runs in the stroller sometimes, as long as I promise her a stop at a playground and a bagel with peanut butter along the way. I've lived in three countries. And if I'm ever having a bad day, just give me a small latte made with coconut or soy milk, no sweetener, and my mood will instantly improve.
Hi.
Where in the world are you?
Turkey.
Are you training for anything in particular?
A race? Or general wellbeing?
I just raced my first HM on sunday. (You can check it out here.)I have another HM on April 24th but It's uncertain if I'm going to participate. I'll be training as if I will.
What kind of training plan are you following?
I followed a plan on Endomondo but I think I'm going to try another one this time. Still looking for a plan.
Are you a member of a running club?
No.
Also tell us something about yourself.
Do you eat crazy quantities of pizza? Are you cake obsessed? We need to know.
The way I look at alcoholic beverages these days.. Oh boy. I forbid myself from drinking as of 3 days ago.
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On Sunday I raced the 121st Catford CC Hillclimb up York's Hill in Kent, S.E. England. It's claimed to be the oldest continually running cycle race in the world, though they did miss a few years for the war.
I've been struggling with illness so was somewhat off the pace but it still hurt enough. My teammate Richard Bussell won in 1:50, riding 56" fixed.
I just ran a half marathon this morning and crushed a few PR's.
Not gonna lie, im pretty happy with today so far :)
I didn't think it would be possible with this heat today but I finished my first 5k race in just under 30min and I'm so damn proud! That was the first time beating that benchmark and Strava doesn't think I ran 5k. God damnit, Strava.
(Strava)
Woke up at 5 AM (!!) on Saturday, drove down to Maryland, and went on a group trail run with /u/rennuR_liarT, /u/WeeLeigh, /u/josandal, and /u/Sacamato. The run had everything: a rusty gas pump, abandoned houses, a suspension bridge, and a waterfall with a shallow pool you could wade through underneath. (Pics are on my Strava activity if you want to see.) It was soooo humid, though. I could have used a change of clothes by about a mile in. I hope we can do it again sometime soon.
Pretty much spent the rest of the weekend glued to the couch and binge-watched the entire new season of BoJack Horseman. I hope this doesn't spoil anything too much, but the end was running-related again and a lot more moving than one might expect from a cartoon with talking animals. Also, Casino is now on Amazon Prime.
Not really a lurker, I've been posting more and more recently, but here it goes anyway: Where in the world are you?
Ames, IA. God I hate Ames, IA.
Are you training for anything in particular?
Indy 500 Mini Marathon first week of May, plus the Dam to Dam in Des Moines at the beginning of June. Still haven't decided whether I'll attempt another full in the fall.
What kind of training plan are you following?
Right now I'm on Pfitzinger's Half Marathon 2 plan, the one that peaks at 63 mpw. I'm not sure how it's going to go, the first long progression run kicked my ass. If I have to I'll drop down to his lower-mileage plan or combine the two into some sort of hybrid.
Are you a member of a running club?
Not at the moment. As an ancient grad student, I'm afraid I'll feel really old and slow if I try to join the University running club
Tell us something about yourself
I'm also crazy about lifting. It's slowly started taking a backseat to running, but I still hit the gym 4x per week on top of my crazy-high (to me) running mileage. I have no free time.
Edit: Shameless Strava profile plug
Saturday: 12.7 km (7.9 mi) GA w/ 8 strides. 335 m (1099 ft) of elevation. Felt better than expected after "racing" my tempo yesterday.
Sunday: 36.3 km (22.6 mi) long run. 989 m (3245 ft) of elevation. Mostly easy or between easy and general aerobic. But it's still tiring to run for almost 3 hours, and this run also had a few hills. This is the longest run in my whole marathon preparation. I did Super Week last week, so it's only 4 weeks to marathon day now!
Totals for the week: 140.6 km (87.4 mi). 3278 m (10756 ft) of elevation gained.
