Running

Replaced my knackered Asics GT 2150s with some Brooks Adrenaline GTS 11s (did the Runners World treadmill test again. Did it four years ago and forgot how absolutely fucked my gait is). Just on my way out for my first 5k in them. Here's hoping the shin pains won't turn up!

Just started again after a week off after the Marathon, feel like I'm absolutely flying, like the marathon has somehow pushed me up a level, only short runs so far [5 & 6m] but probably running 45s to 1 min faster per mile.
Just bought a garmin 205 from ebay so I can pace properly, feel like maybe 3.30 is attainable come the next one in October.
excited.

The GTS 11s have been winning awards all over the place. So they cant be bad. You cant beat non-newtonian fluid for high tech shoe geekery either.

Shoes seem good.

My pace was quicker than it has been (although this could be psychological). I was doing 6 minute a K flat for the first 2 km, where as my average over the last couple of weeks has been 6:30-7:00. My phone crashed after 2km though.

Had the slight beginning of a twinge around 4.5k (I think. I may be becoming hyper sensitive to my shin - if I think about it, or focus on it enough, I convince myself I can feel a slight ache right now). So I stopped rather than trying to push through it.

Saturday is the 5k park run in Hackney Marshes, so I may give that a go.

New shoes need 'breaking in'.

Are you saying I shouldn't be running in them right away, or that I won't be noticing the "goodness" of them for a few runs?

Gorgeous run around the City this morning - bar the pollen.... eye's feel like they've been rubbed with sandpaper!

Are you saying I shouldn't be running in them right away, or that I won't be noticing the "goodness" of them for a few runs?
they can be a little hard or stiff to start. meh, i just run.

they can be a little hard or stiff to start. meh, i just run.

This is what I want to be able to do.

Anyway, did 5k in them yesterday. No pains during or after.

(Hope Australia is treating you alright, Dale!)

forcing myself to step away from the cake and go for a run now. still can't seem to get excited about it. meh. moar cake when i get back.

Done a lovely 15ish mile run this morning up the Lea river from Clapton up to Waltham Abbey. Not a fast run but a pleasent beginning to the day.

Im running in the new Nike Free Run 2 and must say they are extremely comfortable. Im not sure of the pros and cons of 'Barefoot Running' that these are supposed to encompass but so far they have performed perfectly.

Are you saying I shouldn't be running in them right away, or that I won't be noticing the "goodness" of them for a few runs?

Just dont do a marathon as the first run. Ideally wear them walking around for a bit first. To get the upper fitting. But the sole will be a little stiff untill you've put some running miles on them anyway.

I just meant I would'nt judge them too quickly.

I went out on a unplanned 22km run on friday, I'd been too busy for dinner, and had'nbt brought anything with me. Its 7km more than I've done for a while. But I should have been OK. But, the bottom felll out of my blood sugar level 1km from home, and I ended up staggering home looking pissed up. Got so bad that my brain shut down, making opening a packet of Pez feel like a mental challenge from the krypton factor.

Fecking idiot.

Done a lovely 15ish mile run this morning up the Lea river from Clapton up to Waltham Abbey. Not a fast run but a pleasent beginning to the day.

Im running in the new Nike Free Run 2 and must say they are extremely comfortable. Im not sure of the pros and cons of 'Barefoot Running' that these are supposed to encompass but so far they have performed perfectly.

If you like them after a 15mile run then they must be pretty decent IMHO.

I've been trying to move more towards a 'barefoot' stride, while in the familiar safety of my structured shoes. Actually feel the muscle groups used are a little more similar to cycling. Might be imagining it though.

I've been talked into entering the British 10k. £30 to run around London for 40 mins. They wanted an extra fiver for chip timing. Bugger that. Looking forward to it tho.

Chip timing is only worth it, if you want your times published with the results.

A half decent watch with a bit of lap memory is a far greater tool.

Baby steps, but this is the fastest that I have averaged- 7:46 per mile, I'm getting faster, slowly!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/84196442

When you say dropping your hip, what exactly were you doing?

forefoot striking feels more dynamic, but I'm yet to manage it for the full 13k.

Chip timing is only worth it, if you want your times published with the results.

A half decent watch with a bit of lap memory is a far greater tool.

I'll just push my way to the front row at the start.

Remember in '03 running my first Marathon with a watch that only had a 10 lap memory. Tried to get a split every 2.62 miles, wasn't easy.

As the front foot strikes, I rotate around the hip, and the opposing hip drops - Symptomatic of weak gluteus medeus muscles, which do the stabilisation, and leads to my lower back becoming a bundle of fun.

Get one of those Swiss balls, and do reps of sit-ups and 'supermen', on it.

Makes a noticable difference to your efficiency.

I'll just push my way to the front row at the start.

Remember in '03 running my first Marathon with a watch that only had a 10 lap memory. Tried to get a split every 2.62 miles, wasn't easy.

The worse for me is missing markers. I see my 1km split approach 5min and I start pushing myself to go faster At 5:30min I realise I missed the marker, and need a ly down.

went out on a run yesterday the first after about two weeks of slacking, still walking occassionally, but decided to try and run faster, thought about lifting my knees and lengthening my stride. Did about 4k, felt like a stitch was coming on, and my knee ached a bit, but all good.
gonna either run again tonight or, tomorrow morning, as I need to get back into the x3 weekly runs.

think i'm fitter than i believe and I can push myself a bit more, as my aim is to be able to run a decent distance at a fastish pace. Used to be a sprinter back in school, and just schlepping along to do the distance is not as satisfying as I thought..

i've just been for a reasonably satisfying 5k round the river.

i'm not sure lengthening the stride is necessarily what you're after corny (if by that you mean reaching firther forward with your lead leg). in my limited experience, and from what i've read, it seems that trying to force a longer stride can be deterimental.

i've been concentrating on a few little things that seem to have helped me recently. a soft, mid foot strike, holding my foot on the ground a touch longer. this seems to make my gait a bit smoother and has the sensation of stretching out my leg behind me. that and not worrying about how slow i'm going or how short my stride is. just finding a confortable pace that i can hold.

I'm talking running bollocks, from my youth when I was a sprinter and it was all about going as fast as possible.
I just don't enjoy running slowly, I know it has to be done to build stamina and such, but it's not what I love about running and though I'm out of breath at the end, it doesn't feel like I've really exerted myself, and thats what I want to do.
But baby steps and all that...

i always bunked off games so i have no frame of reference. i'm talking bollocks as a 35 year old who's been running for three months. listen to me at your peril.