The Running Thread - 2018

[camaker]

We saw this! It was pretty cool, but I kept thinking people who were trying it were really tempting the fates to do it before a marathon. It looked like an injury just waiting to happen. The two guys we watched do it did manage to succeed at keeping the pace for the full 200m.

I saw it, too. There’s no way in the world I was getting on that death trap with my recent run of pre-race bad luck!

 

[BuckeyeBama]

I hope I embedded this video right....

Saw this really cool video from the Chicago Expo. It’s a treadmill where you could try and hold Kipchoge’s pace from this year’s Berlin marathon.

Saw something very similar a few years ago for one of the morning shows before the NYC marathon. They let people on the street try to run at the pace of whomever was expected to win it that year. Even experienced runners struggled to manage the pace for more than a minute or so, and most only lasted seconds.

 

[roxymama]

My Chicago marathon recap (it's a 5-parter) is finished!
https://www.disboards.com/threads/r...l-chicago-ends.3396392/page-234#post-59840555

 

[dis_or_dat]

Let me know if you actually do get the 25% off coupon. I'm registered but I have to drive 20 minutes to get to the specified route. Thanks!

Got a 25% off code pretty much immediately after it was uploaded on strava. Tried to make it to a group run since I was nervous I’d miss the starting and turn around points, but was 3 hours late luckily it was pretty obvious (spray painted in white on the ground). I had to drive over 20 miles, bleech!

 

[Princess KP]

Got a 25% off code pretty much immediately after it was uploaded on strava. Tried to make it to a group run since I was nervous I’d miss the starting and turn around points, but was 3 hours late luckily it was pretty obvious (spray painted in white on the ground). I had to drive over 20 miles, bleech!

Good for you for making it, with a baby too!
I’ll definitely make the drive then. I got a 25% off coupon in May and I saved $500. (I will focus on the save part and not on how much I actually spent.)

 

[Mickey Momma]

I hope I embedded this video right....

Saw this really cool video from the Chicago Expo. It’s a treadmill where you could try and hold Kipchoge’s pace from this year’s Berlin marathon.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2079075235457989

These folks are far braver than me! I worry about twisting my ankle stepping off a curb a month out from race day. Not sure I would ever have the guts to try out something that goes almost three times my easy pace.

 

[Bree]

I wish one of the Lululemon runs was near me. I could totally do some damage with a 25% off code.

 

[Sleepless Knight]

While I can understand the sentiment, I'm of the opinion that anyone who can complete the Dopey Challenge is allowed to clank when they walk.

Hearing medals clink at the end of Disneyland races was always a very happy sound because it also meant I was close to finishing.

Something just occurred to me as I was reading the answers to yesterday's QOTD re: elite runners' influence... I can't believe nobody mentioned using the Galloway Method and/or timer! I'll hazard to guess whoooooole lot of folks here have been influenced by his training methodology.

Great point. Until this year, I used Galloway plans every single race except one and even then I looked for his principles in modifying a plan to fit the time I actually had.

 

[Mickey Momma]

I am running W&D with a friend in a couple weeks. It is her first half-marathon and she is a bundle of nerves. I want to get her something to motivate her during the race as we won’t be running together and she can be hard on herself. I found a bracelet that says “Believe,” but am wondering if my running friends have any other ideas?

 

[Kazrak]

Question for the folks here - after one of the WDW 10k/half challenges, how much time would you want before another race?

I'm doing the Star Wars Challenge next April. 6 weeks after that is Bay to Breakers (12k or 15k) - I'm trying to decide if it's too close. I mean, to some extent I can just kinda take it easy through Bay to Breakers, but part of me would really like to see how I can do on a course with actual hills.

I don't expect to have any major races planned over the summer - next one after that might be Bridge to Bridge in August, and that's another 12k.

Opinions?

 

[PCFriar80]

I hope I embedded this video right....