Superweek: 9/10. Next time I'll try to do it in real-time instead of the week before, since that is more fun.
Ride down to the Burke, take it into Bellevue and ride down to Mercer Island and then back home. You can either return the way you came or go across Mercer into Seattle, head north through Leschi and the Arboretum back up to the Burke. BG Trail is great, yes there are a few joggers but thats why you have a bell, and its better than hitting a stop sign or red light every block.
https://www.strava.com/activities/339902497
This route is 50 miles, but it also includes the extra mileage around the island, and the to-and-from my old place in Ballard. It's a really easy ride, only 2,000' elevation change.
Edit: Thanks for the kudos!
I managed to eclipse the 500-mile mark for the month of April by wrapping up a 124-mile week yesterday. For much of the week I have been battling a nasty cold or flu virus, so I've been very achy, tired and out of sorts. In addition, I'm coming off a 130-mile week, meaning in the past two weeks alone I've cleared 250 miles and averaged eighteen-plus miles per day. If not for an eight-mile Wednesday this week that average may have been closer to nineteen a day.
Next up, sixteen days until my run streak hits 800 days then it's on to my debut marathon, with an A-Goal of 2:45 and B-Goal of 2:50.
Feel free to follow me on Strava.
Where in the world are you?
>Currently: San Antonio, TX
Are you training for anything in particular?
>Would like to Run 5k's and finish in a reasonable time in every state in the continental US. (then run the New York Marathon but thats more of a late 30's goal of mine)
What kind of training plan are you following?
>go outside and run/jog/walk/roll/crawl/passout under every condition possible under as much stress as possible for 6 miles. So running a 5k in New Orleans in July is a walk in the park. (i'm currently working up to a constant 6)
Are you a member of a running club?
>Solo Dolo
Also tell us something about yourself.
>I love nature and the idea of traveling and walking around wilderness with the grass beneath your bare feet but in reality i would rather make doodles in CSS, listen to DefCon talks, and drink beer
Link your strava/smashrun account!
>(just got one of these not too long ago!)
https://www.strava.com/athletes/13354915
This morning: 5 mile warm up, 5k Race, 10 mile cool down. I won by about 20 seconds, so it felt good to get on the roads again after a bad track race a bit ago. Now covering someones shift at work woohoo.
Ran a solid marathon pace workout last Tuesday in preparation for this upcoming weekend. 2x4miles @ 6:05-6:10 pace was the goal with 4min rest in between. Did the reps on a 1.2mile loop in the pouring rain and wind. I actually felt really comfortable the entire run and definitely could have done without the rest in between and not felt bad.
Splits were: 6:01, 6:05, 6:01, 6:06 [rest] 6:03, 6:06, 6:03, 6:02
Pace yourself - at your power with no wind it should take you between 95-110 minutes to complete that climb at an average speed of 9.5-11mph (@ power of 200-250 watts).
This is according to strava @ https://www.strava.com/segments/633502 which is from visitor center to parking lot.
I might even prefer to keep the pace lower for the first hour as it is hard to tell how conditions might be different (wind) as you climb and you will have a much better climb with fresher legs toward the top. The first 4 miles is closer to 6.5% gradient as well and levels off for a mile or so - don't be fooled. Also the last 6.5 miles average 6% grade so you need to finish strong.
Worst case scenario if you go out too slow? Just do it again! Hah.
lol, that elevation gain. I've done this ride a few times and it's pretty incredible, especially the downhill ;)
edit: real version of this ride with accurate numbers - https://www.strava.com/activities/217530865
Okay so thanks to my big mouth and /u/waists I've just ran two laps of Hyde Park, which is about the average distance a Premier League player runs in a game, as a celebration of Arsenal's win and Aguero's blank today. O_O
Here are screenshots of how this all came about via a WhatsApp trashtalking session.
