The Running Thread - 2018

[rteetz]

QOTD: Do you take break during your long run? If so how long does it last before you start running again?

Not usually. If I do it’s for the bathroom or a refueling stop. No extended breaks.

 

[PCFriar80]

QOTD: Do you take break during your long run? If so how long does it last before you start running again?

I'm not a good stop/start runner so will not take a break during my long runs. However, if faced with over-heating, cramping or some other surprise ache, I will throttle it down and walk for however long it takes to remedy the situation at hand.

 

[SheHulk]

ATTQOTD: I stop to drink water and take a gu if the run is long enough (over 8 miles), if that's what you mean. I'm not so fast that I feel I need to keep running while I take in fuel. I walk for a minute or however long it takes to eat it. Usually every 4 miles thereabouts.

 

[PrincessV]

QOTD: Do you take break during your long run? If so how long does it last before you start running again?

ATTQOTD: I do, especially during warmer months. They are usually short, less than 5 minutes. I refill my water bottles, use a restroom if needed and then get going again.

ATTQOTD: Yep, the same for me. Refill a water bottle, use a restroom, pull over to stretch a tight spot. I also get breaks whether I want them or not thanks to very long streetlights. Just getting out of my immediate neighborhood can be an 8-minute cycle if I hit it wrong.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

ATTQOTD: I try not to take breaks, but sometimes a short break for the restroom or more water is unavoidable. I find it's so much harder to get going after a break! Depending on the weather/time of day, I have also split runs between outside and the treadmill and it can be hard to get going again after switching mediums.


Random Question... has anyone tried "Goodr" sunglasses?? Thoughts?

 

[camaker]

QOTD: Do you take break during your long run? If so how long does it last before you start running again?

Never. Once a run starts, it goes to completion.

 

[ZellyB]

Well, I'm an interval runner, so we obviously have walk "breaks" as part of any run. If it's exceptionally hot or a long enough run that would require a bathroom break, then yes, but otherwise we generally just continue on the run through completion.

 

[Capang]

ATTQOTD: although my long runs may be much shorter than others here I can't stop once I start. If I do stop I feel like I'm starting over and I hate that feeling of beginning again.

 

[KSellers88]

ATTQOTD: I try not to take breaks, but sometimes a short break for the restroom or more water is unavoidable. I find it's so much harder to get going after a break! Depending on the weather/time of day, I have also split runs between outside and the treadmill and it can be hard to get going again after switching mediums.


Random Question... has anyone tried "Goodr" sunglasses?? Thoughts?

Never tried Goodr, but I have heard good things about them. I use Knockaround and absolutely love them. I'm so rough on sunglasses and lose them so frequently, but the price on these are good and they don't bounce on my head while running.

 

[KSellers88]

ATTQOTD: I try my best not to stop, because I like to use long runs as practice for races. If I do stop, I don't like to stop my watch because that makes me practice the timing of getting water, going to the restroom or anything else that could happen in a race.

 

[PrincessV]

Random Question... has anyone tried "Goodr" sunglasses?? Thoughts?

I have a pair... they're very comfortable, very lightweight, excellent lens quality! My only issue is that they're just a smidge too big vertically on my face: if I wear them with a hat, they get smushed down into my cheeks, which I find super annoying. I don't use them for running because I prefer my sleeker sports sunglasses for that.

 

[KevM]

ATTQOTD: I might downshift into walking if I need to, but I don’t do a full stop. Not sure I could get myself going again.

 

[Chaitali]

I run/walk so always have walking intervals. During really long runs for marathon training, I would stop for a bathroom break and to re-fill my water bottle. I did stop my watch during those breaks but in the future I'll probably keep the watch running. I feel I need to account for the time of the breaks in my total time going forward.

 

[MissLiss279]

Random Question... has anyone tried "Goodr" sunglasses?? Thoughts?

Yes! I have three pair. I think they’re pretty good. They don’t slip, are cheap, and have so many different options. My first pair was “Iced by Yeti”.

I have the same issue with wearing them with hats/visors, but every pair of sunglasses is like that for me. I just have to find the happy medium of the bill just high enough not to press down on the sunglasses too much, but I have successfully done this many times.

 

[avondale]

Great race recaps from this weekend!

ATTQOTD: I live in a pretty hilly area. I’ve been trying to brainstorm somewhere flat to do interval workouts, but I’m pretty stumped...

@DopeyBadger told me to do T-pace runs on a flat course. I went to the local high school track. It's flat, but pretty darn monotonous if you're going to be there for a long time. (Also, curiously, my Garmin told me one end of the track is 17 ft higher than the other, giving a pleasant sine-curve to my elevation graph. It's hard to believe the track is really that tilted, but I got the same thing with two different runs.)

 

[Miranda]

ATTPQOTD: I live in northern New England, so there are hills everywhere.

ATTQOTD: I do stop sometimes. Like others, I am an interval runner, so there are always walking breaks, but right now I've also been coordinating my long runs with my running group's long runs, and my long runs are longer than theirs, so I start before the group starts, then meet up with everyone before we head out. I've gotten pretty good at timing my pre-miles to end right at the time we're supposed to be meeting up to head out, so I'm usually only stopped for 5 minutes or so and I use that time to eat my first gel if the run is long enough and get my water bottle and stuff.

I also do stop at the water stop that we put out to eat gel and refill my water bottle, and maybe retie my shoes (my shoes always get looser when my run goes on, like the laces seem just as secure as they were when I left but I think my feet deflate a bit ), but I try and not dawdle doing that. Never bathroom stops, though... I've never stopped to use the bathroom before during a run or a race, except at Tink when I had to spend so much time in the corrals before we started... I should have left the corral and peed again before the race started but I didn't want to lose my spot near the front of the back corral. Before group running, I did used to pause to run into a convenience store or Dunkin Donuts 1-2 times per run to buy a water refill for my handheld bottle. We don't have outdoor fountains, so I used to have to plan routes that would go past places selling drinks at the appropriate mileage points.

 

[run.minnie.miles]

Never tried Goodr, but I have heard good things about them. I use Knockaround and absolutely love them. I'm so rough on sunglasses and lose them so frequently, but the price on these are good and they don't bounce on my head while running.

Oh boy! These are really cute too! (and making my decision even more difficult!)

 

[Nole95]

I'll stop to fill up water bottles on long runs, but that's about it. Fill up the water and keep going.

 

[Sailormoon2]

Do you take break during your long run? If so how long does it last before you start running again

I intentionally program a 10:1 run:walk interval for my one long run a week. This enables me to take in fuel more consistently and does not overly impact my times.

 

[rteetz]

Random Question... has anyone tried "Goodr" sunglasses?? Thoughts?

Yes love my Goodr’s!

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