My running season is almost over with the Cowtown Half Marathon this Sunday. But I’m already in week 4 of my bike training. I’ve been running for the last 10 years and finally figured out what I’m doing. My goal this year was to qualify for Boston and I was happy to get it done at CIM in Sacramento back in December. I did enter the lottery for NYC again, but I doubt I’ll get in. It would be an epic year to do NYC and Boston in the same season.
I started riding more seriously when I got into Leadville last year, but I broke my wrist on the MTB and had to defer to 2023. All for the best as I was definitely not ready. I did a bunch of races, but did not have a good training plan. Now I’m in a 29 week training plan with a lot of gravel and MTB racing all spring and summer. It will be epic if I can stay healthy. I’m doing Gravel Locos, 24 hours in the canyon, and a bunch of others leading up to Leadville. Dance calendar is full!
I’m enjoying doing couch to 5k with my dog 2-3x per week.
However soon I want to crack the sub 20 min 5k (without the dog). My last attempt was 20:39 so not too far away.
As in everything else, there are great PT’s, horrible PT’s, and ones you just don’t click with. But it’s also harder/slower to rehabilitate yourself unless you have some good knowledge about the subject… that’s why these people bother to learn their craft, after all.
I’d strongly – oh, so strongly – suggest you shop around for another PT until you find one that you like and respect, and with whom you’re happy to work. Physical therapy is not a do-it-yourself thing for nearly anyone.
Best of success healing/rehabbing quickly and fully!
Hi, I’m there with you. I over-reached just enough with my “long” run over the weekend (exasperated later in the day when I was playing hard outside with my son) and now my right heel is speaking to me again. It’s asking for a minimum of a week off. Luckily, riding seems to be fine, so I’ll just sub my runs for slightly longer rides (than I had planned).
For me, what I continue to learn is that I cannot simply substitute running for riding. I have to do both for mental and physical reasons. So, I’ll either supplement my riding with a bit of running, or vice versa. My goal with running is just over-all health and body movement that’s different. I’m enjoying the experience a lot, but it is still frustrating when I can’t seem to break the 5 mile mark either, without suffering the consequences.
I’m staying positive and will keep the head on straight with a nice longer ride today, and strength training and familly ride over the weekend. I’ll check in early next week and see if I can’t start the easy/short runs again.
16:40 as a Master’s runner is legit. Congrats on an amazing run!
Thank you!
I just recently turned 40 so I’m still getting used to being part of the club.
Submitted an aplicalation with a qualifying finish time but no luck. Will keep fingers crossed hoping I get in with the general drawing.
The limited number of spots for runners who met the time standards in a non-NYRR race has now reached capacity for the 2023 TCS New York City Marathon. As a runner who applied with a qualifying time and did not gain entry to the event through this method, you will be automatically moved into the general drawing and see the event status as “pending drawing” on your dashboard by February 23.
I have now gone 3 months without spraining my ankle on a pine one so I’ve got that going for me. For the most part, the baby is now just up once in the middle of the night to eat (he’s bottle fed so my wife and I take turns on who gets up to feed him which takes about a half hour). So that has helped my recovery efforts
About 7 weeks out. I won’t have an ideal base mileage due to the previously mentioned sprained ankles and high put me on the shelf for almost all of November. Right now it looks like I’ll have thee weeks over 50 miles and just a single run over 20 miles. But I’m continuing to do 4-5 per week on the bike so hopefully that pays off come race day
Hey all, I was able to get some decent lunch runs in this week but I’ve noticed terrible GPS drift when I use my iPhone. I typically hold my phone in my hand and alternate between which hand I’m using. Is that the issue? Today’s run fed me a load of over-inflated numbers like 4:52 estimated 1mile (no way) and 7:22 mi pace, again that’s definitely inflated. My only other option is to use my cycling computer, Garmin 520 or 130 - Maybe I’ll just try that to see if it improves the GPS data. The reason for the phone is music. I’m willing to try my old iPod and a cycling computer, I’m just wondering if other casual runners have experienced this. I should mention I’m just using the Strava iPhone app to record.