Next time I'll think before I speak :P
Edit: On the plus side I got a green arrow on today's games again :D
1 - Nope. I'm going to do a small tempo tomorrow, but nothing crazy. I've just tacked on more running, my legs are feeling it a little bit this morning. We'll see how they hold up running today.
2 - Yeah. My legs felt really good yesterday, probably due to the down week last week, so my goal is definitely reachable.
3 - I'm all alone, there's no one here beside meeee.... Hopefully I'll get out with the track club for my long run.
4 - Fobo do you normally wake up this early? Seems crazy to me that you run at 7 or 8 at night and wake up at 6:30ish.
Also my run this morning is dedicated to /u/brwalkernc. https://www.strava.com/activities/679172199
Second 10 miler in the can. It was all I could do to run 8 flat miles. I'm still counting them. Gonna drink another six then run the final four. BAZZZIING!
I am currently in Charlotte, NC
Not training for anything in particular although I ran my first half marathon a couple of weeks ago and definitely got a little addicted
I don' really follow a formal training plan, I just try to listen to my body and go from there
Not a member of a running club
I'm currently getting my undergrad degree in biology, in my free time I like to run (obviously) and bake/cook.
Just ran an easy double on Christmas. I usually like to workout since it's a day off from everything but it wasn't on the schedule.
I did do a 6 mile tempo on Wednesday in 30:42. I was trying to run between 5:02-5:07 so right on. The weather wasn't spectacular so I was pleased to have a good result despite the conditions. The new goal for the spring HM will be 67:00 or faster, which is coincidentally 5:07/mile pace.
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I'm getting faster and faster :) in the past 12 months since my nationals I have knocked off over 5 minutes for my 30k TT and over 2 minutes for my 10km TT. these are times I had set last October after my nationals and have been chasing and failing to reach all winter. Over the past few months I have been putting 30-60 seconds into them a month.
In August my race season starts again, after a 2-3 month break. Ride London on the 2nd of August followed by the National Road Race on the 16th of August. A podium finish in the Nationals is my season target.
After that then I may go to Grenoble and climb some big hills and in October I might try cycling from London to Paris in 24h. I am fairly sure no one has done it on a handcycle before.
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Although I am still a long way behind the British #1 and the #2 is quite a bit better than me, however they have been doing it for a decade or two and I am 10 years younger than them. I think the average age for the top handcyclists is something around 40, so I have another 15 years to get there...
Edit: Just got back from a short ride (1 lap effort) and was on track for a new PB but my flag fell out ugh. Spot where it came out: https://www.strava.com/segments/1382483/compare/ODE0MzEzMjQ4MCw3NzI3Mzg3MDg1
Some of the pros on Strava don't strip power data, heres one from a flat ToC stage:
https://www.strava.com/activities/302191907/overview
It barely goes above average 150W, and at 42kmh average that was a pretty quick flat stage.
Cat one from Canada here, consider me an elite if you want but I'm putting in the time at least to warrant consideration. About 2/3 of my training volume is outdoors. I do the more intense/structured sessions indoors - if it's a z2 base type ride I'm going outside -but when it's super effed outside and I need a base day I will try for 2 hours indoors on rollers followed by xc skiing, or vice versa.
I'm a mess this time of year, and my poor 'cross bike is even messier.
https://www.strava.com/athletes/276709?utm_source=top-nav
Last Saturday I had an interesting day of 4 hours riding outdoors, then I got home and drilled it for an hour on rollers to make 5 hours with the final hour at a very high intensity (like .93 IF). Brutal but effective.
Edit: As a addendum I should say that my major objective races this year are the long and grueling one day races and/or stage races, most of which will be up against continental pros. Maybe I don't need to do this crazy stuff to race amateur locally but if I want to get to the next level I sure do.
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I hit 60+ miles for only the second time this year last week. I'm feeling much stronger, but I don't want to overdo it just because I feel better . . . we'll see how October progresses.
