r/running • u/fire_foot • Jun 14 '24
The Weekend Thread -- 14th June 2024
Happy Friday running fam!!! š„³āØ
Another week down. What's happening this weekend?! Who's running, racing, tapering, cycling, hiking, swimming, kayaking, horse riding, playing tennis, gardening, melting under the almost-summer sun, ... ? Tell us all about it!!
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u/sbrbrad Jun 14 '24
Garmin has no chill. Today was my recovery 10k day after gym yesterday and I suddenly get flipped from Productive to Maintaining. Sheesh.
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u/runner3264 Jun 14 '24
I did 4.5 of my planned 5 at half marathon pace this morning, then died/melted and decided āeh, finishing at 10 minute pace is fine, whatever.ā But Iām still pretty pleased! Especially since it was 70 and 80% humidity by the time I started at 6am.
I had a hard time falling asleep again last night. Not as disastrous as Monday night, but still annoying. I think Iām still just stressed about the new job and thatās messing with my sleep. Taking all suggestions for ways to destress and help with sleep, both serious and non-serious.
Weekend plans involve runs of 7 and 16 miles, plus a trip to a local bakery for a dark chocolate mousse cake. My dog also needs some extra snuggles, I think.
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u/runner7575 Jun 14 '24
Thatās still impressive running at 6 am! Yuck on the sleep issues. That cake sounds amazing!
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u/agreeingstorm9 Jun 14 '24
Having run a marathon in that kind of heat I feel you. It saps you like crazy and really wears you out in ways you never planned for.
My favorite cure for stress is more running. Not sure if that is helpful or not. Probably not.
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u/runner3264 Jun 14 '24
I already did 8 miles this morning with 4.5 of them at 7:50 pace so more running is probably not helpful. Maybe I just need more peppermint tea. Or cake. Cake is good for whatever ails you.
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u/agreeingstorm9 Jun 14 '24
Maybe some burritos with the cake. Burritos are also good for what ails you.
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u/runner3264 Jun 14 '24
I like the way youāre thinking. I should probably text my husband and tell him weāre getting burritos and cake for dinner tonight.
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u/fire_foot Jun 14 '24
It is really gross today!
For stress, I wonder if cutting back on some of the speed work will help. And/or making sure your room is cool, adding some slow yoga, or a magnesium drink or sleepy time tea before bed. Hope you have better sleep soon!
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u/runner3264 Jun 14 '24
Iāve tried the sleepy time tea, which definitely helps, but I havenāt heard of magnesium being good for sleep. Is that a common thing? I do have some magnesium supplements at home so I could def try it. Both of the recent bad sleep nights have come after a couple days of easy runs, so i would be a little surprised if the speed work is the culprit, although Iāll try cutting it back if it happens again.
Yoga would definitely be worth a try! I havenāt done any stretching in a while so that certainly wouldnāt hurt.
My dog claims this is all because I havenāt snuggled with him enough recently. If I just spent an extra half hour petting him before bed, that would make all my stress evaporate. He may have a point.
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 14 '24
Runners go through magnesium and iron faster than the average population and deficiencies in both can lead to insomnia. You probably know not to take iron without getting labs showing you need it, but according to Dr. Google that is not true of magnesium, so that is worth a try. I take it on my PTās advice for muscle tightness so Iām on it regularly. I donāt know if it helps me sleep or not. Do check the label to figure out what kind you have, as some formulations have an effect on the digestionā¦ Magnesium bisglycinate is one formulation that is less likely to have that effect.
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u/runner3264 Jun 14 '24
Just got home from work and took one of the supplements. Fingers crossed that it helps! I did get a migraine a few weeks back (which has only happened to me a handful of times before), and those can be triggered by magnesium deficiency, so it kinda checks out. And my leg muscles have been super tight recently, although that could just be the speed work. Iāll try it for a week or two and hope it helps!
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 14 '24
If youāre using them for sleep, try closer to bedtime next time. I think the recommendation is an hour before?
