March 2017 Running Challenge
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MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »So I have a great husband. He dgaf about running but he can basically fix anything, so he somehow got my treadmill working again last night. I killed it in 13.7km -_- .
I'm thinking the motor is on its last legs because it was during sprints that it just totally gave up on life again. Is the universe conspiring against my speedwork?!
March 1- 15km
March 2- 18km
March 3- 15km
March 4- 22km
March 5- 13km
March 6- Rest
March 7- 16km
March 8- 13.7km
112.7/250km
I try to do more trail when he's home to watch the kids, the treadmill is more my training insurance policy for when he is gone. But you are bang on @MNLittleFinn , we actually talked last night about buying a new one. We just need to suss out what will stand my abuse the longest haha1 -
JessicaMcB wrote: »MNLittleFinn wrote: »JessicaMcB wrote: »So I have a great husband. He dgaf about running but he can basically fix anything, so he somehow got my treadmill working again last night. I killed it in 13.7km -_- .
I'm thinking the motor is on its last legs because it was during sprints that it just totally gave up on life again. Is the universe conspiring against my speedwork?!
March 1- 15km
March 2- 18km
March 3- 15km
March 4- 22km
March 5- 13km
March 6- Rest
March 7- 16km
March 8- 13.7km
112.7/250km
I try to do more trail when he's home to watch the kids, the treadmill is more my training insurance policy for when he is gone. But you are bang on @MNLittleFinn , we actually talked last night about buying a new one. We just need to suss out what will stand my abuse the longest haha
I know that difficulty. It's the only reason I'm up 0410 or so most mornings, to get my runs in before the rest of the house wakes up. Here's hoping you can find a great TM! I think Runners World had an issue with reviews a few months back, so that might be a place to start looking.2 -
BeeerRunner wrote: »@stoshew71 I hate it when my Garmin won't sync. I've had to remove it from my Garmin Connect devices and add it back a few times in order to connect.
After wasting too much time unpairing and attempting to pair my Garmin with my phone countless times (stuck on the Failed to receive the identity file), finally I googled how to power off my FR 220. After rebooting the actual watch, everything worked fine.
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Date Miles today - Miles for March
3/1 5 miles - 5
3/2 10 miles - 15
3/3 3.1 miles - 18.1
3/4 20 miles - 38.1
3/5 REST DAY
3/6 7 miles - 45.1
3/7 7 miles - 52.1
3/8 REST DAY
Upcoming races:
UAH 8K - 3/6 <<< 34:33 3 in AG
Oak Barrel HM - 4/2 <<<< 1:38:00 3 in AG
Bridge Street HM - 4/10 <<< 1:36:33 3 in AG
PEO-AVN Team Day 5K - 5/4 <<< 19:10 (2.9 mi) 1 in AG 5 OA
Cotton Row Run 10K - 5/30 << 44:57 PR
Firecracker Chase 10.2 miler 6/25 << 1:20:22 1 in AG & 15 OA
Huntsville Half Marathon - 11/12 << 1:35:55 2 in AG & 25 OA
Rocket City Marathon - 12/10 << 2:44:41
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (unofficial) - 1/21 << 1:46:48 2 OA
Elkmont Hound Dog Half (rescheduled) - 2/18 << 1:41:04 1 in AG & 24 OA
Kentucky Derby Marathon - 4/29
Rest day. It's a cutback week.
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All - our friend @Elise4270's son Alex has joined the army and gone away to boot camp. He is missing his friends, missing his family and is just generally lonely. Elise mentioned on her wall a while back that he was feeling down and jokingly said she would provide the address if anyone wanted to write. I would love to have our running group here send Alex some, a lot, a boatload, of cards and notes. He has buddies there with him who also don't get much mail and he would certainly share with them too.
If you are interested please send Alex a note or a card from his mom's crazy running friends!!
His address is:
Private Swenson, Alexander
CTroop, 5th Squadron
15th Cavalry Regiment
2nd Platoon
Fort Benning, GA 31905
If his middle initial is M, I can see him on the Army Global email directory.
