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…

  • sandalbucket@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    On track for the Bryce canyon 30k. It’s about 19.7 miles, 2200 feet of elevation gain, peaking about 9k feet above sea level.

    I saw the elevation graph the other day. The first 6 miles are up, then about three miles of down, then 3 more of up. If I can make it to mile 12, it’s all downhill from there!

    Tomorrow is a half marathon, then in a week we’re doing 15 miles of hilly trails. I’m probably averaging about 3 miles per day otherwise; between 4 and 6 on running days and taking rest days into account.

  • AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Really struggling to get back under the 5 minute km pace. But otherwise going pretty well. Really need some new shoes though

  • ijon_the_human@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Week 6 of marathon training. Everything going ok although I get confused by Garmin’s training load graph even though I know how it’s supposed to work.

    Looking at new shoes too but no clue what to get yet…

    No ice on the roads anymore so that’s a plus too!

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      1 year ago

      I use my Garmin as a fancy stopwatch, I don’t find its analytics are particularly useful. My forerunner has literally recorded me running a half marathon in 1h 55m, but it predicts my half marathon time would be 3h 17m?

    • surely_not_a_bot@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I find Garmin’s data and charts very useful. I’ve never been an “instinctive” runner: I don’t know what I’m capable of, and I don’t exactly know how I’m feeling past the basic post-running feeling… strange, I know. So I need to see the data to get a clear picture. Using the device’s data has taught me a lot, and has made me connect the dots between my training and my performance. I fully credit my improvement in running (pace, economy, endurance, etc) for the past few years to Garmin’s metrics help.

      That said, it takes a while getting used to them. Personally, I use the data as a guide, but I never take predictions and such at face value. They can be a bit off, either positive or negative; I’ve seen both. For example, I think it tends to overvalue long distance training runs for performance prediction.

      But I think I’m at a point that I can understand what it’s trying to tell me, and find some correlation with how I actually am. I think that’s the way to go with Garmin.

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zoneOPM
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    1 year ago

    Missed a few days, but got out this morning. Upping my regular things from 5 to 6/6.5km. feels pretty good.