The Running Thread - 2018

[tigger536]

That sounds rather interesting and so odd at the same time. So is the full's goal to do 26.2 miles? That's how some of our track/cross country workouts would be but shorter distances so yeah you wanted finish each interval fast so you could rest, but by the time I was on my last ones I would be like getting hardly any rest, hahaha!

Yep, that's the idea. That's why I put it in quotes, since you stop and start. Its called the Caroline Reaper challenge, should be interesting at least. Plus, our group is bringing beer.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

Thank you! While I did know about the Giants race (can't do it, too far and too much $$ for travel), I did not know about the 60 for 60! That is very cool and I think I may do it!

No problem. I would love to run through AT&T Park some day, but the schedule never works for me. But I love the 60 miles for 60 years component this year.

 

[huskies90]

QOTD: Most races start in the morning, anywhere from 6:00AM to 10:00AM would be considered "normal". During the summer you will also get a few races start in the late afternoon. Todays question is have you had a race that falls outside these somewhat normal times? We are going to exclude runDisney events from a possible answer with its 5:30 AM start.

ATTQOTD: Nope. All the races I have done have been in the morning.

 

[baxter24]

ATTQOTD: Many years ago, our church put on a 5 and 10k. It started after the third service ended which was around 2:00 I think. I just remember it being really hot and wondering why we couldn’t have done the race early in the morning before the first service started. Pretty sure they never put on a race again.

 

[FredtheDuck]

ATTQOTD: the 5k I’m racing next weekend starts at 7:30 PM. We also do a race called Run Under the Lights around Thanksgiving that starts at 7:15 PM.

@camaker i’m sorry for your family’s loss and hope the upcoming trip brings a bit or brightness.

@Z-Knight sorry you’re going through that. Fingers crossed for an easy road to recovery.

On the ice cream topic, my husband makes THE BEST rocky road. We recently started torching the marshmallows before mixing them in and it just brings the whole thing to the next level If the homemade stuff isn’t around, there’s a local shop here called Moorenko’s that I really enjoy. They had a peanut butter and chocolate combo that I ate entirely too much of when I was pregnant.

 

[sylkai]

@Z-Knight I'll join you in the not-great group right now. I hope you have an easy road to recovery and are back out soon.

Pool running really doesn't substitute well for the real thing.

 

[DIS-OH]

Back from WDW and chiming in on the ice cream discussion...

While I like Graeters, my favorite ice cream place is Young’s Jersey Dairy in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

https://youngsdairy.com/

 

[flav]

ATTQOTD: Ran Ottawa 5k at 4PM and 10k at 6:30PM... The same day. The 2k was at 3PM.

I was tempted by night time races in Montreal (10k starts at 7:45PM in October) http://www.coursenocturnedemontreal.com/
and Laval (5k starts at 9PM in June)
https://coursedespompiers.org/
But opted for day time well themed half-M instead.

Edit: And I have started planning and registering for some 2019 races!

 

[KevM]

ATTQOTD: I am doing a few 5Ks this summer which are at 7:30 PM on Thursday nights.

 

[rteetz]

ATTQOTD: I’ve never done it, but there’s a 5K in Milwaukee in July that starts at 9 pm. It’s called Storm the Bastille and is in memory of the attack on the Bastille and is the kickoff to the annual festival they have.

Now that I’m thinking about it, maybe I should actually do it someday.

I alway forget that one. I want to try it some day.

 

[OldSlowGoofyGuy]

ATTQOTD: I've done 3 afternoon/evening 5Ks. 2 of them were during my 5 5K weekend a couple of years ago.

The other one was a July race that had to be rescheduled to October. I'm guessing they had to do it in the evening because the race service's schedule was full. I think they underestimated the light level and had a dangerous situation with lots of runners without lights and roads only partially closed.

I'm a morning person and try to avoid afternoon/evening races unless there are extenuating circumstances.

 

[Waiting2goback]

QOTD: Most races start in the morning, anywhere from 6:00AM to 10:00AM would be considered "normal". During the summer you will also get a few races start in the late afternoon. Todays question is have you had a race that falls outside these somewhat normal times? We are going to exclude runDisney events from a possible answer with its 5:30 AM start.

ATTQOTD: The latest official race I ran started at 8:30PM. It was a 5 mile trail run with a teammate that you are required to finish together for your time to count. It was a very interesting run since I have never run the trail, and then having to run it at night with a headlamp presented some challenges. It was a fun race though, and we did not get lost.

TOT is my only non traditional race start time. I wish I could find more night races, that was fun.

 

[KingLlama]

NONE OF YOU TOLD ME MY TOENAILS WOULD FALL OFF

 

[KevM]

NONE OF YOU TOLD ME MY TOENAILS WOULD FALL OFF

Haha. I just had that happen to me for the first time. My right pointer toenail fell off about a week ago.

 

[cavepig]

NONE OF YOU TOLD ME MY TOENAILS WOULD FALL OFF

I've never had this happen in 24 years of running. Sounds painful?!

 

[LSUlakes]

NONE OF YOU TOLD ME MY TOENAILS WOULD FALL OFF

Toenails are overrated! I hear the secret to preventing this is cutting them very short... which is probably why I never had this happen to me.

 

[KingLlama]

Sounds painful?!

It really wasn't. It had turned black a couple of months ago, and finally just came off yesterday, but there was never a bit of pain the entire time. And this is weird, but it's like there's already another toenail growing *behind* it, if that makes sense.

I'm treating it like a badge of honor. Or a badge of poor running form. Or a badge of bad toenail hygiene. Whatever. A badge is a badge.

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: What is something that has happened to you that you did not anticipate due to running?

ATTQOTD: No one ever told me that if I run in a singlet, that my armpits would get chaffed. I anticipated places like nipples and thigh area, but armpits! When I am running I use a stick of body glide in no time lol.

 

[Capang]

ATTQOTD: when I started running I had no idea how it would impact my mood. I’m such a happier person when I run.

 

[GreatLakes]

Didn’t Mitchell’s do a Great Lakes Christmas ale beer? I vaguely remember that from a year or two back.

I don't remember Christmas Ale but they might have. I am not usually getting a lot of Ice Cream at Christmas Ale time but maybe they will release one for Christmas in July. That has become a very big thing here with local breweries. Their standard Great Lakes flavor is chocolate made with Edmund Fitzgerald porter.

QOTD: What is something that has happened to you that you did not anticipate due to running?

ATTQOTD: No one ever told me that if I run in a singlet, that my armpits would get chaffed. I anticipated places like nipples and thigh area, but armpits! When I am running I use a stick of body glide in no time lol.

I've had the armpit chafing, not fun. More common for me is that portion of your lats that is right behind the armpit. On long runs I add some Body Glide and all is good.

The actual answer would have to be a positive and that is stamina. I am able to perform other sports, like biking and rowing, much better for longer duration because of the endurance stamina I built up thanks to running.