[OFF TOPIC] Your Own Excercise Thread

[heywoodu 15,141]

1 minute ago, Quasit said:

I'm not athletic and I haven't really run a lot in my life but I had that opportunity to run 800m on a track today. I did it for a test, didn't give up running and for the first time in my life I completed an 800m race (never did as a kid). I now hold a PB of 5:08 minutes. 

800m is about as far as I got when pushing it to the limit before starting my life of more exercise, so that's a job very well done  

[Olympian1010 7,976]

8 minutes ago, Quasit said:

I'm not athletic and I haven't really run a lot in my life but I had that opportunity to run 800m on a track today. I did it for a test, didn't give up running and for the first time in my life I completed an 800m race (never did as a kid). I now hold a PB of 5:08 minutes. 

Well if you knock around 3:30 off that you’ll get an Olympic quota for Italy 

[Quasit 865]

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Well if you knock around 3:30 off that you’ll get an Olympic quota for Italy 

Maybe I can also get a tripartite quota. We have a refugee team participating, why not a Team Coubertin, another "white flag country"?

 

Spoiler

Though there are 200+ events I'd rather want to compete in.

 

Edited June 24, 2019 by Quasit

[Agger 1,663]

Put 2 km on my longest distance ever during the last 1½ week. This has made me register for a 12km in just above a month. After that I'll start looking for the right half marathon to target next year.

[heywoodu 15,141]

I've barely ran since my half marathon, since every time after I run for several days there is some sort of 'stingy' pain in my lower leg

 

I did pick up the bike (sort of a mountainbike/road bike hybrid) after a long time and did 65km Friday last week, 70km Wednesday and 80km yesterday  

[Jinzha 702]

Great to see so many people running on here!

 

I've been running for 2,5 years now. I used to play football for 10 years, so I had pretty decent stamina to start. My PBs are 19:40 (5K), 40:25 (10K), 1.01:23 (15K) and 1.29:37 (HM).  My next race is a 30K trail, I won't be going for speed but just for the experience. I've been struggling with achilles injury since the 1.29 Half, so no new PRs on the horizon sadly.

[Olympian1010 7,976]

I’ve been running competitively for 10 years now. This is the first year that I will not. I’ve had no incentive to exercise what so ever this summer. I’ve put on about 20 pounds this summer, which is a build deal for a distance runner. I honestly don’t know if I’ll run again.

[Olympian1010 7,976]

38 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

Great to see so many people running on here!

 

I've been running for 2,5 years now. I used to play football for 10 years, so I had pretty decent stamina to start. My PBs are 19:40 (5K), 40:25 (10K), 1.01:23 (15K) and 1.29:37 (HM).  My next race is a 30K trail, I won't be going for speed but just for the experience. I've been struggling with achilles injury since the 1.29 Half, so no new PRs on the horizon sadly.

You need about 1 1/2- 2 months for a full recovery from a HM, so you may just be feeling some side effects from that.

[Jinzha 702]

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

You need about 1 1/2- 2 months for a full recovery from a HM, so you may just be feeling some side effects from that.

Yeah definitely! I totally messed up the recovery.

 

The 1.29 was the peak of a long training period without races, but then 2 weeks later I ran another all out 6 km race (in 24 minutes). It was an event of my former university, so I really wanted to perform. My body wasn't quite as keen on the idea though and I could barely walk afterwards due to the achilles pains.

[heywoodu 15,141]

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

You need about 1 1/2- 2 months for a full recovery from a HM, so you may just be feeling some side effects from that.

That just really depends on a billion factors