jogging and motivation thread

[Mila Azul]

 

[WussRedXLi]

Can follow her if you want, her story is quite the inspiration.
Balancing her full time work with training.

Not really a runner or what......but she is going for the pull up WR (weighted)

 

[jeffprobst]

recently trainer keep asking me to add running session to my training. now doing twice per week, asked me to increase to thrice per week. at this rate, majority of my time are spend exercising, not that im complaining.

 

[WussRedXLi]

Not a pro and i have no issue with knee pain for quite long......not sure if got links with this one

 

[WussRedXLi]

recently trainer keep asking me to add running session to my training. now doing twice per week, asked me to increase to thrice per week. at this rate, majority of my time are spend exercising, not that im complaining.

Yes, need to love what you do also bah. Can be a form of enjoyment, and some sort of savings.
I dont even travel overseas much already, other than really short trips to batam to visit in-laws (not that my wife/kid are complaining).
But then they will go overseas themselves.

Also dont spend in malls, restaurants etc. Can say im already a no-lifer here.

 

[WussRedXLi]

a review from a western reviewer

Time to hype it up!! At least this type and at this price point we can support. (got the Li-ning brand bo bian it is not Dowin or Xtep)

 

[Ender]

Yes, need to love what you do also bah. Can be a form of enjoyment, and some sort of savings.
I dont even travel overseas much already, other than really short trips to batam to visit in-laws (not that my wife/kid are complaining).
But then they will go overseas themselves.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1241450527892283

What's your take? Personally agree with Arnold after running close to 20 years, and never had a hiatus, except that Achilles tendonitis exploration phase for 3 months of non running. I can say I don't particular enjoy running, don't hate it too. Just routine, time of the day, to put on the shoes and run 6 days a week. It's really more routine than passion more me.

And the negative motivation from the speaker is also true to me. If I have appt that going to crashes with my running time, I will feel guilty, and will have to think of something to make way for my run to happen.

 

[WussRedXLi]

BTW for west guys, can try this.
At West Coast Market Square.

For cyclists, just turn right at West Coast link just at the West Coast park junction, then turn left to go Kent Ridge sec and ultimately reach West Coast Market Sq. Not often frequented by cyclists.

Next week im gonna try the malay stall like 3 stalls RHS of Soon Lee Fishball. Sunday no open tho, so gotta go on Saturday.

For Soon Lee, try to arrive before 0815h. Quite the Q after that.

Ming Kee Porridge can fight with Zhen Zhen porridge of Maxwell. Both are not of the same taste, just talking about pure enjoyment.

Ming Kee Porridge 民记​

Soon Lee Fishball Noodle​

 

[homedriver]

Any review for asics Novablast 5? Is it worth the price tags? Or any value for money recommendation that less than $80 for a 5 to 10k run.

 

[WussRedXLi]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1241450527892283

What's your take? Personally agree with Arnold after running close to 20 years, and never had a hiatus, except that Achilles tendonitis exploration phase for 3 months of non running. I can say I don't particular enjoy running, don't hate it too. Just routine, time of the day, to put on the shoes and run 6 days a week. It's really more routine and passion more me.

And the negative motivation from the speaker is also true to me. If I have appt that going to crashes with my running time, I will feel guilty, and will ahve to of something to make way for my run to happen.

Yes, unfortunately motivation might not be that lasting and strong a pull factor, unless if you are really motivated by a certain goal and really strong in the mindset in achieving that. Like for eg picking up certain calisthenics skills and achieving certain goals. Which as a side effect or even major effect is that you'd also love to look good with a great physique. This pull factor can be a good motivation coz you'd love to look that way.

Just merely setting a typical new year's day resolution of "oh.....this yeah har i want to drop 10kg coz i wanna be healthy", usually does not work.


i often use routine as well, last time i always said must make it like same as brushing your teeth or bathing, so be it just 20 mins or 2 hours a few times a week (or even daily if recovery for performance not the top focus at an amateur level).
Unfortunately getting started and sticking to that routine is not really easy for majority coz the discipline needs to be really really strong.


