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[Momo33407]

Sweet dude it seems rare to meet another ultra runner lol

Yeah it’s definitely fairly rare but once you officially become an ”ultra runner“ you’ll be geeking out so much over it you won’t be able to swing a dead cat by the tail without seeing ultra runners….stickers on cars, random trails.

It’d a really great community, the ultra community.

Think I’ll hop on Ultrasignup now

 

[thegreenhand]

Yeah it’s definitely fairly rare but once you officially become an ”ultra runner“ you’ll be geeking out so much over it you won’t be able to swing a dead cat by the tail without seeing ultra runners….stickers on cars, random trails.

It’d a really great community, the ultra community.

Think I’ll hop on Ultrasignup now

yeah the community by me is a bit lackluster given that's it the midwest but maybe i'm just looking in the wrong places

what i really need is a girlfriend to run with... @MsDiz when are you moving here?!

 

[Momo33407]

yeah the community by me is a bit lackluster given that's it the midwest but maybe i'm just looking in the wrong places

what i really need is a girlfriend to run with... @MsDiz when are you moving here?!

Ohhhhh yeah, running girlfriends always make life better. Find a little trail bunny you can get to show you the trails.

Five or six years ago I met the “love of my life“ running Leatherwood 50 miler in the mountains of NC. Only reason I didn’t DNF was I’d met this girl the night before and she promised to have me come party with her in her cabin, which had a hot tub and nice scenery off the porch. Knew if I DNFed there was no way she‘d let me in that hot tub! I finished….barely and in much pain.

Spent a great weekend with her and tried the long distance thing with her for a while as she lived in California but that burned out. We’re still good friends. Best running buddy I ever had

Yeah we have a real strong ultra community down here in the south east but where I’m from originally, midwest as well - not so much. I fine it directly correlates with proximity to mountains and quality of trails!

 

[Jabberwocky]

@thegreenhand good luck!! i'm sure you'll smash it even if training hasn't gone as well as you'd hoped.

my ankle injury seems better. managed the slowest 5k i think i've ever done on tuesday, but i was just testing to see if i was healed. did a better pace today but gave up after 4k cos i had woken up at 4.30 hungover so feeling like crap.

will hopefully do a non hungover run tomorrow morning. its warm here. warm for england not like for a hot country. but i've noticed its having a huge impact on my heartrate- like its in the high range even when i'm running slowly. so i don't know how people in actual hot countries manage to run at all. i guess they are used to it. but i don't think i can expect to improve my speed while my heartrate is already elevated due to the temperature.

 

[MsDiz]

yeah the community by me is a bit lackluster given that's it the midwest but maybe i'm just looking in the wrong places

what i really need is a girlfriend to run with... @MsDiz when are you moving here?!

Haha!! I promise if I ever visit we will go for a run!

 

[Bare_head]

I need to train again to get healthy but im in such awful shape. Like im out of breath after a good 5 minute jog. Any tips for someone really out of shape? Any good tips on where to start? Walking? Fast walking? Jogging and then progressively making it longer each time?

Any tips greatly appreciated

 

[MsDiz]

I need to train again to get healthy but im in such awful shape. Like im out of breath after a good 5 minute jog. Any tips for someone really out of shape? Any good tips on where to start? Walking? Fast walking? Jogging and then progressively making it longer each time?

Any tips greatly appreciated

There are amazing couch to 5k apps now and they are free (well here they are). I would advise starting there. They are basic walk/run programs that increase your running period over time. I used one to start running and it worked really well! Ran 3 times a week for I think it was 6 weeks and I was running a 30 min 5k by the end.

 

[thegreenhand]

@chinup thank youuu

sorry to hear about your injury, don't force it if it doesnt feel right. one of my buddies has essentially ended his football (as y'all call it) career by pushing himself to hard and re injuring himself every time. and yeah the heat sucks. it's been consistently 80-90 F here with tons of humidity. not fun, but your body will adapt quicker than you might think

@MsDiz i'm looking forward to it haha!

@Momo33407 lol that sounds like quite the weekend! i am definitely looking forward to meeting some folks at this race. even if they live a couple hours away from me we can still link up to run on the weekends. but yeah midwest kinda sucks lol. one part of my state actually has massive forests and rolling hills but it's about a 1-2 hr drive. so i have somewhere to go (at least it isn't kansas lol) but not something i can do everyday (or even every week sadly). for grad school in a couple years i'm only applying to schools near some sort of wilderness be that mountains or forest

 

[Momo33407]

I need to train again to get healthy but im in such awful shape. Like im out of breath after a good 5 minute jog. Any tips for someone really out of shape? Any good tips on where to start? Walking? Fast walking? Jogging and then progressively making it longer each time?

Any tips greatly appreciated

@Bare_head the most important thing is to get out and go for a run! That’s eighty percent or more of the battle, right there. Then keep it simple with the training and listen to your body. Start short, and start slow - even if it’s one tenth the effort you were used to previously.

Arbitrary numbers here, but you’ll get the point. If your standard pace when semi-fit is a ten min mile keep yourself maxed out at 12 min miles for short segments, Run-walks are great. Pick a route, say a two or three mile route and start off at a slow slog jog about 60 percent max effort, and stop and take a two min walk break well before you’re exhausted. The important part is to finish the route whether you run more or walk more. And doing it safely without injury! if you feel structural pain, stop,

Once you’re to a point you can successfully run the whole route without walking you’re ready for speed work. I like improvised fartleks. It’s a funny word but you can have fun with this. Start the run like you normally would and warm up. Once warmed it pick an object down the road, like a telephone pole that’s 50 meters away - run at max effort and then just jog for a few min to recover then do it again. Repeat until the end of the run.

