Where's my MISC runners at?

[jubjubrsx]

churned out 15.5k (9.6m) in 1:24' - legs felt a chit load better today then they have all week which was a nice surprise. Managed to pick up a pretty decent blister though.

Whats everyone do when they grab a big blister? Mine has ripped and is fully exposed so ill just leave it today to dry out and then put a compeed bandage on it tomorrow. Any other thoughts?

good job on the 9.5 miles......

as far as your blister problem goes, what socks are you wearing? for me it seems like socks play the biggest role in creating blisters. one way I have avoided blisters in the past is put a piece of kt tape over places I knew I would get a blister.

[MrBungle11]

If anyone has netflix then I recommend watching the Barkley marathons....great viewing and motivation

[SystemTrend]

Been working on my pace lately.
Just ran a 5k the other day, came in around 25 mins.

Trying to increase my pace to 7&1/2 mins per mile. Fukin feels like I'm on a full out sprint lol. Crazy to think that just a few months ago I couldn't even run 1 full mile.

how often are you practicing to advance that much?

[santic121]

good job on the 9.5 miles......

as far as your blister problem goes, what socks are you wearing? for me it seems like socks play the biggest role in creating blisters. one way I have avoided blisters in the past is put a piece of kt tape over places I knew I would get a blister.

Was wearing a pair of bridgedale running socks. They are a pretty good brand but i feel like when I went for my runs earlier in the week and wore some thin cheap socks it probably laid the foundation for it.

[jubjubrsx]

best recovery/comfortable flip flop...

go!

[Veble]

HIIT CREW checking in

Never need to go more than 3 miles

[stu4rt]

^^^go more than 3 miles for once and see how you feel.

The first time I went over. I was hooked. I felt like I could run away from my "problems".
Not sure about flip flop. But, I am used to wearing Crocs
They are very comfortable but not fashionable.

[waias15]

runners thread bump

best cold weather gear for us New England folks running outside in the late fall/winter months?

[sgregor249]

runners thread bump

best cold weather gear for us New England folks running outside in the late fall/winter months?

layer up on shirts. maybe a fleece when its really cold. hadband for your ears, maybe a beanie if its really cold. thin gloves do ok. thick winter gloves if its really cold.

[waias15]

layer up on shirts. maybe a fleece when its really cold. hadband for your ears, maybe a beanie if its really cold. thin gloves do ok. thick winter gloves if its really cold.

so pretty standard stuff huh? lol I like that
not into spending big bucks on the fancy gear
will definitely need some gloves tho

and mirin your drive, man. very impressive

[Jason265]

Been working on my pace lately.
Just ran a 5k the other day, came in around 25 mins.

Trying to increase my pace to 7&1/2 mins per mile. Fukin feels like I'm on a full out sprint lol. Crazy to think that just a few months ago I couldn't even run 1 full mile.

Was wearing a pair of bridgedale running socks. They are a pretty good brand but i feel like when I went for my runs earlier in the week and wore some thin cheap socks it probably laid the foundation for it.

Unless you just got new shoes, it was probably your socks that caused the blisters. Never run in cotton socks. If your socks are running socks, they're probably not cotton though, so I dunno.

[dailob]

NYC Marathon in just a little over a week!

my 2nd time running it.

next year will probably go for the philly one since it's a couple of weeks after the NYC one so i'll be skipping out on 2017 NYC

[LtGoose]

how often are you practicing to advance that much?

I run 4x/week
Depending on the training, I either do 3x4 or 4x4
(3 miles, 4 days a week or 4 miles, 4 days a week)

Week 1 - Intensive (3x4)
Week 2 - Slow (4x4)
Week 3 - Intensive (3x4)
Week 4 - Slow (4x4)

Week 1 - I do an "interval" running program. On a treadmill I'll run at about a 7 for my slow pace (which is 8:34 min/mile), while raising the speed up to a 7.5 (8 min/mile) sprinkled through out. I start with a 2x2 interval, 2 minutes of 7 pace running, 2 minutes of 7.5 pace. It seems strange but since it switches so quickly, I want to kinda subconsciously run through it as though it was all one quick pace. Gotta keep it fun. 3 miles each day this week.

Each day I increase the length of the 7.5 pace interval a little longer.

Week 2 - Slow week for me, I'll run at a comfortable pace for 4 consistent miles. If I'm working on moving to a 8 min. mile then I'll just coast at 8.5 min/mile this week. Letting myself rest a little bit, work on my endurance this week.

Week 3 - Intensive week. I go for it. 3 miles at an 8 min pace. No stopping, just running. Probably my favorite week out of the month.

Week 4 - Slow week. I'll run 3 miles at an 8 min pace with 1 mile at a comfortable slow pace. Trying to build up my endurance here again.

I've been having good luck with this plan. I've been able to increase my pace from 10 mins/mile to 8 mins. However decreasing my time even further is taking me longer now. Trying to run 7&1/2 min. miles consistently is tough lol.

I run both on treadmill and track. I only run 4 miles because right now I'm just focusing on 5ks. In a few months, once I get my pacing down really well, I'll work on my endurance for a 10k.

[pondus_levo]

Fuark. Have my 5th 13.1 in 8 weeks tomorrow and I am not ready at all. Doubt I will get a PR.

[RawkRawk]

Any misc sprinters in this group? Usually stick to 100m-400m repeats until it gets too cold.

