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The race was a nightmare but it's done.
Thanks again to those that donated [emoji3590]
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glad your training and perseverance paid off
congrats
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@den1mhead !! Yeah dude. That’s awesome!!
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Congrats!
You can probably just finish off that remaining 0.1 mile when it isn't raining
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@UnTucked - you want to do strength training rather than endurance training as your goals are for shorter rather than longer distances. I would look into interval training, hill repeats and high intensity training all of which will help you to gain strength and power. Good luck and take it steady as this type of training can easily lead to injury if rushed.
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Well done sir, great effort!
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Cheers peeps [emoji3590][emoji106]
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@den1mhead congrats and well done! Good to stick with it despite the challenging conditions!
I was out in Moab, Utah the past week in support of my friend who attempted and successfully completed the Moab 240 (which we think ended up being 243-245, but what’s a few more at that point?). He ended up finishing in just over four days- 98:35. Phew!
I paced him for 65ish miles of that, including one monster 40ish mile, 10k elevation gain, down to single digit F temps, starting at 915 pm section… and finished that segment at around 415 pm the next day! It was an amazing experience!
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Good luck and take it steady as this type of training can easily lead to injury if rushed.
Exhibit #1: Me
Lots of strength training and stretching nowadays. I'm still eating like I'm running 40+ mi/week, though, which has resulted in some winter insulation.
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Ran Angel's Landing today (sorry, not Iron Heart):
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Thirded. Wowza!
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One more then! You can see the first peak in this photo!
By the way, my hip has seemed to make a pretty full recovery finally after being pretty wrecked from the last day or two of July until sometime in October. I did a very little bit of running in mid October and things felt rough still. I went to San Diego for work the first week of November and couldn't stand not running in the great weather, so I decided I'd deal with the consequences of enjoying the weather through running, and there were suddenly almost no consequences. I had a minor bit of soreness that went away within 24 hours after the longest run I did there (8 miles), and now I'm suddenly back to being able to go more than 10 miles 100% pain free. In fact, running is better than not running at this point, as taking more than 2 days off seems to leave it feeling a little tight. I've been able to successfully start building my mileage again, and I'm back into the 40s after 3 or 4 weeks, the hip feeling substantially better than I did when I started getting things going again. I will do my first semi-long run back this weekend (13-15 miles), and keep going from there.
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Anybody have any recovery techniques for ITBS? IT band syndrome?
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Anybody have any recovery techniques for ITBS? IT band syndrome?
Do you already roll out your legs? I've never had ITBS, specifically, but back when I was marathon training, my legs complained a bit. Brutalising my legs to the point of screaming agony with a large, hard foam roller for the thighs and 'The Stick' roller for below the knees really seemed to help. As inferred, it is really very painful when you start out, but it gets a whoooole lot easier once your muscles ease up and get used to it. Just gotta beat those tight little trigger points into submission
Worked for me, anyway. Tight muscles and whatnot seems to be the cause of plenty of trouble when running. Well… that and poor gait/footwear. If you're a heel-striker, that probably wouldn't help your knees much, either. -
Thanks @nurunuru I do have a roller and I just started using it again. It’s easy to
Forget about that torcher device. But it’s very helpful. Thanks -
@Matty123 I’ve got to agree, stretching and foam rolling has worked wonders for me. I’ve got a lacrosse ball for the harder to reach places that a foam roller is too big to get into.
I’m curious what if anything you all do for winter training (or offseason for those of you south of the equator) besides run and winter sports. Does anyone do any weight training? A much faster friend recommended doing some squats and deadlifts. Her already fast husband hit the gym last winter and she said this season she had to go close to all out to keep up with him.
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I'm going to start doing kettlebells again when the snow comes down. I did it for years and it's very effective for both resistance training and cardio. Really good for your range of motion too.
I do yoga year round, but will probably step up my workouts in the winter as well. Helps a lot with flexibility and proprioception.
I also do sandbag training for resistance/weight training year round. That schedule will stay the same in the winter months.
