Red Mosquito

Pretty happy this was a weekend without a Sunday long run on my plan.

Woke up feeling really worn down.

Verb, I thought long and hard about buying some Boston 7s just now, but ultimately went with what I know. A pair of Ravenna 9s coming my way shortly.

did 15.5 km today and it was just so great.

Dev wrote:did 15.5 km today and it was just so great.

Kudos, my brother.

washing machine wrote:

Dev wrote:did 15.5 km today and it was just so great.

Kudos, my brother.

thanks dood

If it's not on Strava, it didn't happen.

Finish Line is having a 50% off sale on all their Nike shoes. I may pick up a pair of Zoom Flys for $80 and see what all the hubbub is about.

Verb, I've been kinda thinking about this...

But if you are still having chronic knee/IT (and now hip?) issues, you should really try a zero-drop shoe. The 10MM drop of the Bostons is putting more impact on your knees and hips. A lower/zero drop shoe will put more pressure on your calves and feet.

And really Bostons are kinda made for clumsy runners like me (who naturally heel-strike), not a golden god like you who's a mid- to forefoot striker.

There has been a knot at the base of my hip that just over the last few days has started to feel better. Sore to the touch. It wasnt keeping me from running until the tell tale IT pain on the outside of the knee started to show up. I suppose it also could be some sort of bursitis, but I'm hoping if I try it out after another week I'll be good. Right now my knee feels good but I'm afraid running with this hip issue would aggravate it again.

That might be good advice on the shoes. I was actually thinking about trying the Kinvara 10s. They might be a good compromise between zero drop and the Bostons.

run2death wrote:If it's not on Strava, it didn't happen.

I can confirm.

Went for two miles yesterday. Stopped when I thought I hit it, looked on Strava to see that I had .4 to go, then forgot to hit restart before running what I reckon was probably closer to another 3/4 of a mile.

My VDOT numbers don't really point to a sub-3 marathon. I should be able to do 5:40 intervals pretty easily and right now I'm kinda struggling to stay below 6 at all.

Gonna do a HM on the 26th to gauge where I'm at and adjust accordingly. I may shoot for a BQ in February, then hit one of the fast June marathons (Utah Valley or Newport, OR), before doing my Ireland ultra.

What's your BQ cutoff? 3:05ish?

It's 3:20, but I'll probably shoot for 3:05 or 3:10 if I come up short (over 1:25) in my half marathon.

I just scored the Chicago Kinvara 9s for $59. Pretty good deal if in fact I ever run again. I really wanted the pink breast cancer ones but they didn't have my size.

verb_to_trust wrote:I just scored the Chicago Kinvara 9s for $59. Pretty good deal if in fact I ever run again. I really wanted the pink breast cancer ones but they didn't have my size.

I ran in Kinvaras for a while. Right after NB fucked their Minimus line.

I had the 2s back in the day. Pretty sure my race 10k pr was in them. The drop I was not a huge fan of but my form is a lot better these days so we'll see how it works out.

washing machine wrote:Is there a disadvantage to running on minimalist shoes over city streets? I see some TSLAs on Amazon that look good for less than $30.

I missed this post.

Nothing to worry about. Most minimalist shoes are gonna offer enough protection to stop a random piece of glass or something.

I know someone who swears by those TSLAs. They are basically clones of Merrell's trail running shoes.

This shouldn't matter to me, but I'm annoyed at the way Garmin/Strava displayed this morning's workout. It must have added my rest times to the 10k/MP intervals even though my watch was paused while resting. So those sections look 30-45 seconds/mile slower than they actually were. What will my fans think?

edit: I guess it's my fault. I was hitting the lap button at the end of each interval, pausing, resting, unpausing, then going straight into the next interval. I suppose if I hit the lap button after unpausing it will keep the rest sections separate from the interval sections. Then wtf is the point of pausing?

Thank you all for listening.

Felt amazing this morning.

The Nike Zoom Flys are fucking bizarre.

They are SUPER stiff (because of the carbon plate), yet cushy AF.

Looking forward to running in them on Thursday.