[theACEofSPADES]

I hate this time of year.

brb pitch black out at 4:30

[MrBungle11]

I hate this time of year.

brb pitch black out at 4:30

I'm just coming out of that....... i got used to running with a head torch! Happy with warmth and sun til 9pm now!

[jubjubrsx]

Ran the marine corps Marathon yesterday... That's a tough race IMO my worst time ever.... Almost ashamed of it... 5hrs. The heat destroyed me at about mile 20... Just said screw it and walked not worth leaving on a stretcher lol.. I wanted to finish on my own power. It's hard being a guy and knowing your limits and when it's not conducive to push.. if that makes sense....

Will post pics later

[RockyIV]

Ran the marine corps Marathon yesterday... That's a tough race IMO my worst time ever.... Almost ashamed of it... 5hrs. The heat destroyed me at about mile 20... Just said screw it and walked not worth leaving on a stretcher lol.. I wanted to finish on my own power. It's hard being a guy and knowing your limits and when it's not conducive to push.. if that makes sense....

Will post pics later

That sucks bro. A buddy of mine ran it to but I haven't heard how it went for him.

[bah01001]

Just did my first 15K yesterday for the HotChocolate Run in Chicago. My co-worker literally came over to me 4 days ago and was like "You wanna run a 15K this weekend?"....well without training for it (I run 3 miles daily and play soccer 3 days a week though), I ran it in an hour and 24 min....my legs are sore AF today though.

Not sure how you bros can do an entire marathon...props to you

[abroom]

Any misc sprinters in this group? Usually stick to 100m-400m repeats until it gets too cold.

Look up armenianstrength on instagram pretty sure he's a miscer, phucking guy is on another level

[Paul1202]

Pretty happy with the results from yesterday. Ran very consistent splits all the way through and finished strong. I've come a long way since I started running two years ago, but feel like I can still do much better.

[jubjubrsx]

Pretty happy with the results from yesterday. Ran very consistent splits all the way through and finished strong. I've come a long way since I started running two years ago, but feel like I can still do much better.

Good job did you have problems from the bottlenecks or the massive amount of people?

[Paul1202]

Good job did you have problems from the bottlenecks or the massive amount of people?

Yeah, I was hoping to come in a couple minutes faster but it took about 6 miles to get through the masses.

Sorry to hear you had a rough time. What did you think of the overall experience? I've done three other marathons and this is by far my favorite one.

[jubjubrsx]

Yeah, I was hoping to come in a couple minutes faster but it took about 6 miles to get through the masses.

Sorry to hear you had a rough time. What did you think of the overall experience? I've done three other marathons and this is by far my favorite one.

i think i just got in at the wrong time coral... the mob was so thick at the start that i couldnt even get to the 4hr pacer group. so i just got stuck where i could , sitting back that was probably 90% of my problem, to many wlkers and at that area, most people dont know their real time, and dont grasp the runners courtosy like just running strait or not looking where they run....made me think of that scene in family guy with the asian female driver.... how much notice i need to give to cut across 8 lanes of traffic, no none good luck evabody lol

my overall experience, well not the best i guess. i went in as this race wasthe first marathon i wanted to do and have wanted to do it for 3+ years now, seriously got me in to running, sadly i think its a one and done type thing. ive done prob 12 marathins now and only ones i ever would do again is probably the LA ( my serious favorite one hands down) & napa valley marathons. maybe disney world marathon as heck its disney (huge disney fanboy lol)

sorry typing on a mini tablet keyboard atm hope that made sense.

[MrBungle11]

i think i just got in at the wrong time coral... the mob was so thick at the start that i couldnt even get to the 4hr pacer group. so i just got stuck where i could , sitting back that was probably 90% of my problem, to many walkers and at that area, most people dont know their real time, and dont grasp the runners courtesy like just running strait or not looking where they run....made me think of that scene in family guy with the asian female driver.... how much notice i need to give to cut across 8 lanes of traffic, no none good luck evabody lol

This is the same issue I had with the San Diego marathon...if I'd known that 80% of the people had no idea what time they would do (or would jump ahead into higher corrals so they didnt need to wait), I would have made sure I was higher up.

I signed up for a 21km train running race in Feb...did a test run of it the other weekend and made it before the cutoff time, my legs were toast though so need to get a lot of training in the hills around the area to condition myself

[RockyIV]

Time to get back into the swing of it boyos. Signed up for a 25k trail race. I've run it before and it's brutal but the course is beautiful. It's in February so the weather is very hit or miss. I'll train for everything I guess.

[jubjubrsx]

last week marine corps marathon....this week lumiere's challenge in disney world ( a 10k + half) then a long flight back from orlando florida.... to san francisco california....thats a good race-cation lol

the brutal part of this is that the wifey and i been hitting the disney parks and universal for the past week.....clocking in almost 40-45k steps each day )

[jubjubrsx]

Thought I wrote post some race Bling from my east coast race-cation

[dailob]

that's a PR actually. I had two goals: 1) under 4 hours (first time was 4:05) and 2) hopefully 3:50.

suffice to say... when i realized 3:50 was a reality i went for it. but i think i reached my limit being 195lbs with that time haha

Thought I wrote post some race Bling from my east coast race-cation

you do a lot of disney runs... is that at world or land?