First workout was 4 x 1 mile with 60 seconds jog rest @ HMP. I don't really know my pace for a half right now, but I did feel that 5:57 / 6:07 / 6:07 / 6:01 was probably too fast. At least it was that morning. Still a good workout.
Second workout was one of my old favorites from 2014, a long run starting at Boston mile 23 and going out toward the Newton Hills, then coming back to the start running hard. I didn't do the whole back portion hard this time (just easing back into it), but I got five solid miles averaging 6:34 over the last two hills. These runs are how I got my last HM PR, so I'm glad to be getting more of them in now.
Also, you can't swing a dead coyote in this area without hitting a dozen Strava segments that you can only hope to get 500th place on.
Holy shit. I was considering posting how happy I was about reaching 10k for the first time tonight, but that's nothing compared to your feat! From 10k to half marathon in under a month? There's no fucking way I could do that, but now that you've done it, I kind of want to try, even though I'd fail miserably.
Your last 3 kilometers are really impressive. I wish I could pump it that hard even for a 5k. Congrats!
Here's my 10k run anyway.
It was pretty surreal looking back and seeing John Brown (Axeon) and Nate Brown(Cannondale) in your draft when you're trying to start a break.
Just tried it myself on a 10K outing. To be perfectly honest I think the bad outweighs the good here. Too much stopping and crashing on me. Good for you if it helps you get out and run more but I don't know if it's for me. I think I'm going to be doing my running and Pokemon Go training separately.
https://www.strava.com/activities/635311432/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1468082053
You should check out this cool feature on Strava:
I'm not sure if you need to be a registered user or not (but it's free if you don't already use it)
One of the features that it includes is a global heatmap, so you can see where other cyclists most often bike (which are usually the best bike-friendly roads).
There's also a "use popularity" option. You can select your starting point & destination and it will create the route for you based on the most popularly ridden roads.
I signed up for a 10k never done even 5k before, overweight and unhealthy but I managed to run for 5 miles today for the first time ever, I am just over a mile short of my goal. https://www.strava.com/activities/590419735
Where in the world are you? - Baltimore
Are you training for anything in particular? - Full Marathon October 2nd
What kind of training plan are you following? - MapMyFitness "Dynamic Training program" not sure if it's actually any good. But it seems OK. Open to suggestions on this.
Are you a member of a running club? - Nah.
Also tell us something about yourself. - Well...I have lost over 150lbs in 2.5 years (so far) but ...I am still a "Heavy Runner" as I have seen it called. I am currently 235lbs, but I started off my journey at 387lbs . I took up running as soon as I thought my knees would be able to handle it (about 330 lbs) I started and failed Couch to 5k twice before finishing it on the third try. Went into the 10k version, got bored with it since I did not have a 10k goal or race to train for. I got pressured into signing up for a marathon, and decided to go for it, since I started upping my weekly distance the weight loss plateau I was sitting at (250lbs) was destroyed, and the scale as started ticking downward fairly consistently. Come October I'd like to be at or below 200lbs when I take on my first marathon, but I feel confident that I will be fine if not. I am 22ish weeks out, and my long run of 11 miles last week didn't kill me.
Link your strava/smashrun account!
I've had an account on Strava for a while, but never used it, I just linked my tom tom gps watch to push to their as well. I will start to use it as well. https://www.strava.com/athletes/7053834/
Alright here we go.
Where in the world are you? I live in Oakland, CA.
Are you training for anything in particular? I have two triathlons coming up. Escape from Alcatraz in June and an (off-brand) half iron distance race in July!
What kind of training plan are you following? I made my own training plan up. I have had recurring stress fractures for the last 5ish years. I was injured last summer and have been training since November. I started with 30 second runs and have increased by 30 seconds up to a mile. Now I'm at 4 miles and am still injury free!
Are you a member of a running club? I ran with a couple local hash groups, but no not really. Once I can go a bit further again I'd like to check out the November Project group in SF.
Also tell us something about yourself. I'm in my second year of law school and I'm from Ohio (that's two things).
