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I sleep therefore I run?

This was going to be a post about how rubbish today's run was but then I realised it's good to be able to do any running in this heat. Unusually for me, I'm...

This was going to be a post about how rubbish today's run was but then I realise...

SkiMonday

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

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DOUBLE August CHALLENGES: Speed AND Distance!!! 🤩Starting July 29th - who's in???

Hi everybody! Thanks for your responses to the recent poll about speed vs distance challenges. After careful consideration I have decided to run A DOUBLE...

Hi everybody! Thanks for your responses to the recent poll about speed vs distan...

roseabi

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

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Chickened out yet again!!

This is a non-runnpost.☹️. I have no idea how you lot are still doing it and I take my hats off to you. I think I could manage to run if I could only sleep!!!...

This is a non-runnpost.☹️. I have no idea how you lot are still doing it and I t...

limberlou

Half Marathon•5 years ago

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Foot Update

Its Morton's Neuroma, apparently. Booked in for a biomechanical evaluation with a view to custom orthotics. So that'll be fun... Really hope it works too. My...

Its Morton's Neuroma, apparently. Booked in for a biomechanical evaluation with ...

andystev

•5 years ago

4 Replies

Runtastic without the Internet

For some reason I can't log in to Runtastic unless I have an Internet connection. Don't remember having this problem before. Have I got the wrong version of...

For some reason I can't log in to Runtastic unless I have an Internet connection...

Pippa49

Half Marathon•5 years ago

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October Half Marathon Group: Do what you can! 😎

Hi Groovy Group! How has the training been going this past week? Tell us all about it!!! I had a 10K run yesterday. I was pleased because this was the first...

Hi Groovy Group! How has the training been going this past week? Tell us all abo...

roseabi

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

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HM training week4 day2

Today's was 10mins warmup in zones 1&2, 15mins in zone 2, 15mins in zone 4, 5mins cool down in zones 1&2. I woke at 4.30 after a restless night and decided to...

Today's was 10mins warmup in zones 1&2, 15mins in zone 2, 15mins in zone 4, 5min...

Hidden

•5 years ago

12 Replies

Finally invested in a water carrying belt

I figured it was probably a good idea to start carrying water (at least for my long runs). Should be interesting to see if it has any effect on my running!

I figured it was probably a good idea to start carrying water (at least for my l...

SkiMonday

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

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HM training week4 day1 - tempo run

Very hot, already 24c while I was running. I had about half a pint of Tailwind with me. It’s extremely difficult to keep your pace up and your heart rate down...

Very hot, already 24c while I was running. I had about half a pint of Tailwind w...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Weekly Chat July 22nd - 28th 🌝 Giant leaps!

Hi everybody! Welcome to a new week, and a new weekly chat board 😊😊😊 As I'm sure you know, it was the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing last week. I was...

Hi everybody! Welcome to a new week, and a new weekly chat board 😊😊😊 As I'm s...

roseabi

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

50 Replies

Sore feet

Hi all, has anyone any advice about sore feet, especially the ball of the foot. I managed a 10K beach run last Saturday and was so pleased, well I still am,...

Hi all, has anyone any advice about sore feet, especially the ball of the foot. ...

Tkaye

Half Marathon•5 years ago

8 Replies

HM training week3 day5

Who knew it could be so exhausting running slowly for 75 minutes, all in zones 1&2! So embarrassing watching other runners pass me and disappear into the...

Who knew it could be so exhausting running slowly for 75 minutes, all in zones 1...

Hidden

•5 years ago

17 Replies

Sciatica

Hello all - my goal is to run a marathon next year - have been building up gradually and achieved 12k a few weeks ago. Since then however I have suffered an...

Hello all - my goal is to run a marathon next year - have been building up gradu...

Shazjj67

•5 years ago

5 Replies

Advice please

Hi everyone - having said for ages “10k will do me - no intention of going any further”......I’ve now started sneaking a bit further and after hitting 10 miles...

Hi everyone - having said for ages “10k will do me - no intention of going any f...

limberlou

Half Marathon•5 years ago

11 Replies

Dilemma

I was supposed to do my long run yesterday but Park Run completely knackered me plus I had to get some shopping for my dad. The dilemma is do I go for a run...

I was supposed to do my long run yesterday but Park Run completely knackered me ...

Pippa49

Half Marathon•5 years ago

16 Replies

MEC 12k trail race report

It was a hot one today with temps of 29 feeling like 42 with the humidity. I drove a couple of people down from the run group and we met a whole lot of folks...

It was a hot one today with temps of 29 feeling like 42 with the humidity. I dro...

Decker

Ultramarathon•5 years ago

25 Replies

Ahhhh....That’s more like it 😊Another SaskAlliecat Ramble

After last week’s trail race that didn’t go as planned, I had a week off at the lake. I had a very wet 6k campground interval run during a thunderstorm where...

After last week’s trail race that didn’t go as planned, I had a week off at the ...

