May 2016 Running Challenge
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May 1 - 17 km run.
May 3 - Light parkour 2 km run.
May 5 - 8 km slow & gym.
May 6 - 7.5 km slow & yoga.
May 7 - skipped bike ride.
May 8 - 19.2 km mixed. 6 km hike.
May 9 - Rest
May 10 - 8.3 km tempo
May 11-18 - Rest & lost runs. Zero point zero.
May 19 - 8.1 km fast. Two PRs HR175
May 20 - 8.3 km tempo. HR163
May 21 - 30 km Mountain Bike. No run.
May 22 - 12 km moderate, a little walking. HR149
May 23 - Rest
May 24 - 8.5 km slow HR134
May 25 - 10.5 km HR149
Total 109 km goal 120 km.
More enjoyable run than yesterday, just a nice comfortable push. The ground was humid and the forest beautiful. Mostly kept the HR in Zone 4 (71%) and a little lower. No pain, but seeing some hip flexor tightness (at the deep femoral nerve area) as I start off, which quickly disappeared, going to see if I can get some bigger stretching done this week.
It was cool going out, so I took a vest with me and sure enough, I ended carrying it for most of the run. Gotta stop chickening out with this weather.
Today's thought: I think I'm going to hit my objective, which is great. And can probably add 30km to next month since I missed a week this month. But I'm not sure, I might focus more on cycling and swimming. Decisions. decisions. Stacking on too much got to bad places but I'd like to get ready for a few sprint tri's and then ... well, let's not talk about that yet.
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »Re: running in hot weather - http://strengthrunning.com/2010/09/summer-training-fast-fall-racing/
The faster fall stuff holds, the "we were simulating the effects of running at altitude" is *gopher*. The physiological effects of altitude have nothing to do with the effects of heat. One increases microvascular peripheral flushing for heat dumping and the other may result in peripheral vasoconstriction for 02 gradient optimisation. Comparing the two is making a rather confusing mishmash, imho. I think the other article is a bit better.2 -
*gopher*EvgeniZyntx wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »Re: running in hot weather - http://strengthrunning.com/2010/09/summer-training-fast-fall-racing/
The faster fall stuff holds, the "we were simulating the effects of running at altitude" is *gopher*.
Is MFP adding to it's naughty vocabulary?? 1 -
This is all a bunch of *bull* ;-)1
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1---0.5 test run, 6.0 walk/trail runnish
14---6.48 walk
15---2.3
17---4.2 run!
19---4.17
22---3.0 walk
23---4.4 walk
25---4.14 heat run 84°, 82% humidity
35.99/anything
Upcoming races:
11/05/16 Jenks Half Jenks OK
12/11/16 Dallas marathon, half
Run the year 2016 797.85/ 2016
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »Next week Tuesday is scheduled to be my longest week day run of the training cycle, 1h20-1h40, looking at getting in roughly 9 miles.....already debating whether to make it a nice, easy, relatively flat run, or do a hill repeat like I did yesterday and totally kick my *kitten*
I would say increase the mileage as aggresively as you safely can and not worry about hills and faster paces (for now). Once it really gets hot out, you won't want to increase the miles much. Then you can start doing hill repeats and speedier workouts. I would vote for flat but go far.1 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »The physiological effects of altitude have nothing to do with the effects of heat. One increases microvascular peripheral flushing for heat dumping and the other may result in peripheral vasoconstriction for 02 gradient optimisation. Comparing the two is making a rather confusing mishmash, imho.
In PoppetsMaster language, this translates into "Just put your shoes on and run and don't worry about anything else because it is rather confusing mishmash."
P.S. -- I just checked and as I suspected. I have no microvascular peripheral flushing, and seem to have completely misplaced my peripheral vasoconstriction. Which sucks, because now I can't heat dump or optimize my gradient.
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Yet another reason to avoid Team Ortho races
http://kstp.com/news/minneapolis-marathon-team-ortho-minneapolis-park-board/4143510/
As I suspected, The Minneapolis Marathon is CANCELED! <<Note that this is NOT the bigger, better organized Twin Cities Marathon put on by Twin Cities in Motion but the much smaller one put on by Team Ortho>>
I am quite surprised, however, that Team Ortho is offering a full refund.
Quick recap...T.O. submitted the application to Minneapolis for a race permit last year by were told NINE MONTHS AGO that the course wouldn't work because of road construction. They were told to resubmit a new route. Nothing happened. Minneapolis repeated reminded T.O. Nothing happened. Finally a couple of weeks ago Minneapolis was left with no choice but to deny the permit. T.O. tried to get something going in a county south of Minneapolis, but not go (not surprising, given the little time they had to get it moved).
