So, I ran a Half-marathon today.
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I should actually be fine by tonight. It's not as bad as it used to be and I just did a twelve-miler two weeks back. I do another fourteen-miler next Thursday, then a setback week, then two sixteen-mile weeks, setback, then eighteen miles with setbacks from there on out.
2:49, for about 11:51/mile. Fine by me.
That's actually the cool part: going farther, recovering faster. I'll have an equalized run schedule in a month and a half or so and I'll just be able to build up endurance. I'm going for my first official HM in September, then the full marathon around Halloween.
Congrats on finishing.
I ran a mile on Tuesday and my shins still hurt like s***, i get super bad shin splints. I can walk or hike for miles 15+ miles but if i run, i'm done.
I ran a mile on Tuesday and my shins still hurt like s***, i get super bad shin splints. I can walk or hike for miles 15+ miles but if i run, i'm done.
The longest I ran was I think about 8-9 miles. never a fan of running. I only ran as I had to, back in active duty. I was suppose to ran half marathon, but I was out of service before I could so.
In any case, I couldn't do any meaningful running anymore as my ankles have been destroy from poor way of walking, & injuries from years of playing soccer.
In any case, I couldn't do any meaningful running anymore as my ankles have been destroy from poor way of walking, & injuries from years of playing soccer.
Thanks, guys 
I used to get shin splints real bad and they still creep in from time to time, but I have a battery of stretches that I do a couple times a day and it keeps them at bay. I remember doing my first mile out of nowhere and it was, like, the craziest thing ever. I was off work and I just ran from the fire station on the corner back to the house. It'd been the farthest I'd ever run in my entire life. Now, it's nothing Gradual increases help everything.
I used to get shin splints real bad and they still creep in from time to time, but I have a battery of stretches that I do a couple times a day and it keeps them at bay. I remember doing my first mile out of nowhere and it was, like, the craziest thing ever. I was off work and I just ran from the fire station on the corner back to the house. It'd been the farthest I'd ever run in my entire life. Now, it's nothing
Gradual increases help everything.
Congrats, good job! I used to run the local 10 miler and my legs felt like lead weights when I was done. I hate running on roads, I like trail/cross country running though.
I could never run worth a sht. Probably because of my asthma. Put me on a bike though and I'll go forever.
That's awesome!
I had to cut out my 8-miler today because my Achilles is A-killing me! Haha!
All throughout middle school and then high school I did cross country. Most I've ever run due to that is 12 miles. Senior year in high school though I became a Sprinter and did that all throughout college. Sprinting is more fun IMO. Just as hard though, in different ways.
That's awesome. I always like to run, but my body never keeps up the way I want. Maybe another year's workout will change that a little bit.
Most definitely crazy sh!t. One of my previous co-workers wife ran ultra marathons too. A "normal" workout run would be around 30 miles, insanity.
I'm built for hitting the gas pedal in my car. Only poor bitches got to walk around to were they be going.
My friend just did a full Ironman. Took 16 hours. I don't think I could ever be an ultramarathoner (50k+) because that training just soaks up all your time.
I'm marathon training. Started in July last year.
