The Running Thread - 2018

[Dis5150]

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 ran a marathon 8 weeks after Dopey this year, then another marathon 8 weeks later. And managed to meet my goal of under 6 hours for both of them, both very hilly races. So certainly doable.

DH placed 1st in his age group in our 5k on Saturday and I placed 3rd in mine. But I have no idea of our times as it wasn't a chipped race and I forgot to shut off my Garmin after we crossed the finish line . They haven't posted results yet, if they are even going to. I'm pretty sure she was writing our times down as we crossed.

 

[CheapRunnerMike]

Lots of great racing this weekend, awesome work folks!

 

[Wendy98]

Slowly finding my groove after Chicago. Everything is fine and has been fine except my feet and those stupid tendons. I don't think I formally added these to the list of races:

November
4 - Wendy98 - NYC Marathon (3:07:32 / N/A)

January
13 - Wendy98 - Walt Disney World Marathon (top 10 / N/A)

April
15- Wendy98 - Boston Marathon (2:55 /N/A)

NYC--I want to beat my Chicago time. NYC course is harder so I will need to work.
WDW-I'd like a top 10 finish or Masters win, but it will depend on who shows up.
Boston--I am going for a PR and that is the course I can do it. I need to stay healthy and hope the weather is better than last year.

I am not sure what I will do in the fall. Berlin is on the short list, but the whole childcare for several days and travel logistics makes me hesitant. I do not have a good support system for being away for that long. Possibly Chicago, since that is an easy weekend trip and I love that race. I am also looking at races closer to home like Columbus Marathon. That is where I got my first BQ and a pretty flat and fast course. Then part of me says it is time to take a break and not do a fall marathon.

 

[Wendy98]

Congrats weekend racers! Lots of good races and recaps.

 

[rteetz]

Slowly finding my groove after Chicago. Everything is fine and has been fine except my feet and those stupid tendons. I don't think I formally added these to the list of races:

November
4 - Wendy98 - NYC Marathon (3:07:32 / N/A)

January
13 - Wendy98 - Walt Disney World Marathon (top 10 / N/A)

April
15- Wendy98 - Boston Marathon (2:55 /N/A)

NYC--I want to beat my Chicago time. NYC course is harder so I will need to work.
WDW-I'd like a top 10 finish or Masters win, but it will depend on who shows up.
Boston--I am going for a PR and that is the course I can do it. I need to stay healthy and hope the weather is better than last year.

I am not sure what I will do in the fall. Berlin is on the short list, but the whole childcare for several days and travel logistics makes me hesitant. I do not a a good support system for being away for that long. Possibly Chicago, since that is an easy weekend trip and I love that race. I am also looking at races closer to home like Columbus Marathon. That is where I got my first BQ and a pretty flat and fast course. Then part of me says it is time to take a break and not do a fall marathon.

You’re awesome. Going from Chicago to New York to WDW to Boston is crazy and incredible.

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: For those of you who run a race with music, do you arrange the songs in your playlist so they will play at a certain time during the race?

Todays question is a suggestion from a fellow poster.

ATTQOTD: NO music for me.

Sorry for being late and not getting everything up to date yet. DD has the flu and trying to navigate around that.

 

[rteetz]

QOTD: For those of you who run a race with music, do you arrange the songs in your playlist so they will play at a certain time during the race?

No music on race day usually.

 

[Slogger]

Hi @LSUlakes.....I'm assuming you had a GREAT weekend!!

I have some changes to the race calendar, I intended to sign up for two races but never did so please delete from calendar:

October 20th-Atlantic City (5k or 8k) ...
November 18th-Philadelphia Marathon

I am running the AC Marathon on October 21st but would like to revise my goal time to 4:28.

Thanks!

 

[camaker]

ATTQOTD: No music on race day. I prefer to be focused and in the moment during a race.

 

[Chaitali]

For the Avengers Half in 2017, somehow all my music managed to play at just the perfect times. It was like magic. So I tried to arrange it that way for the 2018 Disney World Marathon and it completely didn't work. So I'm going back to not arranging it and letting fate work its magic

 

[Slogger]

QOTD: For those of you who run a race with music, do you arrange the songs in your playlist so they will play at a certain time during the race?

Sorry you are dealing with the flu.

ATTQOTD: No music for me lately. I USED to have a playlist that was designed to crank up the energy the closer I got to the finish line.
Multiple iphones later, my itunes didn't save my old music and I don't know where the new earbud thingys are to even listen quietly without disturbing others.
I guess I get the silent treatment.

 

[ZellyB]

I don't typically listen to music during races.

 

[jennamfeo]

So many races reports to catch up on! Can't wait! Congrats to everyone for what looked like amazing races all around!

@LSUlakes Hope the DD gets better fast!!

ATTQOTD: I listened to music during my last half race and I just put it on the same Apple Radio that I listen to during my speed workouts. I don't have the time to build a good playlist. But I usually don't listen to music during races, I just wanted something to make my legs move faster and it seemed to work!

If anyone has a Kindle (or Amazon account because you can pull it up on the Kindle Cloud on your phone or PC), Shalane's book Run Fast. Eat Slow. is only $1.99 for digital download!!

https://www.amazon.com/Run-Fast-Eat...1COAIDK2?_bbid=10828780&tag=bookbubemail16-20

 

[OldSlowGoofyGuy]

ATTQOTD: No music for me, race day or otherwise.

If I DID use music on race day, I would go with this plan:

...and letting fate work its magic...

 

[Dis5150]

ATTQOTD: No music for me either.

 

[Princess KP]

ATTQOTD: MUST have music. I also carry an iPod Shuffle for longer races in case my phone dies. I listen to a variety of music but tend to have the rap / hip hop in the second half of my playlist. Something about all the swear words keeps me going.

 

[Miranda]

ATTQOTD: No specific order. I have a big playlist for racing, but I listen to the playlist on shuffle.

I don't listen to the playlist in training... I either use podcasts or a seeded Apple Music station. I only have the playlist for races because I can't always count on the cell signal for the race course, either because it's just a bad signal location for local races or because there's too many people and the signal is just all clogged up like at Disney.

 

[cburnett11]

@LSUlakes please add me to the list of WDW marathoners coming up in January...

January 13 - cburnett11 - Walt Disney World Marathon (N/A / N/A)

 

[mtnmjd]

ATTQOTD: Podcasts during training runs but no music or podcasts for races. I like to listen to the sounds of the race....the other runners, people cheering, chatting with run buddies and on course entertainment if offered.

 

[JeffW]

Saturday I pulled out warmer socks for my 34* run and regretted doing so after mile 1. I had these socks last winter, and the same model of shoes, but it just felt odd right away. At mile 7 I took the socks off to see if it was better to run without- nope. At 7.5 it was clear I was limping and listing to one side so I cut the run short for fear of running my hip into the ground. I am totally baffled by this change. I've put ~150 miles on these shoes with the light weight socks and saw no difference between these and the last pair (same model different color), and these are the same socks I ran in the previous pair of shoes. It was not wet, and I have never gotten a blister before, so what gives? Is it realistic to think my feet have changed?

I run in Brooks Ghost shoes, and tend to buy them in batches when they are closing out an older model and releasing a new one. I've noticed that there are subtle differences between pairs, even though they are all the same model (but all different colors). So I think it is entirely possible that the shoe is just slightly different.

That said, I've had problems where it wasn't my feet that changed, but my gait. This is especially true if I let hip/gluteus-medius muscles get imbalanced, which causes me to land a little differently on each foot. This is usually followed by ITB Syndrome if I don't correct it quickly. Do you notice any difference in the wear pattern on the tread of the shoe compared to your last pair?