I had no plans of doing this race, ever, but I sure feel bad for those who did.
http://www.startribune.com/it-s-official-minneapolis-marathon-is-canceled/380860191/0 -
That's what I'll do then....LOL, I was hoping you'd say to do the easier one. With these timed runs, I've been having fun seeing how far I can get in the time assigned, while staying in the E range.I would say increase the mileage as aggresively as you safely can and not worry about hills and faster paces (for now). Once it really gets hot out, you won't want to increase the miles much. Then you can start doing hill repeats and speedier workouts. I would vote for flat but go far.
I do 1 stamina workout per week, on Thursdays, following the schedule I've got, it'll be Tempo Intervals or Fartlek runs until the HM in July for those runs. Tuesdays are turning into a midweek "long run" for me. Actually, next tuesday's run will beet a distance PR I had only 3 weeks ago. I'm only adding, at most 5 miles per week after cutback weeks, if I can help it, since I'm running 5 days a week0 -
PoppetsMaster wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »The physiological effects of altitude have nothing to do with the effects of heat. One increases microvascular peripheral flushing for heat dumping and the other may result in peripheral vasoconstriction for 02 gradient optimisation. Comparing the two is making a rather confusing mishmash, imho.
In PoppetsMaster language, this translates into "Just put your shoes on and run and don't worry about anything else because it is rather confusing mishmash."
P.S. -- I just checked and as I suspected. I have no microvascular peripheral flushing, and seem to have completely misplaced my peripheral vasoconstriction. Which sucks, because now I can't heat dump or optimize my gradient.
Why even use shoes?
While I am as likely to support a zen-like attitude towards any sports (running and cycling in particular) I happen to have steeped my noggin in years of physiology and biology (professionally) and consider that one must follow the teachings of a popular yet wise zen master.
Science explanations in articles can be avoided or they can try to be clear and accurate. Otherwise "squish" like grape.8 -
EvgeniZyntx wrote: »PoppetsMaster wrote: »EvgeniZyntx wrote: »The physiological effects of altitude have nothing to do with the effects of heat. One increases microvascular peripheral flushing for heat dumping and the other may result in peripheral vasoconstriction for 02 gradient optimisation. Comparing the two is making a rather confusing mishmash, imho.
In PoppetsMaster language, this translates into "Just put your shoes on and run and don't worry about anything else because it is rather confusing mishmash."
P.S. -- I just checked and as I suspected. I have no microvascular peripheral flushing, and seem to have completely misplaced my peripheral vasoconstriction. Which sucks, because now I can't heat dump or optimize my gradient.
Why even use shoes?
While I am as likely to support a zen-like attitude towards any sports (running and cycling in particular) I happen to have steeped my noggin in years of physiology and biology (professionally) and consider that one must follow the teachings of a popular yet wise zen master.
Science explanations in articles can be avoided or they can try to be clear and accurate. Otherwise "squish" like grape.
Lol... I actually do run a number of miles barefoot... but just to be clear, I was not trying to spoof you or disrespect you. I have read your profile and I know you a really smart guy and there are quite a few people here that understand exactly what you were saying. I, on the other hand, am just a run-of-the-mill divorce lawyer. I am not the brightest bulb. The only math I use is adding up your assets and the only science I use is surgically removing those assets from you and giving them to my client. 4 -
5/1: 26.2 miles (26.5 according to Garmin!)
5/2: Marathon recovery day
5/3: More marathon recovery
5/4: 3.5 miles with Pacers Wed squad
5/5: 3.5 miles with Thursday crew
5/6: Rest day
5/7: 6.2 miles with Saturday RAP crew
5/8: 10 miles solo
5/9: 4 miles with Monday coffee crew
5/10: Rest
5/11: Lazy day
5/12: 4.5 miles (am), 7.3 miles with Thursday crew (pm)
5/13: Rest day
5/14: Lazy day
5/15: 2 miles + 10 miles
5/16: 4 miles with Joe to Go crew
5/17: Rest day
5/18: Lazy day
5/19: 7 miles with Pacers Thursday crew
5/20: Rest day
5/21: 13 x 1 mile hill repeats (plus .1)
5/22: Lazy day
5/23: Lazy day
5/24: 4 miles
5/25: 5.5 miles
Apparently NJ has jumped from cool, mild spring directly into hot, hot summer. Went out at 6:00 today (because I was impatient and wanted to eat dinner, but had to run first) and it was still 82F and bright and sunny. But despite not-ideal conditions, I managed to get myself out the door without peer pressure for this one and I enjoyed myself! I think this slump is finally coming to an end after long last. Phew!
