November 2019 Monthly Running Challenge
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ContraryMaryMary wrote: »@PastorVincent thanks for the reviews, I'll have a good read. Unfortunately I can't go to a store until Christmas, the only ones actually in shops here are fitbits (I think they're ugly plus I agree with you about google) and full smart watches by Samsung or apple and the like. Running tech is not big in Romania! I'll have a look at the forerunners though, they sound perfect.
@ChrisInCal I'll have a look at the smaller fenixs, really hard to gauge size from the photos. Same problem with the second-hand idea, there's not a big market here, do not much in the way of second hand. Shipping it from elsewhere would double the cost...
@RunsOnEspresso thanks! You make the vivoactive sound more like my thing I think, but I'll look at both.
I need me some of those screw-shoes but not yet, a balmy 23 degrees C here today!
Watch size and look was a huge factor for me when choosing my Garmin. I have tiny wrists but fairly big hands and most GPS watches look ridiculously enormous on me. I chose the Fenix 5S because it was relatively small, attractive and does everything I need it to. It looks like an analogue when I’m not running.
Ohh I like your Garmin!
Clearly, we both have excellent taste.7 -
You know what we haven't had recently? Shoe pics!
I recently brought my current favorite trail racing shoes (Salomon Sense Max 2) back to the local running store. After 7 months and 217 miles the upper was starting to rip. I could have pushed them further but since I've only used these for long races, I didn't want to chance a blowout mid-race.
They replaced them with a much brighter color! While I like the blue for running, I'd prefer the black because they wouldn't be as obnoxious when I use them for every day use after retiring them from running.
Those are some bright shoes!
It is getting close to the time for me to consider getting new shoes myself. Not sure what I will get. I might just blindly reorder what I have been wearing, but thinking with winter coming I might replace my trail shoes first and run in them since they do better in snow/ice than street shoes do. If I do that I need to figure out if I want to stay with my Altra's or try something new. So many decisions. Maybe I will just put it off a few hundred more miles.0 -
PastorVincent wrote: »@JMNagain not really a fan of analog, but Garmin does have a STAR TREK face so that makes up for any other shortcomings, IMO:
At first I thought it was still on Daylight Savings Time.
Huh? Why?
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PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@JMNagain not really a fan of analog, but Garmin does have a STAR TREK face so that makes up for any other shortcomings, IMO:
At first I thought it was still on Daylight Savings Time.
Huh? Why?
The 5:13P above the date is about an hour after the post.
A double naught spy I ain't.1 -
PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@JMNagain not really a fan of analog, but Garmin does have a STAR TREK face so that makes up for any other shortcomings, IMO:
At first I thought it was still on Daylight Savings Time.
Huh? Why?
The 5:13P above the date is about an hour after the post.
A double naught spy I ain't.
Ah. That is the time of sunset
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PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »PastorVincent wrote: »@JMNagain not really a fan of analog, but Garmin does have a STAR TREK face so that makes up for any other shortcomings, IMO:
At first I thought it was still on Daylight Savings Time.
Huh? Why?
The 5:13P above the date is about an hour after the post.
A double naught spy I ain't.
Ah. That is the time of sunset
On behalf of the Jethro Bodines of the world, thank you.2 -
4 fast miles tonight
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@elise4270 - love the video of your boobeary snake charmer!
@Camaramandy648 - I take turmeric daily (with biopirene - the black pepper ingredient @rheddmobile mentioned) and I cook with it. I have problems with inflammation that used to make me hurt all over to the touch and that is pretty much a nonissue now. I guess it really depends on what you want it for though.
Shoes!! @7lenny7, I love that bright blue and have a pair about that color too. I just hate when they get so dirty looking and the bright colors seem to look the worst!
I did get that new pair of the latest Topo Athletics ST-3s (in black). I think I posted a picture of them late last month. I pretty much love them like I did the ST-2s but there is an overlay that hits on my big toe joint and gets sore after a while so I probably will only wear then for shorter runs.
I got in a short run this morning before heading to the gym for strength training. The run was actually pretty great but my GI issues are not gone and I was feeling pretty queasy. So I had chicken soup for lunch and will have it for dinner too as nothing else sounds good. I am hoping it is a bug and that I will feel better tomorrow and can get another good run in. They are saying we are going to get hot again (90F) and I would really like to enjoy these few days of cooler weather. Honestly I am hoping our entire winter is not going to be hot like it was a couple of years ago.
