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Tight Shins
This is an issue I've always had intermittently. Sometimes within the first mile of a run I'll get really tight, cramped, and sore tibialis anteriors, particularly in my right leg. I'll stop and stretch and try and work them out, but the tightness usually comes back within a mile. It probably only happens once every few…
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Matt Fitzgerald - Racing Weight
Has anybody tried his program? I'm reading the book now. I haven't gotten to the part where he lays out his nutrition plan, but I have a basic idea of how it works. I lost about 50 lbs on MFP the first go, but I tend to fluctuate a lot in the off season and it's getting harder and harder to take it back off to get down to…
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Ultra training tips for flatlanders
Okay, here is my life story: For a year I lived in the foot hills of the Appalachians - not big mountains, but big enough. I got strong at climbing and trail running and fell hard for the sport. Even when I was road running, I had good climbs. Jobs changed, I had to move. I now live firmly in Ohio corn country. The closest…
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LSRs getting slower
Must have been an extra tough winter for me. All of my runs have gotten slower over the winter, which is expected to a certain degree, but my LSRs have gotten ridiculously slow. Last season they at about a 12 -12:30 pace. My last 3 long that I've done (10 miles, 12 miles, and 11.5 miles) have been closer to a 15 minute…
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Body Fat Percentage Calculator Accuracy - warning a little nerdy
In the past, I've found myself obsessing over body fat calculators and driving that number down as my weight went down. Today, I found a data set of 252 men, a variety of body measurements and their body fat percentage as calculated by a water displacement test (Pretty much the gold standard for body fat % measuring). I…
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Ultramarathon - Relay question
I'm doing the Baker Ultra 50 Miler as part of a relay team next month. I had two people drop off the team, and I think I can replace one of them, which will leave me running 2 legs, equaling between 18 and 19 miles. My long runs at that point in the summer should be in that neighborhood of distance, but I'm going back and…
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Xero Sensori vs. Unshoe Pah Tempe
Disclaimer: This is a cross post from the Barefoot Running Group. I figure more heads = more opinions. My background story: I started running about 2 years ago, started with a pair of Asics with a million mile drop. I overpronate and as shoes wear out I get pretty bad knee pain. Solution: less sole = less to wear out.…
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Xero Sensori vs. Unshoe Pah Tempe
My background story: I started running about 2 years ago, started with a pair of Asics with a million mile drop. I overpronate and as shoes wear out I get pretty bad knee pain. Solution: less sole = less to wear out. Switched to zero drop Reeboks which I ran in until they wore out and then New Balance Minimus, which made…
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Weight Tracking Experiment
So, my weight loss has been pretty steady and pretty solid, until the last few weeks or so. It has not really tapered as much as it has been bouncing around a bit erratically. I had been tricking myself a little by weighing for several days around my "weigh-in" day, and then just taking the lowest number. Well apparently…
