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Daily Thread Official Q&A for Friday, December 27, 2024
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u/Repulsive_King_6581 23h ago
For those of you who wear asics:
How does the novablast 5 compare to the 4? I absolutely LOVE my novablast 4s, best shoes I've ever had. But once these are worn out, I'll probably have to switch to the 5s. Are they better? Worse? Just kinda different? The same shoe, but new colors?
Thanks!!
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u/Any-Profession-5595 21h ago
Honestly if you find a shoe you love, you should just load up on them whenever you find a good deal before they’re out of stock forever. Although I understand the temptation to get the newest thing
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u/FRO5TB1T3 15h ago
Buy 10 pairs if you love it. I wish i bought more speed 2s especially when they were on good sales.
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u/Fit-Score368 22h ago
I've been running more consistently for less than half a year. Mileage has been up and down but pretty consistent around 30km a week (up to 40km). Recently though, my legs have been getting really tired from the start of runs. Sometimes it gets better through the run, but even after good rest and even two day breaks it's happening pretty often. Just confused because I haven't increased mileage heaps or anything, and haven't changed pace a lot (have been going progressively little faster but not a lot), but it feels like it's getting harder to run (even in easy runs). Any tips/ideas?
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u/planinsky 22h ago
Take a recovery week from time to time. Reduce the load and speed (or even take most the week out) so you are fully recharged.
If you are competing, this may not be the best course of action, but if you don't have any specific goal in mind this likely will help.
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u/compassrunner 22h ago
Have you been running in the same shoes the whole time? 26 weeks at 30kpw has you over 750km. Try replacing your shoes. Yes, they might look fine, but what you don't see is the cushion in the shoe is broken down and now your legs instead of your body is absorbing the impact.
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u/Fit-Score368 21h ago
Thanks @compassrunner! It's definetly less than 750km, probably around half of that (I started in September, so not half a year actually). I did get new shoes about a month ago for the reason you mentioned! I have thought about the shoes being the problem, but they feel great, so I thought that probably wasn't it
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u/Llake2312 18h ago
Try varying your workouts as in adding in speed workouts via fartleks, hill repeats, intervals, tempos, anything that changes your pace at least 1x weekly. Even if you are running slightly faster, if you go out and essentially run the same easy runs over and over again you are plateauing and that can feel a lot like fatigue. About 10-20% of your weekly mileage should be done at harder efforts so you should be getting in at least 3k and ideally closer to 6k of running at harder efforts not including the distances for warmup, cool downs or in between reps.
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u/funkyturnip-333 16h ago
Marathon training/shoe question:
How broken in do you like a shoe to be on race day? I just got the pair I want to run the marathon in, and I'd like them to be familiar but still fresh in mid-March. Saucony Endorphin Speed 3s, fwiw. I was thinking I'd do all my 20-milers in them, as well as alternating tempo and pace runs... Though it might help to just designate a # of miles I'd like on them by race day. 150? 200?
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u/FRO5TB1T3 15h ago
For marathon do one long run with mp pace if you are concerned. That would be all i do at most. You want them fresh
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u/lemmert 16h ago
I had a Garmin when I started running like 15 years ago. I changed to Runkeeper when I got my first smartphone cause I found it really convenient. Starting to think about getting a Garmin again but I kinda want to keep using Runkeeper as well since it got all my stats and data. Is there an easy way to sync them?
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u/bertzie 15h ago
Runkeeper has the instructions on their website. https://support.runkeeper.com/hc/en-us/articles/216211983-Garmin-How-to-Connect-and-Use-with-Runkeeper
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u/InitialSudden1179 9h ago
I'm wondering what event I would be best at for track and field. For context I am a 14 year old female and I have not run cross country/track before, but I have a relatively decent fitness base. The past one and a half to two months I have spent trying to build up my base mileage, but I can only still run about 5-6 miles at one time. I have also only been running around 3x occasionally 4x a week due to time constraints. I am looking to get a head start on training so that I'm not extremely slow when my track seasons starts (I'm pretty sure it starts mid march so I have around 2- 2 1/2 months) However, I'm not sure what event I would be best at. My pbs are: 200m 40sec, 400m 1:45, 800m 4:05 and 1600m 8:30. I'm leaning towards 400m or 800m but I'm not sure what I should start training for, any advice is appreciated! :)
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u/juicetin14 13h ago edited 13h ago
Is it normal to detrain so heavily as a beginner? I am a relatively new runner and I completed C25K maybe a month or two ago. I took off about a month when I went on holidays, and when I went back, I felt so horrible! normally my easy runs I go real gentle at like 7-8/km and I will sit around 130 bpm. I went out this morning for a run and I shot straight up to like 160-170 bpm for that same pace. I normally can run 5km straight no worries, but I had to take multiple walk breaks once my heart rate started peaking at like 180 and I cut my run short at 30 minutes.
