You know your body best, I’d push them a bit, but stop if it hurts or it doesn’t recover quickly.

Went for a fantastic 12km run earlier in the week and managed to talk one of my kids to come with me (they were on a bike). The time went by much quicker and as a bonus they’ve decided to do that some more!

Today I missed my weekly parkrun as I was up in the mountains. Tried to go for a run but it was raining and getting worse by the 3km mark so quit while I was ahead.

Maybe try just slowing down a bit when they get tight?

I wear full length ones when the outside temps are below 10C (~50 F). No discernible help with muscle soreness or fatigue.

I found this study (here which says there might be some benefit wearing them after a run to reduce recovery, but no benefit during. I have a pair so might give it a go on my next long run.

I had an absolutely awful run yesterday, I think I was mildly dehydrated and went out on a 15km run in 34 C heat.

By 10km, I’d drank all the fluids I’d brought and I was done. I cut it short to 12km and dragged myself home where I proceeded to drink like 3 L of water and hydralyte.

So today just went for an easy jog at parkrun. Otherwise good.

I have 3 more in the pack, I might try chilling it first next time tho

I’ve had to wind back a bit the last couple weeks due to illness. Got back into this week and have bumped my weekly output back up to a good level. It has felt good.

I tried my first “energy gel” some cheapo stuff from the local supermarket while on a 15km run. I would describe it as:

• consistency and look of lube (clear and gooey)
• mouthfeel like milk (i don’t know how but it felt like milk)
• taste was vaguely lemon/lime (as advertised on the packet
• it had been sitting next to my leg so it was warm

It did not make me want to vomit immediately (or afterwards) so I guess thats a win :D

After doing my first HM a few weeks ago, stick to your plan re pacing and fueling. I was a nervous wreck in the week leading up to it. Your battle is 90% mental, if you’ve been training for it then your body will be ok.

So am I! Although the folks in the US and EU might have issues :D

Could we get this as a regular post, being that most runners are training week to week?

Whats your best nickname for Garmin’s Training status? Most recent one I heard was “Magic 8 Ball Garmin”

Thats damn logical. Will give it a go. Thanks!

They’re all just as shit. I broke a glass jar last time one of them broke on me.

On a related note, one of my endless todo items is to figure out a decent way to store them in the back of the car. My thought atm is to get some sort of flat, wide elastic strap and secure it to a corner of the boot, and then just kind of mush them all together in the elastic strap.

I’ve tried the car boot organisers. Their shit.

Fascinating read, and it reinforces the notion that nothing changes by accepting the status quo and letting issues pass that you don’t agree with. I’ve seen this play out in jobs I’ve worked in, in smaller fashion. There is always the one person who seems like a pita who always asks the questions or points out the inconsistencies when some decision is handed down by mgmt. Without those people then nothing changes for the better.

Its a fine line to tread, and it will be great to see what difference Jonathan makes going forward.

I’ll take a look! 2x runs in a day sounds like a good way to get around that limit, although that would require finding the time to do 2x runs in a day :D

Ok, that makes sense. I’ve only intermittently been doing intervals. I’ll try to make them a more regular part of my runs and see how it goes.

What a great introspective.

I did a z2 run the other day in a 35C dry heat. For me, z2 is 130 - 135 HR, and I ended up with an avg pace of 8:00/km or worse.

Also, I’ve been told there’s some downsides to doing training runs that go much over 2 hours - which limits the distance you can reasonably run. Unless you either pick up the pace (and therefore your HR) or your pace naturally increases while keeping your HR low.

How does someone start getting their body used to longer distances to train for a full marathon, doing z2 runs? It doesn’t compute, so I guess to train for that I’d have to start doing 25-30km z2 runs, going for 3hrs or more.

Jokes aside, he’s a disgrace. Sadly, considering he has been re-elected in the past despite worse behaviour, I expect this will be celebrated in his electorate.

Comfortably leading the race as she entered the last 12 miles, her vision began clouding from the periphery. Temporary distorted vision isn’t unheard of in ultra-running; the stress of running so hard and long can mean the body struggles to refresh the fluid in the eyeball as usual. It is a condition known as corneal edema. But Dauwalter’s case was particularly severe. As she continued towards the finish line, it worsened until she was effectively 90% blind.

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Dauwalter made it to the aid station, but instead of dropping out, she used a volunteer to guide her by narrating the terrain as they ran. A battered and bleeding Dauwalter crossed the finish line - the first woman to do so that day - in 20 hours 38 minutes 09 seconds, external with her vision returning to normal five hours later.

Wtaf. That is freaking amazing.

Fair!! Ya gotta work up to it.