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I went for a run this morning. It felt good 3 x 5 minute intervals.

I suffered an injury in 2021 and I have only started to get over it. Swimming, stretching and physio exercises has helped.

All I want to do is run twice a week as part of a fitness routine. I would love to run sub 25 minute parkruns again, but that is a while off!
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
I went for a run this morning. It felt good 3 x 5 minute intervals.

I suffered an injury in 2021 and I have only started to get over it. Swimming, stretching and physio exercises has helped.
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Nice to hear you are recovering from your injury!

Ascendingthethrone said:
All I want to do is run twice a week as part of a fitness routine. I would love to run sub 25 minute parkruns again, but that is a while off!
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That’s what I thought when I started running during lockdown (i.e., being able to run at a pace of 5.00 min/km) and this morning I have done 5.1 km in 21 minutes. If I can do it, anyone can!
 
GhostofCain said:
Nice to hear you are recovering from your injury!



That’s what I thought when I started running during lockdown (i.e., being able to run at a pace of 5.00 min/km) and this morning I have done 5.1 km in 21 minutes. If I can do it, anyone can!
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I’m not even sure how I did the injury! I blame getting fat over Covid and becoming a dad. Those first few months are so sedentary. The muscles just got weak.
 
I travel a lot lately and I can't run as much as I want. Jet lags, late dinners and drinking have taken a toll on me and the best I can do is running 40km per week in no structured way and really slow i.e., 7-ish min/km pace.
It's not all black as running, especially with the right playlist in your ears is a wonderful way to discover /re-discover a city. Some of my best moments during the last 1 1/2 month were during running.

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Paris men’s marathon top 10 shoes

www.runnersworld.com

These were the fastest shoes of the men’s Olympic marathon

While Adidas took two-thirds of the podium, a total of six brands rounded out the top 10 spots
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ASICS put out a smart color-way days before the olympics for the Metaspeed series, those yellow -red ones so they can easily be spotted. Unlike Adidas and Nike, ASICS logo (and others) are difficult to be distinguished when the other is running, so unique colorways is the way to go for free marketing.

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The physio has finally identified the key issue with my right side. Planter fasciitis. For crying out loud! It has been 3 years of not being able to run and 3 years of physio and no one be has noticed the issue in my foot. I mentioned pain there before but it has never been taken up on.

Hopefully strengthening this issue will lead to my hip getting stronger again.
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
The physio has finally identified the key issue with my right side. Planter fasciitis. For crying out loud! It has been 3 years of not being able to run and 3 years of physio and no one be has noticed the issue in my foot. I mentioned pain there before but it has never been taken up on.
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Today I had a 24km race (more on that tomorrow) which I run without chip, as I was expected to run it slow (average pace achieved 6:05 min/km). After the km 18 my right foot start to ache again and I was limping.

Same as you, nobody could find what I have, actually they tell me that there’s no problem with my foot.
 
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I arrived yesterday in the mountain plateau (820m elevation) where the race will take place next Sunday. Will stay here the whole week. I did the road with my car to get the feel for the uphills and downhills of the race. Scary.
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Back in the Lasithi plateau after one year with the intention to jog-walk the race (~7:30ish min/km pace) and decided not to wear a chip because of that.

First impression was than I became a completely different person within a year. What last year seemed difficult and scary now it looked like almost a joke. I was thinking how seriously I had taken last year's race and such a strict regime to run what today I would consider a slow race (5:23 min/km half marathon) and I smiled for was funny and cute my last year self was. But also admired how much heart I had put into it and as a result I had a great time, a golden summer in a way.

Anyway, this period my form is nowhere near last summer's I have difficulties to keep running for 5km straight without inject some walking (lack of motivation), I had this ankle injury last March and big changes in my daily routines that demolished my structured training and I cut my coaching sessions for now.

So I would be happy to have a 7:00 min/km race which would be faster than the 90% of my "runs" for the last 4 months.

As I entered the race, I saw I could easily maintain a 6:30 min/km without struggle so I kept it. I wasn't too serious though, I was stopping to take some photos, talk to people and all that. At ~11km about middle race I felt I peaked (too early) saw my watch and I was at 5:20 min/km already that was way too fast and decided to calm it down.

At ~18km thus the 75% of the race, my ankle began to ache and started to limp. I had taken it too far but now it was too late and I couldn't stop. At 22km there was the brutal mount that I walked and from then on up to the finish line it was easy and fast as the road descended.

I was surprised to see than I did a 24km with a 6:05 min/km, not fast by any means but definitely I would have put a chip if I knew I would do that well.

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Ingebrigtsen is a top athlete when he has pace-making. When not he can be 4th in his main event.

Also don't be suspicious, there's nothing to be suspicious about: Everybody's taking! :D
 
Trying to get back in shape after the holidays. Last week I did 5.1 km in 22 minutes and today 4.1 km in 17 minutes*. No pacemakers other than Leize’s Loca Pasión last week and Accept’s Ball to the Wall today. Take that Ingebrigtsen!

* I had 3 strong beers yesterday. Does that count as doping? :D
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
The physio has finally identified the key issue with my right side. Planter fasciitis. For crying out loud! It has been 3 years of not being able to run and 3 years of physio and no one be has noticed the issue in my foot. I mentioned pain there before but it has never been taken up on.

Hopefully strengthening this issue will lead to my hip getting stronger again.
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@Ascendingthethrone Sorry to hear that!

Will you be getting shockwave therapy treatment? Your physio might end up singing “So if I can shoot rabbits then I can shoot fasciitis”.
 
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GhostofCain said:
* I had 3 strong beers yesterday. Does that count as doping? :D
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Speaking of which, anti-doping regulations are quite stupid sometimes. Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was punished for smoking marijuana, which is next level stupid as cannabis makes you slower not faster. She should be rewarded instead :D
 
____no5 said:
Also don't be suspicious, there's nothing to be suspicious about: Everybody's taking! :D
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The DDR athletes have been vilified for ages and, guess what? They were not alone!

A very interesting read:

www.bbc.co.uk

East v West Germany: The drug-fuelled Cold War for medals

At the end of the Cold War, East Germany's systematic doping secrets spilled out. The truth on the other side of the Berlin Wall has taken longer to emerge.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Pure genius!! One of the more interesting 100m races ever! WR holder in 400m hurdles vs WR holder in pole vault! Norway vs Sweden :D

Karsten Warholm vs Mondo Duplantis: 100m Sprint Showdown​

*the whole video is absolutely worthy to see and the actual race starts at 25:00. I will not reveal the winner just the fact that whoever that was he run a whopping 10:37 -the other guy did 10:47 both PBs in 100m.

 
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