EPTRunning Thread 2014 - Page 34
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On November 23 2014 05:36 Darkhorse wrote: Philly half marathon tomorrow. Wish me luck :D What's the goal time? Either way...go kick some ass! | ||
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Malinor
Germany4728 Posts
Had a 10k last week (a friend talked me into it) and finished at 56:14 at112kg. It is a little race series with a second 10k in December and a third 10k in January. That's pretty good motivation I gotta say. The goal for December is now 54:xx. And it is the next attempt to keep my weight reasonable. I have been working 60h/week for 2 months and it cost me ~5kg. If I get rid of those 5kg again it should lead me to a 53:xx or so by itself. I wish at those races they would list results by weight and not by age ;-) Anyway... never give up. I cannot go back to my old days of uncontrolled eating. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On November 23 2014 15:44 Malinor wrote: I really should be lifting instead of running, since I am actually good at the first and bad at the latter... but anyway. Had a 10k last week (a friend talked me into it) and finished at 56:14 at112kg. It is a little race series with a second 10k in December and a third 10k in January. That's pretty good motivation I gotta say. The goal for December is now 54:xx. And it is the next attempt to keep my weight reasonable. I have been working 60h/week for 2 months and it cost me ~5kg. If I get rid of those 5kg again it should lead me to a 53:xx or so by itself. I wish at those races they would list results by weight and not by age ;-) Anyway... never give up. I cannot go back to my old days of uncontrolled eating. I don't know exactly how tall you are, but for a guy who primarily trains lifting and only runs a little 56 is great at that weight. I'm trying to remember exactly how much you train, but I don't recall it being overly crazy. If you worked up to 60+ kpw per week I imagine you'd be running in the mid to high 40s in no time. That's very good at that weight. Not really fair to say you aren't good at running...or at least aren't talented. If you ditched the weight training and dropped 35-45 kg you'd be running well under 40. I'm not advocating you going out and doing that, but I am saying don't sell yourself short on running ability! | ||
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Don_Julio
2220 Posts
On November 23 2014 15:44 Malinor wrote: I really should be lifting instead of running, since I am actually good at the first and bad at the latter... but anyway. Had a 10k last week (a friend talked me into it) and finished at 56:14 at112kg. It is a little race series with a second 10k in December and a third 10k in January. That's pretty good motivation I gotta say. The goal for December is now 54:xx. And it is the next attempt to keep my weight reasonable. I have been working 60h/week for 2 months and it cost me ~5kg. If I get rid of those 5kg again it should lead me to a 53:xx or so by itself. I wish at those races they would list results by weight and not by age ;-) Anyway... never give up. I cannot go back to my old days of uncontrolled eating. My first 10k ever was a 57:xx with 72kg (1,82m). 2 and a half years later I'm running 42:xx thanks to constant running and without much weight loss. Race series are great for motivation. It's awesome to see your progress from race to race. _____ I just moved. I really wish that I had a GPS-watch now to help me explore the new neighbourhood. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On November 23 2014 15:42 L_Master wrote: What's the goal time? Either way...go kick some ass! Whoops never saw this. I am by no means a distance runner (I was talked into doing this by my very athletic rower sister) but we both managed sub 2 hours. 1:56 baby :D | ||
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berated-
United States1134 Posts
On December 03 2014 11:53 L_Master wrote: Dang nobody training or anything? I'm still running 3 times a week but no where near where I was about a year ago. I guess its better than nothing.. Hows your training going? | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On December 04 2014 10:55 berated- wrote: I'm still running 3 times a week but no where near where I was about a year ago. I guess its better than nothing.. Hows your training going? Starting up. Lots of cycling this summer, focusing on a running cycle now here in the winter with a goal race on St Pats day in March. Goal is to eat well and put together a proper training cycle for the first time in about two years. In been a while since I really improved my fitness with quality, focused training. | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
I'm still hopping on the treadmill or a bike at least a couple times during the week at a minimum. Or doing something on the weekend. I want to use some of this time to clean up my diet and other small stuff that I ignore when I'm running higher mileage. | ||
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Don_Julio
2220 Posts
@Darkhorse: Great job! Was it your first? That's a very respectable time for someone who doesn't consider himself to be a runner. @: LuckyFool: Did you run that half you talked about, btw. | ||
