Still going for my personal 5K season. Have a race tomorrow. Lowkey expecting a PB (under 21m:18s) but not ready for my ultimate goal yet (under 20m). Will be a good benchmark though, learned (and hopefully improved) a few things after the last race.

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Good for them. Respect++.

Oh he did way more than that, and faster than walking. Come on, he did run.

It’s been all over the place, but his typical run the past month or so was 75km at 7m:30s/km pace (8km/h). In the beginning he was doing ~50km runs at 5m/km pace (12km/h). I think the slowest I’ve seen him doing is 9m:15s/km pace (6.4 km/h).

He absolutely did run, but usually at an endurance pace, not at a race pace.

He had struggles in the beginning, but his aerobic fitness is probably astronomical by now.

This.

Also, food deserts are a thing. Poor communities often don’t have access to good food, at all.

It’s expensive to be poor, and in this case the price is in one’s health.

I started using them mostly for the cold weather (Janjis). It’s been a revelation. Previously, I’d wear “normal” pants and would always feel somewhat cold at around 0C. Janjis have been perfect for that and lower. They’re light compression, for warmth.

I also like how they feel. They’re less distracting than normal pants.

As for recovery, I do wear them (or other more recovery-oriented leggings) after hard runs. I think they help; I haven’t felt sore on my legs in a while. But it’s hard to say if it’s just because of the pants; I might just be used to it.

Finally, I haven’t felt a difference in performance with performance oriented leggings (2XU). I know they’re supposed to work, but I haven’t proven that yet. Haven’t ran a long (half+) race with them yet to be fair.

And before I forget again, good luck on the half!

My personal recommendation is to be careful with the training. Stay close to the recommendations. If you go much longer than asked for (especially in speed, but also in time/distance) you might be doing yourself an disservice. There’s a certain growth curve for all the systems you’re improving, and if you shoot past that you’ll be objectively degrading other systems.

I have been running for a while. I talk so often about how much I like running that I think that prompted my coworkers to start running as well. They’re now running regularly and getting into some races.

I am pretty well trained, so I can go faster and longer than any of them. But they’re all about 20 years younger than me. I am very conflicted about the fact that in just 6 months or so they’ll be passing me - running faster and likely longer. I’m happy/proud for them, for sure, but also a bit hurt if I’m being honest.

I’m not competitive against other people so I don’t care in that sense, it’s just that improving is so hard for me at this level. It’s hard to reach one’s limits I suppose.

Training for a 5k. I prefer longer distances, but using this as a learning exercise.

Not sure about Canada fires, but everything else is just having the right gear. More layers, the right material, the right kind of gear, etc, makes the run 100% fine. I’ve been running 6 days out of each week for the past couple of months in NYC (including in storm/cold days; we’ve had shitty weather at down to ~15F) and I haven’t missed a day due to weather reasons.

Some problems are harder and might require niche equipment. For example, if your roads are covered in ice, you need trail run shoes with spikes and a place where that can work, like dirt instead of asphalt. But those are the outliers.

In this thread: people bending over backwards to defend their insane, non-logical unit of measurement