2015 Running Thread Part 6

I just found it interesting- my bmi is about 21 (maybe a bit more having eaten out every day since Thursday!!) but it recommended I lost TWENTY FOUR POUNDS. So I decided it might be shit haha

Unless you are gifted enough to be an above average runner and can train enough to optimise your potential I'm not sure the costs of being super light weight are worth the benefits?

well if I wanted to be fast I would never ever smoke (probably) but I do smoke sometimes

I probably worked it out wrong, it used body fat percentage and there were tables I didn't understand

I dont like my BMI to drop much below 20 so I dont think I'd be too keen to follow his formula either Mad

plus I'm not willing to cut back on strength training and that's probably always going to be counter producitve from a speed point of view

I've got Matt Fitzgerald's racing weight and his racing weight quick start books, they were both interesting reads. Would rather count calories than try to use his quality quotient scoring system though - plus (am not great at numbers so it might be my fault) my racing weight according to his formula is below 17.5 BMI which isn't good.

not really Lastqueen, I'm sure I should be much faster than I am at my current weight though

Has anyone ever looked into ideal racing weights? Just wondering what people thought about it!

12 miles in the rain from me, what a relief :o
894.28

5.77 from me

882.28

5k trail race today in the hot sun! Think I was slightly faster than last year, certainly ran a better race so pleased. Nearly threw up at the finish line though, why that always happens at this one race I don't know! runtothehills is running the hm at the same event, hope it went well

4 from me this morning to make 876.51. Disastrous week on the running front. DS's first day of school, DD's last day of nursery, a good friend's leaving party and DD's birthday combined to a perfect storm of crapness. Managed 34k vs a minimum target of 50km (oops) but did manage to get to 2 Crossfit classes and lugged a tonne of furniture around yesterday to clear a function room for the bouncy castle . Got all my runs scheduled in my diary for next week so no excuses

Oh dear, we're not doing very well are we! purple hope your ankle is ok this morning. cinnamon I just read your post about your car, hope you're ok.

Very pleasant 8km around Hampstead Heath before it got really hot yesterday. Felt better running than I have done in about 2 weeks, which I'm quite happy about. 9+5 now after early scan midweek pushed me about 2 weeks ahead!

872.51

3.4 hot humid mid morning miles from me. Tripped in woods think I have twisted ankle a little but nothing too serious. It's so hot tonight though!
runningtothehills good luck in run today
cinnamon sorry about car accident hope car gets replaced soon.
fluke oh no hope the shin splints recover soon

867.51

Ive got that pain in the insides of my lower legs again... I think it's shin splints. So I guess that's no running for me for a couple of weeks. I knew my running shoes needed replacing, I should have done it sooner. I guess that is probably the cause. Bother.

4 miles from me parkrun and there and back 864.11. Will post my totals but may not read back as limited internet where we're on holiday.

3.3 humid miles from me this evening - which would have been more enjoyable if I hadn't been stung on my arm by a wasp half way through! Ouch.

856.81+3.3=860.11

Missed the last post so new total...

856.81

3.1 parkrun miles from me, very hot but ran a PB so happy yesterday I walked a hill run course I am doing next week, it was 4.4 miles but not sure if walking counts so I'll let someone else decide. I plan to practice run it in the week, not looking forward to it, it's pretty steep but a new challenge.

850.81

Also adding runtothehills 6 miles from Tue, hope that's ok, I don't think it's already been added.

847.71 + 6 = 853.71

That sounds horrible cinnamon. Glad no one was seriously injured, but what a fright. Lack of car is a right pain too.

Hope you feel better for tomorrow runtothehills. Good luck to you and emummy, the Fare Challenge looks lovely. I liked the look of it but DH is away. I am slightly .

I have 11.2 to add. 4 gentle ones from Thurs, another 4.1 early this morning to see if my recalcitrant Achilles would be up to the hills in parkrun. It wasn't, really, but DS1 was keen so I went telling myself I would be sensible and take it easy, especially on the hilly bits. Of course, I didn't and am now sitting with an ice pack on a throbbing tendon . But another 3.1 to add.

So 836.51 + 11.2 = 847.71

Thanks emummy good luck to you too!

Been laid up with a horrid cold since Wednesday, desperately trying to get well again for tomorrow! Had to pass on the race on Thursday night. Hoping lots of fruit and lemsips will help. Did manage a 6 milers on Tuesday though.

cinnamon hope all ok, I'm still waiting to get my car sorted after crash at start of July, hopefully going into garage next week (and looking forward to a nice clean hire car for a few days )

Oh no Cinnamon! Glad no one was too hurt - hope the insurance is sorted quickly (though when somebody wrote my ten-year-old car off I got a brand new (about 44 miles on clock) courtesy car for a week which was awesome - i drove anywhere I could).

I've got 4.08, a 1.58 and a 6.34 treadmill runs from this week. DD2 been horribly unwell with the flu which is doing the rounds across NZ and decimating the daycares so i didn't really want to be away from home if I could help it.

So that makes a total for me to add of 11.98 = 836.51

it felt sort of cold inside my house

you masochist Mad :o