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BeeerRunner wrote: »@stoshew71 I hate it when my Garmin won't sync. I've had to remove it from my Garmin Connect devices and add it back a few times in order to connect.
After wasting too much time unpairing and attempting to pair my Garmin with my phone countless times (stuck on the Failed to receive the identity file), finally I googled how to power off my FR 220. After rebooting the actual watch, everything worked fine.
I had to Google how to turn off my FR220 too. I told my husband " What kind of crazy world has this become that we have to consult one computer to get instructions on how to turn the power off on another?"6 -
I got a short run in today:
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Date :::: Miles :::: March MTD (goal = 95)
03/01/17 :::: 2.3 :::: 2.3
03/02/17 :::: 6.7 :::: 9.0
03/03/17 :::: 5.1 :::: 14.1
03/04/17 :::: 3.1 :::: 17.2
03/05/17 :::: 2.6 :::: 19.9
03/06/17 :::: 4.4 :::: 24.2
03/07/17 :::: 0.0 :::: 24.2
03/08/17 :::: 2.7 :::: 26.9
Yesterday was rest day. Today I took Stella with me after work for a run. It went okay, but she seems to have lost interest in it these days so I may have to give up on running with her. It's hard to drag even a small dog along behind you
The weather is turning miserable and cold again overnight. I'm depressed about it because the weekend and all next week - when I'm on break - is supposed to be cold. I'm not up for it any more.4 -
@katharmonic That is exactly why I don't take my cats for a run, despite some suggesting it. It is tough to drag them along.5
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All - our friend @Elise4270's son Alex has joined the army and gone away to boot camp. He is missing his friends, missing his family and is just generally lonely. Elise mentioned on her wall a while back that he was feeling down and jokingly said she would provide the address if anyone wanted to write. I would love to have our running group here send Alex some, a lot, a boatload, of cards and notes. He has buddies there with him who also don't get much mail and he would certainly share with them too.
If you are interested please send Alex a note or a card from his mom's crazy running friends!!
His address is:
Private Swenson, Alexander
CTroop, 5th Squadron 15th Cavalry Regiment
2nd Platoon
Fort Benning, GA 31905
Haha! He'll just love letters. The last letter from him he wanted "news from the outside". I just don't follow any. They are doing hand to hand combat last I heard. He's going to be a Calvary scout.
Edit- they can only have letters. No newspaper articles, or clippings or goodies.6 -
TattooedDolphinGirl78 wrote: »Question for the experts here...
Lately I've noticed that my left hip area becomes a little sore after I run and it takes a while for it to go away, sometimes days. When I stretch though, I do a yoga pose called pigeon which really focuses on the hips, and it doesn't hurt, so I'm at a loss as to what the cause could be. I will be checking with my chiro this week and doctor soon, but I figured I'd pick the brains of the group.
I appreciate any feedback.
Front, Back or side of the hips? Pigeon gets the piriformis, which can be really grumpy. Might try adding an Ober stretch if it's the outside. I'd think medial glute, IT band or perhaps trochanter bursitis.3 -
March Running Totals (miles)
3/1 – 7.32 easy with hills
3/2 – 13.10 long intervals
3/3 – rest day
3/4 – 16.09 paced run
3/5 – 12.67 easy with hills
3/6 – rest day
3/7 – 10.20 warm up, speed work, cool down
3/8 – 7.02 easy
March total to date – 66.40
Nominal Challenge Goal – 225 miles
Real Goals: Stay healthy. Train well toward Boston. Run well at the USATF Masters 8K Championship in Virginia Beach.
Today's notes – We had lovely temperatures in the 50s and maybe up to 60 today, with sunshine . . . and a high wind warning. This afternoon freaked me out a bit with losing shingles, tree branches blowing around, several brief power hits making the microwave and stove forget what time it is and stopping the dryer. Then I saw on FB that the local FleetFeet canceled the WalkFit and NoBo training today (that's couch to walking, and nonrunner to 5K training programs) due to high winds and down power lines. The advice was to stay safe and run indoors.
