I run and lift 5x days a week, an hour to an hour and a half of total workout time each day. I run first, generally around a half hour easy run or speed run depending on the day and how quickly in the morning I get out there. My lifting routine is a homebrew that probably is terrible so I won’t detail it, but I enjoy it. I’ve tried things like starting strength and other routines and they just don’t work for me. I’ll also generally do a long run on Sundays.
I’ll say, this really depends on the time you have and your goals. It’s getting cold out so I figure its a good time to up my calories and try to gain some strength. The past spring through summer is was way more focused on running doing a half marathon training plan, lifting maybe 3 times a week at most. I’ll probably switch back to something more like that when my pants start getting too tight, hopefully not until a few months into 2024 though.
I workout in the morning, I like to run first to kind of wake up, I find the lifting goes easier that way than the reverse. But I’ve heard plenty of people say to lift first so your at max stamina and not tired.
I’m also expecting my first kid this spring, so who knows what that’s going to do to my routine. I suspect my days of uninterrupted 1.5 hour workouts are numbered.
Congrats on the kid! I’ve also heard to lift first due to risk of injury. It makes sense to me - there’s a higher chance of acute injuries during heavy squats or deadlifts if I’m fatigued and get sloppy on form
A bit over 23 miles this week. I try to average around 20 miles/week or around 1k/yr. I’m actually a little shy and will have to push my numbers up a bit to make it this year!
I ran with a local store for a few years as part of marathon training. During that ramp up of my running I learned to run in just about anything. I’ve run in single digit temps, snow, lightening, dark… Just about everything :)
There’s always an excuse to not run, getting through those excuses is the trick.
Once, our running group (there was only a handful of us) helped a car get up a hill. It was stuck in the snow haha.
With the cold, you’ve gotta just keep running from summer, through fall into winter and you acclimate with the weather. I never really experience any breathing issues in the cold. once it gets down below 20°f I start putting aquaphor on any exposed skin (cheeks/lips/nose).
I don’t generally run “at night” but as winter hits, I run in the dark for sure. Lots of lights, including a head lamp. I actually feel more visible to cars running at night, but generally it’s associated with winter and colder temps too.
I have never really had issues with “red 11” (aka nipple issues) running, and also quite enjoy running in the rain. A light rain can be a quite enjoyable.
I’ve run in Toronto (Brampton area) before. I’ve been up there for work a few times. Looking on Garmin connect, seems it was back in 2017 :)
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Dealing with shin splints for the first time in my life. This time last year I ran a sub-4-hour marathon and my overall volume has been way down since then so I’m really struggling to find a balance between enough running to keep me happy and satisfied without exacerbating the injury. It’s frustrating to see myself struggling with efforts that were once my easy days.
I have 33 weeks until a 50k trail run, so hopefully that’s plenty of time to heal up and get back to a good training volume.
Its a pain in the ass, but you will get through it! Just started running again after 3 months of on and off running and even 7 weeks of fully stopping. Trying to Balance my running now with more biking and strength Training.
I’ve been feeling mostly poor lately on runs but first misty run of the year today, was brilliant. Like running through misters that people are so grateful for at races…but it’s your whole run. PNW USA FTW
For me the hardest thing about running is taking recovery seriously. If your body is telling you to stop and sending so many strong signals, you should listen (actually you should listen before you have trouble sleeping etc.). So right now the harsh truth is probably that it’s not about what you want, but what you need.
The training plans I use have recovery weeks that drop the km/week to about 60-65 %, and reduce tempo runs. But that’s when you don’t have already overexerted yourself, so I doubt if that would be enough in your case.
Whatever they’re experiencing, I have the opposite. It’s the numbers and the data that keeps me interested and focused. It’s learning to align what my body is telling me with what my watch is telling me.
If I lost access to smart watches, I’d probably not stay active
100% same for me. I’m a data geek. I don’t even need to actually be using the data to train by to get enjoyment just out of seeing it there. Seeing my averages change, or my monthly time grow, or just looking at the relationship between pace, cadence, and stride length. That’s part of the fun of it all!
Same, it was getting a Garmin that got me into tracking steps, fitness etc. I didn’t even run initially. I walked for 18 months first. Slowly progressing to jogging bits of it, then more until eventually I was jogging the whole circuit.
I’m no elite runner. The first kilometer of my circuit has a 130m ascent of staircase up an escarpment. It’s brutal and I love conquering it. But it stifles any hope of breaking time records.
I’m not a runner, but I lift and I’m very goal and data oriented much like yourself. I love to see objective measurements of improvement in what my body is capable of. I love track the sheer tonnage that I pick up off my basement floor then put right back down on my basement floor. I live to look back at my numbers from a year ago and see the difference and I think I really would lose a lot of my motivation if I couldn’t.
I run almost every day, I also just tread easily for a minute until my legs remember what they’re supposed to be doing and then slip into my normal pace.
I have tried warm up and warm down routines and have never noticed a difference, while I’ve noticed a huge difference adjusting my breathing, posture or pace while running, so I just don’t bother with warm-ups or stretches anymore, although if you’re looking for flexibility, I’m sure it would help to stretch after you run.
while I’ve noticed a huge difference adjusting my breathing, posture or pace while running
Like something you do in place of a warm up? or rather by comparison to a warm up?
I think, based on just layperson random reading, cool downs are not generally hugely important except that stopping abruptly can cause locking up (more uncomfortable than dangerous). Warmups however do seem to be implicated in injury prevention, I think it’s a combination of gentle clearing out debris between the white slidey crap (fascia? no good with the terminology, just function) and the muscles + vasodilation/general circulation meaning they have a good supply of oxygen and don’t do anaerobic work too early and tire out.
If you’re not launching into flat out intensity it’s probs not that serious though.
I mean that as techniques that affect running, breathing techniques, pacing techniques, and posture will affect my running experience far more than any stretches, warm-up or cooldown will.
I ran my first half marathon in over 4 years this morning. I used the Garmin suggested workouts to train for the race and felt very well prepared. My default is just to do lots of easy miles when training, so I appreciated the various types of runs the watch suggested.
My initial goal when I signed up for the race was 1:45, and this morning my Garmin said I was in 1:42 shape. I went out with a goal of 1:40 and finished around 1:39:30, even with a slight detour that added about 2 tenths of a mile to my race. 😂
I’ll have a pretty light week next week and think about what to train for next.
Considering signing up for a couple of races. A 22k kinda brutual trail run in may with 7 hours to complete and the sydney marathon in September.
I’m bouncing back from injury pretty well, up to about 20 km per week with only slight tibialis posterior pain occasionally.
I think those races are far enough away I’d have plenty of time to train gently. Feeling nervous though, I’m a pretty solitary person and a race has a lot of hubhub.
Plus proper training puts a lot of time constraints on you, I’d be looking at my 4x a week gym and then what 5 days running also. I’m worried committing to a race will rob running of the joy.
Otoh I’d like to see what I can do, and I’d love to run a proper ultra before oestoarthritis takes that off the table and if that’s the goal I have to start pushing myself sooner rather than later.
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