How many miles did you run today?

[Fueco]

 

[Texasmade]

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Isn't that a normal riding position (somewhat)?

 

[Fueco]

Isn't that a normal riding position (somewhat)?

Maybe this is a better illustration of what I think @Piobaire is talking about. With road bars, I think this is caused by using handlebars that are positioned too close to the seat. In mountain biking, this posture is fairly normal, especially with the extra wide bars that are the norm these days.

 

[Piobaire]

Something like this:

 

[Michigan Planner]

8 miles this morning including

4x100
4x200
4x400
4x800
4x100

with some proper resting between each interval.

Temps were in the mid-30s this morning. My lawn has been enjoying this cooler than average spring but I'm ready for a bit more heat and humidity in the mornings.

 

[Dusty Heaters]

What’s up guys. Hope you’re all doing well with and beyond of fitness related endeavors.

I’m still running, just very inactive on the boards lately. Will attempt to check back here more frequently.

 

[jbarwick]

So yesterday morning I got in weights after dropping off the kids at daycare. Since I am just getting back into it, most lifts were the bar only to get in the motions and get used to the movements. Last night was then a 30min Peloton class where my legs felt my morning weights.

 

[Churchill W]

20.8 mile ride last night in 1:20. My usual three laps around the local park.

 

[c0de]

8 miles this morning including

4x100
4x200
4x400
4x800
4x100

with some proper resting between each interval.

Temps were in the mid-30s this morning. My lawn has been enjoying this cooler than average spring but I'm ready for a bit more heat and humidity in the mornings.

What's rest?
Walk, Jog, or stand?

 

[Michigan Planner]

What's rest?
Walk, Jog, or stand?

Walking for me for about 200m then jogging back to my starting point. I can’t stand, especially between such short intervals. It feels weird to go from moving so fast to standing still to moving fast again in such a short time frame.

 

[Fueco]

I just did a five mile trail run at North Table Mountain Park (next to Golden, CO). What a great place to run. I ran a nice loop with a maximum elevation of 6,552’ and some steep hills. Temps in the upper 40s to low 50s.

 

[Michigan Planner]

11.4 miles this morning at 7:59/mile overall. We had a frost advisory overnight but I don’t think it got much below 40° and it was already about 45° when I stepped off around 6:30 so it was pretty nice out.

 

[FlyingMonkey]

I did a cautious 6.7km (just over 4 miles) round-the-block loop yesterday evening. I didn't time it, was just running easy, but I think it was around 5:10 to 5:15/km. This used to be my standard 'reference run' way back in 2010-11, but I haven't run easy for a distance this short since at least early 2019, I think.

The good news is that everything feels okay. I won't say great. Okay. So I might try a slightly longer distance (10km or so) this evening or early tomorrow morning.

 

[kjb]

6.5 miles last night. 1.5 warm up, 4 of a hill workout, 1 cool down.

same hill workout as last time. 3 sets of a long, medium, and short hill with decreasing rest and increasing pace. it was hard but did it with two others so we helped each other along. checking my results against the last time i did this workout, my overall pace increased, and my segments were faster, though i think my recovery was slightly slower this time around. i'm more happy that i was able to keep each segment pretty consistent between the sets. last time was a very noticeable decrease as the sets progressed.

 

[Michigan Planner]

I ordered a couple pair of fancy new shoes and they arrived yesterday so I decided to give one of the pair a try. First up were the Nike ZoomX Vaporfly Next% and all I can say is, "Holy crap, believe the hype!"

I warmed up with about a mile jog to the track and then did a 5k and it felt great right off the bat. I managed to set PRs for 1k (3:49), 1 mile (6:13), 2 miles (12:41), and 5k (20:04). I thought maybe I shaved a second or two off of my 5k time but it wasn't even close. I bested my previous 5k by 62 seconds. The other PRs had similar percentage improvements.

I took a "break" and did another 5.2k through the surrounding neighborhood but that included 4x800 and then went right back to the track for another 5k. I felt great for the 2nd 5k with very little fatigue. I ended up missing another PR by about 10 seconds and looking at my splits I was on pace to set another PR until I decided to start fiddling around with my watch and screwing myself up a bit. I should have just let it go and not bothered with it.

Oh, and I did all this on less than 6 hours sleep and I'd run nearly 85 miles in the previous 7 days. I can only imagine what I could do with "fresh legs" with these shoes!

If I had one complaint it would be that these shoes are about 0% waterproof. I had to walk through about 30' of grass when leaving the track the first time and my feet were nearly soaked from the dew. On the plus side, there's enough ventilation that my feet were pretty much dried out after another couple miles.