So I wimped out. I still have some time left on my facilities membership at the local college, so I went and ran on the indoor track. On the way over, I saw people running outside; perhaps it wasn't as bad on the local roads as it sounded from inside my house. Oh, well. Garmin estimated 7.02 miles (kept running to get Garmin over 7) from 7 * 8 + 2 laps of the 200m track, or 11,600 meters. Garmin was a bit short of actual distance, but some runs have come out a bit long. Close enough.
In the controlled environment, I was able to keep my HR in Zone 1 most of the time (35 seconds in Zone 2). I found that it worked better to slow myself down by telling myself to rest rather than telling myself to back off or slow down. Then I noticed when I went to shower that I felt pretty good. Duh! Most of the time at those showers, I've just finished a hard speed workout, not a short easy run. I'd forgotten how good the short runs feel. Maybe I should go back to running 6 days a week so some of the days can be shorter? I don't know, I'll probably just muddle through the rest of this training cycle.
2017 races:
January 1, 2017 Freezeroo #2 (Resolution Run 7.5 mile) (Mendon, NY) Finished in 50:45
January 7, 2017 Winter Warrior Half Marathon (Gates, NY) Finished in 1:32:40
January 14, 2017 Freezeroo #3 (Pineway Ponds Park 5 mile) (Spencerport, NY) Finished in 33:42
January 28, 2017 Freezeroo #4 (Hearnish 5 mile) (Victor, NY) short course, finished 4.88 miles in 32:50
February 4, 2017 USATF Cross Country National Championship Masters 8K (Bend, OR) Finished in 35:39, team won the 60+ Men's cross country championship
February 11, 2017 Freezeroo #5 (Valentines Run "In Memory of Tom Brannon" 8 Mile) (Greece, NY) sat out due to training schedule
February 25, 2017 Freezeroo #6 (White House Challenge 4.4 mile) (Webster, NY) short course, finished 4.34 miles in 27:51
March 11, 2017 Johnny's Runnin' of the Green 5 mile (Rochester, NY)
March 18, 2017 USATF Masters 8K Championship (Virginia Beach, VA)
April 17, 2017 Boston Marathon (Hopkinton, MA)
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@Elise4270 Thanks for the info, I'll try that. Hope your son gets LOTS of mail!!!1
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katharmonic wrote: »
The weather is turning miserable and cold again overnight. I'm depressed about it because the weekend and all next week - when I'm on break - is supposed to be cold. I'm not up for it any more.
That's why I moved from Wisconsin to Texas after college. Yes, summer here is brutal, and fall is Summer Part 2, but I can't stand the cold and grey of winter and spring was winter part 2.1 -
Ugh, about 60+ posts behind.
3/1: 2 miles
3/2: rest
3/3: 3.1 miles
3/4: X-train (45 mins swim)
3/5: 4 miles
3/6: rest
3/7: 2.83 miles
3/8: 2.15 miles
Total: 13.98/60 miles
I thought I was feeling better last night, but woke up feeling more congested than ever. I really contemplated not going for the planned run today (especially since there as a wind advisory), but the really bad head cold seems to be only that, so I decided to try. Plus, I already had a short run scheduled today anyway. Getting out in the fresh air seemed to really help clear things out and helped me feel better for a bit so I'm glad I went. I'm hoping this congestion goes away before too long because it's quite annoying.
The run went fairly well - still pain free and mostly no tightness except toward the end, so that's a win in my book. Between my warm up walk, two 1 mile intervals, and recovery walk in between, I ended up with 2.15 miles in 20:06 (9:20 min/mile)...entirely too fast. I feel like I say this every time, but I really have to slow down. I'm still trying to get used to adjusting my gait on my right side, so I've been feeling random twinges in various places throughout my run but no real pain.9 -
Regular Wednesday night Running Club group run. It's usually 7km but I extended out to get a little extra distance since it has been 6 days since my last run. Of course since I went Downhill Skiing for 4 days I think I am allowed to miss a few running days. 10.5km along the Riverbank Trails.
