the finish line video footage was a really good touch, and the bonus cameo of anita in the dinosaur suit melted me, esp with the knowledge of the stories from last week
Good to see your continued recovery MK. The back can be a troubling thing. When I was skiing full-time I would always get a dull pain in the low back by the end of the season. It would eventually go away in the offseason only to come back during the end of the next ski season. The constant pounding over extended amounts of time is what would aggravate it. Then when I moved on from that life, the back discomfort followed me. It wasn't until I took up a regular yoga practice that it went away. It is now pretty good for the most part with the occasional bout of pain and discomfort. I know when that happens all I need to do is back off the running, take a short rest, and then focus on core strength and mobility. That usually gets me good again pretty quickly. The biggest key is patience. Doing too much, too fast will set you back, slowing your progress down. As for watch settings..... no watch for me. When I am running the paths around town, there are a couple of large digital clock signs in fixed locations that I use. I know the distance I travel between passing them. While they don't give time in seconds, they provide me with a pretty good estimate of what my pace is. That way I can focus on effort level, my breathing, avoiding dog poop left by those few irresponsible dog owners and avoiding drivers who thing runners in a cross-walk make good target practice..... lol
appreciate you, hyung. thanks for sharing your story. i will definitely make patience, strength, and mobility key areas of focus in my daily life. and awesome way to run. i love your thought process!
Fun video! For track workouts, I only have one field- lap time. For everything else I use two screens- lap pace/lap distance/lap time on screen 1 and ave pace/total distance/total time on screen 2. I used to have a bunch more data fields, but now I prefer to keep things simple and focus on my effort, not my watch. 😀
New subscriber here. Ran CIM with you and didn't even know it, found your channel after the fact. Congratulations on all your achievements and hope to see you next December here in Sacramento where I live.
My watch is set up the similar to yours MK, with time in lap, pace for lap and total time for run ... I can't see more than 3 pieces of data when i am on a run either! I started running again at 52, nearly 18 years ago. The biggest mistake I made for several years was running too many fast miles, along with too few miles in general, and coming back from injuries too quickly. I was used to training in my youth for middle distance, doing 70-75 sec quarter mile repeats training for mile or two mile races. I have finally accepted that consistency at slower paces with 1 day a week of "speed" work, while gradually building miles this year to 60 mile weeks brings results. This year, at 69 years old, I kept training though vertigo, a sinus infection, and a calf strain to complete 3 marathons for the first time in one calendar year. I admittedly did everything wrong to start this journey 18 years ago , and set the bar very low, but CIM marked a 5 minute personal best. My takeaways are being honest with the possible and not pushing yourself to relive your youth. EK, I suggest patiently and slowly grinding your way back, at your pace, and stick to the bike with the kids except for their recovery/easy pace days. With some luck your condition might improve, but quality of life is much more important than setting new PR's at this point. Reset expectations and experiment to see what works. Wishing you, your family and AHRC, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
so so wise. i appreciate you so much, ralph. thank you for this. it is so meaningful to me. (you were moving in your youth. and still moving at 69! LFG!)
Great video MK! I set up my main watch face when running like you do. Love the 4 second info. BTW, thanks for the shout out from Evan and the finish line shots. Very fun! Love that you are back to building your fitness and you are definitely doing it the right way.
thank you so much for helping to guide me through the tough parts, marsha. and yes, i really liked celebrating the cim finishes on the video so that we can look back on it to remind ourselves how much fun we had in sacramento.
Thanks for refreshing my memory on the 4 second buffer. Next goal is to train MP at 6:25/mile 😱 for Chicago next year. What’s everyone else’s next goal race?
Glad you’re starting to feel like your old self, MK 🎉 I agree that it’s okay to listen to our bodies especially as we become more “seasoned”🤗 Embrace the AG categories and celebrate the win of endurance through our life seasons ❤🏃🏻♂️👍🏼🙌🏼
I haven’t had sciatica, but I’m a big believer in Rolfing, I have a good one where I live and he’s made injuries that PTs tell me will take months to heal disappear in a week. Nothing against massage therapist, my mother is a massage therapist lol but Rolfers understand the body on different level.
For my watch, I too have a hard time seeing the tiny font which is normal as one becomes more seasoned.✨So I also use voice and vibrate modes to monitor my overall time and pace🙌🏼 Love All❤👍🏼🤗
I am uncertain if I agree with your thoughts about the discrepancy of gps to the actual distance. I think the error is due to the gps using straight lines instead of the arcs of the track; hence the gps distance is less than actual, which of course affect the pace calculations.
hi eric! yes yes! sorry i tripped over my words a bit. gps does track straight lines between locations. but for some reason, the distance recorded by gps on runs with tight turns, always records distances that are longer than the actual distance traveled. it's almost like the ai is predicting a pathway and that pathway around the turn ends up being a little wider than it actually is, especially when running at quick speeds. anyways, definitely want to target split goals by time and distance on a track rather than gps!
the finish line video footage was a really good touch, and the bonus cameo of anita in the dinosaur suit melted me, esp with the knowledge of the stories from last week
thanks, joel! i was glad we did that little segment.
