Happy Monday runners and turkey trotters!
You know the drill. How was the weekend, what’s on for the week, tell us all about it!
I made a race report but it’s in the manual review queue. Does anyone know when that usually clears
Surprisingly good weekend. On Sat I was able to test some Puma running shoes during a test event. They are decent and I enjoyed the 5k loop run. I even got a running jacket for free! Very big con was that it was absolutely way too social media. I can understand Puma team making some videos/pics/streams. But when 40 percents of other runners are running with those obnoxious phones over their heads live streaming…
It seems also that I might become a go-to test person for Scott running shoes in our running shop because the owner doesn’t have time to run.
A guy on a bike stopped me on km 12 of my 13k run, handed me boxing gloves and asked if I wanted to box him 😭 I have a feeling I’ll see my red snotty face going “sorry mate” in a tik tok in one-two business days.
In other news, I misread the training plan and ran 13k instead of 11.3k. But I still had fun so I’m not too mad.
I really hate those prank videos, but kind of hilarious to experience it in real life. People are so strange.
You shoulda threw a sock at him
I swear a similar thought came into my head. While simultaneously thinking what a hilarious thing to do if we didn’t live in that version of the simulation y’know?
Right whatever you say pal
I’m cancelling today’s run. The plan was to go immediately after work (wfh day), but I got delayed and I’m still in my pyjamas. The weather also got colder these days, so you have to start as early as possible. I’ve actually haven’t finished work yet and this is a good chance to do stuff that are close to deadlines. For context, I (almost) never work overtime, but it’s one of those weeks where everything is falling apart.
Did a very hard 10 miles yesterday, a touch sore in the shoulders and abs. This week I’m scheduled for 4 days, but taking an extra day next week off because friends and family will be here.
On the one weekday off it’s thanksgiving so turkey trot 10k and survive the in laws. Then the weekend and next week with everyone. I’m not close to my in laws but very close to their friends wife who is coming to see us for a few days. Excited for that.
Not ready to announce it to anyone in person yet but yesterday after that run I decided officially to sign up for a 40 miler. So ramping up big time over the winter for that!
The weekend sucked and was kinda awful. There was an incident on Friday where I just utterly failed as a potential parent to my girlfriend’s kid. Then the dog slipped his collar and disappeared so I utterly failed as a dog parent as well. I missed my race because I was up too late Friday night (close to midnight) driving around in the dark looking for the dog and up way too early Sat morning driving around looking for the dog. I’ve only been training for this race for months and it was an A race for me but no biggie. Not the least bit upset. I did eventually find the dog around lunchtime Sat so I got him back at least. I’m still pissed at having to DNS the race though. Looking at the results the time I was targeting for my A goal would’ve put me 3rd from last in my age group anyway. Had I blown up and trucked in to a > 1:55 time for this 10 miler I would’ve been in last place. Maybe it’s for the best. I did make some awesome mac and cheese in the insta pot though. That counts for something right?
This Thanksgiving week I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m doing my last race of the year on Thanksgiving day. It’s just a 5k and I’ve done no 5k training so I’m not really in any shape to aim for a PR there. Will probably just phone it in and make peace with the fact that this year really sucked racing wise. No PRs of any kind at any distance. A whole lot of missed running goals. Maybe my racing career is more or less over. I’ve honestly not done any big race since Jan 2022. Something has always come up and maybe the universe is telling me something. Something to think about while pounding out 4-5 miles today.
Oh no, sorry it was a rough weekend all around!
I agree, just try to enjoy the 5k. I ran a 5k in April and did what you normally do, went out too fast and died. When I ran the 5k earlier this month i somehow was able to settle in and ran even splits. And my final times were comparable. I think it was part me being in better shape and knowing my pace, and second, it was very crowded, so i couldn’t bust out like a banshee!
Try to enjoy today’s run and not worry too much about goals…i know, easier said that done.
While DNS suck it also means you are now fresh for your 5k on Thursday so why not go for broke? Hammer it as hard as you can and see what happens.
I’m starting back up after months away. I prefer running in the cold anyways, I’m in the midwest usa. I’m tempted to run a 5 mile turkey trot on Thursday, rather than a simple 2 mile run, and I think I can do it. I ran 3 miles in 27 minutes yesterday. I always feel I could run forever, as long as I stayed limber.
Ran to and from PT again today. I’m up to 4 runs a week - 3 of which are “actual” runs and 1 is a 10 min warm up on my treadmill before I do my at home pt. The posterior tibial tendinitis I think is fully healed. I get some minor pain in my lower foot - kind of inside of my heel - which are joints gapping a bit too much. It’s another symptom of just lacking any structure at all in the foot and will probably be chronic but the pain level is very much acceptable. If I go in for new orthotics I may see if they can put some support in there too.