Upcoming Races:
6/11: Pacers Princeton Halfway Half (Princeton, NJ)
7/4: a fourth of july race somewhere!
11/20: Philadelphia Marathon
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Yet another reason to avoid Team Ortho races
http://kstp.com/news/minneapolis-marathon-team-ortho-minneapolis-park-board/4143510/
As I suspected, The Minneapolis Marathon is CANCELED! <<Note that this is NOT the bigger, better organized Twin Cities Marathon put on by Twin Cities in Motion but the much smaller one put on by Team Ortho>>
I am quite surprised, however, that Team Ortho is offering a full refund.
Quick recap...T.O. submitted the application to Minneapolis for a race permit last year by were told NINE MONTHS AGO that the course wouldn't work because of road construction. They were told to resubmit a new route. Nothing happened. Minneapolis repeated reminded T.O. Nothing happened. Finally a couple of weeks ago Minneapolis was left with no choice but to deny the permit. T.O. tried to get something going in a county south of Minneapolis, but not go (not surprising, given the little time they had to get it moved).
I had no plans of doing this race, ever, but I sure feel bad for those who did.
http://www.startribune.com/it-s-official-minneapolis-marathon-is-canceled/380860191/
I saw this today and I was disappointed, to say the least. I ran this marathon last year and I really liked the course and the organization of the race. It was a good experience, so I can't believe that dropped the ball this badly this year. I'm so glad I didn't want to do it again! I'd be seriously PO'd to train all spring for a race that gets cancelled due to idiocy rather than something logical like weather. Shame on Team Ortho for this
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PoppetsMaster wrote: »Lol... I actually do run a number of miles barefoot... but just to be clear, I was not trying to spoof you or disrespect you. I have read your profile and I know you a really smart guy and there are quite a few people here that understand exactly what you were saying. I, on the other hand, am just a run-of-the-mill divorce lawyer. I am not the brightest bulb. The only math I use is adding up your assets and the only science I use is surgically removing those assets from you and giving them to my client.
That's awesome. I have both a lot of respect for barefoot runners and a sense of "they-must-be-crazy". But then I do my own set of crazy.
Don't worry about spoofing/disrespect in this thread, I see there's a lot of healthy ribbing.
Divorce lawyers no longer scare me, I paid my fees. 3 -
I got to work on heat acclimation today. Our stormy morning turned to full sun. I ran about 1pm. 75 was climbing to 80 as I was running and humidity about 66%. Could've been worse but not my favorite
I drove a mile and parked to use the only tiny trail (concrete) in my little town. It's only .6 mile one direction. I ran back and forth about 3.5 times until I made 4 miles. It was about 50/50 sun and shade there. Only bit of shade in town. I left a water bottle and my cooling towel under the pavilion and I stopped at about 1.25 and 2.5 miles to drink and cool my face. My new UA mid-length tight shorts were AWESOME. Forgot I was wearing them! No riding up.
Garmin pace was 9:40. Strava 9:20 since they cut out my water breaks. So I ran faster than I expected in the heat. The last mile was a little rough but no dizziness or anything like I've struggled with last summer.
So then I got ice cream and hopped on my bike for 5 miles Still hoping to sneak in some pilates tonight.
@mathsrunner Yikes! Blood!
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WhatMeRunning wrote: »
*gopher*EvgeniZyntx wrote: »WhatMeRunning wrote: »Re: running in hot weather - http://strengthrunning.com/2010/09/summer-training-fast-fall-racing/
The faster fall stuff holds, the "we were simulating the effects of running at altitude" is *gopher*. Is MFP adding to it's naughty vocabulary??
I sure hope they pick *newt* next. The newt never receives enough attention. 2 -
@4leighbee - hahaha!! I love newts!!0
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ceciliaslater wrote: »Surgery is set for June 6th. Guess I'd better get the house ready--eliminating trip hazards, moving boxes of stuff so that my mom has a room to sleep in while she's here. Kind of bad timing for surgery since we're getting ready to move, but maybe it'll kick my butt into gear and force me to get the spare bedroom packing finished before mom shows up!
