More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed (Page 19)

. Does anyone find all the other social interactions, ie. Strava, facebook etc. has diluted the interaction on BT?

Out of interest, who on here is currently actively following a TrainerRoad plan?

Same here, especially for distance running. I'm currently training for a 55K in six weeks  and do a 3:1 or 4:1 interval on all of my runs. Every now and then I'll skip the walk intervals on a shorter run, or try out a 9:1 interval to mix things up. For me, I'm not necessarily interested in getting faster (that ship has sailed!) but being able to go further and longer. So for that reason (does it sound like I'm a Shark on Shark Tank to anyone else? LOL) I continue to insert the walk interval to stay comfortable.

As with everything, Your Mileage May Vary, YMMV (quite literally!).

I am currently fighting off PF and have been taking walk breaks every mile. This has been an issue for me since Sept/Oct. I didn't used to, and I'm going to stop doing so soon, I just want to be comfortable for a week or so. My experience has been that I should be back to "full" runs shortly, which will be slow, but non-walking.

OK, I have a few questions to go along with my experience, please excuse me if you've answered these already:

1. Why are you forced to do intervals at this time?
2. What kind of consistency/mileage are you currently running?
3. What type of speeds are you generally running at this time and what type of standalone speeds do you race at?
4. What is "comfortable" as you used it above in relation to distance?

Much like the others above, I am not fast.  But I have been faster than I am now, which came about through consistency, repetition, increased volume, and time. Lisa mentioned her 55K race coming up  and she has been consistent in her training plan on that for a while now. So long term time investment is quite helpful. Also you can decrease your walking time like Stacey mentioned, even if you just do it on occasional runs.

I would stick to the "run more often" train of thought and just take time to build strength, conditioning and comfort. Note that I say more often, not further. 15 miles per week is still 15 miles, whether done all at once or in 15 sessions.

I didn't.  I went for 2 short (like 1 mile) runs in my Newtons, got achilles tendonosis and promptly ended that experiment.  

^^^^ Although mine was One walk/Intense pain/Give up!

To piggyback off something from Ben, I bet going from 10->8->4->0 could be a nice way to go about it. Or some such step down.

I wore them just walking around to get my legs used to them. I adore them and, since my foot surgery, they are the only shoes I can wear. They have no stitching or seam where my scar is. Oh... and I also put in a cushier insole.

Was anything said about privacy levels with the logs and friending people? I'm aware of three levels: completely open to anyone, friends only, and just me. I have it set to friends only. I have to add everyone to my friends list to do that. At the same setting, they would have to add me to theirs for me to see them. I try to make sure everyone in the group can see. Usually done the easy way by letting Chris & Janyne put the table at the top of their training log first. I try to make sure everyone is included, but there are usually one or two that are restricted and can't get to the friend button on their page.

Remedial Inspire Education

Yesterday during the BT outage, some of us were talking on Strava and someone said, "I have no idea what inspires are." 

Inspires are a way for other folks on BT to comment on your workout or your blog. Sometimes someone way say, "Nice run!" if you have just posted a run or, if you use your training log as a training blog, they might comment on your day with something like, "Hang in there, I know that PT can be frustrating!" or "What a beautiful sunrise!"  An inspire is a special BT thing.  I've never seen anything like it on another site.  Inspires are a great way to get to know one another on BT.

When someone posts an inspire, it is not a private message between you and the poster.  Other people who inspire you on that same day can see what previous posters have written.

How do you know if you have an inspire?  Look in the upper right corner of your BT screen and it will tell you.  Click the # new inspires and BT will take you to the entry in your training log that is associated with the inspire.

Alternatively, if there is a number in the the "Inspire Me" button in your training log, you can click that to see the inspires for that day.

To reply to an inspire, click the reply button next to the inspire that you are replying to.  In the case below, when I click reply, it will post the response to Socks and she will see it in her inspires.  She can then respond back if she cares to.

