The Running Thread - 2016

[Miranda]

ATTQOTD: Add me to the W&D 2015 list. I have never run a race that was legitimately a short course, though (as opposed to a shortened course).

 

[FFigawi]

This is probably not the answer you're looking for, but I don't stress over making every single workout on my training schedule. Sure, being Type A I like to see all my Training Peaks boxes turn green, but if I don't feel like getting up early on a particular day, I don't. I do make all my key weekend workouts, but if I miss a run or a swim here and there, the world won't end. I get 90-95% of them done, and that's good enough for me.

 

[Miranda]

It goes down as a 5k, but on I do not accept it as such on sites that compile your race results. I am ok with a 5k being off +/- .05 mils or a bit more on the over is actually expected, but a quarter mile off for a 5k is huge.

I was surprised to be the first one to contact Athlinks about adjusting the W&D results in their compiled results. Or at least it sure seemed that way... I submitted a ticket about adjusting it to 6.72 miles and cited the results, and got a non-form reply from a CS rep that she'd adjusted it. Then I had to contact them again about fixing my PR section, because after the race distance was adjusted, it did not get rid of my brand new HM PR of a time that I will never be able to actually achieve.

 

[Dis5150]

I did a 5.5 mile run on Saturday and the run part went great. But afterwards I had my first issue with IT bands. I looked up some exercises to strengthen them but in the meantime it hurts! It is actually a little better today but Saturday evening and yesterday were terrible! Just on my right leg. Mostly after I had been sitting with it bent for a while. I'm at work today and trying to remember to get up and walk around every so often so I won't have that problem today. Mostly it is a dull ache right now. I have no idea what I did to irritate it. I ran in the same place I always run and a distance I have been easily managing for some time now. I'm bummed because I am hoping to run a 10k in 2 weeks for my POT for Goofy. Hopefully it will be better by then. Going to skip my maintenance runs this week and only have a 3 mile scheduled for next Saturday. Any helpful hints from others who have had this issue?

 

[BuckeyeBama]

This is probably not the answer you're looking for, but I don't stress over making every single workout on my training schedule. Sure, being Type A I like to see all my Training Peaks boxes turn green, but if I don't feel like getting up early on a particular day, I don't. I do make all my key weekend workouts, but if I miss a run or a swim here and there, the world won't end. I get 90-95% of them done, and that's good enough for me.

I agree - I stopped stressing over that a long time ago. I am dedicated, and I don't like to miss workouts, but I have stopped stressing over it. Why? Because I have learned that it doesn't hurt my preparation. I might stress if I missed a very key training run (like the last long run before my taper), but that is about it.

ATTQOTD: I have never run a course shorter than advertised.

 

[roxymama]

Also, I have a general question for you runners. What motivation do you give yourself when you are having a hard time getting out the door on a particular day? Most days, I just plan my exercise and do it. But sometimes, I need an extra little push just to get me out of the door. I'm always so happy that I've made myself get out there and by mile 1, I'm usually feeling great. But, I would love some more tips and extra motivation!

Sometimes I pawn my motivation off on family members. I make my husband basically get on me to go out and run. Like, I tell him, I have to run tomorrow...make sure I run tomorrow. Or my friends I tell them to hound me.
My other tactic is I put on my running clothes well before I need to run (works best on weekends when I'm not time crunched) and then it seems like a waste of wearing them to not run. Silly, but effective.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

My other tactic is I put on my running clothes well before I need to run (works best on weekends when I'm not time crunched) and then it seems like a waste of wearing them to not run. Silly, but effective.

I wear my running clothes more than once, so not an option unless it is a first wear.

 

[DopeyBadger]

I've run two races where the course was changed from what I expected. It just so happened to be the same event in back-to-back years. I was using runtastic for the first one so I can't say whether the course was wrong on distance. However, the next year (different course) I had my Garmin 620 which was spot on the mile markers all the way through 11 miles. All of the sudden I hit the mile 12 marker on the road super quick and thought the Garmin was just off by a little bit. There was an odd spot in between mile 11 and 12 where in a parking lot there were no cars, but the cones clearly had us not running through it. I thought it was odd at the time but didn't think twice. Finished in 12.91 miles. I went and looked at the USTAF of the race and sure enough we were suppose to run through that parking lot. I informed the race via the post run survey I received that the course was short. I was super disappointed because it was a roughly 3 minute HM PR at the time, but then being 0.2 miles short puts it still at a PR but unknown time. Thankfully, I've since run better and am not as worried about it anymore.

Garmin Path


USATF Certification

 

[MommaoffherRocker]

ATTQOTD: We did a donut 5k a couple weeks ago, we had to stop and eat donuts in the middle , that my gps said was 2.92(and it usually is over by .1). When we got near the finish line there was a guy saying you're almost there just .2 to go and my watch said 2.75 and I just kept thinking no way. In the end the run was for charity and didn't claim to be official so I got over it and have vowed never to eat donuts again.


I also wanted to say thanks to everyone who had fueling suggestions, I tried the Honey Waffle Stingers yesterday on my 11 mile run and they were awesome.

 

[RunDisneyDad]

ATTQOTD: I did a half that was probably .4 miles short. With about a mile to go I was telling myself to hang on for one more mile, but turned out I only needed to hang on for a half mile.

