He passed the 1,000km mark last night. I watched after the Aus,China match.
A little chunk behind the record pace, but absolutely phenomenal for a bloke who’s not 20 years seasoned as an ultra runner. What a weapon. Hope he can come close to the target.
You can go watch him, yep. They have opened the stadium up.
Without being a complete crackpot.
My first long run in a while. Pretty happy with that.
A question though… I’m finding my legs are getting really sore during longer runs, to the point where I feel pretty good physically overall but have to stop due to legs being sore.
I’ve never had this problem in the past, but really noticing as I approach mid 30’s (34 years old in a couple months). A sign of age!
Anyone have any tips, apart from extra stretching?
Just sounds like overuse, most likely you will just get used to it.
Maybe slow down a little, you should finish a long run still feeling like you could keep going.
Had this last Sunday on my pb for distance (13.5km, not bad for 2 months of running in my entire life). Felt like I could have gone for another 3-4km easily outside of the legs (and nipples).
Did a super easy 10km today. Likely stupidly easy. A month ago I would have laughed at how easy it was. Only stopped as my mate was having a mare and couldn’t go any further.
Absolutely loving running though. Hopefully I can keep them progress up and limit injuries.
Yeah felt like I could’ve done another 10k. Just the legs.
In fairness though, I’ve been running regularly for 10 years and have pretty much always focused on sub-10k runs. Maybe I’m getting used to longer runs. We’ll see…
Backed up 10k yesterday with 12k today.
Take that Garmin, telling me what I should and shouldn’t do today!
Looks like I’m running another marathon…
if I get lucky in the ballot.
This is huge for Sydney.
Anyone got recommendations for a running cap with lots of ventilation.
Equal parts sunburn and sunscreen in my eyes on the weekend, uncomfortable AF and will only get worse as we hit summer.
I run in my SFC cap but if you want ventilation any trucker cap with mesh will probably do. Most running brands sell caps.
I put sunscreen up to just below my eyes, and wear goggles to protect the rest of my face, while the cap protects my forehead. Getting sunburnt is rare for me.
My favourite hat is made by rnnr
Here’s a link to a similar one, but they have lots of styles:
That looks pretty good, time to measure my noggin!
I need some tips/insights plz.
I’ve got my normal “one run for the year” coming up soon. My normal tactic is to run as hard as I can at the start, then hold on for dear life until the end.
But, I’ve torn a ligament in my wrist, which means I’m pretty limited in the gym. Therefore, I’m considering actually training for it this year/increasing my cardio before restarting BJJ once my wrist is healed.
Gotta do 2.4 in 14:30, which isn’t very hard in the scheme of things. That’s around 9.8km/hr. I did 13 mins @10km and finished with 2 mins @12 on the treadmill yesterday. Was starting to gas a bit after upping the speed, but felt pretty good.
I’m in two minds with what to do tomorrow.
Basically, will time beat speed for improved results? I’m thinking that I might increase time during the week, then drop the time back to 15 whilst increasing speed each week might be the way to go. I think this will probably improve my base speed and the RPE of running the best.
I’m probably over thinking it, as noob gains will do most of the heavy lifting anyway.
Easy (Zone 2) running all day in my opinion.
If you have a Heart Rate Monitor you can easily figure out your zone 2 but dont let that over ride your ego. If you dont, basically do whatever youre doing breathing through tour nose or having a convo… the minute you start struggling slow down.
I spent the last summer doing 2-3 x 45min Zone 2 sessions a week. Depending on how i was doing it (rower, treadmill, ski, bike) it was different but the minute i ventured over into Zone 3 i would slow down.
In the beginning it would be like run 5 mins easy, walk 2 mins. Repeat. Often very tedious but the results have been a game changer.
I wish i had the lack of ego to do this 5-10 years ago.
Speaking of zone 2, I really struggle with keeping the heart rate down that far, I am basically not able to get that low aerobic/base fitness at the moment, it’s all tempo and above. Running at 6:30min/km and it’s still not slow enough.
Hoping if I can keep up this consistency, dropping another 5kg or so will give me the extra 5-8bpm drop the HR so I can just maintain 6min/km which feels great. A touch quicker would be nice but for now I’m quite content with just adding volume.
I’ve tried the walk/run approach, but as soon as I start running again it ramps up to 158-165bpm.
I’ve got a naturally higher bpm, and the maths is only a guide. If you can still talk, I wouldn’t worry about it.
Yeah can definitely still talk.
We’re massive now.
Recommendations for big guy running shoes? I’m not built for running, and my shins are making me stop well before my cardio is.
