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[Herding_Cats]

Tilly is beautiful!! Enjoy your unexpected bonus time with her while you sort everything out in the other parts of your life.

 

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[Scootin'By]

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NOW HEAR THIS ……..

Entries are currently open right now for Halloween Half at Disneyland.

Oooh, that looked so good! If it was in Orlando, I might have signed up. LA is too far.

I have only packed 5 sets of running gear for 14 days if I use them all I would be pleased

My rule is that for every day I run, I get to buy myself something fun. It doesn't help me run, but I do get to buy stuff guilt free LOL

 

[The Expert]

Safe travels!

 

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[Naomeri]

Oh I like that idea….. dangerous for my bank balance but hey if it helps me run ?

No one ever said that fun=expensive. Maybe cost=miles, so if you do a 3 mile run, you get to spend $3 on something fun (or put $3 in a jar to save up for something fun)

 

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[WillRunForPizza]

I had felt that perhaps my Marathon days were gone due to an inability to get all the longer runs done without significant ITB flare ups.

However when reading @WillRunForPizza reviewing the year and discussing the Hanson method it got me thinking that it may provide an opportunity.

I had heard of it and the 16 mile long run but had not really understood the concept fully until I read it in that post so have researched it further and think it may provide a chance to get back to Marathon distance.

I would be cautious about using Hansons to mitigate injury risk - that plan has pretty high intensity. Just because the long run is shorter does not mean that the plan as a whole is easier! It's probably one of the harder generic plans out there.

It's still definitely possible to run a marathon without doing any super long runs. (I myself have never gone farther than 19 miles in training for three marathons, and that only once. Looked at another way, my longest runs in marathon training have all been just about three hours.) It just sounds like a different approach might suit you better.

However, if you're having issues with your knees/ITB, make sure you are strength training! Particularly your hips/glutes and calves. Most likely there's nothing actually wrong with your knees or your IT band; they're just breaking down because you have weaknesses/imbalances in other areas that are putting more strain on them than they're designed for. If you can see a physio, that's the best way to find out what those underlying issues are.

The other one I feel is worth acknowledging is that despite how I felt in July when being told my role had gone after 37 years I kept going out to run. I had a period of around 6 months at a very low ebb and felt a lot of feelings…… but whilst the miles were low runs infrequent every month there was activity, I kept going slow and infrequent so I could continue to be a runner, I guess I am not ready not to be one yet.

Good for you! Just getting out there takes takes a lot of dedication some days.

I also wouldn't worry too much about what your watch says your VO2max is - it's not a particularly useful or accurate metric for most runners. (Of course, I say this as someone who looks at her VO2max all the time, so...you know...do as I say, not as I do )

 

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[LSUlakes]

The my Garmin started to really irritate my skin bring me out in a painful rash and if I changed wrists just did the same to that one.

Am looking to change out the strap so if anyone has any suggestions on alternatives or indeed if you have suffered the same and solved it they would be most welcome.

I have the same problem and it was not as bad with my apple watch I had that had a fabric type band on it. I just ignore it and it gets a little better but looks awful when I take the watch off. Thats usually just one night every 10 -15 days to let it charge.

The lump turned out to be a fatty lymphoma of no concern but as it is causing pain I am scheduled to have that removed in a couple of months.

Good to hear it is not something worse! Hope the procedure goes well.

For this year the goals are:

1. Get to running shape

2. Follow proper training plans and do the mileage

3.Get Sub 25 5k

4.Break 2hrs for the half.

These are good goals, and I'm sure you know they will take some time to achieve so do not get frustrated. Reading over your post I noticed you mentioned of getting on some meds. I imagine once you start losing some weight, along with diet and exercise these medications will hopefully become unnecessary. Also, I think I read you have a issue with your knee? The weight loss will help lesson that pain, but its probably a good idea to talk with your Dr about to see what the issue is.

I hate running on the TM. I always just go by the speed / TM distance because I think thats more accurate than my watch. I also rarely us the TM these days. I just rather run in whatever terrible weather is out there on a given day lol. The good news you are out there getting it done so keep it up! Look forward to future updates!

 

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