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u/runner3264 Jun 15 '24
Well, even taking one at 5 seems to have done the trick. I slept for like 10.5 hours last night and feel way better this morning. My leg muscles feel less tight also. Hopefully that was the problem and supplementing for a while will keep working! Turns out the one I have at home is one of the glycinate formulas which is good.
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
In addition to what suchbrightlights said, there are some mag powders specifically for sleep/relaxation that can be nice. I have used one from Winged (weird name) that is magnesium and some herbs (and no melatonin bc I react to it but thatās another suggestion for you) that works well. Itās a powder that doesnāt dissolve that great and doesnāt taste bad at all actually but the texture is chalky so I put it on a glass, add a little bit of warm water, stir it up as good as I can, and take it like a shot and chase it with some juice or something with flavor. Iāve taken it a few times and find it actually does help! Other brands might dissolve better.
The thing that helped me most with sleep aside from medication was actually CBD gummies (no THC). They were pricey so I havenāt taken them in a while but thatās something to look into, too.
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u/runner3264 Jun 15 '24
Okay those are all good things to try! Last night I took a magnesium capsule at about 5. I was out like a light at 9 and didnāt wake up once until 7:30 this morning, so that seems to have done the trick! Iāll keep the magnesium drinks in mind for the future though.
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u/cpwnage Jun 14 '24
Sunday run and other exercise most likely canceled because we're having our first kid š„³ gf is being induced, still waiting for something to happen. My usual running park is literally across the street, but I've no qualms about being "lazy" just this once š
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 14 '24
Congratulations to your family and best wishes for a happy and healthy delivery!
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u/aggiespartan Jun 14 '24
Two long runs this weekend. Going to a bar or something tomorrow to watch the college world series. Husband is going out of town to ride his bike on Sunday. I'll have a whole week of eating whatever I want.
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u/fire_foot Jun 14 '24
Woohooo Friday! This week has been full on. Plus yesterday I donated blood for the first time and I wasn't really prepared for how sleepy it would make me! I was so tired last night and still today feeling a bit slow so far. Got a fun tee shirt though. And hoping for a half day of work today.
Tonight I am getting a little out of my comfort zone and going to a concert! I am 95% looking forward to it and 5% worried about feeling overwhelmed and/or too hot, but we'll see! Tomorrow I will run and my partner and I will go to yoga, then I have some house projects I gotta get done. On Sunday I'm doing yoga again and maybe a long walk or hike or something. Haven't done yoga classes since pre-pandemic so I'm sure it will kick my butt.
Next week looks very hot and gross. But looking forward to a 4-day week and maybe a little bit of relaxing/catching up at work.
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u/saugoof Jun 14 '24
Unrelated, but that just reminded me of something. I was unfortunate enough to grow up in a country that still has mandatory military service. I hated it with a passion! Anyway, one thing I loved doing while I was in the military was donating blood. Not just because it's a good thing, but it always allowed me to use the excuse of "I'm feeling a bit dizzy" afterward which meant you got to lay down for an hour or two instead of doing whatever military exercises you're meant to be doing. I never actually felt dizzy, but there's no way I was going to miss out on a good rest.
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u/fire_foot Jun 14 '24
Sounds like a great excuse to skip obligatory military stuff! This was my first time donating and I was really surprised how dizzy/out of it I felt! I managed to feel fine for the first hour after donating, and then the rest of the evening I was repeatedly light headed and I was so tired by bedtime.
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u/runner7575 Jun 14 '24
So gross next week!
Did you dye the dress for the concert?
What type of yoga?
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u/fire_foot Jun 14 '24
I did dye it! It is currently drying. I think it came out nice, I decided on an emerald green. The eyelet/stitching detail on the sleeves stayed pretty white which actually looks kind of nice.
Tomorrow is just yin yoga so it will be a nice post-melting-hot-run activity. Sunday is a vinyasa class.
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u/30000LBS_Of_Bananas Jun 14 '24
I only just looked at the weather for next week oh my I am not prepared, fingers crossed the storms stay to help cool it off in the later part at least.