-19C (-3F) with a 14km/h N wind giving a wind chill of -28C (-19F). So when running outbound - north into the wind at 10km/h giving a net wind of 24km/h gives a wind chill of approximately -33C (-27.5F).
Which explains why my Love Handles were a nice shade of Red when I went for the post race shower. So jealous when I see @7lenny7 & @BeeerRunner etc. getting muddy doing Trails runs, here I am waiting for spring - impatiently - Trail Shoes screaming at me. Of course I have a friend on assignment in the Artic for a month, -42C (-42F) so its not so bad where I am at.
Like many others I have multiple types of Running Experiences.
1: Zen - Everything is flowing - floating along - no niggles, twinges, easy breathing etc. etc. Happens most often when doing trails through the bush along the Riverbank Hills. Feel like a kid cat jumping fallen trees, quick short agility steps around - through ruts, washouts, roots, rocks etc.
2: Battle - A struggle to get into the rhythm. Pace feels off or shoes don't feel right or shirt is rubbing, ankle, calf, knee, hip, ribs or arm seems to have the dreaded Niggle.
3: ARGG - Why do I run, this is foolish. Lets just turn at this corner, cut across the park and I can be home in 2 km.
Fortunately it's not very often that this happens and I usually manage to struggle through it. I have a personal rule of a minimum of 5km so no matter what happens I struggle through to that point and usually I am able to continue past it.
Exception to the rule - Recovery Runs and Injuries that occur while running which cut it short.
March 2 was an example of 5km and done, the cold, the wind etc. Also since I was leaving the next day for a ski trip and my route had me going back past my house at 5k it was just way to easy to turn and call it done.
Getting out the door can be a bigger battle than the actual run - have to avoid the phone, computer, etc after work and just gear up, hydrate and go. Otherwise gravity sets in and we all know how that works.
03/01 7.0 km –7.0km –133.0 km – YTD 187.55
03/02 5.0 km –12.0km –128.0 km – YTD 192.55
03/08 10.5 km –22.5km –117.5 km – YTD 203.05
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@MobyCarp : I wussed out too when I saw (and heard) the wind report and road closures (Buffalo).. strength training it was. I had to shorten yesterday's gym session to make it to a tango performance on time anyway and my knee has been twinging a bit, so an extra gym day in lieu of running wasn't a bad thing.0
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katharmonic wrote: »Yesterday was rest day. Today I took Stella with me after work for a run. It went okay, but she seems to have lost interest in it these days so I may have to give up on running with her. It's hard to drag even a small dog along behind you
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01 Mar – 12.6 km
02 Mar – 2.6 km + 1200 metres swimming
03 Mar – 10 km
04 Mar – 8.2 km including parkrun
06 Mar – 14.2 km
07 Mar – 2.7 km + 1200 metres swimming
08 May – 10 km
Goal: 100 miles / 160 km, including my first 30 km run.
Total: 60.3 km
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@Elise4270 How long will your son be there? The mail takes ages from here.WhatMeRunning wrote: »@chichidachimp - Just based on my personal experiences at those same paces (HM and Full), I found I was able to increase my pace best by doing speedwork and limiting myself to HM's as my longest race. The idea is to first get faster HM times, then work on translating those paces out to a longer distances training for a full. The miles needed to build up for my first full were very taxing and I simply wasn't able to reasonably do a lot of strength building speedowrk on top of it while base building to the marathon weekly distances for training. There's always other ways to do things, so your way may not be the same as my way. But in my opinion, you are going to already be "building up" to do a full marathon distance. So the speedwork and increased pace are not the focus, the focus is the added distance. It's when you try to increase too many factors, like distance + speed that injuries happen.
If the race allows for 6 hours, and you can train for running that kind of mileage and time on the feet, then you can still do the full at that pace. I did three of them at a 6hr pace in a single season, so it's not like it's that God-awful terrible. Ultra runners run for 6+ hours. You just have to be conditioned for long, taxing runs. I adapted my training from the standard marathon training to ultra training since my time was more suited to an ultra runner than a marathon runner (something no marathon training plan I have seen takes into consideration because they assume you are a sub 5 hour runner). Granted, the distance ran was a marathon, but the toll taken on the body was more of an ultra run due to the time spent running. For me, that meant mid-week long runs and some back-to-back long runs (to do a long run on depleted legs). Speedwork is nigh impossible to fit in with mid-week long runs and back-to-back long runs. Everything is either a long run or a recovery run.