Good to see your continued recovery MK. The back can be a troubling thing. When I was skiing full-time I would always get a dull pain in the low back by the end of the season. It would eventually go away in the offseason only to come back during the end of the next ski season. The constant pounding over extended amounts of time is what would aggravate it. Then when I moved on from that life, the back discomfort followed me. It wasn't until I took up a regular yoga practice that it went away. It is now pretty good for the most part with the occasional bout of pain and discomfort. I know when that happens all I need to do is back off the running, take a short rest, and then focus on core strength and mobility. That usually gets me good again pretty quickly. The biggest key is patience. Doing too much, too fast will set you back, slowing your progress down.
As for watch settings..... no watch for me. When I am running the paths around town, there are a couple of large digital clock signs in fixed locations that I use. I know the distance I travel between passing them. While they don't give time in seconds, they provide me with a pretty good estimate of what my pace is. That way I can focus on effort level, my breathing, avoiding dog poop left by those few irresponsible dog owners and avoiding drivers who thing runners in a cross-walk make good target practice..... lol
appreciate you, hyung. thanks for sharing your story. i will definitely make patience, strength, and mobility key areas of focus in my daily life. and awesome way to run. i love your thought process!
Fun video! For track workouts, I only have one field- lap time. For everything else I use two screens- lap pace/lap distance/lap time on screen 1 and ave pace/total distance/total time on screen 2. I used to have a bunch more data fields, but now I prefer to keep things simple and focus on my effort, not my watch. 😀
So wise. Everyone here will appreciate this tip. Ever think about putting up more videos???
I have long suspected that my pace is on track workouts were faster than what they should have been. This confirms and explains it. Thanks!
keep crushin, todd!
New subscriber here. Ran CIM with you and didn't even know it, found your channel after the fact. Congratulations on all your achievements and hope to see you next December here in Sacramento where I live.
hi aaron! thank you for subscribing and celebrating cim with us! we had such a great and memorable time. Congrats on your finish!!!!!
My watch is set up the similar to yours MK, with time in lap, pace for lap and total time for run ... I can't see more than 3 pieces of data when i am on a run either!
I started running again at 52, nearly 18 years ago. The biggest mistake I made for several years was running too many fast miles, along with too few miles in general, and coming back from injuries too quickly. I was used to training in my youth for middle distance, doing 70-75 sec quarter mile repeats training for mile or two mile races. I have finally accepted that consistency at slower paces with 1 day a week of "speed" work, while gradually building miles this year to 60 mile weeks brings results. This year, at 69 years old, I kept training though vertigo, a sinus infection, and a calf strain to complete 3 marathons for the first time in one calendar year. I admittedly did everything wrong to start this journey 18 years ago , and set the bar very low, but CIM marked a 5 minute personal best. My takeaways are being honest with the possible and not pushing yourself to relive your youth. EK, I suggest patiently and slowly grinding your way back, at your pace, and stick to the bike with the kids except for their recovery/easy pace days. With some luck your condition might improve, but quality of life is much more important than setting new PR's at this point. Reset expectations and experiment to see what works. Wishing you, your family and AHRC, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
so so wise. i appreciate you so much, ralph. thank you for this. it is so meaningful to me. (you were moving in your youth. and still moving at 69! LFG!)
Great video MK! I set up my main watch face when running like you do. Love the 4 second info. BTW, thanks for the shout out from Evan and the finish line shots. Very fun! Love that you are back to building your fitness and you are definitely doing it the right way.
thank you so much for helping to guide me through the tough parts, marsha. and yes, i really liked celebrating the cim finishes on the video so that we can look back on it to remind ourselves how much fun we had in sacramento.
Thanks for refreshing my memory on the 4 second buffer. Next goal is to train MP at 6:25/mile 😱 for Chicago next year. What’s everyone else’s next goal race?
6:25/mile peace of cake. i need to figure out how to be on course at around mile 24 so that you speed up when I yell at you. awesome goal, jason!
Glad you’re starting to feel like your old self, MK 🎉 I agree that it’s okay to listen to our bodies especially as we become more “seasoned”🤗 Embrace the AG categories and celebrate the win of endurance through our life seasons ❤🏃🏻♂️👍🏼🙌🏼
wise advice dorothy! i will certainly apply it to my life!
yes!! thank you for feeding my curiosity 😅💗
absolutely! great question! we had a lot of fun in our chat group with the topic. :)
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I haven’t had sciatica, but I’m a big believer in Rolfing, I have a good one where I live and he’s made injuries that PTs tell me will take months to heal disappear in a week. Nothing against massage therapist, my mother is a massage therapist lol but Rolfers understand the body on different level.
thanks, andrew. i'll definitely look into it!
For my watch, I too have a hard time seeing the tiny font which is normal as one becomes more seasoned.✨So I also use voice and vibrate modes to monitor my overall time and pace🙌🏼 Love All❤👍🏼🤗
oh, that's a great tip - voice feature!
Not sure if this was discussed but why not use Garmin Pace Pro? I find it's super helpful in guiding me.
great tip!!!! thanks for leaving it here for others!
I am uncertain if I agree with your thoughts about the discrepancy of gps to the actual distance. I think the error is due to the gps using straight lines instead of the arcs of the track; hence the gps distance is less than actual, which of course affect the pace calculations.
hi eric! yes yes! sorry i tripped over my words a bit. gps does track straight lines between locations. but for some reason, the distance recorded by gps on runs with tight turns, always records distances that are longer than the actual distance traveled. it's almost like the ai is predicting a pathway and that pathway around the turn ends up being a little wider than it actually is, especially when running at quick speeds. anyways, definitely want to target split goals by time and distance on a track rather than gps!