jogging and motivation thread

[Lchlch]

That number of hours should sound like indoor window shopping, haha. Don't think I can walk almost whole day outside.

About 4.5km per hour.
At times hit 5.5 km per hour.
As we need to wait for others check point to checkpoint.

 

[Lchlch]

That number of hours should sound like indoor window shopping, haha. Don't think I can walk almost whole day outside.

The hot weather is brutal.
Can really slow down the walk greatly.

 

[sph777]

Anyone signed up for SCSM full marathon. I just saw a FB post from official SCSM and it stated that both FM and HM are already 95% sold out. I dunno it is true or not coz I remb last year during late Nov 2024 ,still have slot for FM. I am interested in FM but don't want to commit coz I scared I might end up under trained ..

@Ender and I signed up and maybe a few others. I always signup if I do SCSM when it is early bird. Not cheap but much cheaper than no early bird

 

[xllms]

The hot weather is brutal.
Can really slow down the walk greatly.

here in SH also. one of my runs was so hot (36degC), that i felt giddy and had to stop halfway at 5km for a rest before returning back.
take care and have more fluid to replenish

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[Kuudere]

Health wise, nothing additional if you are already consistent in exercises, doing you 80 easy 20 hard a week. . For some like me, without a goal, I probably nuah and become a true blue BBFA. I need these goals to be consistently active. I have been thru phases for exercising for health, for passion, none really give me the discipline for being consistent than having a goal to achieve. One thing for those who do a few marathons over the years and actually put in the time to train, their metabolic health especially insulin sensitivity, metabolic flexibility are top notch. Thanks to health of the mitochondria cells.

Muscle loss, calcium loss can be mitigated thru proper refuelling and hydration during long runs. Easy run days, hardly a concern, only the long runs of more than 1.5 hours. Marathoners may look skinny in proportion, but their lean muscle makes up most of the girth and the girth is not small. I wear large or X-L for calves and thigh sleeves and no fats there.
Strained tendon and muscle are training error, too much, too fast, too soon. DO it right, these organs actually gets more resilient than most people. just like the knee. Training error destroy the runners knee, do it right, the knee is actually very resilient. I never wear knee braces since I started running 17 years ago. I would attribute it to base building with easy or filler runs. Seasoned trail runners probably has the most resilient legs due to uneven grounds and elevation.

That’s why I advise @sph777 to run MacRitchie Reservoir, good for the ankles, can help manoeuvre through race crowd easily

HR zone. Even if you have to do 7:00min/km just do it, if you can't keep in Z1 still then just do interval walking. Difference between stimulus obtained in Z1 and Z2 is so small that Z2 is not worth it lol

A lot of the faster runners actually run at Z1, but it’s not very time friendly especially for regular runners that don’t run as fast. With less time, it’s quite common to eat and sleep later, both aren’t exactly healthy. I prefer Z2 for most runs but will switch to Z1 for shorter distances (6k+) for recovery if my legs are feeling sore.

Pls if you go longer, bring gels/ drinks

Can buy for him and deliver to his house

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[sph777]

That’s why I advise @sph777 to run MacRitchie Reservoir, good for the ankles, can help manoeuvre through race crowd easily



A lot of the faster runners actually run at Z1, but it’s not very time friendly especially for regular runners that don’t run as fast. With less time, it’s quite common to eat and sleep later, both aren’t exactly healthy. I prefer Z2 for most runs but will switch to Z1 for shorter distances (6k+) for recovery if my legs are feeling sore.



Can buy for him and deliver to his house

I dun like trails at all lol, however, am thinking I need to start on slopes before SCSM. Maybe Mt Faber or just up and down Cantonment area got one slope.

 

[matrix05]

Is carbon plated shoes from CN suitable for casual runner & on treadmill?

 

[sph777]

He has come out of nowhere honestly but very skeptical of Kenyan athletes being "clean" atm. Hope he is though, then the world has another teenage phenom

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[kkkkdllmkkkk]

Is carbon plated shoes from CN suitable for casual runner & on treadmill?

yes there are and it depends on which model...

 

[WussRedXLi]

Is carbon plated shoes from CN suitable for casual runner & on treadmill?

Is can, but best to prehabilitate and strengthen first, esp focusing on any calf strengthening exercise(s) which would strengthen the 2 most common tendon/fascia injuries. Then you progress up in mileage slowly, or if you are already intermediate runner of over 1 year, slowly intro in a bit of mileage/sessions in the week to mix in with your other shoes. If you progressively load it in + strengthen consistently, i really dont see why the vast majority of folks would have issue.