I ran a total of 9 miles last week. I can’t believe it. We’re starting to get into the territory where pre pt I’d feel pretty good nagging pain along my ankle next day. Today I accidentally ran 3.15 miles total (with 60 min pt in between) which is more than I’ve run since April. It feels good to be back.
Best part: starting first week of December I’m going down to 1x a week pt!! I am really going to miss the foot/PTT massages she does at the end of every session and I’m also gonna miss having that dedicated time and space to work out. I’ll need to just start getting up before the fam does if I want to keep this momentum.
Can you tell me a bit more about you’re experience with PTT? I have it, just crept in during my last month of marathon training. Managed to do the Philly marathon yesterday but my ankle is killing my today (which I was expecting). Curious to know how long you had to take off from running and what your recovery/strength training looked like??? Like do you think rest and strength training at home are enough to get rid of it or you would recommend a PT ?
The weekend was quiet but good. Ran twice, spinning and some hot yoga. Cleaned/organized and then just lounged a bit. Yesterday i bought some art kits from a paint store going out of business…figured could be a fun holiday weekend activity.
Working on my company financials today…fun fun.
Tomorrow I head back to my mom’s for 10 days of fun. Trying to plan out my runs and spinning but a lot depends on my sister’s treatments, blood work sked, etc., etc.
This starts week 2 of running 5x week, for 20 miles in total.
That’s amazing…and very impressive work on your end. Congrats.
3h longrun yesterday, 16.5 miles. Very happy with that, we have one final week with pretty high milage. Was kinda shocked coach had me for another 2:40 long run next sunday, was lowkey kinda hoping it would max at 2h. I’m tiredddd you guys. But it’s whatever, I’ll enjoy it in the end. 20 days out from first marathon. What the flip.
Nicely done!! You’re in the home stretch, almost to taper! Ahh!
Any resources or general advice for beginners with joint/back issues? I have a bad knee and a back injury that flairs up when I push too hard so I am going slow. I have worked my way up to walking for an hour on the treadmill at 3 speed and 3 incline (big deal for me!), and I have a bunch of exercises recommended by PT that I need to get more consistent about. My kids did a Turkey Trot 1/2 mile fun run yesterday and my 7 year old has fallen in love with running. My goal is to do a 5k with him next year -Google said 5k is ok for 8 year olds, so I figure that is an ok goal and he is a very athletic kid. Crushed the fun run with no prior training and the only kids ahead of him I overheard parents talking about them being on track and coming from a running family etc. I want to support him, and up my strength/endurance. My plan is to keep walking and increase the speed as I can, and when that gets too easy I’ll I try to jog. Not sure if that’s the right approach, so any tips are appreciated.
Definitely recommend seeing a PT for an updated “pre-hab” routine and make sure you get back to it in a sound fashion, and also I echo the C25k program. Unfortunately nobody here can give you too much more guidance for specific issues but a solid PT and even strength training routine is a good default. Fun that your kid is into running! Good luck to both of you :)
I would check out the Couch to 5k program! There’s a whole subreddit for it that is a very friendly place (r/c25k). Definitely do your exercises from PT, and core strengthening might help with the back issue. I also have a child who loves to run and it’s very fun to see!
Thank you! That sounds like exactly what I need, joined that sub.
Although I was having a terrible day in the office while running the Philadelphia marathon, I enjoyed running it barefoot for the last 8 miles
What? This sounds like chatgpt broke while writing a comment.
Well, I figured out what Friday’s cryptic emails from my company’s leadership were about: my division is being dissolved and absorbed into two other divisions. All the employees now know this, but naturally leadership has done nothing so vulgar as actually make an announcement or send out any reassuring emails. Ugh. We’re all confident no one is going to get fired, so it won’t be all that bad, but I’m still annoyed that they let us all figure this out on our own through the grapevine rather than just telling us up front.
I’m heading out to visit some family on Wednesday, but first I have to get through 5 hours of meetings today. I’m going to need a lot of coffee.
That is so frustrating that you had to find out that way! How does this impact your recent promotion, I can’t recall if you were working across another division? Org restructuring is a pain, I hope it goes smoothly. Ugh 5 hours of meetings.
Higher ups who are incapable of proper communication always make me wonder how they even got where they are seriously. Sorry you are going through this! And a 5 hours of meetings is absolutely bruta, my thoughts are with you!
Running a 5k on Thanksgiving morning that will also push me over 200 miles for the year. Then going home and panic making as many pierogies as I can before dinner. Doing an experiment with marmite as an ingredient in some of them.
push me over 200 miles for the year
This peaked my curiosity of how much I’ve ran this year so far.
Sitting at 348km vs 273 (2022). Going to try and push for the 400km before the year ends. Thanks for the inspiration!
I have never had marmite, what inspired this experiment? And good luck with the Thanksgiving 5k!