Every few weeks then you can increase mileage of each run by say a kilometer/mile or whatever you’re comfy with.

Find someone to run and laugh, cuss, and suffer with.

That‘s just a few ideas. If you have any questions or just wanna talk running message me. I’ll be glad to give you what limited advice I can.

 

[Bare_head]

So i started the couch to 5k app. I interestingly read before i started that high fibre cereals are not really reccommeded for running. I had that to start the day and found indegestion to play a big part in my running. Will try new foods to begin the day. I have to be careful though because ibs also a thing when i dont eat enough fibre or at least it became a problem when i stopped eating it.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[n3ophy7e]

So i started the couch to 5k app. I interestingly read before i started that high fibre cereals are not really reccommeded for running. I had that to start the day and found indegestion to play a big part in my running. Will try new foods to begin the day. I have to be careful though because ibs also a thing when i dont eat enough fibre or at least it became a problem when i stopped eating it.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Have you ever been a runner before?? If not, please continue to ask for advice in here! There are lots of very experienced runners here, obviously

Yes, indigestion can be a big thing when running, hence, the timing of when, what and how much you eat is quite important. What do you usually eat for breakfast? What time do you plan to do your daily run?

 

[Bare_head]

I am definintely out of shape as im a smoker but i am looking to get fit asap and hopefully cut down and quit nicotine aswell as being more healthy.

I used to always eat scrambled eggs of the mornings when i was alot fitter . Im a vegetarian so my eating habits are terrible as im a fussy vegetarian ha!

I think im gonna have to try today without the high fibre cereal and see how i get on.

Really found yesterday hard with tje stop starting my stomach kept hurting. I will likely do my run 2 hours after i have woke up so i will eat first thing although i find breakfast hard sometimes too. Hoping today goes better

 

[thegreenhand]

Im a vegetarian so my eating habits are terrible as im a fussy vegetarian ha!

I’m vegan and I make it work lol! Whole plant foods are best in my experience

But in other news we just got to the hotel for the race tomorrow. Gonna double check my pack and drop bags, quick 10-15 minute jog to loosen up after the car ride and then off to bed!

 

[n3ophy7e]

I’m vegan and I make it work lol! Whole plant foods are best in my experience

But in other news we just got to the hotel for the race tomorrow. Gonna double check my pack and drop bags, quick 10-15 minute jog to loosen up after the car ride and then off to bed!

Whoohoooo!!! All the best!! Let us know how it goes

@Bare_head , when you're starting out and just doing (relatively) shorter runs, you don't even really need to eat beforehand at all. Just head on out and see how you go!

Personally I've found that it's only when I'm running more than 7km that I NEED to eat something beforehand, for energy. If I'm running 7-10km, I'll have a banana about 20 minutes before I run. If I'm running more than 10km I'll have a banana wrapped in a piece of multigrain bread. If I'm doing more than 15km I'll take one of those glucose energy gels out with me just in case I need it.

 

[thegreenhand]

Just ate some oats, gonna drink a smoothie (with some beets in it, they really help actually)

oh and I’m writing this during a successful pre run so that’s always good lol

 

[Jabberwocky]

@thegreenhand good luck man!!! seriously amazed.

just did 10k, needed to do something vaguely qualifying as a long run given i missed last weekend cos of my ankle and it was the most i could face in this heat. (lol it is 19 degrees celsius, i'm a wuss). glad i did it and hopefully will manage a longer one next week.

I am definintely out of shape as im a smoker but i am looking to get fit asap and hopefully cut down and quit nicotine aswell as being more healthy.

I used to always eat scrambled eggs of the mornings when i was alot fitter . Im a vegetarian so my eating habits are terrible as im a fussy vegetarian ha!

i'm vegetarian too, wahey!! i don't eat before running. i always go early in the day. only time i've eaten anything was when i did 20k and i had a bit of granola bar an hour or so before.

starting running really helped me quit smoking. it gave me a reason to stop that wasn't possible bad health in the future. it was still hard but except for this one time i bought single cigs while blackout drunk i haven't smoked in over a year. it was quite satisfying when it stopped being my chest slowing me down and started being my legs.

 

[RDP89]

well guys I’m 3 days out from my 50k, it’s this Sunday. Definitely nervous. But excited too.

the depressive episode I’ve been in (especially the inpatient hospitalization) definitely set back my training and I’m not exactly where I wanted to be. But i’ll live, I can do this

Hell yeah, you got this. You are a beast!!!!

 

[thegreenhand]

Done! Still waiting for official times to post but it was about 7.5 hrs

My feet hurt like hell and I can barely walk but I did it. Definitely looking for another one soon, it was a blast

 

[Jabberwocky]

Definitely looking for another one soon, it was a blast

you're weird.

but well done!! fucking get in!! what an amazing achievement. look after yourself now to make sure you recover.

 

[thegreenhand]

you're weird.

Lol you definitely gotta be kinda fucked in the head to enjoy it

look after yourself now to make sure you recover.

Just took a hot showe. Definitely gonna swim tomorrow too. But right now I’m gonna get some food and then probably pass out (maybe get a foam roll in if I have the energy)