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On December 06 2014 02:09 Don_Julio wrote: I had a cold the last seven days. Might try a run tomorrow again. But I have nothing spectacular to report anyways. Working my way up to 70km/week is hard with all the interuptions from moving and illness. :-( @Darkhorse: Great job! Was it your first? That's a very respectable time for someone who doesn't consider himself to be a runner. @: LuckyFool: Did you run that half you talked about, btw. Thanks! Yeah that was my first half marathon. I ran a 10-miler back in early October but that's about it for me in distance running. Just getting started! And yeah I haven't done much distance running but I consider myself to be a pretty good athlete. I was a rower (4th at stotesbury sad face) and a swimmer in high school. I've mostly been lifting through college but I've kept some of the cardio vascular fitness I guess :D | ||
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Bonham
Canada655 Posts
On December 03 2014 11:53 L_Master wrote: Dang nobody training or anything? I'm knocking out 100k/week still. One LT-ish workout, a few general aerobic runs, some recovery runs, and a long-ish effort. About half of it is on a treadmill, which is extremely mentally challenging but lets you go faster than our snowy trails here. Planning on the Vancouver half in the spring, the Edmonton half in August, and a fall full marathon somewhere. Are you doing much running? I mostly seem to see cycling on Strava :p | ||
GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/c8wujOX.jpg?1) During this segment I ran the same route out and back. There's a power plant right around the [3] marker. On the way back, I thought I heard it make a sound, and soon after my GPS starts bugging out. It had me running along the river and along the road at the same time. | ||
micronesia
United States24700 Posts
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
What's particularly odd about this is that it isn't one sporadic point that's wildly off. It's an entire series of points from imaginary-GrandInquisitor's imaginary run. It is literally off by the width of a large park for 10-15 minutes. | ||
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Don_Julio
2220 Posts
GPS is military isn't it? It makes sense that the Pentagon would disrupt the signal close to potential targets for terrorists (a power plant in NYC is a prime target) and they're capable of doing so. I don't know if they really do it, though and wouldn't it affect your signal running in both directions? The "new" route looks way more interesting than running along this Vernon Blvd the whole time btw.  | ||
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Malinor
Germany4728 Posts
On November 23 2014 15:44 Malinor wrote: Had a 10k last week (a friend talked me into it) and finished at 56:14 at112kg. It is a little race series with a second 10k in December and a third 10k in January. That's pretty good motivation I gotta say. The goal for December is now 54:xx. And it is the next attempt to keep my weight reasonable. I have been working 60h/week for 2 months and it cost me ~5kg. If I get rid of those 5kg again it should lead me to a 53:xx or so by itself. I wish at those races they would list results by weight and not by age ;-) Today was the second 10k in the series. I have been running 20 times during the last 21 days and my weight was at 107,5kg this morning. I finished in 53:13, three minutes faster than three weeks ago. Also, this is definitely a new all time PR, including training. I recall that I did something like 54/55 minutes on track during training once. But I have never run a 53:xx. So I am very satisfied that all the work paid off. The third race is on January 11th. I think 51:xx is a realistic goal, if I have a reasonable christmas and keep training well. So I will aim for that. I hope I can keep this up, feels really good. edit: The GPS had the 10k last 10070m. So my GPS actually tells me I broke 53:xx with like 52:58 at the 10k mark. Though I am never sure if the GPS is 100% accurate. | ||
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Yrr
Germany804 Posts
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Don_Julio
2220 Posts
On December 07 2014 22:59 Malinor wrote: Today was the second 10k in the series. I have been running 20 times during the last 21 days and my weight was at 107,5kg this morning. I finished in 53:13, three minutes faster than three weeks ago. Also, this is definitely a new all time PR, including training. I recall that I did something like 54/55 minutes on track during training once. But I have never run a 53:xx. So I am very satisfied that all the work paid off. The third race is on January 11th. I think 51:xx is a realistic goal, if I have a reasonable christmas and keep training well. So I will aim for that. I hope I can keep this up, feels really good. edit: The GPS had the 10k last 10070m. So my GPS actually tells me I broke 53:xx with like 52:58 at the 10k mark. Though I am never sure if the GPS is 100% accurate. Congrats on both the PR and the weightloss. Regarding your GPS accuracy: An inaccuray of less than 1% is tolerable. But it might be 100% accurate because even if the course was exactly measured you'll never be able to run it ideally. You always run a little longer than the perfect route (scrambling at the start, not taking turns perfectly, overtaking people). | ||
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