GPS does funny things sometimes.
I would recommend getting a Garmin Forerunner watch. Beats running with a phone!!
Hi everyone, I have a garmin fenix 6 and hrm pro strap and I can use some kind of running power estimate with am IQ data field.
It’s accurate (at least training usefully accurate not scientifically)? How do I use power with running? There is something like running FTP? How I can test that?
Some thoughts:
- Are you getting a good GPS signal before your start? W/ my watch, I usually walk for 10-30 seconds after getting the “GPS Ready” signal before starting my watch.
- Are you in a city? Tall buildings are notorious for interrupted signals. Same with tree covered routes. Tunnels and underpasses can mess stuff of as well.
You can usually look as the GPS track and figure out where it went wonky.
No serious runner trains with power.
It’s unclear to me. Makes more sense if you are tied into a training plan as with Stryde.
I’ve been going to PT for my back. Each session is 20min of e-stim w/heat followed by 20min of traction which felt like nothing. At home, I’ve been doing my own exercises. After a week of PT, you have to see the doc again before you can get more PT. Well, he increased the traction after I told him it was too light. He said, “Oh! Do you normally exercise? I’ll speed up the progression”. He also gave me a list of exercises to do at home. Funny thing is that I’ve already been doing all of them since day 1. In any case, I’m feeling much better. Hopefully, cleared to run sometime this month. In the meantime, PT and Zwift.
@Bbt67 Solid week indeed!
@RJ66LVOB How did the Cowtown Half Marathon go?
@Ddtoco I’d imagine it’s analogous to running by HR or pace. You do some testing. Set your zones. Train accordingly. Me personally, I’ve always preferred pace. My 955 shows records power. It seems consistent relative to pace, but I’ll stick w/pace.
@ibaldwin You running in tree cover? I have several friends who run w/their iPhone and the results are good, granted they run in open space w/no trees or buildings (riverside park). I do have a friend who runs w/his Garmin 520 in his pocket, but it works 
Maybe one of these is in your future:
There is a running with power book PDF out there, probably costs something. Apparently its worth a read, the bible of running with power? Stryd website will point you in the direction required.
@ [Jolyzara] Where did you get that information from? Are there really no serious runners using Stryd, maybe a Google will answer that. I guess the same sweeping statements were said in the day about bike power meters many years back. Some people don’t like change and I guess if somethings worked for you for 20 years then why change.
I’ve been using the Stryd Powerpod and I do like it. The FTP, or critical power, CP is estimated by doing several flat out efforts over varying distance and continually updates. If you don’t do that regularly within 90 days you CP will reduce, the case with mine, it’s drifted from 355w to 335w.
For me I find pacing with power a lot better than judging with pace and heart rate. BUt I’m not a road runner so terrain alters fats for me. It reacts instantly to changes I do. It helps me back off on inclines quickly, with a quick glance to verify my RPE. Really find it no different to use than my cycling power meter and associated graph.
So the runs FINALLY feel good after 2 months-ish of barryP
As in, they didnt feel “bad” for the past few months…but now they legit feeeeeel good. I’m looking forward to them and feel great after them.
Lets hope i can carry this feeling when i add harder intervals
Sweet! I was rejected… again… for the 5th time. Where’s the love NYC? It would have been fun to run Boston and NYC in the same season. Oh well, they have a guaranteed entry to 2024 if you do the Virtual race… but that also has very limited slots.
Cowtown was great as usual. I got my marathon PR in December, so I just ran the Half for fun with friends. They did have the USATF Half Marathon Championships at Cowtown, so it was cool to see all the elite athletes take off. The men completed the Half in like 1:02, just crazy fast. Our running group has a tent setup on the last mile, so the most fun is just hanging out after, with a cold one, and cheering on everyone else.