Was anything said about privacy levels with the logs and friending people? I'm aware of three levels: completely open to anyone, friends only, and just me. I have it set to friends only. I have to add everyone to my friends list to do that. At the same setting, they would have to add me to theirs for me to see them. I try to make sure everyone in the group can see. Usually done the easy way by letting Chris & Janyne put the table at the top of their training log first. I try to make sure everyone is included, but there are usually one or two that are restricted and can't get to the friend button on their page.

Good point, Ben!

Training logs have a closed setting, which is fine if you're not a Manatee but we look at each other's logs to help each other so we ask that people please use one of the other settings as a condition of membership.

The other settings are open to anyone and friends-only.  If you want to do friends-only, please use a roster of Manatees to friend us all in the manner that Ben mentioned above (Ben, be sure to include me!).

Same here, especially for distance running. I'm currently training for a 55K in six weeks  and do a 3:1 or 4:1 interval on all of my runs. Every now and then I'll skip the walk intervals on a shorter run, or try out a 9:1 interval to mix things up. For me, I'm not necessarily interested in getting faster (that ship has sailed!) but being able to go further and longer. So for that reason (does it sound like I'm a Shark on Shark Tank to anyone else? LOL) I continue to insert the walk interval to stay comfortable.

As with everything, Your Mileage May Vary, YMMV (quite literally!).

Yeah Ben, me too.

Another aspect I would encourage is logging workouts. It is easier to make a training recommendation when you know where someone is in their training.

Remedial Inspire Education

Yesterday during the BT outage, some of us were talking on Strava and someone said, "I have no idea what inspires are." 

Inspires are a way for other folks on BT to comment on your workout or your blog. Sometimes someone way say, "Nice run!" if you have just posted a run or, if you use your training log as a training blog, they might comment on your day with something like, "Hang in there, I know that PT can be frustrating!" or "What a beautiful sunrise!"  An inspire is a special BT thing.  I've never seen anything like it on another site.  Inspires are a great way to get to know one another on BT.

When someone posts an inspire, it is not a private message between you and the poster.  Other people who inspire you on that same day can see what previous posters have written.

How do you know if you have an inspire?  Look in the upper right corner of your BT screen and it will tell you.  Click the # new inspires and BT will take you to the entry in your training log that is associated with the inspire.

Alternatively, if there is a number in the the "Inspire Me" button in your training log, you can click that to see the inspires for that day.

To reply to an inspire, click the reply button next to the inspire that you are replying to.  In the case below, when I click reply, it will post the response to Socks and she will see it in her inspires.  She can then respond back if she cares to.

Originally posted by marysia83

Originally posted by jmkizer

Remedial Inspire Education

Yesterday during the BT outage, some of us were talking on Strava and someone said, "I have no idea what inspires are." 

Inspires are a way for other folks on BT to comment on your workout or your blog. Sometimes someone way say, "Nice run!" if you have just posted a run or, if you use your training log as a training blog, they might comment on your day with something like, "Hang in there, I know that PT can be frustrating!" or "What a beautiful sunrise!"  An inspire is a special BT thing.  I've never seen anything like it on another site.  Inspires are a great way to get to know one another on BT.

When someone posts an inspire, it is not a private message between you and the poster.  Other people who inspire you on that same day can see what previous posters have written.

How do you know if you have an inspire?  Look in the upper right corner of your BT screen and it will tell you.  Click the # new inspires and BT will take you to the entry in your training log that is associated with the inspire.

Alternatively, if there is a number in the the "Inspire Me" button in your training log, you can click that to see the inspires for that day.

To reply to an inspire, click the reply button next to the inspire that you are replying to.  In the case below, when I click reply, it will post the response to Socks and she will see it in her inspires.  She can then respond back if she cares to.

 

Thanks for Inspires 101 tutorial, Janyne I remember when I first came to this site and someone sent me the inspire. When I wanted to read it again couple days later I could not find it! By clicking here and there I found the log, the blog, and all the inspire crazyness

I once had someone reply, WHO ARE YOU?! to an inspire

Slowed down some. Ran shorter, 5k isn't really that short in this context. Broke the run up a little, like some of the other discussion is going. The adaptation time can be quick or take awhile. There may be some stride adaptations to figure out. For some there will be more, others less. Think it helped be having already been in 4mm shoes for some time.

ETA: Which ones did you get?