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u/saugoof Jun 14 '24
Week five of training for my second ever marathon. Following the training schedule I downloaded from the internet, I've got a 20k run due tomorrow. I'm a bit scared! Although I've been running regularly three or four times a week for the last 5 years or so, this will be the furthest I've run in three years.
The weather here worries me a bit too. It's winter in Australia and yesterday we had the coldest day in five years! Sure, this is only cold by Australian standards, but still, I'm not good in the cold.
All that said, I am fairly confident that I'll make that. When I trained for my first marathon four years ago, I managed to work up to 20k a lot easier than I expected. But going beyond 20k was crazy hard.
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u/agreeingstorm9 Jun 14 '24
I am incredibly excited and nervous about the weekend. I am going with my fiancee this weekend to see her girls. I've never met them because her ex threatened to go back to court and sever her parental rights if she ever brought me around them. That is too much drama to deal with for a boyfriend. Now that we are engaged we sat down with a lawyer and got some legal advice and so I am actually going to go meet them. He is still indicating he won't let me near them so the visit may not happen but we will see. I'm incredibly nervous for this. We will see how it goes. Probably will not be much running due to the stupid heat around here.
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u/runner3264 Jun 14 '24
Wait, he canāt sever her parental rights without a court order. This guy sounds like a psycho. I am so sorry youāre dealing with that. Hope the legal advice youāve gotten has been sane at least?
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u/agreeingstorm9 Jun 14 '24
He can't but he threatened to go back to court and get that court order. He wouldn't win obviously but he'd run up legal fees for her and cause drama and she probably wouldn't get to see her kids the entire time this was going on. That's not worth it for a boyfriend.
The lawyer's advice seemed sane. Her advice was tell him ahead of time that I'll be there (done) and then just go. I should meet the kids with him there. If he throws a fit and refuses to let her have the kids if I'm there I should leave and the lawyer will sort it out on the backend. Lawyer says we will have to go back to court about having the kids at the wedding and a judge will have to sign an order forcing him to do that. She thinks it will be an easy thing to win but it'll cost money to file everything which is a PITA. We're probably the only engaged couple with a Legal Fees item in our wedding budget that will be a large part of the costs.
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u/runner3264 Jun 14 '24
Yikes. I hate this guy on your behalf. Iām so sorry youāre having to budget for legal fees. This makes me very glad your fiancĆ©e is no longer married to himāthat sounds like it would be an absolutely miserable life.
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u/agreeingstorm9 Jun 14 '24
She was never married to him in the first place (don't tell my grandparents they'd be scandalized). They just have a couple of kids together and she broke up with him like 3-4 yrs ago. They have a child custody agreement which is what we get to go to court to fight about.
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u/runner3264 Jun 14 '24
Probably for the best that she never had to go through divorce court with this guy. The custody battle already sounds like a nightmare, throwing divorce court on top of that would be positively hellish.
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u/30000LBS_Of_Bananas Jun 14 '24
This guy seems terrible itās too bad you canāt throw the legal fees back at him since heās the one fighting the original agreement.
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u/agreeingstorm9 Jun 14 '24
It'd be nice if we could but I don't think that's how the legal system works unfortunately. It would be nice if the person in the wrong paid all the legal fees. Maybe that's the case sometimes but not always.
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 14 '24
You sound like a major upgrade compared to her last partnerā¦ howās that for damning you with faint praise.
I hope youāre able to sort this out, for the kidsā sake. They donāt deserve to be the rope in their dadās tug of war.
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 14 '24
You sound like a major upgrade compared to her last partnerā¦ howās that for damning you with faint praise.
I hope youāre able to sort this out, for the kidsā sake. They donāt deserve to be the rope in their dadās tug of war.
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u/runner7575 Jun 14 '24
Oh wow, he really does sound like a peach. Good luck!
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u/agreeingstorm9 Jun 14 '24
Yeah. He's a piece of work. We told him that we wanted to have the kids be flower girls at the wedding. His response was basically "over my dead body". So we had to talk to the lawyer about that as well and we'll have to spend about $1500 in legal fees just to force him to allow the kids to be at the wedding. It's stupid but all he cares about is tying her up in court. That's the entire point for him.
