You’re not missing much. You can get much, much cheaper versions of 2xu and the like from stores that perform as good or better than 2xu. They last about the same.
Also you can get execllent imitations of most big brands from ali for a fraction of the price (injinji being an example).
Go see a good podiatrist if you can. They should be able to diagnose root causes of the pain.
for me, i found i was collapsing my arch as i ran. i ended up with inserts but also need to use lace locks, as they will give my foot more support and reduce how much the arch collapses.
also, if its been a while, check if you need new shoes.
One of the surprising things about running is how often it surfaces weird issues for me to solve. I’ve learned so much about my body and its baseline performance over the last couple years.
Wrist-based HR is at best “average” so take it with a grain of salt. It can sometimes take up to 30 seconds for a drastic change in HR to display on your watch.
On mine, I’ve seen it glitch out a lot at the start of runs where it shows my HR going through the roof (when I’m really barely in z2)
If you’re running to zones, I look at it as % time spent in zone. I’m not great at staying in zone, and you can’t help but work harder going up a hill. So I target 80% in z2 for example. If I find I’m working too hard (and straying too long into a higher zone), I stop and walk to bring it down then go slower.
Note that outside temperature does play a part. A hot / humid day will bring your HR up a few points.
For more accuracy, a HR strap is better.
-7C !! Man I would kill for a cold weather run rn.
Yeah post pic is so inaccurate its not funny. Needs to be 100% drenched in sweat like they just took a sweat shower and splashed some extra sweat on for effect.
It rained during parkrun and somehow it got even hotter.
Whag is a 5K reindeer run?
Still got a few out to the local parkrun. It got heavier as the run went on, it was actually quite refreshing by the end.
I’m really struggling with motivation as we get closer to Christmas. Will probably bump my weekly mileage down about 10km coming into the ny.
Being male I have no hips and so tights just wriggle their way down my waist as I run. I feel like a penguin after a short while and spend a bunch time trying to pull them back up as I’m running.
The result is awful chafing between the legs.
If I’m wearing tights I usually spread the body glide pretty heavily between my legs, which helps a little.
under 10c or feels like, thin gloves and short sleeved shirt with singlet underneath.
5c and below, long sleeved shirt and tights, and warm hat.
closer to 0c may wear an extra shirt over top of long sleeves.
edit: material is whatever quick dry sports material is available. ive not seen a significant difference in performance between top end (2xu, under armor) and no name dept store / ali amazon / temu brands
I’m not a morning runner by any stretch but I’ve always made time for Parkrun. Sometimes its sociable but often times its just me and a bunch of strangers going for a run.
Sometimes you just want to be around people but not have to interact.
I realised that recent issues I was having with legs and feet appear to have been caused exclusively by old shoes. I’m not sure how ppl get more than 800km out of a pair of shoes. Mine will barely last 500km.
Anyway, reminder to track shoe mileage and toss them when they get old. If you search it up you can find info on how to spot shoes that are no longer performing.
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Comfortably leading the race as she entered the last 12 miles, her vision began clouding from the periphery. Temporary distorted vision isn’t unheard of in ultra-running; the stress of running so hard and long can mean the body struggles to refresh the fluid in the eyeball as usual. It is a condition known as corneal edema. But Dauwalter’s case was particularly severe. As she continued towards the finish line, it worsened until she was effectively 90% blind.
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Dauwalter made it to the aid station, but instead of dropping out, she used a volunteer to guide her by narrating the terrain as they ran. A battered and bleeding Dauwalter crossed the finish line - the first woman to do so that day - in 20 hours 38 minutes 09 seconds, external with her vision returning to normal five hours later.
Wtaf. That is freaking amazing.
Fair!! Ya gotta work up to it.
I don’t check it often, but it looks like my resting is about 52 bpm. I’ve set my max HR at 175 which is just back of napkin math for a 45yo male.
For running, I have 4 rough bands I keep to.
For any particular run, I’ll pick a hr zone and stick to that, pace be damned. Over the course of a year, I saw a gradual decrease in pace for each of those zones. Most of my “running” is in the first 2 bands.
Specific numbers to back that up:
Hope that helps someone find a reference. I know thats not really fast; there’s a lot of bloggers, youtubers etc that are so much faster. I know I will never get to that point. I think its worthwhile sharing these stats so others can see its ok to not be running 4:30 and below on the regular.
I put my degree on hold because I just couldn’t summon the motivation at the time to finish. 2 subjects shy of graduating.
FF 8 years later and my then current boss asks about it, I said I’d never finished it because reasons. He offers to help pay for any subjects I need to take to complete. It turns out if I’d left it on hold for any longer I would have forfeited the whole thing.
He not only paid the money for me to finish those last two subjects; once I graduated he bumped my pay substantially because now he had a university-educated staff member on the books.
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