OP looking out for the ladies of O35 <3
Kimba I have NO idea how you can think what you are doing would bore your fans, stop holding out on us;)
That SL work always reminds me what we are really made of!!
3 weeks!! Exciting
Hopefully just a scare on you know what.
There is no fucking around with an IT band injury. Got ART, got it K-taped and I’m resting it except for light stretching and foam rolling and upper body stuff until its 100% for two days in a row.
And the new demon-spawn running shoes that I’m blaming for this got returned.
Is that the same shit I kept seeing the athletes wearing at the Olympics? All the divers were taped everywhere, back, legs, knees, etc. I hadn’t seen that before. Does it work?
Hi Jack! I got taped yesterday and today I feel much better. Would I have felt better anyway? Who knows. All I know is, every time I’ve gotten taped (about 3-4 times in the last two years) I’ve felt better the next day.
Placebo? Real? WHO CARES!
I do think the skill of the tape-applier matters. I’m not sure I could do it to myself.
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Yep, Busted.
Considering how small the community of O35er strength athletes are, we need to cheer more.
I’m trying to do better.
Thanks Oldman.
The tape, rest and going back to my old shoes seems to have taken care of my IT band soreness (knock on wood). I’ve run five miles with no issues, and plan for seven tomorrow. My half-marathon is Sunday 9/30 and I just want confidence that I can finish what I start. I know that I can run 13.1 miles, but I just need to believe that my IT issue won’t pop up again during the race.
So far the highlight of my training week was being able to do two long passes on farmer’s walks with the handles loaded with 50 lbs. per side. When I first tried this weight four weeks ago, I struggled for a few feet and then Tony G. had to rescue me and bring the weights back to be unloaded and taken down a peg. So, I’ve rectified that fail.
Also, my GHRs are looking a little better. YAY!
Awesome job on the farmer’s walks. That’s a tough and underrated exercise.
Thanks, Jack! This month’s carry exercise is reverse sled drags. I learned how to do those this weekend. Fun, in a quad-ly painful way.
That is easily the most stylish tape job I’ve seen to date. Makes me want to get some put on even if I’m not injured!
Reverse sled drags are the devil.
Thanks punnyguy! Luckily for me the tape is off.
Joe, call me crazy but I love the sled in all its forms. I feel very badass when pulling/dragging it.
It is very counter-intuitive for me to be carbo-loading being largely a lean protein/veggie sort of eater, but that is what I started doing today for my half marathon on Sunday. Which will likely be run in a nor’easter, lucky me.
Anyway, I haven’t made pasta in so long that I’d forgotten how and had to think about whether the water needed to boil first (it does, for the record). I’m also looking forward to pancakes for breakfast. Mmmmm. Pancakes.
Can’t believe the big race is this weekend. Best of luck to you.
And all those delicious carbs!
Really ~~~too funny on boiling water.
Just wanted to be sure to get in here to wish you a great run, your going to do great!!
GO KIMBA GO!!
go get em kimba!!
nor’easter>blistering heat
have fun!!
You’re going to crush your race.
Pancakes!
Take no prisoners, go get 'em Kimba!
Good luck in your race!
Results?
It rained alot, but no storm or wind so that was fine. My knee felt well, and I didn’t injure anything. My ass is pretty sore right now, though.
Time was 2:03:17, and 66/193 in my age group. I’m really happy with this for never having run 13.1 miles before. And I do mean NEVER as my longest training run was 12 miles.
I wanted negative splits and I got 'em (for the most part):
Mile 1: 9:31, Mile 2: 9:29, Mile 3: 9:28, Mile 4: 9:26, Mile 5: 9:35 (stopped to fill up water bottle), Mile 6: 9:25, Mile 7: 9:20, Mile 8: 9:12, Mile 9: 9:25, Mile 10: 9:37, Mile 11: 9:28, Mile 12: 9:09, Mile 13: 9:13.
Surprisingly, I’m close enough to running this distance in under two hours that I want to train for it and try again, maybe sometime next year.
In the meantime, the focus is back on my CP rehab program. This month the torture is split squats with a band around the front bent knee attached to the upright of a rack pulling my knee in so I have to resist against it. No extra weight needed for this to be incredibly difficult for me. But good for me, all at once.
I love analyzing splits. And I’m not surprised by your stats. You are so damn consistent. Which is the best way to be as a runner, I believe. I’m sure it doesn’t surprise you that my splits would start out very fast and then dropped off with each mile. You’ve always been the wise tortoise while I’ve always been the . . . hare.
Anyway, great job. And I would have the same desire to do the race again to break the 2 hour mark. I think your time is great. You must feel very positive about it.