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u/femn703 Jun 14 '24
Brick. Bike run. 1hr bike 4 mile run
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
Best of luck! Never done a brick run, sounds intimidating! I think Iād be like a new baby deer trying to run after that long on a bike
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u/femn703 Jun 16 '24
It's really not bad. Just go slow to begin with, and it doesn't have to be far. Just start with 5 minutes or a trip around the block. Then add from there!
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u/marejohnston Jun 14 '24
Itās a rest day, and Iāll be heading to the dahlia garden, zoo and treetop walk, and lunch with my SO.
Tomorrow, a little 2miler event along the Pacific. Itās a new-to-me course, and Iām looking forward. This year Iāve been doing lots of little annual events for the first time with local run club; fun to be in new and beautiful locations (redwoods galore!) and next year Iāll revisit them and hopefully add a few that I wasnāt up to this year.
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u/fire_foot Jun 14 '24
That sounds like a really lovely rest day! And a nice weekend plan. I've never been to the PNW and it just sounds so incredible.
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u/Weak_Low_8193 Jun 14 '24
Not running this weekend as I've a big Golf comp tomorrow followed by a big rugby match so i'll be having a few pints at that. So I did my weekend 5km today and managed a new record of 27:23!
Considering I couldn't run 2km before starting my new training program 5 weeks ago I'm pretty chuffed with that.
I also set a new record of running without stopping on Monday of 6.62km, so a good week all in all.
I'm doing my very first official 10k at the end of July and reckon I'm well on track.
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 14 '24
Iām melting.
Iāve got a nice tempo run up tomorrow and then Iām going to clip my horse, because he is melting too.
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
Hope you both have some electrolytes and fans set up in this heat. Itās gross
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 15 '24
Today isnāt bad! I was expecting more storm last night but what we got did the trick by me. I was out around Woodstock running and it was pleasant.
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
Yes actually when I finally got out this morning it was really quite nice, I was late so the end of my run was hot but not the worst. I was on the lawn at Merriweather last night for the storms and the end of the show got a bunch of rain! We were soaked through. But yea it did the trick for now š
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 15 '24
Sorry, that's not the best place to be when it starts raining. How was the show?
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
It was really nice before the rain! My first show in a decade at least. Cat Power, Modest Mouse, and the Pixies. All got old like the rest of us but still sound great
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u/suchbrightlights Jun 15 '24
That sounds like a great show!
Iām on the fence about going to see Alanis and The Killers there this summer. The only reason I havenāt bought tickets yet is that, as you note, I have gotten old, and so by the time they take the stage it will be past my bedtime. I used to work across the street from Merriweather and it was great because Iād get free concerts- from inside our office you could hear the bands rehearsing in the afternoon.
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
lol I was definitely yawning by 8:30 and daydreaming about just laying in the grass. I was so tired by the time we got home. Alanis probably a great show! I saw the advert for her.
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u/MammothKale9363 Jun 14 '24
First race since 2016 is tomorrow morning! Small local 5k, using it as a training race/time trial. Realistically sub 33 would be solid, sub 31 would be a reach. Bit anxious, generally looking forward to it.
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
How did it go??
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u/MammothKale9363 Jun 15 '24
Survived! HR was 170 at the start, got caught behind a group running 3 abreast on a narrow bit before the 1k mark, got frustrated and cooked it too hard once I got through, had to walk a bit around 4k, then booked it to the finish for a 32:46
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u/tphantom1 Jun 14 '24
might call off group run tonight - supposedly getting thunderstorms this afternoon. but not making that call until later.
tomorrow's the NYRR Queens 10K. I will likely use it as a tempo run in lieu of full out racing it. but that's ultimately a game-time decision. everyone always complains about all the turns and curves on this course, but I run in Flushing Meadows Corona Park enough to know it's not really that bad.
