jturnerx Member

Seriously. I use my GPS/HRM watch for what it's good at like data on pace, distance and tracking intensity based on heart rate. I'm very clear that it can't actually measure calorie expenditure. Estimate, yes, measure, no. I'd have to be strapped into a met cart for that. But the marketing machine really has done an…

I used to sign up for a lot of races. There are a ton locally and you can do multiple ones practically every weekend if you wanted to. Now I'm a lot more discerning. Except for a few very select cases I don't do repeats anymore. Life's too short to keep doing the same races over and over again. Also, since I moved into the…

If you don't have easy access to hills then the treadmill is a great way to simulate them. Just don't hold onto the handrails. Another option might be stairs like at a stadium at a high school or college. And I run hills all the time, multiple times a week. Where I live you can't get away from them.

Daniels' Running Formula is my go to book for science and methodology regarding endurance training. There is so much nonsense floating around the Internet under the guise of training advice. Reading this book has helped me tell the difference between sensible information and utter rubbish.

If the 50k is on road then yeah, it's only 5 miles more than a marathon. Big deal. But around my neck of the woods, a 50k is usually run on trails and that can easily mean 5,000-8,000 feet of elevation ascent/descent. I can do a road marathon in my sleep but I have yet to toe the line on a 50k that doesn't scare me a…

You have to pay me to run on a treadmill.

I typically don't wear headphones training or running races. In road races it's generally easy enough to pass a zoned out runner. If they get clipped by a baby stroller sucks to be them. But I run 90% of my races on trails. It doesn’t seem to be as prevalent in trail races for people to wear headphones but there have been…

I just completed my last race of the year, a 50 mile trail run that was so wet and muddy I want to be re-classified as a marine mammal.

I've come back from a serious injury. My advice, for whatever it's worth, is err on the side of conservative, follow your rehab protocol to the letter and don't look back to where you were fitness-wise because it doesn't matter. It's likely you'll be there again if you don't do anything stupid.

I had a significant injury a few years ago where I couldn't run or do any extensive walking for 6 weeks. When I was cleared I spent about two weeks building up to 30 minutes continuous running through run/walk intervals. Then spent 6 weeks building that 30 minutes into 60 minutes continuous. Three weeks after that I did a…

I stopped plugging myself into an ipod a couple of years ago and I haven't looked back. I supposed it coincided when I started to take running more seriously and it was no longer an adjunct activity to leading a healthy lifestyle. I found I didn't require the distraction or motivation anymore and that there were other…

This is what happens when people don't communicate their feelings. They bottle it up, resentment builds then stuff will come toward you sideways. It's not your fault if your friend didn't want to hear about your diet/exercise as you've been moving along the path. You can't read her mind. Breathe. You are a guest so go…

It could be worse. Imagine staring down a 100k with 12,000 feet of elevation gain with only one leg that works right. Now that's crazy. Go for it. You've invested money. You are undertrained not necessarily injured. You have experience at the distance and sounds like you have realistic expectations of what the day holds.…

My take is that if you used a less incendiary title your signal to noise ratio would be better.

I've done 50k's, 50 milers and more 20+ mile runs than I can count with a Nathan hydration pack and I've never had any issues with chafing or it damaging my shirts. As others have said, try a different pack.

I'm not sure either. The distance seems to have gotten trivialized and yet, as arc918 has stated, it is a long *kitten* way to go. Sometimes I get in my car and note how far 26.2 miles is and where it gets me and I'm amazed because even that feels like a long *kitten* drive. I had 18 months of consistent training before I…

If I do HIIT, can I do that 50 miler with 10,000 feet of elevation gain that's coming up in 4 weeks? That should be enough time, right?

I'm guessing that your body did not recover well after your 18 mile race pace effort the week before. Which begs the question, why were you doing it at race pace to begin with? Assuming your goal race pace is grounded in reality, it's fine to run it for intervals or for shorter distance to train your body and your head to…

I set a new PR during my trail marathon on Saturday - most body parts scraped, bruised and bloodied: 5 - both knees, hip, elbow and shoulder in a spectacular flying slide down a technical descent. Good times.

An elevated resting heart rate can be one of the signs of over training. Not saying that what's going on with you but whenever I've had wonky stuff going on with my heart rate, and I'm very in tuned to it at this point, it usually means I need a break. Since you've got your marathon in just a few days there's nothing you…

I never wear the race shirt until I've actually finished the race. That's the closest thing to a superstition around running that I have.

A vanilla/chocolate twirl cone dipped in dark chocolate with a sprinkle of sea salt. Okay, I don't carry it with me on my long runs but I do stop off at the truck sometimes.

Double digits on both Saturday and Sunday.

There's no "keeping up". You don't go anywhere. ;) Seriously though, you control the tension on the spin bike. You can make the work out as easy or as hard as you like. One of the important things is finding a good spin instructor. I personally like them to be good at cueing, have variety in tempo/resistance in the workout…

Oh heck no!! That's just asking for trouble. Running is already a high impact activity. Why would you want to exacerbate that by adding unnecessary weight to the equation?

Just did a road marathon this past Sunday. 10/13 - trail marathon 10/14 - road half 11/11 - trail 50k 12/01 - trail 50 mile

I was going to say - they are guys? As a 115lb 49 year old woman my sedentary cals would be ~1400 and if I ran 12 miles a day (which I don’t) that would be about ~1000 cals so only a whopping 2400/day for me. That’s like one meal at the Cheesecake Factory. I'd have to run almost a marathon a day to be in that ballpark.…

Practice is key and that also helps in conditioning your quads. I also try and keep my stride short and quick. When people talk about blowing their quads on a hilly course it's not the uphills that did it to them, it's the downhills.

Don't run on trails. It's the gateway drug to all sorts of bad things. ;)

I'm totally making pancakes now!