Saw this really cool video from the Chicago Expo. It’s a treadmill where you could try and hold Kipchoge’s pace from this year’s Berlin marathon.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2079075235457989

If I tried something like this it would go down as follows:

Dispatcher: "911, what is your emergency?"
Expo volunteer: "Well, we have a gentlemen who had a run in with a treadmill." "Remember George Jetson?"
Dispatcher: "Got it". "We're sending someone right away". "In the meantime, can you pause the treadmill and discourage flash photography?"

 

[Keels]

Question for the folks here - after one of the WDW 10k/half challenges, how much time would you want before another race?

I'm doing the Star Wars Challenge next April. 6 weeks after that is Bay to Breakers (12k or 15k) - I'm trying to decide if it's too close. I mean, to some extent I can just kinda take it easy through Bay to Breakers, but part of me would really like to see how I can do on a course with actual hills.

I don't expect to have any major races planned over the summer - next one after that might be Bridge to Bridge in August, and that's another 12k.

Opinions?

I'd say it just depends on how you plan/want to train in the interim between both races.

In 2016, I ran Dopey, PC Half, Hot Chocolate 15K, all three races at Princess Weekend and the 5K and Half Marathon during Cowtown Weekend in the span of like six weeks. It seemed like a good idea at the time, but probably wasn't the best idea in retrospect - Dopey was my first-ever rD Challenge and I probably should have skipped out on the Hot Chocolate 15K and/or maybe Panther City, but lesson learned.

There was roughly two weeks off races between Dopey and Panther City. I also had no time goals for any of the races post-Dopey either, so

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Last long run before my NYC Virtual Marathon in the books. 21 miles - it was 42 degrees and raining. I'll take those conditions over the heat and humidity that has plagued my training for the last 4 months. It wasn't fast, but it was 30 seconds per mile faster than my goal pace and I had plenty left in the tank when it was over.

The hay is in the barn. Now time to taper and avoid injuries/illness for the next 3 weeks.

 

[FFigawi]

Question for the folks here - after one of the WDW 10k/half challenges, how much time would you want before another race?

2-3 weeks

 

[Keels]

Last long run before my NYC Virtual Marathon in the books. 21 miles - it was 42 degrees and raining. I'll take those conditions over the heat and humidity that has plagued my training for the last 4 months. It wasn't fast, but it was 30 seconds per mile faster than my goal pace and I had plenty left in the tank when it was over.

The hay is in the barn. Now time to taper and avoid injuries/illness for the next 3 weeks.

I'm so impressed by all y'all running the NYC Virtual ... I don't even want to run an entire actual marathon, let alone a virtual one.

Happy taper!

 

[Dis_Yoda]

No Dopey Rebels here? That used to be a big thing for Light Side Weekend.

 

[ZellyB]

I am running W&D with a friend in a couple weeks. It is her first half-marathon and she is a bundle of nerves. I want to get her something to motivate her during the race as we won’t be running together and she can be hard on herself. I found a bracelet that says “Believe,” but am wondering if my running friends have any other ideas?

Shoelace Charm? I can't find the company I got mine from now, but I have one that says "Shut up Legs". There are Etsy shops that make them, I know.

 

[Keels]

I am running W&D with a friend in a couple weeks. It is her first half-marathon and she is a bundle of nerves. I want to get her something to motivate her during the race as we won’t be running together and she can be hard on herself. I found a bracelet that says “Believe,” but am wondering if my running friends have any other ideas?

Shoelace Charm? I can't find the company I got mine from now, but I have one that says "Shut up Legs". There are Etsy shops that make them, I know.

My favorites are Momentum Jewelry (knit fabric wrap bracelet with a stamped metal inspirational charm - they also do custom charms), Endure Jewelry (a little pricier), Mantra Bands and BeeCause shoe charms (they always are at the rD Expos and have race specific charms as well).

 

[kleph]

Well @PCFriar80 so much for your "chamber of commerce" weekend. It rained every single step of this race today. But it was cooler and there was no heavy wind. Just absolutely miserable from start to finish.

Final time: 3:56:26 getting under my sub-4 goal. Please update @LSUlakes

EDIT: updated gun time with chip time.

 

[PaDisneyCouple]

DH here. Way late with my September total miles, but it was my highest total to-date: 93.2.

8 days to the Hershey Half!