jogging and motivation thread

[winningeleven]

This year scm nobody died right?

Seem to be . The cooler weather definitely.

 

[WussRedXLi]

This year scm nobody died right?

Just 1 cardiac event unconscious for a good amount of time being attempted to revive by runners and paramedics being sent to hospital. Not sure if got any perm effects. Mothership just mentioned in hospital recovering.

That time my relative was visiting my granny and walking up the slope at SGH (past NDC and already nearly reached Blk 4) and experienced extreme breathlessness, dizzy and chest tightening. Jitao sat down on the kerb and took a rest but no effect, called for help from surrounding nurses travelling to and fro NEL Outram and jitao got sent to Blk 1. Heng was less than 10 mins, so no effect after surgery.
My other uncle was at home, even though still conscious, it took a fair bit of time for ambulance to arrive. Got permanent damage/effects.
For my uncles, got effects or no after effects, doesnt matter much, coz super old already (age 70+). But for younger fellas, still bright future and family still young.......totally different story.

The majority of the time, if outside of the hospital (ie cant be under 10 mins) and/or unconscious, there usually is some effects one. Bo bian one.......you can go to any open house SCDF fire station on Saturday and ask them fellas there, same answer.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[WussRedXLi]

^^^^^^^^^

You all can try that single legged standing calf raise test...pretty basic. 1 sec up, pause, 1 sec down, full ROM. Need to get at least 27 reps.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[GlassDoor]

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Well done to all the FM and HM runners during this weekend. Despite not participating any races for the past 2 days . I still feel a bit guilty not involving at all. But my focus for recovery after injury is more important.

So I went for a long run just now and managed to hit till 25km without any preparation. Choice of running shoe just now is adidas prime x2 strung which is quite heavy at 300g which really make my run until very exhausted.

imho.. you would have completed yesterday's FM with ease. Adjust pace another 15-20s slower for a easy slow cruise. But again it's always wise to take it slow coming back from injury

Given that yesterday was my first and only run with so many people. Apologies in advance for saying this. Many of the participants shouldn't even be there. I am very sure many were ill prepared and have very bad running form. Now extrapolate that for the 42k distance and you see where I am going.

Woke up this morning with some general tiredness. Feel ok .. so went for short 6k slow jog to aid recovery. Only strain I felt was on the knees when going up stairs this morning. Will probably stick to shorter slow runs for the next few days to be sure.

 

[Ender]

For me, the marathon aggravated the slight injury on my right foot metatarsal region which I had on a 27km training session with the VP fly 4. The area is sore now.
For most who still have their mobility, should maintain active recovery rather full rest. I will be using the helloride pass to do some >30 mins light riding. Let my right foot take a break from impact for a day.

 

[GlassDoor]

For me, the marathon aggravated the slight injury on my right foot metatarsal region which I had on a 27km training session with the VP fly 4. The area is sore now.
For most who still have their mobility, should maintain active recovery rather full rest. I will be using the helloride pass to do some >30 mins light riding. Let my right foot take a break from impact for a day.

you ran in the VF4 yesterday?

 

[ctstalin]

imho.. you would have completed yesterday's FM with ease. Adjust pace another 15-20s slower for a easy slow cruise. But again it's always wise to take it slow coming back from injury

Given that yesterday was my first and only run with so many people. Apologies in advance for saying this. Many of the participants shouldn't even be there. I am very sure many were ill prepared and have very bad running form. Now extrapolate that for the 42k distance and you see where I am going.

Woke up this morning with some general tiredness. Feel ok .. so went for short 6k slow jog to aid recovery. Only strain I felt was on the knees when going up stairs this morning. Will probably stick to shorter slow runs for the next few days to be sure.

Ya.... some runners in the earlier pens should not even be there lol

 

[winningeleven]

imho.. you would have completed yesterday's FM with ease. Adjust pace another 15-20s slower for a easy slow cruise. But again it's always wise to take it slow coming back from injury

Given that yesterday was my first and only run with so many people. Apologies in advance for saying this. Many of the participants shouldn't even be there. I am very sure many were ill prepared and have very bad running form. Now extrapolate that for the 42k distance and you see where I am going.