I amateur runner also (just that faster than most recreational/health based runners that's about it nia) and more importantly also in my 50s, i can only do plated shoes simply coz that is about all that i have. No issue with plated even though not young and i dont run slow. But i dont do longer distances, in fact 10k i also dont do nowadays coz no 10k races atm.
I still have Novablast blast 3 but pretty slippery, i just came back from Batam wearing my novablast 3 and i slipped once on tiles, coz Batam areas also a bit dustier than SG. The sole no more pattern liao.
I also have Rebel v3 and prob around the same, fair bit of mileage on them.

The others all plated. But totally no issue nowadays, since 2023 was my last injury. My last (serious) race was T100 in 2025 Apr.


How about do this, esp if you have free weights or just 2 bags of 10kg rice. (just no weights first before progressing up)





Then this, 30 deg flexion ok liao. Hits the soleus part better, good for running.




What i also do in between sets of 3 for calves is that i do 2 sets of tibs raise. Takes care of any potential muscle imbalance. It's not the most useful/effective to do but it's way better than nothing and takes very little to do .
In the real world, very very few folks do/focus on this. Also one of the few ways to help patella issues as well.....it cannot be bad one and just takes literally "nothing" to do if done with calves.

 

[sph777]

Is can, but best to prehabilitate and strengthen first, esp focusing on any calf strengthening exercise(s) which would strengthen the 2 most common tendon/fascia injuries. Then you progress up in mileage slowly, or if you are already intermediate runner of over 1 year, slowly intro in a bit of mileage/sessions in the week to mix in with your other shoes. If you progressively load it in + strengthen consistently, i really dont see why the vast majority of folks would have issue.

I amateur runner also (just that faster than most recreational/health based runners that's about it nia) and more importantly also in my 50s, i can only do plated shoes simply coz that is about all that i have. No issue with plated even though not young and i dont run slow. But i dont do longer distances, in fact 10k i also dont do nowadays coz no 10k races atm.
I still have Novablast blast 3 but pretty slippery, i just came back from Batam wearing my novablast 3 and i slipped once on tiles, coz Batam areas also a bit dustier than SG. The sole no more pattern liao.
I also have Rebel v3 and prob around the same, fair bit of mileage on them.

The others all plated. But totally no issue nowadays, since 2023 was my last injury. My last (serious) race was T100 in 2025 Apr.


How about do this, esp if you have free weights or just 2 bags of 10kg rice. (just no weights first before progressing up)





Then this, 30 deg flexion ok liao. Hits the soleus part better, good for running.




What i also do in between sets of 3 for calves is that i do 2 sets of tibs raise. Takes care of any potential muscle imbalance. It's not the most useful/effective to do but it's way better than nothing and takes very little to do .
In the real world, very very few folks do/focus on this. Also one of the few ways to help patella issues as well.....it cannot be bad one and just takes literally "nothing" to do if done with calves.

actually that's why I replaced my NB3 with eleos 361, after 3 years, the soles gone.

 

[Ender]

I dun like trails at all lol, however, am thinking I need to start on slopes before SCSM. Maybe Mt Faber or just up and down Cantonment area got one slope.

From your usual running route, isn't the Sheare's bridge the most convenient and best representation of the actual race condition?

 

[sph777]

From your usual running route, isn't the Sheare's bridge the most convenient and best representation of the actual race condition?

I don't like climbing the stairs to reach sheares LOL

 

[Ender]

I don't like climbing the stairs to reach sheares LOL

No side walks? Check one of ben Khoo's video, think he got show how to access Sheare bridge.

 

[WussRedXLi]

Actually sometimes i also dont know whether or not these youtube shorts (or tiktok/DY) are just doing for stupid views. Ok, probably they are.
That fella is a calisthenics monster and built like one.

4:16 plank is not even considered to be anywhere siong or pushing it for an intermediate/advanced fella who has been training with push-ups/plank/or similar and then tried to TT a plank. Of coz such things have its place



Try at least 10 mins, more like it and believable.

I know of a 60 yr old duathlete who can hit 8 mins plank and he isnt even anywhere what you'd call well built or specifically trained for such things.

 

[sph777]

No side walks? Check one of ben Khoo's video, think he got show how to access Sheare bridge.

haha both sides I've been, all need stairs to access