At least my mom is nice enough to make the long trip down to drive me to and from surgery and stay with me for a few days afterward. My husband just started a new job last week (and this is his first week on location--last week was all orientation stuff), so taking days off probably wouldn't be the best idea for him...
I'm glad you'll have your mom there to look after you! I hope everything goes really well and you heal perfectly and fast!0 -
So close I can almost taste it
I cant get my ticker to update properly but 133.2miles out of 140 1 -
Or running DOWN some really good hills. Especially slowing down on long steep descents - really great if you like sore quads :-Pgreenolivetree wrote: »It's just occurring to me that while I know quite well what it feels like to be sore from doing squats or yardwork, I'm really confused about running soreness. I think I've somehow been expecting that nothing should hurt because it's cardio.
I ran Fri/Sat/Sun and then on Monday my left hamstring felt a little sore, just with impact, not in general walking around. I rolled it with my "bumpy stick" thing between my kickboxing/strength/pilates workout segments last night. This morning it was pretty sore and I had to go very low impact on cardio. Rolled it more.
Now, I can jump, do high knees, hop on that leg, without any pain whatsoever. So is this completely normal and I was just sore from running? I feel like I should know this by now, but I've seriously never considered that I could be temporarily sore from running. And after several injury-type setbacks (pains that got worse and worse until I couldn't run anymore) I've become soooo cautious about any pain.
I don't know if I really have a question here, more of a personal revelation that it's okay to be sore from running. Haha.
Try running up some really good hills and fast, and then let me know if you feel sore. :-)
@5BeautifulDays That surgery sure doesn't sound like fun. I hope you have a swift recovery!
@4leighbee I hope it's just a sluggish day, not a full-blown flu. Get well soon!
@moyer566 you too, get well soon!
@vandinem congrags on the new 10k PR
@WhatMeRunning Wow, you are really getting in some nice climbs, awesome! I thought I did a nice hill run today, but you are at least 150m ahead of me in elevation this week so far.
@Marissaxzxzxz Welcome back! I don' think I would laugh about your idea of heat - I like cold weather. I'd rather spend my summer vacations in Scandinavia than somewhere in the south - I've got a lot of friends who dream about summer on the beach in southern Spain or Greece - sounds like torture to me. Good thing for me I don't live in Florida, I'd probably hide out in some airconditioned building and never come out again...
@RespectTheKitty Well done on yet another C25K workout! I think most people don't run 5k in 30 minutes by then end (the last run is 30 min straight, isn't it?). It took me forever to run a 5k race in less than 30 minutes. Running 30 minutes is a great accomplishments, the distance you run will increase over time for sure.
@EvgeniZyntx Yay for forest runs! :-) Sounds like you have quite a lot planned for the next few month, with "a few" sprint tris. To say it in your words: I have both a lot of respect for triathlets runners and a sense of "they-must-be-crazy" - all that bike and swim training on top of running, with scary sounding things like "brick workouts"!
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Two questions for the [strike]mudloving lunatics[/strike] experienced trail runners around:
- What do you do when the trail crosses a creek that is too wide to jump over and doesn't have any handy stepping stones either? a) be bada$$ about it and just run through the water, or b) take of your shoes and socks before wading through?
I chose option a today; but mostly due to the fact that I only thought of option b when I was already ankledeep in cold water
Not that spending the next hour running in soaking wet socks and shoes wasn't fun, but running in slightly less drenched footwear might have been nice as well...
- In the description of a few trail races I looked at (just out of curiosity ^^), there were sometimes mentions of weather poles were forbidden/allowed/required. I'm guessing they would be a tool for steep climbs and descents, but I'm not sure how you'd run with them or when you would use them. Do any of you have experience with those things?
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Tweaked my Back last week in " Our Spring Snow Storm" so a week of no running and no swimming. So again I will be short of goal. Strange how in the winter I was able to easily meet my Goals but now I am having a hard time meeting goal in the summer with it's long days and lots of Running Events. To many other distractions.
6.0 km's Tonight - Very slow, if I tried to get up to my normal pace my back started to complain so backed off to a slow 6:30/km. Like everyone else it's Hot and Muggy. So it was a real struggle to get the run in. Nice to get it done as I am supposed to do a 10km race on Saturday ( part 2 of 3 in the GP Series ). Of course they drag you in with the carrot of 3 random draws ( $150, $250 & $300 ) for gift certificates to local Sporting Goods Stores if you have completed all 3 events. The $150.00 is a break even amount considering race fees.