Date........Miles.......Total
11/01......0.00........0.00
11/02......3.46........3.46
11/03....11.97......15.43
11/04......0.00......15.43
11/05......4.58......20.01
2019 Planned and Completed Races
02/03/19 - Surf City Half Marathon - Deferred to 2020
05/11/19 - Santa Barbara Wine Country HM - Complete
09/15/19 - Jack and Jill Downhill HM - Boise - HM #25 Complete
11/23/19 - USA Women's HM
02/02/20 - Surf City Half Marathon9 -
rheddmobile wrote: »Camaramandy648 wrote: »Anybody use tumeric? Thoughts?
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If you do use [turmeric], dissolve it in oil with black pepper for maximum bioavailability. It’s oil soluble and there’s some compound in pepper which I can’t remember the name of which increases bioavailability by like 3000 percent or something. I read one study which followed the use of a concentrate of the compound they thought was the important one in turmeric and got no results, so beware of taking supplements which claim to be an extract of whatever whatever, no one knows at this point where the benefits, such as they are, are coming from exactly.
Oh oh... something that might be in my wheelhouse. I am not a scientist but I have played one on the radio... ;-)
The thing in black pepper you are referencing is piperine, and yes, a lot of people believe it increases the bioavailability of curcumin, a chemical found in turmeric. There are conflicting studies, however, about what all this means. Here's a study that suggests piperine may decrease the antidiabetic effects of curcumin.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4254914/
But here is a study that suggests piperine may enhance curcumin's "significant beneficial effect against CP-induced cardiotoxicity".
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5351241/
The reason I worry about turmeric is that I witnessed a close relative die of Alzheimer's... actually, that experience led me to losing 40 pounds, to start running, and to stop eating so much highly-processed food. After 6 months, all my biomarkers are greatly improved. I add turmeric and black pepper to my yogurt every morning. Will it do anything? Who knows. Is it a little too woo-woo? Maybe, but I decided I really do like my little recipe and imagonna eat it anyway.
Oh...I ran today!
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Tonight’s run
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Commitments for November:
1) Run at least 36 miles
2) Walk at least 36 miles
3) Finish the last 2 weeks of Active's C25K program
4) Finish the first 2 weeks of Active's 5K to 10K program
Date......Walk......Run
11/01.....6.11.......2.21
11/02.....2.72.......0.00
11/03.....4.20.......2.58
11/04.....2.71.......0.00
11/05.....6.65.......2.33
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1106-5.3k total 25.9k goal-100k
Wasn't planning on a run today but woke up at 6:30am with itchy eyes and a stuffed nose. Guess it's that time of year again. 5k shakeout run to escape the allergies.I have a question which I'd love a few experts to weigh in on. I really want a gps watch as I don't like running with my phone, and my phone will measure the same route as up to 300m different on different days, so I really don't trust it. However, I think most gps watches are really ugly. I don't want a square one, and my wrist is small, so I need a relatively small one. I think I will wear it most of the time, as otherwise I will forget it, so I need to like how it looks, which means I want it to look like a traditional analogue watch except when I'm running. I really like the withings watches, but they aren't gps, only HR, with gps through your phone, so useless for me. I m tempted by the new garmin vivoactive 4s, which I think you've got, @avidkeo? Any feedback on it? Anyone else got something they could recommend? I know I'm being super picky!
Here's me with my Forerunner 645. I put a pen next to it as reference.
I have super skinny arms and hands, and even the Fenix 5S looked like I'd strapped a saucer to my wrist. The 645 has the same size watch face as the 5S, but its design makes it seem smaller.
@shanaber @_nikkiwolf_ On running form and drills:There's a lot of problems with my form. I don't use my hip flexors or glutes, and my arms are kind of pinned to my sides. I look a bit like Ando Yuka (Japanese women's national marathon record holder, nicknamed "the ninja runner", check her out here), just much much slower.
I first raised this with my trainer. He offered to start fixing some of these problems, but also pointed out that "most people run the way they do, because it's the best way they can under their current physical construction" (rough translation). In other words, to really fix things, I would need to put in time and effort to strengthen parts of the body, and then train my nervous system to use them in new ways.
He started out with stationary drills like this one here. I started out with the band around my waist, really getting me to lean forward while doing the motion very slowly. This and some stretching were pretty much the only things we did during the first hour-long session. At the end of it, he took me out to the track and told me to run 50 meters as fast as I could. I took off as usual and was astonished at how much easier running fast felt compared to the day before.
During the next few weeks we added some dynamic exercises - bounding, A skips, butt kicks etc. very much like the ones illustrated here. Once I got the motion down, he would have me transitioning into striders halfway. I got some of them easily, others not so much... still struggling with the B skips to this day.