Another way is to make it a hobby. Usually when it is a hobby, people will do it. Even buying shoes (or even trying to fix shoes by gluing back ) as a hobby it will lead to more running coz you invested time and money and so you'd wanna try it out.

For bikes, it could even be as wierd as experimenting with front/rear lights for night/day and with vertical cut off so it is not blinding but it really illumnates the ground really nicely, or bottles cages or helmets or tires/tubes or jerseys.

 

[xllms]

Time to hype it up!! At least this type and at this price point we can support. (got the Li-ning brand bo bian it is not Dowin or Xtep)

very competitive amongst top Marathon shoes from various brands. Suguru Osaka‘s Valencia Marathon’s success did help to put the shoe and brand in a more positive light, at least in the western media point of view.

 

[rECKleSSfElla]

 

[xllms]

Any review for asics Novablast 5? Is it worth the price tags? Or any value for money recommendation that less than $80 for a 5 to 10k run.

midsole too soft and mushy in SG weather. Even for me in Shanghai, it’s a regret buy from Japan.

My personal recommendation is Dynafish Xiaonian if you are into non plated ones high stack ones. Not sure if it is for you. ANTA zone 2 90 as another non-plated option at similar price range. A cheaper alternative will be the XTEP 2000km Pro. More established brands options to consider are Adidas Evo SL and Asics Megablast, the latter is super expensive. (Only have DYNAFISH Xiaonian thus my recommendations. The others are from reviews)

There are other choices at similar prices for plated options.

 

[Tudo88]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1241450527892283

What's your take? Personally agree with Arnold after running close to 20 years, and never had a hiatus, except that Achilles tendonitis exploration phase for 3 months of non running. I can say I don't particular enjoy running, don't hate it too. Just routine, time of the day, to put on the shoes and run 6 days a week. It's really more routine and passion more me.

And the negative motivation from the speaker is also true to me. If I have appt that going to crashes with my running time, I will feel guilty, and will have to think of something to make way for my run to happen.

How did you recover from Achilles Tendonitis?

I think I am suffering from the same injury as well. Can’t believe I went thru SCSM with the pain haha. The pain just won’t go away despite me reducing the volume and intensity. Whenever it felt better and I increase either the volume or intensity, the pain come back again so I guess it’s finally time to reset and treat the injury before running again.

Today just went acupuncture. Will see how it feels after a week. If not then physiotherapy already although private physio damm ex

 

[Mila Azul]

Not a pro and i have no issue with knee pain for quite long......not sure if got links with this one

I've noticed that my knee feels better since following the video and doing more leg raises. This morning, I tested it with stretching, leg raises, and a brisk walk, and my knee didn't hurt as much as before.


Let's hope it's not a placebo and I don't feel the pain tomorrow.

 

[dev_stg_prd]

 

[Ender]

How did you recover from Achilles Tendonitis?

I think I am suffering from the same injury as well. Can’t believe I went thru SCSM with the pain haha. The pain just won’t go away despite me reducing the volume and intensity. Whenever it felt better and I increase either the volume or intensity, the pain come back again so I guess it’s finally time to reset and treat the injury before running again.

Today just went acupuncture. Will see how it feels after a week. If not then physiotherapy already although private physio damm ex

Suffered achilles tendonitis quite sometime pre covid. It was during the phase where minimalist running are gaining popularity, I also jumped into the trend. Problem is I didn't gradually transit, and ran the usual mileage in zero drop foot wear. So after a couple of months kenna. Location is at the back of my right heel bone.

Suffered more than a year trying various youtube strength training, and nothing works. It didn't get better, so I decided to take a break from running, the rest it for 3 months. I thought this should work, but on the first run, the felt the pain almost immediately and the intensity of the pain is the same as before. It didn't get better with full rest. A fellow strava runner suggested I use high heel drop shoes.

So a new rehab phase of running with only shoes with 8mm to 10mm heel drop, firm mid sole. Low mileage, but high consistency, i.e I ran like 5 days a week, but only 2 to 5 km. I don't know for how long, maybe 3 or 4 weeks, I start to rotate in lower drop shoes. And occasionally zero dropped by 3 or 4 months when I think I am completely healed. So it took about 1.5 years to finally get back to normal. But most of these time is trying out solutions that didn't work.

