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good decision on your part to get expert advise. Wishing you the best of luck/news. FWIW - If you are able to resume training relatively soon, while Chicago may not be in the cards for a BQ 2019 run....close by and 13.5 weeks out is the Monumental Marathon in Indy and 14.5 is Madison Marathon (more hills however) to maybe…

@ariceroni - I haven't had your symptoms, but between PF in left foot and then prescribed orthopedics creating tendonitis in my right knee I am becoming an recent expert in running injuries :'( Agree with above advise from @garygse - best to see a specialist to rule out a stress fracture and get the proper care, etc. Link…

@_nikkiwolf_ while building swimming endurance perhaps try using this technique Navy SEALs use to swim for miles without getting tired http://www.businessinsider.com/combat-swimmer-stroke-navy-seal-2017-5

June Running Update Week 1: 26.6 Week 2: 2 Week 3: 16 MTD: 44.6 Won’t make goal by a large margin this month in what I can run in a week is all I will complete for this month. :'( I returned to running after week of rest for right knee tendinitis and on day 3 of running again I stopped as I could feel it returning. So…

June Running Update Week 1: 26.6 Week 2: 2 MTD: 28.6 7 days of recovery for my knee meant no running until today. Could still feel some tenderness but will look to lengthen runs and balance with rest and various exercises/stretches until I can build up to more normal mileage and get prepared for Monumental marathon in…

Thanks for the photo - I like how you swoop the water line over. Last night when trying it on, I noticed it was super long and was debating how to minimize length or minimize bounce - so this looks to be a good way to position it.

received shipment yesterday, so one week shipping from Norway - not to bad. Looking forward to testing soon once my knee is recovered. Super light and based on quick fitting, like how it feels.

Likely this product: http://www.hydrapouch.com/ they have the pouch for the runners, and the ultraspout for quick refills. I used the pouch during my marathon and give it high marks. The race still had paper cups, but it was so easy to - take paper cup and pour into pouch on the run (sometimes first took a sport drink…

June Running Update Week 1: 26.6 Wasn’t able to run on a beatific morning to get to 36+. Had a mild knee discomfort/stiffness at the beginning of a couple of runs earlier in the week and it compounded on my long run yesterday where I now have difficulty extending or bending the leg. Seems like runners or jumpers knee which…

also @MNLittleFinn, was reading the Wunjo blog and noticed a familiar name. Congrats

Thanks @PastorVincent and @MNLittleFinn for the reminder on this. I just ordered the smaller X2/Race vest as I wanted something light and economical and this fits the bill. I know last time when this came up, it appeared as they were just getting going and/or stock was limited as they had a projected future shipping date.…

July Goal - 170 Re the started running question - started C25K in late 2016 and finished graduate program of 10K in early 2017 (all on a treadmill) as I wasn’t gong to venture out in the cold winter running etc - started running outside in spring of 2017 and by early May, bought a used garmin to track runs vs apps on phone…

June Running Final Status Week 1: 18.1 Week 2: 33.6 Week 3: 34.3 Week 4: 36.2 Week 5: 30.6 MTD: 152.8 Today was brutally hot and for me it has me thinking I will add 4 more weeks to my 16 week marathon plan to run at start of Nov in Indy @monumental as I don’t want to chance (likely will be decent) a hot weather race in…

didn't watch all of your video, but very cool. in ~60 seconds, caught 3 boys going on a "fun run" and then 3 or 4 clicks later clicking through was impressed that each time you were commenting and talking and last click was referencing advise given on slowing down to have a conversation and in this case, you were proving…

June Running Update Week 1: 18.1 Week 2: 33.6 Week 3: 34.3 Week 4: 36.2 MTD: 122:2 Making decent progress is adjusting to the summer heat and building my weekly base mileage and incorporating track workout on Tuesdays. Only will get a bit more challenging from here on out Congrats to those that raced this weekend and for…

@shanaber great question. I don’t have a premium account with Strava so my garmin captures the basic info of HR, cadence, pace, etc and uploads to Strava into each run. If HR is not linked to the run I am not quite sure how or if the extension would work. Perhaps others know.

to give credit where credit is due, I did some searching and @7lenny7 did a significant summary on StravistiX, it was also mentioned in the past and perhaps first by either @kristinegift, @_nikkiwolf_ and @Orphia Forums like this are great as I would not have found something that is of value to me if someone else wouldn't…

Re pace discussion, IMO, would look to focus more on overall fitness vs pace in making comparisons. If I can run longer (or shorter easier) perhaps at the same or even slower speeds, I actually might be more fit (if that makes sense). If you are not recording your runs and/or just looking at your pace as an indication of…

June Running Update Week 1: 18.1 Ran 2 of the 3 days in a short week. Saw podiatrist on Sat who confirmed I have nothing more than PF which I have being dealing with for the last 3 months. He is into fitness, ran in the past and while I had self diagnosed on google he did provide a provide some additional ideas on ways to…

June Running Goal guess of 120 Miles. This month I will continue rebuilding my base mileage, start some weekly track workouts, and begin marathon prep for either Lakefront in Milwaukee on Oct 7th or Monumental in Indianapolis on Nov 3th. Haven't registered for either yet and will wait to see how things play out before…

Final May Running Totals: Week 1: 44.4 Week 2: 0 Week 3: 0 Week 4: 19.7 Week 5: 9.6 MTD: 73.7 Feel a bit short of my guess for 84 miles for this month, which is OK with me.

May Running Update Week 1: 44.4 Week 2: 0 Week 3: 0 Week 4: 19.7 MTD: 64.1 Took 2 weeks to rest/recover/reset from May 6th marathon and did walking on most days but didn’t bother to record. Likely could have easily started with some light running in that second week but days I could have maybe looked to run had work or…

100% agree as this is similar to the 2 pieces of advise given to me on my first HM 1) to run 'comfortably hard' thru mile 10 and then release the hounds for the last 5k if you've got it. 2) most importantly, HAVE FUN!!

Thanks @MobyCarp for your perspective. This is all relatively new to me, so I like hearing from more experienced runners on their perspective and then I enjoy data and science from the link @7lenny7 provided. Good discussion.

Agree on the traffic issue as you start farther back. I did a 15k in Chicago last year and it was the same issue of bobbing and weaving around many that should not have been in any of the earlier corals as I was farther back and that was after there was a 3 minute gap, but you can expend a little more energy in shorter…

Thank you! Appreciate the comment

agree that is the true definition of the wall. I see more of a couple of severity levels of the wall as I don't think I would ever push myself to that extreme Code Red) crash and burn - worse case shown in the video; Code Orange) You can't run at all and walking is painful Code Yellow) needing to revert to a run/walk…

Thanks for the comments. Re not knowing, this thread doesn't move fast at all ;) and in addition, I am not a common poster other than a weekly running update, occasionally making a comment here or there on a topic that catches my eye and I likely only had a couple references to running a marathon in OH on May 6th, etc.

May Running Update Week 1: 44.4 A bit delayed in my week 1 summary, but I have been busy recovering from my 1st marathon (Flying Pig). Almost feeling normal but likely will wait till tomorrow or perhaps Saturday for a run. I have been getting outside taking nice walks to stretch the legs, but will let the recovery process…

Wow. I guessed right!! I must be learning something about this running thing. Will look forward to seeing the results on Strava. Tip : I would take the recovery piece really, really slow so you can wind up again. Good luck!