 

[ZellyB]

I did a 5.5 mile run on Saturday and the run part went great. But afterwards I had my first issue with IT bands. I looked up some exercises to strengthen them but in the meantime it hurts! It is actually a little better today but Saturday evening and yesterday were terrible! Just on my right leg. Mostly after I had been sitting with it bent for a while. I'm at work today and trying to remember to get up and walk around every so often so I won't have that problem today. Mostly it is a dull ache right now. I have no idea what I did to irritate it. I ran in the same place I always run and a distance I have been easily managing for some time now. I'm bummed because I am hoping to run a 10k in 2 weeks for my POT for Goofy. Hopefully it will be better by then. Going to skip my maintenance runs this week and only have a 3 mile scheduled for next Saturday. Any helpful hints from others who have had this issue?

If you have a foam roller, you can roll along the outside of your hip and leg. This video shows how

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...8955DF08BA5946EC6EDC8955D&FORM=VDFSRV&fsscr=0

When mine was really bad a couple of years ago, I bought a small band to go above my knee when I ran. I'm not sure that it helped, but the placebo effect probably made me think it did.

 

[Baloo in MI]

QOTD: Have you ever run a race and the course turns out to be short?

Never shorter, but did run a trail race last summer that was about a half mile to long. The organizers indicated that the distance was not certified yet a lot of people had attitude! At the time I was just happy to have finished!

 

[DVCFan1994]

ATTQOTD: No, no races short for me yet. I am horrible about weaving and running tangents, so even if a course were short, I might not notice

 

[PrincessV]

Any helpful hints from others who have had this issue?

ITBS is a chronic issue for me thanks to scoliosis. So yeah - I've had WAY more experience with it than I'd like, lol! #1 is that you have to get to the root cause. No amount of time off will fix it if you don't figure out what's bringing it on in the first place. It's one of those injuries that feels like it came out of nowhere, but actually is an overuse injury due to a specific part - or even several specific parts - being overused. Google, Google, and Google some more - you'll find lots and lots of things that can be triggers for ITBS! You kind of have to sort through and see what makes sense for your case. Could be muscle weakness or imbalance, cambered roads, shoes, mechanics, or any combination thereof. It took me a long time to figure out that mine acts up because scoliosis gives me a functional difference in leg length, which makes certain muscle groups work harder, which combined with the wrong shoe and/or our steeply cambered roads over long distances places too much load on my ITB.

What you can do right now is rest until the inflammation dissipates. You'll know it's gone when you can go up and down stairs with no twinge in that knee. Then run only until the pain starts - STOP when if/when it starts! An ITB strap may help: I use one prophylactically for very long runs - it doesn't help once pain is present, but will keep the pain at bay if worn before any pain begins. Google the Myrtl Routine - great exercises to strengthen the chains that are usually weak in folks with ITBS.

 

[Waiting2goback]

This week has been, in my eyes, an AWESOME start to my new running life! I went out 3x and am feeling proud of myself. Weirdly, each time I finished a run and had an off day, I found myself actually looking forward to the next one. Disney goals really help....

This is monumental for me because I typically hate exercise. Here's to hoping/ensuring I keep it up this week!

Welcome to the club. Many of us started out hating exercise and running and now we are here.

Also, I have a general question for you runners. What motivation do you give yourself when you are having a hard time getting out the door on a particular day? Most days, I just plan my exercise and do it. But sometimes, I need an extra little push just to get me out of the door. I'm always so happy that I've made myself get out there and by mile 1, I'm usually feeling great. But, I would love some more tips and extra motivation!

I surround myself with forced motivation. When I am in full training (as opposed to right now where it is more just maintenance) I track calories. So I have my mileage goals, I have my calorie goals, weight loss goals, etc... So, when I think of missing a workout I do all the math in my head and it usually freaks me out and forces me to get out the door. At the same time I am like the others who said they don't stress about missing a workout. Between a full-time job and 4 kids I am going to miss some workouts. I always find a way to make it up over time, I don't worry much about it. I generally love my runs, or my bike rides, so I don't like missing many anyway.

QOTD: I have never run a shortened run.

 

[LSUlakes]

Question about Disney for my running friends. Would prices be higher during November 7 - 12 than normal because of the running event the weekend before as well as the food festival? I would guess so, but just throwing some ideas around... Seeing if I could pull off a miracle or not.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Question about Disney for my running friends. Would prices be higher during November 7 - 12 than normal because of the running event the weekend before as well as the food festival? I would guess so, but just throwing some ideas around... Seeing if I could pull off a miracle or not.

It is slightly more expensive than Value season because of F&W, and at the end of that period, Veteran's Day. But you are not into the really expensive holiday pricing of Peak season..

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: When you go on vacation (That is not based on a running event) do you bring your running gear with you? Do you actually make it out for a run?

ATTQOTD: I do bring my running stuff with me but I end up only getting half of my runs in that I planned on doing.

 

[hauntedcity]

QOTD: When you go on vacation (That is not based on a running event) do you bring your running gear with you? Do you actually make it out for a run?
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I always bring my running gear on business trips. However, I usually take time off on a vacation, which (to be honest) is usually WDW, and I'm wiped out from all the walking.

 

[roxymama]

QOTD: When you go on vacation (That is not based on a running event) do you bring your running gear with you? Do you actually make it out for a run?

My last four vacations I brought my running gear. But it's because three of those we ran races while we were out of town (ohio, florida, michigan) and then the other one was because we were at our little lake getaway and our family wanted to do some runs by the lake.