@WhatMeRunning Great post. Backs up what @MobyCarp and @lporter229 were saying.
@JessicaMcB Yay, glad you got your treadmill fixed! It would be craptastic to be stuck on a desert island of no running.1 -
KatieJane83 wrote: »KatieJane83 wrote: »In happier news though, I have an awesome new problem. I'm still trying to lose some weight, but last week I lost ~3.5 lbs, and another 2.2 the previous week. That's too fast! So I need to eat even more! Woohoo! Guess I've been being a little too conservative with my estimates, and staying under my net goal a little too much.
I've been trying to make my weight trend sideways for 5 years now, and marathon training makes it hard to see the trend. I can be down a full pound two days in a row, then up 3 or 4 pounds after a rest day. That comes back off with 2 days of running. The fluctuations have to be water and other residuals in my gastro-intestinal system; but the fluctuations can obscure the truth.
Lately I've come to think that I'm mostly seeing water bound to glycogen going away with hard training, and coming back with rest. I think I began to see this a little when I was running 35 miles per week, but it's very obvious when I'm over 50 miles per week with a couple of quality workout days and a long run.
So . . . depending on how often you weight, what you're seeing may or may not reflect reality. The weight can fluctuate more in serious training mode than it does when you're just running the same amount every week. And yes, ramping up the miles can mean you need to eat more to maintain the weight; but if you're trying to lose, you feel good, and your running performance is good, I wouldn't worry about the weight coming off. Time enough to worry about that when you no longer want to lose and/or your running performance suffers and/or you feel awful after losing too much, too fast.
Just for the sake of example, here's my last 7 days of weight fluctuation.
rest day, then +1.2 lbs.
speed work day, then -0.2 lbs.
easy run day, then -0.4 lbs.
long MP interval day, then -1.0 lbs.
rest day, then +3.0 lbs.
16 mile snowy run, then -2.0 lbs.
12 mile run on tired legs, then -0.8 lbs.
Net change over 7 days, -0.2 lbs. I'll call that maintenance, even though the daily numbers bounce around more than they would if I were just conservatively running 35 mostly easy miles per week. Rest day today, and I expect my weight to bounce back up tomorrow morning.
@MobyCarp
Thanks for that! You made me look at my stats. (Sorry, my formatting is a bit different.)
01 Mar – 12.6 km easy; 64.2 kg
02 Mar – 2.6 km + 1200 metres swimming; 63.4 kg (-0.8 kg from previous day)
03 Mar – 10 km fairly easy; 64.4 kg (+ 1 kg from previous day)
04 Mar – 8.2 km including parkrun which was flat out; 64.2 kg (-0.2 kg from previous day)
05 Mar - rest/walk day; 63.5 kg (-0.7 kg from previous day)
06 Mar – 14.2 km easy; 64 kg (+0.5 kg from previous day)
07 Mar - 07 Mar – 2.7 km + 1200 metres swimming; 64.3 kg (+0.3 kg)
I'd been confused why I'd noticed I was going up after a rest day, but hadn't realised I was going down after a run day. Apart from today, but I ate a lot of salt yesterday.
This is interesting. I keep meaning to start using a weight trend tracker and actually weigh every day. I suppose I should suck it up and start, lol. Especially as I get down closer to my goal weight. Normally I weigh once a week, same day/time/lack of clothing/post bathroom trip/etc. This was my recent trend:
Sunday, 2/19 - 159.6
Sunday, 2/26 - 156.8
Sunday, 3/5 - 153.2
150 marks the top end of my supposed healthy BMI range, so I was definitely surprised to see this much of a drop this quickly. It would be interesting to see how it fluctuates on a daily basis, and how it's influenced by my workout schedule. Right now, my weigh in day is the day after a cross-training day, which just consists of a 1 hour zumba class.