Weirdly enough it didn’t really feel like I was running that hard? My breathing felt quite normal and not as laboured as I would be on a hard run, but it still seems very high.
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u/nermal543 11h ago
You don’t have much history with running, assuming at most a couple of months since you said couch to 5K? Then you take a whole month off… yes of course that’s completely normal to lose fitness.
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u/UnnamedRealities 12h ago
You had to take multiple walking breaks because of fatigue? Or you simply chose to because you felt you should when you saw your heart rate was 180 BPM?
It's possible that your device was just reporting incorrect heart rate data.
10-15 BPM higher at the same easy pace wouldn't be surprising after a month of detraining so if yours was truly as high as your device reported there may have been other contributing factors (stress, illness, medication, weight gain, etc.).
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u/juicetin14 12h ago
Mostly I felt like I should since my heart rate seemed abnormally high on my watch. 🤣 I suppose I will slowly ease back into it and hopefully the heart rate goes back to normal.
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u/Friendly_Listen6216 20h ago
What are some of the best compression underwear for men to help prevent hip pain from running long distances? (I tried asking yesterday but got an unusual amount of pushback)
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u/kindlyfuckoffff 20h ago
you got pushback because you're asking for something that does not exist
if you have hip pain you need to make sure you have an appropriate workload and do strengthening exercises. not magic underwear.
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u/Friendly_Listen6216 19h ago edited 19h ago
Then why do so many compression underwear products exist if they're not useful? Many are even medically approved, like Stoko and SupaCore. Also, I'm looking for this as a supplement to training. Not a cure. This was at the suggestion of my coach, who is also a PT.
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u/Llake2312 18h ago
You asked the same question yesterday and got essentially the same response. Why do compression underwear exist? For a few reasons. First, for men, it holds everything in place. There’s a reason we don’t run in loose cotton boxers. Next, compression gear is less likely to chafe as the fabric essentially stays put and does not move on the skin. And third, from what I’ve read there is some evidence that compression gear aids in recovery but it’s far from conclusive. Mostly, compression gear just feels better running. Just because something is medical grade compression does not mean it heals the body. Dont conflate that term with “cure” or “prescription “. If your PT thinks that tights are the cure for hip pain I’d seek a 2nd opinion even if it is your coach. You likely have an underlying issue that needs addressing via stretches, strengthening, etc, not just tights. And if you think tights are the answer, buy one of the brands you mentioned and see how it goes.
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u/Friendly_Listen6216 17h ago
Maybe I'm not wording my question correctly because you're the second person to think I said compression underwear is a cure for my nonexistent hip pain. Like I said originally, I'm trying to *prevent* hip pain. I don't have it right now. It only happens when I run long distances. It's honestly dangerous to suggest that I don't take all the precautions I can to reduce my risk of injury. These products are medically approved and clearly state that they both prevent hip injury, and aid in recovery. This is probably why my coach recommended it.
In fact, you even agree with me when you said "You likely have an underlying issue that needs addressing via stretches, strengthening, etc, not just tights.". Exactly, not *just* tights. I'm already doing those other things with my coach. I'm not sure why redditors read more than what's being said.
Also, yes, now I see that asking the same question again was a mistake, because I got the same response, and not an answer to my question.
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u/TeaOrdinary7167 15h ago
Maintaining a max heart rate for 20 minutes within a 40 minute run. Is this unsafe?
For context, I am 25, male, 5'11, weighing 70kg. Healthy by all measures. Occasional runner who takes it up a few times a year but could go months without running. Averaging 20mpw over last 3 weeks.
I was checking the chart from a recent run and noticed I held basically a max heart rate for 20 straight minutes. The number topped at 195 at the 34 minute mark but did not drop below 190 from the 21 minute mark to the end. Having read a little on google, I see some warnings not to do it for this long.
My question is, was this really unsafe and something I should consciously avoid doing in the future? I did not feel as if I had pushed too hard on the run itself, though I was challenging myself.