There were plenty of niggles from using my body in ways that it wasn't used to. The worst was lower back pain that persisted for two or three weeks. I could only jog very very slowly during this time without getting sore. I think it was my whole posterior chain getting used to being so engaged in running. Massage and KT tape helped, and eventually it got better and went away.
After a month or two I started feeling like there wasn't much more he could do with me, so I continued working on it by myself.
Added dynamic stretching before every run: high knees, butt kicks, standing glute stretch, arm pumping in place etc.
Also started strength training. Upper body training has really help with how I use my arms. Single leg deadlifts seem to have kickstarted glute activation. I do corework but can't tell if it helps. Consciously thinking about my form is useful, especially during faster running. It's like I've got a drill sergeant in my brain yelling "Glutes in! Knees up! Elbows bent!" all the time.
Next step is to remember to do those form drills every once in a while. I look ridiculous doing them. The girlfriend has promised to come laugh at me.
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I ran an easy 2.5 miles after work.7
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@Teresa502 Hi; no I haven’t done the RVA Half only the 8Ks for this one and the Ukrops 10Ks in the Spring, corporate races and the virtual races I designed for my company. I know the RVA course somewhat well so having that hometown background I hope pays off to stay mentally strong throughout the race- mind over body 💆♀️. I was slated to run this one last year but had to defer to illness at the very last minute which thankfully Sportsbacker is super cool. I even considered to bump up to the Full due to the training schedule but I decided to just enjoy the half and save the full for the Shamrock which would be a flatter course and I will be many many pounds lighter 😁 Hoping all goes well as it should. The last time I ran this particular RVA course for the 8k was several years back and I meet a couple of awesome Kenyan runners who gave me great training advice🤗
The plan is to enjoy the race, dig deep and finish strong injury free.
Thanks again all for the terrific support and awesome encouragement! ❤️🙏7 -
November Goal: 285km
01/11: 3.26
03/11: 21.15
04/11: 6.52
05/11: 13.53
06/11: 6.58
Total KM run: 51.044 -
@7lenny7 Thank you!! This needs to be a t-shirt/bumper sticker-
“Every runner, regardless of their current level started at the same place. You can't compare your chapter 1 with someone else's chapter 20.”
I think from my former track and field days and knowing my love for the sport but then having life threatening medical issues( was in ICU- 2018 so I’m just happy to be alive and able to physically run again) I am considering being a guided runner for blind athletes as I am a Diversity and Inclusion Chief of Staff so I have walked alongside some awesome disabled athletes and vets. I digress 🤗 well just from life happening I am so happy to be here and get to Chapter 2019 as A Runner for life!
Great work again athletes- love the energy, information and inspiration! Thank you!8 -
@martaindale I did the same. Being old sucks!
@polskagirl01 I looked at Suuntos, and I like them, but I can't really wear a plastic or rubber watch strap. Can you change the strap?
@Elise4270, @ContraryMaryMary and @noblsheep thanks for the pics! They look an OK size I think. I will look at both the fenixs and forerunners.
Loving the trainer pics! Mine are currently filthy or I'd share those...
Runs so far:
Runs this week:
04/11 - 9.14km
05/11 - 5km
Runs last week: 11.26km.
Total so far: 25.4km.
Target: 100km.
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Needing to put jogging shoes on my Christmas list though can't be too expensive (£50 max but better if under £40). I am happy with the Asics gel-ventures I have though they are wearing out in the inner heel area. I have always liked Asics and Browns. Any thoughts?1
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@7lenny7 for a couple years now I pondered Ultras and while having a Cross Country and Track and Field background said ok yep I could totally do this but would I want to??? 🤪. But honestly after joining this community 1+ week in and feeling the energy and excitement around running! 🤗❤️🏃♀️seeing others who love running, love moving our bodies beyond what some would consider possible, doing what we love and passionately encouraging others- newbies ( like me) and pro runners alike🤘! Umm yes so I am making that dream a full commitment now by putting it in writing.
I have a SMART goal to complete an Ultra in 2020 before EOY by researching and registering for the right race for which I can train safely and consistently for +4-6 hours per week for 3+ months completing other foot races in 2020 thereby ensuring I staying plugged in mindfully to my WHY- to go beyond expectations, do what I love and be my best self.
( All tips on training for 1st Ultra is greatly appreciated).
Thanks again for sharing freely and encouraging graciously! 👍🤗💆♀️🏃♀️5 -
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