05/01 – 0.0 Km – 0.0 - 140 km
05/01 – 10.0 Km – 10.0 - 130 km
05/05 – 14.0 Km – 24.0 - 116 km
05/08 – 8.0 Km – 32.0 - 108 km
05/11 – 11.0 Km – 43.0 - 97 km
05/12 – 9.0 Km – 52.0 - 88 km
05/14 – 10.0 Km – 62.0 - 78 km
05/17 – 6.0 Km – 68.0 - 72 km
05/18 – 5.4 Km – 73.4 - 66.9 km
05/25 – 6.0 Km – 79.4 - 60.9 km – YTD - 594.2 km
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May Goal: Run just a scootch more than last month...
5/1 deep mucking of the chicken coop and environs
5/2 4.0
5/3 life day
5/4 7.54
5/5 snorkel 3.5hours
5/6 3.21
5/7 4.05
5/8 rest
5/9 4.05
5/10 meh
5/11 4.54
5/12 3.26
5/13 6.05
5/14 rest
5/15 4.02
5/16 3.16
5/17 snorkel 3.5 hours.
5/18 4.00
5/19 snorkel 4.5 hours (a 2 snorkel week!)
5/20 sickface (swallowed too much salt water?)
5/21 4.12
5/22 3.23
5/23 rest
5/24 4.10
5/25 4.19
Total 63.52
Upcoming races:
6/26 SHEPower Virtual 1/2 marathon
11/13 Las Vegas Rock n Roll 1/2 marathon
Ticker is my goal for 2016 and accumulation to date:
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I'm back! Took some time off. Achillies and knee issues. I could've ran with them, but I decided not to. Been a while haha. 4mi easy run. 8:43/mi avg pace. I still got that 50k race in 10 damn days LOL. I'd rather have a 31mi death march than waste $65. So I plan on doing it. Will have to walk a bunch. But that's alright. No pacing at all. I don't care if it takes 100hrs. I will cross the line. Oh ya, it's at night too and only 1.5mi from my house. #winning
5/1 - Rest
5/2 - 3.1 (6:52/mi)
5/3 - Rest
5/4 - 6.5 (7:18/mi)
5/5 - 5.0 (8:07/mi)
5/6 - Rest
5/7 - 26.2 (9:29/mi)
5/8 - Rest
5/9 - Rest
5/10 - Rest
5/11 - 5/24 - REST
5/25 - 4mi easy (8:43/mi)
May total: 44.8mi / no goal now8 -
Can anyone tell me what the following are?
-Half marathon pace
-Marathon pace
I get that 5k pace is your speedy pace. But how on earth do you know how to run those longer distances? Sometimes when reading, "marathon pace" sounds like you're meant to be pushing it all the way. Confused.
@orphia,
The best way to figure out those paces is with more running. I find the calculators work only when you have a solid base of running and have properly trained for the distance in question. When you get to the half and full marathons, endurance plays such a huge role that I don't think you can really look at a 5K time or even a 10k time and get a fair estimate. Another factor is that during your training for a half or full, your marathon pace should increase, particularly for a first timer.
In my opinion, a new runner shouldn't even worry about a marathon pace, intervals, or even tempo runs. I gave up on figuring all that out and spent 98% of my first 6 months running at easy pace in a build up to my first half, and over the next 6 months, 95% of my running was spent at easy pace. Easy being defined simply as the pace I could run while carrying on a conversation. I think new runners hear experienced runners talk about tempo runs, intervals, hill repeats, etc and get so eager to do these as well that they don't build up their base as they should. Now, with a year of running behind me, I'll gradually start to incorporate speed work and hill work.
But I get where you're coming from. When I started running I was just lost trying to even understand what all these paces where supposed to mean, let alone figure out what they were. The calculator I prefer to use is Daniel's calculator found here:
http://www.runsmartproject.com/calculator/
Enter your numbers from our most recent/longest race and then look at the Equivalent tab. I also suggest looking at the Training tab to see what your paces for the easy run and tempo (threshold) run should be.
One thing I'll caution about is to be honest about your where your fitness level is now, and use that as a basis of determining your paces. Don't set a goal for your marathon pace and use that as a basis for your easy pace, threshold pace, etc. If you do that you'll be running too fact for the desired effect of your training run.
@7lenny7 Thank you very much! That's reassuring.
Some days I want to run easy, some days try for a PB.
The other stuff confuses me.
