Running Thread - Page 76

On March 03 2013 15:52 AirbladeOrange wrote:


Sounds like what I've been dealing with for years. Mine always turned out to be stress fractures. Is it actually on the ankle or would you consider it on the shin? Like where is it relative to the ball thing that protrudes on the ankle?

Have you ever been diagnosed with a stress fracture or bone injury in the shin?
Have you ever limped during a run or in the morning when you first get out of bed from it?

On March 03 2013 19:04 Cambium wrote:
I use run keeper which does a good job at keep trace of pace and route, which is all I care about, so I am happy with it.

It doesn't matter which app u use as long as it works?

They all come with random features like social networking, and I think that's where they differentiate themselves from others?

On March 04 2013 00:05 LuckyFool wrote:


Never had to limp during a run, but I would feel uncomfortable sometimes in that area. Sometimes in the morning it hurts more getting out of bed. It's literally an inch above the ball thing so hardly high enough to really be in the shin. I've never really had a stress fracture before but I've also never been running as much as I have in the past 3 months before.

Never was diagnosed, I don't regularly see a doctor, probably haven't been in a year.

Now that I'm reading about it it might be at least early onsets of a stress fracture, my symptoms are mild but I've never had any swelling or pain while resting.

On March 12 2013 03:45 Bonham wrote:
First race of the season on Sunday! It is a 10km route through the river valley, and I am quite pumped.

The footing around Edmonton has been really bad lately, so I haven't done much of any speed work and will be running off of my usual ~45mpw winter running schedule. Since this is a kick-off to race training season, I'm also not going to taper or alter my regular training at all beyond shuffling my usual schedule to give me a rest day on Saturday. The upshot is that I'll be happy with anything below 40 minutes.

But still: racing! I can't wait to start adding mileage and intervals and getting a bit of speed back. In September/October, I'm aiming for a sub-35 10km and a sub-17 5km. No marathons this summer!

On March 14 2013 06:17 Bonham wrote:
Blah, we could get up to 27cm of snow in Edmonton by Sunday. This might call for modifying my goal time a bit, which is a bit of a pissoff. I was feeling so pepped up for the race – I got out for a really nice 17km tempo run with a friend yesterday, and felt far more comfortable at ~3:55/km than I thought I ought to. Having to plod through all that muck will crush my spirit a good deal.

On March 14 2013 08:25 L_Master wrote:
You ran 17km at 3:55 pace? o.O

If that's correct then something gives me the feeling that 40 min isn't going to be much of a problem over 10k. 35-36 min would be realistic off of that.

On March 14 2013 09:38 Bonham wrote:


Not the whole thing; just a little 4km stretch at the end. We were around 4:15/km for the entire thing, but the final leg had a good patch of flat, dry ground, and I wanted to let the led out a bit and see how it felt. I don't think I could keep that up much beyond 5k right now, but that's what training is for!

On March 15 2013 00:05 mordek wrote:
Sorry to drop in with the typical noob post but hopefully you guys don't mind
I may try to do a half marathon beginning of May. I have probably 6 cumulative miles since the beginning of winter. I'm in decent shape from lifting and I used to be a decent runner (54s 400, 2min 800, 30min 8k)
What's a reasonable time to shoot for if I trained optimally starting today and racing May 11? I know I'll have unfair expectations for myself so just curious

On March 15 2013 14:24 fatfail wrote:
For 1500m/1600m training, do you guys focus more on shorter or longer distance workouts? I know that 100m runners do a lot of 50m/60m exercises. My track and field coach makes me do long runs of five or six miles, but should I be doing more interval training? My 1600m time is about 5:50.