My thoughts after my experience is
1. complete rest is useless. The pain after complete rest of 3 month is the same.
2. Regress loading, by shortening the stretch of the tendon via high heel drop shoes and firm mid sole while running. Avoid sudden accelerated stretch with high push off, so I didn't do any high interval training during the rehab. So it just easy run and at most hit grey zone tempo run occasionally. These rehab phase you will feel under trained, but bo bian, can't over stretch it also can't give it high accelerate pulling of tendon.
Forgot to add, avoid hill training. Uphill training will also over stretch your tendon.
3. Strength trainings, personally I find them useless in my case. But this is just me, coz scientifically this should work, so I can't explain for my case. Did calve raise, eccentric and concentric. But I think maybe it's the zero or over stretching when done on a ledge that aggravated an injured tendon. Just my speculation, so listen to your physio on strength training for better guidance, not me.
4. After it healed. try to have on pair of low or zero drop shoes or sandal in your rotation to bullet proof the tendon. Wear zero dropped sandal when walking. But do this only when it is completely healed, not while you are on rehab.
5. High frequency ( 5 days a week) with low mileage (2 to 5km) works for my rehab as opposed to low frequency with high mileage (load spikes is dangerous for injured tendon).

 

[mcylo]

Any review for asics Novablast 5? Is it worth the price tags? Or any value for money recommendation that less than $80 for a 5 to 10k run.

Go buy those China running shoes bah. Now the price is 真香 for older models

 

[Jeremy1]

Morning brothers n sisters, cooling weather

 

[Tudo88]

Suffered achilles tendonitis quite sometime pre covid. It was during the phase where minimalist running are gaining popularity, I also jumped into the trend. Problem is I didn't gradually transit, and ran the usual mileage in zero drop foot wear. So after a couple of months kenna. Location is at the back of my right heel bone.

Suffered more than a year trying various youtube strength training, and nothing works. It didn't get better, so I decided to take a break from running, the rest it for 3 months. I thought this should work, but on the first run, the felt the pain almost immediately and the intensity of the pain is the same as before. It didn't get better with full rest. A fellow strava runner suggested I use high heel drop shoes.

So a new rehab phase of running with only shoes with 8mm to 10mm heel drop, firm mid sole. Low mileage, but high consistency, i.e I ran like 5 days a week, but only 2 to 5 km. I don't know for how long, maybe 3 or 4 weeks, I start to rotate in lower drop shoes. And occasionally zero dropped by 3 or 4 months when I think I am completely healed. So it took about 1.5 years to finally get back to normal. But most of these time is trying out solutions that didn't work.

My thoughts after my experience is
1. complete rest is useless. The pain after complete rest of 3 month is the same.
2. Regress loading, by shortening the stretch of the tendon via high heel drop shoes and firm mid sole while running. Avoid sudden accelerated stretch with high push off, so I didn't do any high interval training during the rehab. So it just easy run and at most hit grey zone tempo run occasionally. These rehab phase you will feel under trained, but bo bian, can't over stretch it also can't give it high accelerate pulling of tendon.
Forgot to add, avoid hill training. Uphill training will also over stretch your tendon.
3. Strength trainings, personally I find them useless in my case. But this is just me, coz scientifically this should work, so I can't explain for my case. Did calve raise, eccentric and concentric. But I think maybe it's the zero or over stretching when done on a ledge that aggravated an injured tendon. Just my speculation, so listen to your physio on strength training for better guidance, not me.
4. After it healed. try to have on pair of low or zero drop shoes or sandal in your rotation to bullet proof the tendon. Wear zero dropped sandal when walking. But do this only when it is completely healed, not while you are on rehab.
5. High frequency ( 5 days a week) with low mileage (2 to 5km) works for my rehab as opposed to low frequency with high mileage (load spikes is dangerous for injured tendon).

Thanks for the detailed explanation.

I tried reducing my volume and at times, it did feel better but whenever I tried to do high intensity workout(Intervals/Tempo), the pain will come back again.

I guess time to reset and get this sorted out. If not, it’s hard to string runs together on a consistent basis.