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Nocci
Germany108 Posts
I didn't realize it because of running x times a week or hitting some arbitrary threshold pace but during shopping: While in the past I would've gone for the inconspicuous black, yesterday I was like "oooh I want the thermo tights with lots of neon yellow!" I remember a reddit thread about a year ago titled: "Are all running shoes designed by colorblind 8 year olds?" and the top comment was "Yes, isn't it wonderful?" I don't know when or how it happened, but I'm totally one of those guys now! | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
 Pretty proud even though I trained like an idiot.And wow, Nony's times are as impressive as his starcraft carrier^^ | ||
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Bonham
Canada655 Posts
On December 07 2018 23:31 LuckyFool wrote: Damn that sucks Bonham I hope you make a speedy recovery. Ever since I started following you on strava (maybe 2014/2015 timeframe) you have been a major inspiration for me. Makes me appreciate the fact that other than some minor aches and pains I haven’t really had any serious injuries running over the five years I’ve been at it. Granted I’m not running 100 miles a week lol but next year might be my biggest yet. Waiting to see if I get into Chicago I think the drawing happens in a week or two. Thanks, man. It warmed the cockles of my heart (possibly even the subcockle area) to read that. Fingers crossed you get into Chicago! | ||
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On December 12 2018 11:13 LuckyFool wrote: Well I got into Chicago boys! Hotel reservations made today too, wanted to make sure I had something withing walking distance of the start line. Time to start training... SIIICKKKK!!! | ||
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Bonham
Canada655 Posts
On December 12 2018 11:13 LuckyFool wrote: Well I got into Chicago boys! Hotel reservations made today too, wanted to make sure I had something withing walking distance of the start line. Time to start training... Yeehaw! That's awesome news man. I've heard it's a really special race and a fast course. Can't wait to follow your training! | ||
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Slydie
1930 Posts
Going for the very doable 1x intervals and 1x long session per week, hoping to add a 3rd and 4th weekly session down the road. Let's see how it goes! | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On December 18 2018 20:21 Slydie wrote: I just picked up some more serious running again, aiming for a half marathon in February and maybe breaking the 4hour barrier for Marathon later next year (I had 2 near misses so far.) Going for the very doable 1x intervals and 1x long session per week, hoping to add a 3rd and 4th weekly session down the road. Let's see how it goes! Good goals! I hope what you wrote means you're running hard 2x per week, but still running 5-7x per week. If you;re only running at all 2x per week...that's your big limiter. | ||
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Slydie
1930 Posts
On December 19 2018 12:32 L_Master wrote: Good goals! I hope what you wrote means you're running hard 2x per week, but still running 5-7x per week. If you;re only running at all 2x per week...that's your big limiter. It actually did men 2x per week only, with some walking and transport cycling as well. However, I will take your advice an up to more times per week, but not 5-7 just yet as I have had some injuries in the past. The last 10k race I was preparing well for I had to quit because of a small muscle fracture that would have become way worse by finishing. That being said, I had a nice 75min run yesterday, keeping the puls zones of my guru Hechmann. I believe new PBs for both half and full marathon are within my grasp! | ||
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CoupdeBoule
73 Posts
My 2018 has been pretty swell running-wise; overall pleased with my consistency with volume and diet (167 to 154 over the last four months) and been blessed to avoid serious injuries - hips been my weakness throughout the year but I think I got it covered; just got to keep at it with the hip stability strengthening stuff. As for 2019, Im hoping I can keep the momentum going and gradually increase work out intensity - if everythings going well come spring I’ll sign up for a marathon Gl in 2019 ~~ | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
2018 has been as expected. Nothing much happening, so general fitness regression giving how well I was able to train early 2017, and to some extent later 2017. The end of 2018 has been crap, with this chronic sinusitis. CT scan Monday, so hopefully that will start to ascertain next steps in treatment since "wait it out" doesn't look like it's going to work in this case. | ||
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MarcoJ
Germany146 Posts
So my question now is, what kind of bike should I try to buy. Im quite slim on budget and could afford to spend about 500€. Should I buy used bikes? What to pay attention to? Maybe someone can help out | ||
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Gjhc
Portugal161 Posts
For road bikes, decathlon has some good cheap ones such as the triban500. There may be cheaper options but I’ve never really searched much. If you don’t have someone a bit experienced with bikes to check used bikes with you I’d recommend you stay away from that option, there are many non-obvious things to look for which are hard to summarize here. Your bike should come with flat pedals which are the cheaper option as they don’t need specific shoes. Also don’t cut corners on equipment. At least a decent jacket is a must for cold/bad weather, and gloves are also very important. A cycling jersey is very useful but regular sports short/longsleeve shirts can also do a good job. As for tights/pants, cycling specific ones are obviously better but if you can’t buy them straight away, some tighter sports pants can do although they are not really ideal. Again deacthlon has some cheaper equipment and I’ve also heard Lidl and Aldi (both german stores I think) have entry level stuff. You also need the tools for changing flat tires. Few things are worse than having a flat tire far from home. Ideally you should always take on your rides at least 1 spare inner tube, tyre levers and a pump (co2 pumps are great but get really cold when used and can cause nasty frost burns if not properly handled). There are kits that come with everything you need but you can buy things seperately. LMaster can give you more details about Zwift as I don’t have it but it requires that you have a turbo trainer which is not exactly cheap and you need to pay a monthly/yearly(?) subscription. The budget is a bit tight but it is better if you can plan things ahead and not find, after spending your money, that you need a bunch of extra stuff. Hope it helped! | ||
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Slydie
1930 Posts
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On January 11 2019 06:00 Slydie wrote: I just did a 12k race, 3 laps with 3 significant hills each. It went ok, but I felt an old injury already in the first descent, and now I am not sure how much my leg muscle can take. Yeye, I still have faith, but I have to be very carefu going forwardl:-( Please use the 2019 thread! Congrats on the race, sorry about the injury but glad it's not worse! | ||
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KevinSutherland
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Dalton07
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