• Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
  • Home
  • Recent
  • Calendar
  • Register
  • Login
Iron Heart Forum
Iron Heart Forum

New Iron Heart Website - Live Now - Feedback and Bug Report Here Please!

Runners

Sport
107
1.2k
312.9k
Loading More Posts
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • G
    Giles
    IHUK Crew
    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

    That was really great, thanks for sharing…

    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

    last edited by 4 Mar 2020, 08:11 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
    • D
      den1mhead
      Raw and Unwashed
      Joined: 6 Oct 2014

      @Giles:

      That was really great, thanks for sharing…

      Agreed, we really enjoyed it

      last edited by 4 Mar 2020, 09:36 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • B
        Bfd70
        Raw and Unwashed
        Joined: 22 Mar 2018

        I really enjoyed the depiction of the sense of community that develops around running.

        last edited by 5 Mar 2020, 23:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
        • B
          Bfd70
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 22 Mar 2018

          https://www.outsideonline.com/2411447/quarantine-backyard-ultra-mike-wardian?__s=ceivdet1t4osh3tzfs8m

          last edited by 12 Apr 2020, 19:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
          • N
            neversummer
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 21 Mar 2017

            Pretty neat. It would be fun to try one of those races sometime. I’m essential, so had work that weekend and am also not trained enough at this point.
            I was inspired by Rickey Gates to try my own every single street project, and am attempting to run every single street in the city I live in- Longmont, Colorado. One of my rules that he didn’t do in San Fran (for obvious reasons) is to start and end every run from my house on the south east side of town. We’re about 100000 residents and definitely smaller than SF, so logical that he’d start from different places.
            I am considering maybe having a “base” somewhere on the west side of town to start/end from, as a lot of the time/distance I do in a day can be just getting out there, let alone then running all the neighborhood streets. And of course our city isn’t built on a grid, which makes it more difficult- I can’t just do the n/s streets one day, then the e/w the next.
            Anyway, he is a link to my master map. I am tracking my runs with gps, but this looks cleaner and doesn’t have repeats and you can’t tell exactly where I live!
            https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1rChn6o1CQ2YlQzJuYgc6XMvvPrNuVLJK&ll=40.162424819063645%2C-105.07849105224244&z=12

            last edited by 15 Apr 2020, 17:08 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
            • N
              neversummer
              Raw and Unwashed
              Joined: 21 Mar 2017

              Runners, up to anything fun lately? Virtual races? Fun running goals, prs on strava segments? Anything?
              Got a pair of the Nike Wildhorse 6, which I feel pretty favorable about. Wouldn’t do 100 Miles in em, but maybe up to 100k.

              Also tracked down (hopefully) a pair of the Hoka Speedgoat EVO. Went like 5 pages deep on google to find a store in Alaska still has my size. Excited to try them out, I really liked the Mafate EVO 2 last year, but these are lighter and potentially more grippy. I tried v1 of the Speedgoat when v2 came out and did not like them- definitely too narrow and I got blisters. Everything I tried gave me blisters somewhere else. So hoping these are better. Apparently they changed the fit between then and now.

              last edited by 18 May 2020, 04:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
              • B
                Brock
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined: 8 Sept 2015

                Completed my first 50K today in Forest Park.
                It was a virtual 50K East vs. West Coast by destination Trail races.

                Here’s a little synapses I wrote for Strava:

                First 50K attempt. Prior to this my longest run was 21 miles.

                We started up at the Zoo and headed north to get most of the climbing over with in the first few hours while the legs were still fresh.

                The view from Pittock Mansion is amazing!

                Felt good for the first 15 miles. Around 17-19 I could feel it in the knees and lower back.

                For some reason our watches didn’t sync with the trail length data online so when we got to the stashed car we still had extra mileage to do. That was pretty demoralizing, so we turned around and did what we had to do to make 50K. The last 5 miles for me were brutal! Lots of walking and lots of fluid intake. I think I consumed 3.5L of water.

                I’ve never felt as bad as I did today after the run and was totally looking forward to a coke and some gas station food but we realized we both left our cash in Tods Truck back at the zoo [emoji2361] so we drove all the way back in a delirious nauseous stupor. When we got to the zoo I puked in the parking lot and took a breather in the grass for a bit before driving home.
                Crossing the bridge back to the east side I started puking into a bucket I luckily had up front while driving.. I puked about 4-5 times and got a few honks so I took the omsi exit and pulled into the Hawthorne Asylum (food cart pod that I own and manage with my dad) to take a quick shower, grab a coke and some food. After 2 cokes and half a cauliflower wrap I felt good enough to drive home.