Link your strava/smashrun account! Okie doke! (Strava)
I de-lurked two weeks ago but forgot to post my account links, so I'll just go again, I guess?
Where in the world are you? Stuttgart, Germany
Are you training for anything in particular? I'm training to run 5k regularly, and I'm considering a 10k for autumn, a Tough Mudder and a half for next year and a marathon for the year after that.
What kind of training plan are you following? C25k with extended long runs in the end - I got up to 18 mnutes of running / 2.x km in week three.
Are you a member of a running club? Nope, I love running on my own.
Something about myself: I love tracking numbers. Looking at numbers has replaced stupid mobile games for me. I look at running numbers, I look at calorie stats, I look at my financial stats, I just want ALL THE DATA.
WHOA posting quite early! Yesterday the BF and I decided to change up our long run a smidgeon! We were both feeling lazy and didn't want to plan out a route but decided to run along the canal. However in the spirit of the Single Road/Trail EB (which is the same thing as the Straight Line but sometimes you can't have straight lines, we decided to take a bike along. The BF first ran his 18km to (takes about 2.5km to get to the canal) and up the canal and then we switched. During this time, I tagged along on the bike. I then ran up another 1.6-1.7 km before heading back so ended up running about 17.5 km single line! It was definitely nice to switch it up but we were out for like 3.5 hrs.
Anyways I was bored and checked how long it would take to get to Antwerp and apparently its 46km. I'm thinking if we ever decided to take a mini stay-over/day trip to Antwerp, we can follow the same style and run/bike there.
Where in the world are you?
Chicago, IL
Are you training for anything in particular?
Illinois Marathon in late April, my first one!
What kind of training plan are you following?
Hal Higdon Novice Program
Are you a member of a running club?
Not a club but a meetup group. Uptown Runners on the north side of the city
Also tell us something about yourself.
Started running last July, lost 30ish lbs, also trying to eat really clean. I swim for cross training and just bought a bike for my 1st Tri this summer!
Link your strava/smashrun account!
https://www.strava.com/athletes/13283713
Biggest mileage week in marathon training coupled with some real quality sessions and a parkrun PB too. An awesome week and making me feel a little bit more confident of hitting my A* marathon time target.
Ran the Akron Half this AM. 10th in 71:17. Not exactly the time I was looking for, but the effort was there. Much more hilly than I was expecting. Started getting quad fatigue at mile five and hamstring cramps at 8 miles so it made for a long race. Still pleased to have made the trip up and gotten a hard run in.
So it is really steep with a slight right bend leading up to the hairpin so it could definitely sneak up on you. According to strava it is between -10 and -18%.
Here is the strava section: https://www.strava.com/segments/4583516
And the google maps:
Did my first long Marathon Pace run last Friday. Goal was 10 miles at 95-100% Marathon Pace, so 5:25-5:41. Ended up doing 10.05 miles (16.2K) in 55:20 for 5:29/mile average. I like using kilometers instead of miles during longer workouts because I get more feedback during the session. I took a GU at 11k in just to practice getting nutrition down while running race pace. All in all, a good confidence booster!
Mile Splits: 5:36, 5:31, 5:35, 5:31, 5:27, 5:24, 5:29, 5:32, 5:29, 5:24.
Edit: Strava link
Mini race report: OBX 8k
Figured I'd hobby jog the 8k this morning, but then when they asked anyone running sub-7 to step to the front and nobody moved, I knew it was going to be a slow one. Primary goal was don't screw up tomorrow's marathon.
A quarter mile in, I was jogging along in 7th place and could see everyone ahead of me. I was annoyed because I knew if I wasn't running a marathon tomorrow, I'd push a lot harder and be easily first place. So instead I figured I'd run around 7:15ish and slowly reel in anyone I could. Was in third by the 2.4 mile turnaround, 1st by 3.5 miles, and was 44 seconds in the lead by the end.