Woke up this morning with some general tiredness. Feel ok .. so went for short 6k slow jog to aid recovery. Only strain I felt was on the knees when going up stairs this morning. Will probably stick to shorter slow runs for the next few days to be sure.

Yeah...Maybe with the hydration station and gel fueling station. I might able to finish under 5 hours after all..even my colleague who took my race bib told me to reconsider running the FM as he also felt I could manage it...but It is ok !

No need to say sorry about those "fast runners". Not the first time I witnessed it . On the past . I ever seen many pen C/D runners already started to walk after 5km .. obviously never train for a FM.

Worst one I seen was some couple holding hand right after the starting point to jog slowly . We already how tight and narrow the path especially on the starting point. Please Let those fast runners stuck at the pen E ,F to overtake.. but u know lah. Non serious runner won't know this kind of behavior that lead inconvenience to other ..

 

[Tudo88]

Actually if you start at the very front of the pen, it’s really clear pathway for 1km. My first km split was 4.25 lmao.

Downside is I had to enter at 3.50+ am. Means I waited one hour before my Pen flag off.

Actually FM route ok. Only one bottleneck when they use barricade at 12-14km. After that, it’s all cones. Can keep weaving side to side easily

 

[WussRedXLi]

@sales69

Can try this at any scarlett, stock up at 60c per 500ml bott. Or if avail, $1.20 for 1L bottle. Taste is decent.

11.5g of HFCS per 100ml. If too sweet during session, dilute it to around 8-9g/100ml region, the rest can drink after session....you'd save even more.

 

[Ender]

you ran in the VF4 yesterday?

No. I wore my old VF3 instead. I used it for last year SCSM, so it was a safe choice to fall back on after I become unsure if I wanted to use the VF4 when it hurt my metatarsal. The other choice was Dynafish xiao nian. But I hadn't use it for more than 15km.

 

[WussRedXLi]

For me, the marathon aggravated the slight injury on my right foot metatarsal region which I had on a 27km training session with the VP fly 4. The area is sore now.

For most who still have their mobility, should maintain active recovery rather full rest. I will be using the helloride pass to do some >30 mins light riding. Let my right foot take a break from impact for a day.

BTW for those who are using bikes to aid recovery, remember to set saddle height correctly.
Esp esp for those having any sort of knee inflammation.

One decent way is for your heels (rear part of the feet) to reacch ./ touch the pedals and the leg needs to be very nearly straight. Can get you 90% of the way there. Then it'd feel ok when you pedal as per normal.

If set too low, it really can F up the knees big time esp in such an inflamed state.

The vid below says totally straight, but for me i always find very nearly straight at the heel to be better with more control of the stroke.


The vast vast majority of Hellobike riders set it too low (prob coz it feels safer). But still ok for them i guess coz short distances and not much power output so not much strain.

 

[WussRedXLi]

 

[Ender]

BTW for those who are using bikes to aid recovery, remember to set saddle height correctly.
Esp esp for those having any sort of knee inflammation.

One decent way is for your heels (rear part of the feet) to reacch ./ touch the pedals and the leg needs to be very nearly straight. Can get you 90% of the way there. Then it'd feel ok when you pedal as per normal.

If set too low, it really can F up the knees big time esp in such an inflamed state.

The vid below says totally straight, but for me i always find very nearly straight at the heel to be better with more control of the stroke.


The vast vast majority of Hellobike riders set it too low (prob coz it feels safer). But still ok for them i guess coz short distances and not much power output so not much strain.

I don't think those bike sharing can adjust till straight legs. At least the one I am using, HelloRide doesn't. But I will just adjust to maximum height.

 

[WussRedXLi]

I don't think those bike sharing can adjust till straight legs. At least the one I am using, HelloRide doesn't. But I will just adjust to maximum height.

Wah...then better dont press too hard, ie dont ride till above 15kmh / 4:00 pace esp since with these higher resistance rideshare bikes.

 

[WussRedXLi]

LOL 2:06 for Alex Yee (short course / olympic distance). So fast.

 

[WussRedXLi]

WTF are you kidding me, this one real life dead hang, not AI