jogging and motivation thread

[WussRedXLi]

Really becoming more and more popular here

 

[sales69]

me terbalik, from scrawny kid who can chiong easily to bb nao. you are moving towards the better direction

Regardless of size, I think all regulars here are in good health now and many years to come. That is more important.

 

[sales69]

Really becoming more and more popular here

Burpees board jump looks bad form but they can accept haha.

Still a very solid all round workout.

 

[xllms]

Can’t justify buying more shoes until I retire the top 4 shoes on my list. Likely retiring QD PB 5.0 already. Current injury might be due to the shoe also. Next 2 weeks will be solely on Novablast 5 so easily can rack up maybe 100km mileage on it.

No more running shoes for me as well. Hope i can tahan and not buy any in the first half of 2026. I have 5 pairs non-plated & 1 pair plated running shoes that clocked at ard 100km or less. Need to utilise them more before buying. My 400+km Saucony Endorphin Pro 3 & 200+km Adidas Adios Pro 3 are still in great shape and bouncing well.

 

[xllms]

me as a slow uncle halfway to centurion, often gets zipped past by girls of various age goups in the parks along the bund stretch. There are so many fast runners here in SH along especially where i live and do my runs.
1) in one of the weekends morning earlier this year along westbund, i was doing a slow LSD run approx. at 7min/km pace when a group of fully geared up 3 good-looking ladies (sunglasses, running tights and top, high compression socks, top notch running shoes from western/jap brands) overtook me as they chatted with each other along the way.
2) there is this uncle in his 70s, will film his runs daily and cruise along at around 6min/km pace while everyone who recognise him will wave at him to greet him
3) It gets worse if one runs much earlier, eg. before sunrise, or just before end of office hours till into the evenings, the real enthusiasts are out there running, many of them cruise effortlessly at 5min/km pace or faster
4) on weekend mornings, there is this stretch at 黄浦滨江, with a stretch of roads that serves as a circuit for some of the best runners in shanghai for their workouts. One can search 苗江路 which is famous here in the marathon scene. Most of the long runs (easily go beyond 30km) are done below 4min/km pace throughout. Some will do their fast intervals there as there are 3 circuits to cover (1.35km/1.85km/2.7km per lap). Won't surprise me if someone there outruns SRY.
This is just one part of SH. There are many more similar places with plenty of running talents, eg. bund stretch on pudong side, 世纪公园, various stretches of the Suzhou Creek and many other parks.
The sheer scale here is quite amazing which contributes to the lively and vibrant running community.

ok thank you for wasting 1min of your time listening to my opinion on China, in particularly in SH which probably difficult for ppl in SG to relate.

79yo lao uncle HM PB @1:49! http://xhslink.com/o/10nCMav4mCB

 

[Jeremy1]

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https://mustsharenews.com/no-limbs-standard-chartered-marathon/

 

[xllms]

Regardless of size, I think all regulars here are in good health now and many years to come. That is more important.

yah our health most impt.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

Burpees board jump looks bad form but they can accept haha.

Still a very solid all round workout.

Yeah usually in Hyrox they are super strict one.

 

[WussRedXLi]

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https://mustsharenews.com/no-limbs-standard-chartered-marathon/

Wow.....impressive.

 

[basic___]

No more running shoes for me as well. Hope i can tahan and not buy any in the first half of 2026. I have 5 pairs non-plated & 1 pair plated running shoes that clocked at ard 100km or less. Need to utilise them more before buying. My 400+km Saucony Endorphin Pro 3 & 200+km Adidas Adios Pro 3 are still in great shape and bouncing well.

Same here.

Will be using QD Leli to replace my Adidas Sl2 which is currently @ 700km mileage.
Dynafish XN waiting to replace Nike ZF6 @ 550km mileage.
QD PB 5 @ 284km
BMAI Turbo @ 150km
Puma Magmax @ 261km

Think i can only start to buy new shoes after first quarter or 2nd half next year. By then will have new up and coming China shoes

 

[sph777]

I think more risky is those who half trained. Like HM, only trained up to 10-12k.

Then feel garang during actual HM, chiong too much while body is not used to the stress for last stretch.

Throw in early morning heat stress too.

For typical untrained EDMWer, they will have knee pain within 1km and start walking. So no worries.

No joke. When I was a unhealthy BBFA doing IPPT, I chionged less than 500m and panting like crazy. Then dropped out.

me terbalik, from scrawny kid who can chiong easily to bb nao. you are moving towards the better direction

I bui bui then and still bui bui now.

 

[xllms]

I bui bui then and still bui bui now.

you are mr consistent

 

[sph777]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...-organiser-standard-chartered-ironman-5574386

well, new organiser. Wonder how marathon will go next year haha

 

[xllms]

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...-organiser-standard-chartered-ironman-5574386

well, new organiser. Wonder how marathon will go next year haha

having watched the recent 2025 SCSM, i do think the organisers should use World Major's standards as a reference and work towards achieving as many requirement as possible. Not saying we need to get the World Majors acknowledgement. We have heat issue which is almost impossible to solve, but shouldn't stop the organisers from doing a much better job.
Also work with Tourism board how the country tourism imageries can be captured along the way.
Safety considerations and emergencies responses preparation & resources allocation are mandatory.

 

[GlassDoor]

Will be using QD Leli to replace my Adidas Sl2 which is currently @ 700km mileage.

i have gone through multiple pairs of sl2 and still have two in rotation as my dailies.
my personal experience, pass 450-500km mileage they are not longer suitable for more than 10km distance. forefoot midsole bottoms out and i get weird aches on my achilles if i put more than 12km in them. they are like dirt cheap when on sale so I limit their use to 500km or so now.

 

[WussRedXLi]

Cool days, think next few days can try your TTs if you wanna.

@GlassDoor

 

[GlassDoor]

Cool days, think next few days can try your TTs if you wanna.

@GlassDoor

tomorrow rest.. after recovery runs the last 4 morning.
sat see how. maybe too soon for a high intensity workout.
next TT is see if i can hold 4" pace for an hour.

 

[xllms]

i have gone through multiple pairs of sl2 and still have two in rotation as my dailies.
my personal experience, pass 450-500km mileage they are not longer suitable for more than 10km distance. forefoot midsole bottoms out and i get weird aches on my achilles if i put more than 12km in them. they are like dirt cheap when on sale so I limit their use to 500km or so now.

talking about midsole bottoms out, can i check with those with Puma Deviate Nitro 2, when do yours' start bottoming out? Mine from 350km forefoot, especially right, starts feeling uncomfortable. Having past 400km, i no longer run in them, just use for jalan jalan at times.

 

[Skyrillex]

Well done @GlassDoor @Tudo88 @ctstalin on completing first marathon!

@Ender well done on new pb.

@Skyrillex Managed to sub 3?

I think I should not have run in alphafly3. Bought on carou and used only once for a short run. But I think somehow my HR was damn high from the start. Nevertheless, good year for me with new pb in half, 10 and 5km finally breaking 20 min. On to next year

Sorry for the late reply haha bro, only managed to run 312 this year but I’m not too bothered by it and probably run a overseas race or two next year for sub 3.

sorry to hear about your cramps during the race, rest well and hope you’ll have a good race next year bro!