More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed (Page 20)

I guess one big difference (though I'm not one of the super-inspirers of the group) is that you can give an inspire even if a person hasn't posted a workout. So you can encourage whether or not they did something that day.

Testing

It's working for me now as well.

Not all Manatees are on Strava.

I generally give a thumbs up on Strava and put comments on BT.

Also, BT gives me more information about people.  Many of us use BT as a training Blog as opposed to a training log. In addition, I can see upcoming races/events here on BT but not on Strava.

Originally posted by Richardsdrr

Originally posted by Richardsdrr

Originally posted by brigby1

Originally posted by Richardsdrr Tried out my Altra I had for Christmas yesterday. Thought I'd take it easy and break them in with a slow 5 km. Oh boy, feels like the muscle either side of my achieves on my left foot is one big knot. How did any of you Altra (zero drop type shoe) users adapt to yours?

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?

I've bought the Lone Peak ones. Am going from Nike Pegasus, which I believe are 4mm. Have worn the shoes around the house a little, probably not enough :/ 5km was probably too much but I find any less a waste of time getting changed. May try some walk/run combo. I can't really run much slower so maybe that would be best.

I just searched for pagasus heel/toe drop. 13.8mm No wonder I felt it Edit:I think my 4mm ones were my Hokas, but I don't wear them much. I bought the Altra more for the extra roe box room. I suffer with my pinky getting blistered so thought these may help. Perhaps I'll dig the Hokas out to use.

That makes a lot more sense. Not sure I would have believed anything less than 9-10 for Pegasus. I'm not sure what else may have the same toe box idea. Some shoes can go wide, but still tend to point the toe. Don't know I could give that up after getting used to it!

I don't know if the Lone Peak adds anything more than the other shoes to the calf adjustments. I was well used to that before getting a pair. They do seem a bit tougher on my feet than other Altras do. I think it's from the built in rock plate. The lighter weight Superior has a removable plate that I leave out and it seems to cushion better for me. At least out on the roads or pathways. The Lone Peak may do better when the surface gets more rough and tough, like single track can. I have used it as a hiking shoe and it's fantastic for that. Much tougher than running shoes, but much more forgiving & nimble than hiking shoes or boots.

As for the "waste of time", keep in mind how much trouble you had in this run. The fitness for this isn't there yet. And most people could do well in adding a few runs only half that length. It doesn't seem like much, but the little bits can add up a lot.

Stacey, it can be encouraging to see, but careful of your pace getting faster with the breaks. Is what you're following designed that way? Easy pace is supposed to be easy pace regardless, meaning that it should be about the same no matter how far you're going. Working a bit faster like that can get a bit into a no mans land or a little counter productive. Look at easier more so just as building up more running. There are reasons to go faster at times, just careful of doing it for the sake of being able to.

I loved those shoes too. Worked through the calf adjustments for a few months and had knee & other things just vanished. Drove the sales guy who introduced me to them nuts as he wanted to fix or control things trying to help stabilize the problem. In typical fashion for me, the exact opposite seemed like it would work better. Neutral shoes without the support or motion control that might force things to act a bit funny. I liked how these were soft yet still had some spring too, kind of like the previous pair of shoes I had brought in to help explain what I liked (and didn't). They had a softness to them, but weren't so squishy or thick with it that I couldn't feel what was going on under. That's something I don't like about some heftier soled shoes. Needs to absorb some shock, but still have a good feel of what's going on. I've had issues when the feel is lost. Once in awhile I did get a little unnerved as they could be a bit too soft later in a fast/hard race and I didn't have quite the same level of stride control, almost rolling over. I also raced at ~177-183, so while not overly heavy in general terms, not exactly the lightest for endurance athletes.

Oh hi! Some new humans--welcome!--and returnee Manatees old and new.

Introduction ... uh, I'm Yanti. I'm from Indonesia and live there as well as Perth, Australia where Stace Face and my husband live. (Not together. I'm the one who lives with my husband. Although it was Stace Face who carried my husband over the threshold after our wedding ... which was during the run leg of Ironman Western Australia). I also travel a lot.

Mostly I coach and it's hard to find time to train myself!

Extremely difficult life events happening for me now, so my planned training/racing schedule is pretty much suspended. I'm still swimming about 10K/week but that's it. We'll see what comes up.

And if anyone's racing this weekend, GO RACING MANATEES!!!

And whoever needs to heal, from whatever, I send strength and healing wishes.

I'm glad to see you here, Yanti!  I hope that you and Kingsley have managed to get food into the house.  {{hugs}}

Clearly she likes you more that she likes me! She has not been responding to me on FB :-(

OK, Manatees, I'm hoping someone can help me out.  I'm compiling a 'Wish List' of destination races and I know there is one vaguely 'out west' that is part (or all) dirt trail and it goes through an old historic railroad tunnel.  It looks kinda desert-y to me, but then again what does this east coaster know?  Does anyone know the name of it?  Yeah, I know, I didn't give the best of details...

Edited to add: this is a running race

I don't know if this is the race, but it hits your description of out west (Seattle area) and through a railroad tunnel and trail!   http://jackjillmarathon.com/#about

What other races are you looking at? This sounds like an awesome list, I want to see it

Anyone else live in Winter Storm Jupiter's path? We are bracing for a pretty severe icing situation here in Kansas. My work region also covers Omaha, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, who are all going to be affected as well. Yay winter!

I think that Anne, Ben, and Mary G. might also be in the the affected area (is Chicago going to be affect or only part of the state?).  Thinking of all of you!

Melanie, like Lisa, I am wondering what else is on your list.

Hmm, no, that's not the one I had in mind (a little too far west!) but that does sound like a very fun race.  The one I am talking about is in one of the states that has scenery like in Western movies (horsesh*t and gunsmoke, as Dad used to say).  The train tunnel is from that era (I think), of the Wild West.  Yeah, I know, generalizing/stereotyping(?) but I'm not sure how else to describe the scant memories I have of reports I've read about it.   

Can you at least narrow it down by distance, half marathon, full?  Utah has terrain that looks like the wild west movies. 

Didn't Adrienne do one like that?  http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=541956

I think that one's also in Washington.

We're getting a couple of inches of snow tomorrow -  no biggie other  than the traffic mess it will create.  It was 70 yesterday, so typical Maryland winter.