You may want to give TrainAsONE a go. You link it to your garmin connect account, and it'll suck in some previous workouts. You then classify the runs from the given options and specify a goal race or two and configure your available days to run then it gives you a bunch of assessment runs to do and builds a plan from there. It has a Connect IQ app, so the workouts are synced to your garmin. I'm playing with it at the moment, but have paused the training as I'm in the middle of another training plan for a race early June. I hope to try it out fully for a run in October though. Since TrainAsONE constantly updates the plan based on your previous performance it probably works best if you're a solo runner and don't that doesn't workout with a group that often.
Garbage bin.
Like, you mean Marathon/Race event finisher medals? I toss em. They're not decorative and they're no 'amazing achievement'. Like - and i know I'm gonna sound like one of those baby boomers - but those medals are literally participation trophies. 😅
Fair play. I agree they are participation trophies but most of the ones I have are nice and a good memory!Like, you mean Marathon/Race event finisher medals? I toss em. They're not decorative and they're no 'amazing achievement'. Like - and i know I'm gonna sound like one of those baby boomers - but those medals are literally participation trophies. 😅
I might keep the one from my first (and only, who knows) full Marathon - but beyond that... nah, not gonna clutter my place with (imho!) ugly medals and bibs.
Not gonna shame anyone for keeping / displaying them - it's just not my style.
If i were to keep them, i guess i'd use something like this - having your PR's written down somewhere sounds super neat, especially if you manage to beat one of them :)
Honestly surprised people aren't bothered about keeping them. Am I a cleptomaniac?
Yup, keeping / celebrating your 'first' is definitely something i can side with. :)
I don't know. I look at them and think wow I did actually run a lot of them. Guess it's just a difference of opinions. No offence made with the klepto comment btw.
Yeah I just have em stuffed in a drawer. I don't really take pictures and would rather look at the medals personally! I agree, firsts are great! My parents still have my first marathon medal up at home.
Congrats on seeing it through and hitting that goal!!! The mental battle is a tough one - though easier if you have a good 'why'. As in "Why am I doing this?". The longer you can delay the negative thoughts ("this hurts", "that looks like a nice shortcut", "maybe I should stop and rest a bit"...) and the sooner you can get past them ("you got this", "only x far to go", "that guy looks to be doing it tougher than me"...) the easier it'll be. I prefer to chew up the middle kms chatting to someone about anything - it definitely make the time go by quicker and lessens the negative thoughts. Nothing worse mentally than someone sailing by you looking fresh in the last 15km or so whilst you're suffering to maintain a steady pace.
Yep Def. Was holding back the tears a couple of times, for no real reason that I could work out.
Gandie, I've only had pain on the top of my feet with over-tightening my laces. Either swapping the laces for longer ones (to reduce the temptation to over-tighten) or gap lace to reduce pressure on the sensitive part of the foot:
https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm
I hope it clears soon and good on you for backing off. I've had to do it during consecutive big training weeks. Having a few days off and turning it into a low volume week beats total downtime dealing with a significant injury.
Wow that's a lot! Makes me feel a little better about having quite a few. Do you find you get injuries when switching?
Yeah I feel the same. Would like to get to marathon levels next year. But not sure whether to have a quicker pair and a slower pair.
I've had some knee pain when I've done faster pace runs. Got to a physio last night and she was great. Said I don't stretch enough and that's why. She said she's never met someone with leg muscles like I've got that are so tight that haven't led to a rupture. Yikes! So I've got some stretches to do to try and loosen up.
This is the same as me. I go out running early morning and just get up and put 5k in and then like 10k at weekends. Because I wasn't getting pains I just assumed everything was okay. Real eye opener getting to a physio and being told I'm too tight. I do exercises 3 times a day with just some bicep curls and planks so have just encorporated the stretches into that. This morning I went for a 10mile run and stretched afterward. I already feel a massive difference.
Yeah... It's been suggested to me multiple times. How often do you do it? I don't mind doing it on my 2 rest days but would rather just run. IDK I find it a coping mechanism for stress.