This makes me happy.1 -
01 May – 16.1 km Distance PB
03 May – 8.1 km
05 May – 10.1 km
07 May – 5 km parkrun PB by 48 seconds! 27:47
08 May – 8.4 km Mother’s Day Classic
10 May – 10 km
12 May – 10.1 km
13 May – 7 km
14 May – climbed a mountain, no running but 30,000 steps gets a mention
15 May – 15 km PB!
17 May – 12.1 km
19 May – 8.2 km
20 May – 10.1 km
21 May – 5 km Portland parkrun Launch
23 May – 8.1 km
24 May – 9.1 km
26 May – 10 km PB!
Total: 152.4 km (94.7 miles)
Goal: 150 km (93 miles)
Upcoming:
June 11-12: Serra Terror 80 km trail walk relay
June 19: Winter Solstice Lighthouse to Lighthouse 15 km
Reached my May goal today, with a 10 km PB! Only 29 seconds over an hour, knocking 2 minutes off my previous best.
Tomorrow I feel like doing a long, but slow run.4 -
Date Miles MTD ------ ----- ----- May 03 4.2T 4.2 May 04 4.2T 8.4 May 06 5.1 13.5 May 07 8.2 21.7 May 08 5.6 27.3 May 09 4.2 31.5 May 11 6.5 38.0 May 13 5.0 43.0 May 14 12.6 55.6 May 15 4.2 59.8 May 17 5.0 64.8 May 18 5.7 70.5 May 19 4.2 74.7 May 21 8.1 82.8 May 22 7.3 90.1 May 25 6.5 96.6 May 26 5.0 101.6
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_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »Two questions for the [strike]mudloving lunatics[/strike] experienced trail runners around:
- What do you do when the trail crosses a creek that is too wide to jump over and doesn't have any handy stepping stones either? a) be bada$$ about it and just run through the water, or b) take of your shoes and socks before wading through?
I chose option a today; but mostly due to the fact that I only thought of option b when I was already ankledeep in cold water Not that spending the next hour running in soaking wet socks and shoes wasn't fun, but running in slightly less drenched footwear might have been nice as well...
- In the description of a few trail races I looked at (just out of curiosity ^^), there were sometimes mentions of weather poles were forbidden/allowed/required. I'm guessing they would be a tool for steep climbs and descents, but I'm not sure how you'd run with them or when you would use them. Do any of you have experience with those things?
There is only Option A.... there is no Option B....lol...
When it comes to water crossings and mud, the fastest and safest way is to go straight through them. The people that I have noticed who fall the most are the ones who try to negotiate water and mud in an effort to keep their footwear dry.
Most good trail running shoes drain really fast and if you have the right socks, (or no socks) wet muddy feet are not really an issue...
I know that on long races (50 miles or more) runners can have drop bags at designated aid stations which often include fresh shoes and dry socks.
Also, if I am running a course that I know has water or will be muddy, I slather my feet in either Vaseline or some amazing stuff called Trail Toes. I really pack it on my feet before putting on my shoes. It really helps that swamp foot feeling. At least for a while.
I have never used trekking poles, but I know runners that swear by them for courses with more serious elevation. They claim they reduce fatigue on the climbs and provide stability on declines. I have not heard complaints about having to carry them, but they seem like they would be a PITA. They seem to be a source of debate as to whether or not they are a type of "cheating", but most ultras let you have them if you want them.1 -
_nikkiwolf_ wrote: »Two questions for the [strike]mudloving lunatics[/strike] experienced trail runners around:
- What do you do when the trail crosses a creek that is too wide to jump over and doesn't have any handy stepping stones either? a) be bada$$ about it and just run through the water, or b) take of your shoes and socks before wading through?
I chose option a today; but mostly due to the fact that I only thought of option b when I was already ankledeep in cold water Not that spending the next hour running in soaking wet socks and shoes wasn't fun, but running in slightly less drenched footwear might have been nice as well...
- In the description of a few trail races I looked at (just out of curiosity ^^), there were sometimes mentions of weather poles were forbidden/allowed/required. I'm guessing they would be a tool for steep climbs and descents, but I'm not sure how you'd run with them or when you would use them. Do any of you have experience with those things?
Option A, definitely. I think taking them off exposes you to way worse than wet shoes (slips, cuts, alligators and leaches ... jk). And yes - the bada$$ factor definitely comes into play. I love running through water (though it's not usually ankle-deep) during a run. Shoes and socks are made with so much mesh and whatever these days, that it's not like you'll be running with lead feet for miles ... and I guess you could take a moment to wring your socks, but I don't know if I would bother. Getting the socks back on would suck. Sounds like a fun place to run! Enjoy! 1
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