February 2019 Monthly Running Challenge

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  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    @samthepanda If you aren't allergic, try peanut butter toast 90 minutes before you plan to run. I find it helps, even with shorter runs. I'm slow too but my performance improves noticeably if I fuel & hydrate properly.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,206 Member
    edited February 2019
    quilteryoyo wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    I went out this
    I think when the new version of the asics gel kayano come out (26) I may well get you to do that! (get the 25 I mean as it will be discounted...). Rebel isn't so bad, there is one only 1hr 20 min away but as I've found they don't tend to stock wide shoes. I've learned the last year I pretty much have to go to a specialist shoe shop for wide shoes. Sigh.
    Can you have them special order wide shoes for you?

    @quilteryoyo I got the gist lol. Mum asked, but nope they couldnt get it in. Even the Asics Outlet store couldn't. It wasnt until AFTER Mum got the shoes I considered Amazon. And turns out there are a few pairs on amazon that ship to NZ. and at a reasonable price. But of course now I have to wait cause paying mum back for the others. But I may double check when I have more funds and get another pair anyway, I liked the 24s that much.

    My new shoes did not arrive today, so now have to wait till monday :(. But in some good news, my hydration pack finally arrived - I got a cheap one from wish.com - based on recommendations from people I actually know - and it looks great! cant wait to try it out. Just in time for my 23km walk/run next weekend!

    ETA and now my reply is all screwy and no idea why...
  • Sparx_81
    Sparx_81 Posts: 403 Member
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    @samthepanda First of all I would check to see if your race has a time limit, and if so how long it is. If it doesn't or it has a nice easy limit (ie not 2.5 hours max for me) then go ahead and plan to run/walk it. I did one in December by running 9 minutes, walking 1 minute, and that took me 2 and a half hours. Have a look at the Jeff Galloway method (run-walk-run) or Hal Higdon has a plan (and I'm sure many others do too) for walking a half marathon. At the end of the day nobody will laugh at you, either for pulling out or for walking the whole thing or for doing it barefoot or bouncing a tennis ball or doing it naked or backwards. Runners are freakin awesome like that. In fact I've seen a marathon where the guy who finished it in 6 hours was cheered over the finish line far more than the elite Ethiopian athlete who fell over and crawled over the finish line in 3rd place.

    @kgirlhart I hear ya, we had that horrible sideways galeforce rain chit here recently and not being brave enough to run in it totally ruined my day! @garygse don't worry, it'll probably be snowing again tomorrow, the world is going crazy.

    I'm a happy bunny today. My new bluetooth earbuds worked great, my two 8 minute running intervals were blissful this morning (although I had to be very stern with myself to make myself do the walk break in between them). Second run felt a little tough until I refound that easy pace sweet spot where suddenly you stop wondering how you're going to keep this up for as far as you need to and start feeling like you could keep going all day. Coincidentally that was probably after about a mile of running altogether, reinforcing the never trust the first mile motto.
    Then to round it all off when I got home I saw they're doing a local charity 3-race series here. 1st race is 3km on Feb 17, 2nd is 5km on March 17, 3rd is 7km on April 28th. €10 to sign up for all 3 and you get a T-shirt if you finish all 3. Perfect!!!!! Guess tomorrow's rest day is going to include a gentle walk into town to sign up for those
    :-D

    1/02: W4D2
    2/02: Upper body strength
    3/02: W4D3
    4/02: Toned & curvy body workout
    5/02: W5D1
    6/02: 60 mins treadmill walk
    7/02: W5D2 + Total body strength workout

    Just to add www.podrunner.com into the fold too. They have programs all the way through 5k, 8k and 10k. They also have some speedwork sets too!

    I'm starting week 5 on Monday too... 😀
  • Sparx_81
    Sparx_81 Posts: 403 Member
    girlinahat wrote: »
    eleanorhawkins wrote: »
    sarahthes wrote: »
    @samthepanda If you aren't allergic, try peanut butter toast 90 minutes before you plan to run. I find it helps, even with shorter runs. I'm slow too but my performance improves noticeably if I fuel & hydrate properly.

    Completely agree that runs are much better/easier with some fuel inside you. I run early in the morning, so can't eat anything really substantial beforehand but experimenting proved that a mug of coffee and a banana about half an hour before I head out works perfect for me. Then for long runs I stick a couple of jelly babies in my pocket. Not very 'professional' but a damn sight more convenient than gels and stuff.

    I’m with this. I also run early, and can do around 40 minutes fasted if it’s just a straightforward run, but I’ve been trying to do speed workouts once a week. So I mix up a chocolate milk in a flask and keep it beside my bed, then drink that as soon as I wake up.

    Definitely helps.

    Ooh! Must try this! I get up at 5.50 to get my run started by 6 so my body doesn't know what's hit it but I do find it fairly tough after the 30 minute mark...
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    @JulieS3103 have fun tomorrow. it was one of my favorite races. (hopefully, they will deice the route well)

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