I promised myself if anyone passed me I wouldn't pass them back. At one point, the cyclist asked me if I was running a 5:30 pace and I went "oh geez, I hope not. I was shooting for seven minute miles." My dad came to watch and he completely missed the finish because I'd told him I was going to run 8 minute miles. He heard the announcement that the lead runner was entering the track and didn't notice it was me. After I went through the finisher shoot, I tapped him on the back and scared the crap out of him. He was pretty upset he missed the finish.
Fun race, felt comfortable throughout, put me in a great mental place for the marathon tomorrow.
Tuesday - 26 x 400m with 100m jog between. Ran all in lane two on a track because the soccer team had stuff in lane one on both straights. Averaged ~72s.
Thursday - 5 x 1mile with 3min jog between. Ran 5:05/5:00/4:57/4:58/4:53.
Sunday - 7 miles easy, 3 miles in 15:08, then 1 mile hard in 4:46.
Ran 110 miles. Goal half marathon in on Sunday.
Goal Races: Rock & Roll Half Marathon VA Beach (September 4th), Anthem Richmond Marathon (November 12th)
Goal Times: 1:25, 2:55-2:57
Training Program: Hanson’s Advanced Plan, Week 7
Total Mileage: 56.5 Miles
Day | Mileage | Paces |
---|---|---|
Monday | 11 miles w/7 at GMP | 8:06w/u & c/d 6:40 MP |
Tuesday | Rest | N/A |
Wednesday | 2 w/u, Ladder @ 5:40-5:50/mi, 2 c/d | 8:01 wu & c/d, 5:42-5:46/mi |
Thursday | 7 Easy | 8:02/mi |
Friday | 8 Easy | 7:54/mi |
Saturday | 14 Mile Long Run | 7:08/mi |
Sunday | 6 Miles Easy | 8:25/mi |
Recap: Week 7 (of 18) in the books. And it’s tune up race week! I’m really excited because it is forecasted to cool off a bit going into the weekend so the race won’t be 75 degrees at the start (hopefully). Virginia Beach is flatter than Richmond but also warmer right now than it will be in November. I hope not tapering this week will lead to a good simulation of the 2nd half of a marathon feels. Goal is to be about 10 seconds per mile under GMP (6:40ish down to 6:30ish).
The Ladder workout on Wednesday was the toughest track workout by far. 400/800/1200/1600/1200/800/400 with 400 recovery throughout. 6400m at 5k pace so now I'm confident I could go 17:30 if I raced a 5k after a taper. I'll have to find a 5k, maybe a Turkey Trot or something right before Christmas to see what I can do.
Saturday’s long run was a great indicator of current fitness as I was able to sustain an effort that was challenging three months ago. It was also the flattest terrain I could find without being on a track, so good prep for this weekend too. I’m so excited to race on flat road instead of hilly road that I train on.
My son won his first race! Well, not really, but he did cross the line first!
I ran a small (less than 200 person) "5k" this weekend and decided to push my son in his stroller. It was really windy which makes running with a stroller MUCH harder considering it is just a big sail. Pretty flat course other than a couple of small hills. My whole goal was just to win, so I once I was in the lead at the half mile mark I knew we had the race in the bag. Didn't push too hard, but just cruised into the finish. My Garmin had 2.93miles in 18:00 which is 6:09 average pace. Not too shabby for our first stroller race.
They haven't posted any race pictures, but here is a picture of my son and I with his medal.
My previous 10K PR is gone, I got a shiny new one, at 51min https://www.strava.com/activities/547930588.
Was hoping to get a round 50 min and looking at my early splits, I think it was doable, but I'm OK with that. Next month I will race another one, part of my HM training plan and then I will aim for something below 50min. It would be really cool to see a 4X:XX.
I've been lurking on the sub for about half a year or so, but I have been trying to comment a bit more. I've learned a lot from just reading. Had run on and off before but I'd consider the end of last May/early June my real start.
