The Running Thread

[Pancho Villa]

I am thinking there are a few runners out there. Let's get a thread going where we can prod each other to do better and log our workouts.

Please be gentle, some of us (me) are fat and out of shape.

Today: 2 miles in 18:14, logged with Noom on my smart phone. Outside, sidewalk jogging, barefoot.

[jackthewall81]

Barefoot? Dang, good job.

[O2HeN2]

Anyone running the Georgetown-Idaho Springs Half Marathon this coming weekend? I'll be there, my first half-marathon.

O2

[Irving]

Anyone running the Georgetown-Idaho Springs Half Marathon this coming weekend? I'll be there, my first half-marathon.

O2

I was there last year!






In my car, trying to find a gap in the runners to park at the range for the IDPA match.

[johngraves2]

Anyone running the Georgetown-Idaho Springs Half Marathon this coming weekend? I'll be there, my first half-marathon.

O2

way late reply but I was there. I did ok. wasn't too happy with my time. what did you get? I finished with a 9.03 mile pace. But i did have to stop at the bathroom half way through to drop a load. Hot port-a-poty while sweating equals really really sweaty when you are done.

[opie011]

I am thinking there are a few runners out there. Let's get a thread going where we can prod each other to do better and log our workouts.

Please be gentle, some of us (me) are fat and out of shape.

Today: 2 miles in 18:14, logged with Noom on my smart phone. Outside, sidewalk jogging, barefoot.

I'm not a runner and I'm gaining sympathy weight as my wife is due in a month but why barefoot?? I've thought about running but haven't yet

[Bailey Guns]

Running? That's why God invented the internal combustion engine...or couches...so man wouldn't have to run.

I ran x-country in high school. Glad I grew outta that.

[Irving]

That is about my pace recently Pancho. I've always wanted to try barefoot, but only done so on the treadmill (which DESTROYS your feet by the way). Are you wearing Vibrams or anything?

[Pancho Villa]

That is about my pace recently Pancho. I've always wanted to try barefoot, but only done so on the treadmill (which DESTROYS your feet by the way). Are you wearing Vibrams or anything?

I had a pair of vibrams, but they weren't hard enough for me; I accidentally tore them up once tripping on some uneven concrete. Now I just go straight up barefoot.

I'm not a runner and I'm gaining sympathy weight as my wife is due in a month but why barefoot?? I've thought about running but haven't yet

Used to get tons of nagging injuries, hip/knee soreness etc after a 4-6 mile run. After moving to minimalist shoes and then barefoot it has all gone away. Now my running muscles get sore, but no aches and pains.

Supposedly it's a more natural gait and your body adjusts to it much easier. I have no idea about the science behind it; I just know it works for me.

[HoneyBadger]

I had a pair of vibrams, but they weren't hard enough for me; I accidentally tore them up once tripping on some uneven concrete. Now I just go straight up barefoot.



Used to get tons of nagging injuries, hip/knee soreness etc after a 4-6 mile run. After moving to minimalist shoes and then barefoot it has all gone away. Now my running muscles get sore, but no aches and pains.

Supposedly it's a more natural gait and your body adjusts to it much easier. I have no idea about the science behind it; I just know it works for me.

Barefoot is ballsy. I wear a $50 pair of Fila shoes that are a combination of the Vibrams and Nike Frees. I like them a lot. I used to run as much as 60 miles a week, but now I usually do between 10 and 20... Lifting has been more of a priority for me in the past year. Since Christmas I've gained 35 lbs of muscle.