Running

Training routine: 8k/50min once a week, 1-2 (usually 1) slower runs of 3k-ish.

Always at least 1 day rest, where I sometimes do light upper body workouts, sometimes nothing.

Longer run sometimes replaced by an alpine hike of a few hours. Walking of at least 3k, often more, almost daily. I've been doing the latter for years, been running somewhat consistently for ~8months.

Participating in a 10k in May.

I'm noticing some pain behind the upper edge of my patellae that tends to start around the middle or end of my longer runs and after a little while of hiking uphill. Since I'm pretty sure it's not muscle pain, I don't want to just push through it. Do I need to take a complete break from running? Do I even need to take a break from walking? If so, for how long? Or is it going to be enough to reduce mileage a bit? Do I need to start cross training more at this level already?

Thank you in advance!

Edit: just remembered, first time I felt it was during a 30k flat hike a few weeks back. It usually goes away overnight at the latest.

Let me start by saying that I am not a runner. I hope to be one day, but for now I'm just running < 1 mile after work.

After a few days of this, my knees (the tendon thing that goes down from the knee to the shin) are pretty sore. I'm wondering if I should power through this or do something differently?

A friend suggested these as he's had good luck with them, but I'm not sure if this is something the community condones or endorses.

My #Garmin watch has been pushing up my auto-detected maximum heart rate for months now.

And now it says my max HR is 211! Either I'm getting more and more fit as I age (early forties now), or something is fishy. Since my workouts are based on my max HR, they have been also getting more difficult over time. I checked reddit and found many people complaining about this. So today, I manually set the max HR to a reasonable value.

Anyone else faced this issue? @running @garmin #running #runnersofmastodon

I'm seeing weird results with my heart rate strap. My ground contact time is really low, but my vertical oscillation is really high! One indicates good form, the other indicates bad form. My subjective experience is that my vertical oscillation is low, but my garmin disagrees.

And I think the reason why is the movement of my breasts. I think they're moving the sensor itself, and confusing its measurements.

Is that actually a thing? I've tried to find research or people talking about it, but all I can find is discussion on the impact of breasts on actual running performance, rather than on the measurement of it.

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

Happy new year all.

Why would Garmin connect put a limit of 250?

Noticed the same on yesterday's "Strong Finish" badge

when I run on my treadmill, it has suddenly started feeling like it briefly stops the belt whenever I land my stride. I've tried greasing the board underneath the belt with silicone grease according to the manual, but that didn't help. Any advice on how to fix this? Could it be the belt that needs tightening?

[SOLUTION] It was just belt tension, it had become too slack. A quick tightening fixed the issue completely.

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

Edit - late post as I kept getting "invalid post title" errors

Just a small personal victory, and an excellent learning experience.

I'm usually a decent runner for someone who doesn't put extreme efforts into training. I've often been in the first 1/3 to 1/10 of finishers and have sometimes been at the top of my age group.

Well, I've been struggling really badly with my pace since I had COVID a year ago, and I had been really careful about getting back into running (took 10 weeks off) as I was so worried it was long-COVID.

My pace went up about 2-3 minutes a mile, and I ended up feeling like I was shoved down. This summer I had to stop mid-run, and that never happened before in all the years I've been running. That's when I reached out to my doctor.

I got my bloodwork done in the fall, and it turned out I had both anemia and super low vitamin D (both D3 and D2—even though take a combo calcium/D tablet). In retrospect, it would have been wise to have my bloodwork done earlier for nutritional deficiencies as COVID screwed up my periods. I kept getting them every two weeks for a couple months (totally a guarantee to end up with anemia), but I never thought of it.

So I started taking supplements and noticed within a couple of weeks that my heart rate started going back down, and my runs felt much easier.

When I ran an 8K last weekend I didn't PR, but I'm so happy with the time. I did much better than I thought I would. My pace actually beat my 5K pace from late August! I'm hoping to speed up over the winter more as I work on my nutrition and upping my muscle-to-fat ratio.

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

I've been using the Garmin daily suggested workouts for about a month or so now and have been enjoying the various types of runs it suggests, however I'd had my watch set to "pace" where the workouts are based on pace, instead of heart rate. I'd read that people have had a lot more success with the heart rate setting so thought I'd give it a go today for a tempo run.

What I struggled with was knowing how fast to run to keep my heart rate in the right range. When I started the run, I was under the range for a few minutes until my heart rate came up, then the same again when I started my tempo run. Then I ended up going too high (although I blame a bloody big hill for that!). And then I kept getting warned that it was too high during my cool down segment.

I ended up with a training score of 40%, where normally I'm about 90% on pace based workouts. How do people manage this to be more accurate? I'd like to get the most out of it but a bit conscious that I'm not doing it right.

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/156736

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/767808174772986653

Signed the family up for a 5k reindeer run: https://runsignup.com/Race/NJ/Caldwell/MSDA5KReindeerRunWalk

Hopefully it's dry and not too cold that day.

#runnung #5k #NewJersey #Christmas

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Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

Hi, I'm in the US and non-car safety is appalling. I live in a semi-urban area and get nearly hit, obstructed or aggressively cut off at crosswalks or driveways nearly every single time I run, which is every other day.

Rather than try to make the case with stats showing no local enforcement of pedestrian code, I've decided for my and likely my future lawyers sale I should just record and montage it. When I'm inevitably disabled or killed by one of these selfish dumbasses, at least it will make for simple settlements, and prosecutions .

I'm in the market for a headmounted/head strap camera, preferably with a microphone option. I googled a bit and there are some go-pro-ish options but they all seem pretty big and heavy, made for mountain biking or swimming, etc. anyone have ideas or links for a lighter option? Don't need 4k and 400gb of storage, just enough for an hour or video and audio at reasonable resolution.

TIA

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

With it getting colder and colder outside i find myself wanting to upgrade my running wardrobe. Maybe you guys find yourself in a similar situation, or have already found your endgame and can give some recommendations.

Right now for example i am looking to upgrade some of my cheap decathlon longsleeved tops, that i am not particularly happy with, and maybe add a jacket/vest.

What are you wearing when it is X°C outside? When do you start using multiple layers and what's your strategy?

What are your favorite pieces of running gear for when it gets cold outside? Feel free to name specific models.

Or maybe you aren't as hung up about a specific brand, but have certain features/materials/technologies that you really like/dislike in your winter gear.

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

Just a general thread about running. How's your running going? What are you training for? Did you get new shoes? Sporting an injury etc.

I've had my watch about 6 weeks now and I've just started to try to recommend workouts to see if they make any difference.

Just wondering if people use the suggested workouts or whether they're just a bit rubbish? How do I know if the suggestions are accurate for what I need?