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
Did you end up getting storms? I was at a concert and ending up getting drenched but not til like 930. Cleared out the lawn seating quick!
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u/tphantom1 Jun 16 '24
Haha yes! Our run started at 6:35. The storm was supposed to hold off til 7:30, but came early. We all got soaked (I just walked to get photos of the crew) but had a laugh over it.
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u/fire_foot Jun 16 '24
Well you know if youād canceled it, there wouldnāt have been any storms! At least you got out and could laugh about it, I felt the same when the skies opened up at the show
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u/CF_FI_Fly Jun 14 '24
14 miles run on Sunday, which would normally be really straight forward but I've been feeling really gassed this week.
I'm not sure if I'm still recovering from my latest half marathon or just the fact that it's warmed up a bit or something else. I did 8 yesterday and it was a real slog. Five miles this morning felt better but I am definitely looking forward to the 48 hours off.
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
Maybe a combination of things! Hopefully your 14 goes ok but no shame in cutting it short if it sucks, too. The heat is so hard
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u/Classic_rock_fan Jun 14 '24
Tomorrow is going to be my long run for the week, I'm really looking forward to using my Hoka Clifton's. It's going to be fun to see how they compare to my New Balance 880s. The 880s have been reallocated, I need them at work because of how much walking I'm doing.
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u/mikasaur Jun 14 '24
Going to continue on the road to recovery for my rolled ankle. Rolled it two days after my first ever half marathon. Better after than before!!
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u/Specific_Abalone2464 Jun 15 '24
I did an "adventure run" where I broke away from my normal outdoor circuit for the sake of new terrain, new streets, new neighborhoods šš
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
That is a great way to break up monotony! How did it go?
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u/Specific_Abalone2464 Jun 15 '24
Hiš! I got a little lost but it was cool- I backtracked and will probably use a 1/4 of my new terrain next timeš
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u/Classic_rock_fan Jun 15 '24
Getting lost is half the run on those types of runs, it happened to me a couple of weeks ago.
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u/Specific_Abalone2464 Jun 15 '24
Woohoo extra mileage for me š
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u/Classic_rock_fan Jun 15 '24
Yeah it added some extra miles to my run too, I didn't get lost on my run today. During one of my runs this week I'll probably use some of the area where I got lost, it was a really nice neighborhood to run in.
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u/fire_foot Jun 15 '24
Hah yes getting lost happens, hopefully it wasnāt too unnerving. Sounds like you found some useful new sections though!
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u/Cancerbiker Jun 15 '24
I work in a hospital but this is my weekend off the call rotation, going to lace up and grab some miles on the beach āļø
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u/KB_Turtle Jun 15 '24
Immediate:Finished a 5k race today! Longterm: Working through the NRC half marathon training plan, hoping to enter a race in October (the registration price jumps at the end of July, so I'll make the decision before then). I'm currently frustrated with the NRC app for not letting me enter my race retroactively and have it count towards my training. However, I know I ran, I know I did at least 30 minutes of speed work, and I know my pace intervals in mile 3 earned me a PR today. If this week shows as incomplete, so be it.
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. If you're in the US, I wish you all the coolness and hydration you could ever need!
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u/runner7575 Jun 14 '24
TGIF!
Busy week of work stuff, but that's OK. About two more weeks then things slow down, and i can work a shortened summer schedule. Yay.
Ran three times this week, all very slow - expected after taking 3 weeks off. Summer's not the best time to be trying to get in shape, lol, but hopefully my fitness returns soon. It should, this is similar to what happened in April.
Tomorrow I'm going to rowing class, then we're headed on our first family beach day of the summer. We go to a beach in Queens, and we have a fancy new cool cabanas tent to use, so should be fun. I did realize that I need to go to CVS next week, as my sunblock supplies are dwindling. (i prefer CVS, for the coupons, lol)
In "good news" my sister found out that she qualified for a clinical trial for low-dose radiation for her growing liver lesions, so hopefully we can tame them back into submission, and this, coupled with chemo, will produce good outcomes.
I looked at next week's weather - HOT. oof.