                Epic day










                Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                last edited by 30 May 2020, 03:52 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                • D
                  den1mhead
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 6 Oct 2014

                  Awesome @Brock, what an achievement. Enjoy the down time and reflect on your substantial accomplishment.

                  last edited by 30 May 2020, 05:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                  • D
                    dinobarnesberlin
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined: 28 Mar 2020

                    Really great pix of your epic run – and big smiles at the mansion;)
                    Puking in a bucket on the way home means it was a good run !

                    last edited by 30 May 2020, 07:04 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                    • N
                      neversummer
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 21 Mar 2017

                      Well done @Brock ! Will there be more, or longer distances in your future?

                      last edited by 30 May 2020, 12:47 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • B
                        Brock
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 8 Sept 2015

                        Thanks guys! It was a lot of fun.
                        I’m definitely going to keep running long distance, I have a plan to circumnavigate Mt. Hood in August. It will be 42 miles with 10,000’ of gain

                        Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                        last edited by 30 May 2020, 14:09 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • B
                          Bfd70
                          Raw and Unwashed
                          Joined: 22 Mar 2018

                          Turn 45 today. Started off with 13.1.

                          last edited by 30 May 2020, 14:16 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • N
                            neversummer
                            Raw and Unwashed
                            Joined: 21 Mar 2017

                            @Brock that sounds awesome! Trying to figure out something similar myself for this summer, since it seems all the races I’m interested in have been cancelled or are likely to be.
                            @Bfd70 Happy birthday! A good way to start the day and your 45th year.

                            last edited by 30 May 2020, 23:18 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                            • N
                              neversummer
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 21 Mar 2017

                              Got a slightly used Coros Apex via Facebook marketplace for 200 usd, full retail is 300. Seems fine, and has a lot of the features I was looking for. Don’t know if I would have paid full price as I can get a discount on Suunto via work which makes their watch I was looking at about 70 bucks more, and it seems like that would be nicer in the end, though it sounds like their user interface is not well liked. If cost were no objective, probably would’ve went for one of Garmin Fenix 6 options. Like the solar one a lot. Unfortunately, cost is an objective.
                              I’ve only used it to track baby walks around the neighborhood so far, but the track looks very accurate. I can tell what side of the street I was on or places we walked in the street vs sidewalk to avoid obstacles. As DCrainmaker noted, some of the metrics in the app are weird. Today’s 4 mile walk at 17:25 a mile with 130 ft of gain gave me 46 points on their training load graph, yesterday’s 3 mile similar pace/gain got me 0 points. Looks like 120 is the max. So not sure how my easy short walk got over a third of those points.
                              Anyway, looks nice and isn’t too big on my skinny ass wrists.

                              last edited by 2 Jul 2020, 01:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                              • rocketR
                                rocket
                                Joined: 6 Jan 2011

                                bloody brilliant @Brock

                                @neversummer enjoy it !!

                                I am still pretty happy with the Garmin 245, does what it should and don’t break the bank, tho the Fenix is nicer, but maybe not 500 more nicer…

                                rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                                It's all humbug, like everywhere
                                R.I.P. Geo

                                last edited by 15 Jul 2020, 16:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                • rocketR
                                  rocket
                                  Joined: 6 Jan 2011

                                  random flick

                                  rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                                  It's all humbug, like everywhere
                                  R.I.P. Geo

                                  last edited by 15 Jul 2020, 16:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                  • B
                                    Brock
                                    Raw and Unwashed
                                    Joined: 8 Sept 2015

                                    Did 30 miles in the Eagle Caps yesterday..







                                    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                    last edited by 10 Aug 2020, 18:03 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                    • B
                                      Bfd70
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 22 Mar 2018

                                      That looks a 10. Where is that exactly?

                                      last edited by 11 Aug 2020, 01:12 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                      • B
                                        Brock
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined: 8 Sept 2015

                                        North east Oregon. In a Little town called Joseph.

                                        Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                        last edited by 11 Aug 2020, 19:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                        • B
                                          Brock
                                          Raw and Unwashed
                                          Joined: 8 Sept 2015

                                          Prepping to run the Timberline Trail this Saturday.. 42 miles around Mt. Hood with 10,000’ of vert.

                                          Getting stoked!





                                          Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

                                          last edited by 26 Aug 2020, 00:40 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          Copyright Iron Heart 2022.