Anyone have any favorite weight trend apps for Android?
@KatieJane83
I've been using Happy Scale for iOS for nearly 2 years, but I gather Libra is the alternative on Android.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.cachapa.libra&hl=en1 -
This should have been a day off, because I only got home around midnight ... and then it sees you staring at the ceiling at workout time ... over to zombie-mode
09/03 (or as 03/09 at the other side of the pond) - 30 min run in Zombie mode - 3.6mile, followed with 1.5mile Interval & Core workout
Coming up:- 10/03 - 10K Run The Solar System (thanks for the tip)
- 11/03 - TM Half Marathon (plugged in the MK HM route - attempt 1 )
- 01/05 - Milton Keynes HM
- 02/09 - Bedford HM
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KatieJane83 wrote: »
Anyone have any favorite weight trend apps for Android?
@KatieJane83
I've been using Happy Scale for iOS for nearly 2 years, but I gather Libra is the alternative on Android.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.cachapa.libra&hl=en
I use Libra on Android, but I haven't weighed myself that much recently (didn't want to see how bad it was, assumed I'd at best stayed the same then was pleased to see I'd dropped a couple of pounds (an audible gasp was heard))
It has a graph and you can add in measurements as well. You can set up a goal weight and it gives you a predicted date for that goal. It's quite reassuring to see.
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Date activity Run dist (mi)
1-Mar Yoga 60 min/onion-pub run 7.8
2-Mar rest
3-Mar rest
4-Mar Ft. Eustis 10K 7.9
5-Mar 20 lb easy run 4.4
6-Mar Yoga 60 min/lifting 30min
7-Mar rest
8-Mar Yoga 60 min / lifting 30min / run 7.8
9-Mar rest
10-Mar
11-Mar
12-Mar
27.9
Goal (miles) 80
left (miles) 52.1
2017 Races
1/14/2017 Menchville Winter Chill 5K 22:12 1 AG 15 OA
2/11/2017 Run for the Heart 10 mile 1:17:25 1 AG 12 OA
2/18/2017 Gloucester 8K 35:04:00 1 AG 12 OA
3/4/2017 Fort Eustis 10K 44:31:00 4 AG 18 OA
4/1/2017 Joe & Sue Moore 5K
4/15/2017 Victory at Yorktown 10K
4/22/2017 Run the DOG Street 5K
5/13/2017 Bull Island 4 miler
5/29/2017 Yorktown Freedom 8K
7/29/2017 Coast Guard Day 5K
8/19/2017 Smart Smiles 5K
9/16/2017 Mulberry Island HM
TBD Poquoson Run with the Bulls 5K
TBD Yorktown Battlefield 10 miler
TBD Run with the Son for Haiti 5K
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Joanna2012B wrote: »Joanna2012B wrote: »5km on the dreadmill last night for a total of 12km yesterday
Is running on the Treadmill boring? After all it takes out the excitement of being chased by a dog or almost hit by a car and don't forget the excitement of wondering if you will step on uneven ground and twist an ankle miles from home!
Well Eddy Bear it is boring hence why I call it the Dreadmill! I ran 7km in the early morning outdoors and even saw a Pepe Le Pew!!! However, I wanted to get a bit more distance in and it was pouring and very windy and late when I could get more in....there is a purpose for the Dreadmill from time to time. My first choice would be to run OUTSIDE!!!!
I would run laps in a 100 square foot room before I would even think of getting on a treadmill. I hate those things! They F my cadence and stride all up and they give me the rebound effect that makes me think I'm faster than I am.6 -
I would run laps in a 100 square foot room before I would even think of getting on a treadmill. I hate those things! They F my cadence and stride all up and they give me the rebound effect that makes me think I'm faster than I am.
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I would run laps in a 100 square foot room before I would even think of getting on a treadmill. I hate those things! They F my cadence and stride all up and they give me the rebound effect that makes me think I'm faster than I am.
I have the same problem with going too fast as well. I've set my running app to verbally tell me when I go too fast or slow.4 -
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