SaskAlliecat

Half Marathon•5 years ago

31 Replies

Personal best

I know the answer already but I thought I'd put it out there... If you stop during a run/race (in my case a half marathon) to go for a pee, and my app pauses...

I know the answer already but I thought I'd put it out there... If you stop duri...

Tjcp

Half Marathon•5 years ago

12 Replies

Time to listen to you body

Some food for thought in this article link. I especially like the advice given that listening to our own body signals is still the most important measure....

Some food for thought in this article link. I especially like the advice given t...

Half Marathon•5 years ago

23 Replies

Stretches advice please

I used to be able to do these two poses with ease. Since I began running, my legs are too tight, it’s hard to reach my feet, and my calves start to lock up or...

I used to be able to do these two poses with ease. Since I began running, my leg...

Hidden

•5 years ago

14 Replies

Badly scrawled half marathon plan

So I having got into a habit of doing a 10k and to 5ks a week, I was keen to aim for something new and wanted to do a half marathon before the year is out....

So I having got into a habit of doing a 10k and to 5ks a week, I was keen to aim...

jimmers

Half Marathon•5 years ago

8 Replies

Need motivation

Need motivation to get going for my half marathon in October got a 12 week training plan but just cant seem to get doing

Need motivation to get going for my half marathon in October got a 12 week train...

paul1960

Marathon•5 years ago

11 Replies

HM training week3 day4

Scary intervals. This was the day when I was going to really push and get some speed up. It wasn’t to be. I just wasn’t feeling it - a kind of background...

Scary intervals. This was the day when I was going to really push and get some s...

Hidden

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Tailor made prescription insoles?

A few weeks ago after a run my ankle swollen up. I left a 3 day break then ran again and same thing. I left a 5 day break then was going to do a short run but...

A few weeks ago after a run my ankle swollen up. I left a 3 day break then ran a...

Jelly-bean16

Marathon•5 years ago

12 Replies

Friday night is pompom night! 😎 Events for 20th and 21st July 🎇🎇🎇

Some special underwater pompoms today 😄 Limber up, folks, and get your cheer on for this weekend, when we have... 📣 Decker in the MEC Toronto Race Four!...

Some special underwater pompoms today 😄 Limber up, folks, and get your cheer on...

Sqkr

Half Marathon•5 years ago

19 Replies

HM training week3 day3

Tough tough tough. 25 minutes in zones 1&2 then suddenly you’re up into zone 4 and having to keep going for 20 minutes. I am finding the heart rate zones hard...

Tough tough tough. 25 minutes in zones 1&2 then suddenly you’re up into zone 4 a...

Hidden

•5 years ago

8 Replies

Does anyone use two different running apps? Do they favour one over the other?

I used to use Runkeeper when I first started running, tried Runtastic for a while then got into Strava and recently have started using Runtastic again. I am...

I used to use Runkeeper when I first started running, tried Runtastic for a whil...

Pippa49

Half Marathon•5 years ago

12 Replies

Easy run

40 min ‘easy’ run on my plan this morning. Does anyone else find it hard to go really slow? I ended up including a 1.5 mile uphill section to try to run at the...

40 min ‘easy’ run on my plan this morning. Does anyone else find it hard to go r...

Aldlib

Half Marathon•5 years ago

12 Replies

Back on the Trails

After some bad chaffing from the Serpent Trail, I set off last week for a long training run for in preparation for the Great North Run in September...

After some bad chaffing from the Serpent Trail, I set off last week for a long t...

LittleNell83

•5 years ago

14 Replies

Half marathon trail

Did the No Ego Challenge: Conquer the Forest half marathon on Sunday at Dalby Forest with a few from my club. I’m 1162 in the photo. It was great fun but I had...

Did the No Ego Challenge: Conquer the Forest half marathon on Sunday at Dalby Fo...

Tasha99

Marathon•5 years ago

14 Replies

Posts - Fun Beyond 10K & Race Support | HealthUnlocked

Fun Beyond 10K & Race Support

All posts for July 2019

I sleep therefore I run?

DOUBLE August CHALLENGES: Speed AND Distance!!! 🤩Starting July 29th - who's in???

Chickened out yet again!!

Foot Update

Runtastic without the Internet

October Half Marathon Group: Do what you can! 😎

HM training week4 day2

Finally invested in a water carrying belt

HM training week4 day1 - tempo run

Weekly Chat July 22nd - 28th 🌝 Giant leaps!

Sore feet

HM training week3 day5

Sciatica

Advice please

Dilemma

MEC 12k trail race report

Ahhhh....That’s more like it 😊Another SaskAlliecat Ramble

Personal best

Time to listen to you body

Stretches advice please

Badly scrawled half marathon plan

Need motivation

HM training week3 day4

Tailor made prescription insoles?

Friday night is pompom night! 😎 Events for 20th and 21st July 🎇🎇🎇

HM training week3 day3

Does anyone use two different running apps? Do they favour one over the other?

Easy run

Back on the Trails

Half marathon trail

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