I had open heart surgery (something called the Ross procedure) when I was 16 and am probably going to have surgery again to replace my aortic root and valve as it is currently about 6cm which is really large. As odd as it sounds I am cleared to run but just can't do any marathon training which I would love to do. So streak running is about the safest challenge for me.
Where in the world are you? Forney, Texas a small town 20 miles east of Dallas
Are you training for anything in particular? My next big race is the Rock and Roll Chicago half in July. I also typically train for the Dallas Marathon each year. I put my family up in the Omni hotel, a nice hotel by the finish/start line and we make a fun little vacation of it all. But I also like to do a few local halfs and other races. I have a 5K friday night and I'm probably going to do The Party Run at the Texas Motor Speedway in April.
What kind of training plan are you following? I'm not following any particular plan right now, just trying to maintain a base right now. I am looking to start one of the Daniels plans. My running group starts the Galloway plan in May to lead up to a lot of the fall/winter races, though the primary race we train for is Dallas.
Are you a member of a running club? I've been running with the Dallas Galloway group for the past few years. I know it's not extremely popular with the folk around here, but I enjoy using the run/walk for the longer distances (half and longer) and it has also allowed me to introduce my wife into running.
Also tell us something about yourself I work for EMC which is an IT storage company. We provide all different types of storage mainly for enterprise solutions. We just agreed to be purchased by Dell, so I hope this goes smoothly and I come out the other end with a job! I've been married for 10 years and we have a 7 year old daughter. I'm Mormon and my other interests mainly include video games. My family and I have been recently obsessed with the Lego Dimensions game where you build real life Lego and then get to put them on a portal and play with them in the game. It's quite fun.
Link your strava/smashrun account! https://www.strava.com/athletes/11017051
Great video and backstory. He's always a favorite of mine in races.
Also, if you guys didn't know, he's on Strava now and posts pretty much all of his workouts there. It's really awesome to see the workouts of one of the best distance runners in the US.
I raced a HM on Sunday as my final race of the year. I pulled my hamstring about two weeks ago and hadn’t done any running since then. I didn’t have time to do race-specific workouts and was feeling really uncertain about myself. I was counting on the fitness from my fall marathon training to carry me across the finish line. This was the least prepared I'd ever felt for a race.
Did some strides in the grass before the race started and I didn’t have any pain, so I figured I should be ok. I found a pack that was running around 6:58/mile pace and decided to stick with them. Everything was going really well until around mile 8 when some lady behind me stepped on the back of my shoe and sent me tumbling. Got some nice road rash on the side of my ass and tweaked my wrist, but I don’t think I broke anything other than my pride. A couple of the college kids I was running with kindly asked “Are you ok, sir?”. Shit man, when did I become sir? I’m only 37^( when did I get so old?). I picked myself up and tried to brush it off. Around mile 10 my hamstring started to cramp up on me and I stopped for a moment to stretch it out. It happened again just before mile 12. Stopping for a couple of seconds to stretch it resolved the problem, but I knew it was going to negatively impact my overall time. I still managed a kick at the end, taking the final stretch at 5:33/mile pace. Chip time was 1:31:51, which is a 4-minute PR compared to July of this year.
This time last year my PR was a 1:46. Seeing that drop in time is a huge motivator going into winter base building. I have my eyes set on a HM in late spring 2016 where I’d like to finally go sub-90.
Edit: Also got the world's most gawdy race shirt.
Why the fuck did I wait so long to join r/running group on Strava? The kudos are seriously awesome.
Edit to say: this is me Follow me and give me those sweet, sweet kudos! https://www.strava.com/athletes/9301250
Last week has raised my expectations a little bit. It started with a double on Tuesday where the morning tempo felt easy and the afternoon on/off workout felt even better. It was Saturday's long steady that is really making me reevaluate things.
