jogging and motivation thread

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taking a break in my morning run after 15km. Wanted to do a HM but tak boleh tahan. 1degC feels like -2degC. my nose is sniffling. Fantastic clear blue sky and plenty of sunshine. Replenishing with some electrolytes now

Take it easy and add oil.

 

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Take it easy and add oil.

yah, thats y i stopped as i was feeling a strain on my right thigh muscles after yesterday morning 100 squats work out. Despite the break and electrolyte replenishement, my 2nd part of the run to complete HM distance, cramps starts kicking in by 19km. walked for approx 0.5km before slowly picked up the pace. Finally completed HM distance today on my 小鲶

 

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I prefer the big Chinese Feiying logo on Plaid 1. More unique and keeping to their roots.

But big Q on Plaid 2 is fine too.

Hope this is production sample. The English "FY Plaid" looks crap as well.

to me, the Feiying logo looks crap to me

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[Ender]

taking a break in my morning run after 15km. Wanted to do a HM but tak boleh tahan. 1degC feels like -2degC. my nose is sniffling. Fantastic clear blue sky and plenty of sunshine. Replenishing with some electrolytes now

I had never ran in such a cold temperature. But I once ran in a torrential rain fall in the early morning before sunrise It was cold enough that I was shivering to the bone. I can't even bring up my pace to zone 3, when I was supposed to do interval. It's like the engine can never get warm up enough for the muscle to work.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[Ender]

to me, the Feiying logo looks crap to me

You guys mean to big wordings on the lateral side of the shoes? I thought these wordings look similar to all their PB series since day 1. My FY PB 2,3 and 4 all have these huge wording. Looks ok, but definitely very chinese.

 

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I had never ran in such a cold temperature. But I once ran in a torrential rain fall in the early morning before sunrise It was cold enough that I was shivering to the bone. I can't even bring up my pace to zone 3, when I was supposed to do interval. It's like the engine can never get warm up enough for the muscle to work.

it's really about body acclimatized or conditioned to perform at such conditions.
This is not the worst I had done, previously I had run in below double digit deg C in Beijing, albeit shorter distances and no smart watch to gather metrics.
However, today my HR spike up to zone 4 within the first 3km even at slower pace than my last few runs (10-11km runs) which was on Thursday evening, which I averaged at higher speed for first 2km but lower av HR. There are 2 possibilities:
a) climatic conditions
b) time of the day: today's run is done in early morning after I woke up with empty stomach, just a glass of plain water, and body engine yet to fully kick start appropriately despite some warm ups. Last few runs were done in the evenings, 3-4hours after lunch.

 

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You guys mean to big wordings on the lateral side of the shoes? I thought these wordings look similar to all their PB series since day 1. My FY PB 2,3 and 4 all have these huge wording. Looks ok, but definitely very chinese.

yah, the Chinese characters done in a concept relating to speed. From the aesthetics point of view, I don't think it looks nice graphically. While it depicts speed and relate to its origin, it lacks simplicity, elegance and cmi (both from layman and design perspective).

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

Pogi likely expended over 7k calories for his 226km and over 4km elevation gain training ride.
Absolutely crazy.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

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[Kuudere]

yes i agree van nierkerk had a great chance on the 400m podium if he ran for 400m. But let's not forget one has to go through heats & semi finals before the final. His legs may not have the same power by the final.
But lets focus back on the relay, few observations why van nierkerk's relay run was so impressive

1) 2nd to 3rd leg hand over: S.Africa was tie on 3rd/4th place with Belgium and slightly ahead of 5th, but some 10m behind 1st and 2nd. Brought back parity at 3rd to Anchor leg handover.
2) van Nierkerk's leg lifts on the backstraight was consistently higher than Belgium's Doom, as well as US & Botswana's 3rd runners.
3) van Nierkerk's cadence appears to be higher at the final stretch (until near handover) than the 1st and 2nd. His stride length appears longer as well.

I suspect if S.Africa swap runners in the last 2 legs, van Nierkerk might have ran down both Bostwana and US at the line.

Nene as the anchor runner, makes sense since he ran more 400s and even recorded a sub 44s finish before world championships. I think Nierkerk overperformed expectations during the day itself. Nene did well too, being the 2nd fastest relay split runner. The other 2 runners didn't perform well, but makes sense since they were high 44s and low 45s runners. They performed as expected, unless the other 2 runners step up in the future.

Terok, that probably means 2026 any WR record wont happen.

I Jakob fan one.

Wait....... Ingebrigtsen told The Guardian in early January that his Achilles was feeling “very good” and that he planned to start his 2026 season at the Bislett Games in Oslo in June, adding that he hoped to make world record attempts in the 1500, mile, and 5000.

The issue with any WR attempt is that he will likely put his legs at high stress, whether he achieves the record or not.

Both Hobbs Kessler and Josh Hoey kena injuries after achieving 2k and 800m world record indoor. Hobbs had a minor calf injury, which later affected his mile race the following week. And Josh pulled out of the mile race after aggravating his hamstring.

Last year, Josh Kerr had calf strain by the end of the semi finals for 1500m before suffering from grade 2 calf tear during the 1500m finals.

You can avoid a lot of injuries but running easy mileage + wearing high cushioning shoes, but end of the day, during race day, you will definitely push hard. And you might not get injuries during the race itself, but post-race, is a different story altogether.