I wanted to get in some lactic threshold work and also try to get a feel for how my HM pace felt. I set off on my run and the weather was perfect. Upper 40's and climbing with clear skys and a warm sun keeping me from feeling cold. My first few miles went as planned right in the low 6:00's but then it was like I got a second wind and just wasn't feeling taxed at all. I pressed the pace just a little more and started clicking off miles in the low 5:50's. I was still shocked that at mile 7 I felt fine. Once I increased the pace to 5:45's for the next two miles I started to feel some fatigue. I decided to just go ahead and open it up and my final mile was a 5:28. Overall I averaged 5:55 for 10 miles and I felt like I definitely could go another 3.1.
I am really excited for this half marathon at the end of the month now. My original pace goal was to run at 6:00 or just under. Now I am thinking I need reevaluate.
This is way too much stuff (and the wrong stuff).
Cleat covers are unnecessary for this ride, you don't need a rag, you don't need bottle three on that route (plenty of refills), you don't need a back up battery (unless maybe if you still use iPhone for tracking).
Why did you only bring one PB&J and a gel on a century? No pump/tubes? For this ride your pockets should be all food, pump (or CO2, 2x tubes.
Also, ditch the gatorade mix and pick up something more worthwhile.
Join this club and ride/chat with some of the more experienced riders - https://www.strava.com/clubs/FatCake
What I appreciate: random people cheering you on!
I was spontaneously running my first recorded (and 2nd ever) HM distance a few days ago. At KM 19 , I was so exhausted, I was ready to give up on my sub 2h goal and slow-jog the last meters.
At exactly that second, I passed a beer bike full of guys enjoying their evening. When they saw me, they all started cheering and clapping. They held out their hands and I got 5 high-fives in a row running past.
The cheering gave me a huge rush and instead of slowing down, I sped up! Here is the strava link to the run, and if you see the huge spike at 1:51, that's the beer bike effect. Really loved those guys that moment and finished strong.
What I also appreciate: Runners in summer outfits. You all look super hot.
Two workouts for me and I'll count my LR as well.
First: 6x12s uphill and 6 x strides. Stolen from Uncle Pete. Trying to get used to having two quality days a week. This workout was nothing special. More fun than difficult. Strava
Second: 18 min LT. The last 5k I did the course was long. So I've been taking my workout paces based on what GPS data said I did, so a 21:3x 5k. But the 5k was also hilly. I know it normally isn't a good idea to adjust paces to where you want to be but I really do believe I'm in sub 21 shape. Which means for the LT miles I was going for 7:02ish pace. Rolled through all of them dead on 7:00 pace and felt amazing while doing it. For comparison that 21:3x 5k is barely under 7 flat. When I start doing longer LT work I'll scale back the pace to be 7:10ish but damn that was a great workout and a huge confidence booster. Strava
Long Run: 11 miles. 9 of which were solo because I got lost. 600 feet of elevation. It's amazing how good I felt during this run. I was cranking out 8:30-8:45 miles easily on the hills. Really good run considering my goal half has ~700 feet of elevation. Deets
Good luck to everyone racing. Thanks to Hurricane Matthew... no birthday race for me. Every race in coastal and central SC is cancelled. It's a real shame because some good races were supposed to be this week. The only "race" in Charleston next week is the Komen Breast Cancer event and that's mostly walkers (Real runners avoid it).
I ran my 14 mile long run yesterday to get it done before Hurricane Matthew. It's not ideal because I had to do it the day after a tempo, but oh well. Hurricane calls for desperate measures to get training in.
Speaking of that, I've run over 60 miles in the past 7 days, including a 10K, a tempo run, and two long runs. Whew. My legs needed the rest in the car while we were leaving Charleston this morning.
Most of our neighborhood stuck around since we don't live on the coast but I didn't want to be miserable, stuck at home, and possibly with the power out. The lanes of the interstate were reversed, so we drove Westbound in the Eastbound lane. That was... interesting.
I also recapped my IOP Connector Run 10K on my blog, if anyone wants to read.