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2025 Getting/Staying In Shape Motivation Thread

hokiehunter373 said:
Not positive and definitely not an expert but has it coincided with the new shoes?

You’re absolutely crushing it, man! Kudos to ya. Get on strava so we can stalk your stats more lol

5 easy miles this morning followed by 4 sets of strides. Knee felt mostly better. Thought my legs were mostly recovered from Saturday until I did the strides haha. Thought my quads were gonna explode. 5:53, 5:55, 6:06, and 6:17 for them. Rest of the week should look like:

Tomorrow - 2 EZ, 6x1:00 hills, 5:00 EZ, 15:00 hard, 2 EZ (total ~7.5)
Thursday - 6 Easy
Friday - Rest
Saturday - 14 Trails
Sunday - 8 Trails with 4 sets of strides

Last weekend of coaching flag football so hopefully the long weekend miles get easier after this one. We’ll see if I have time to get them all done this week. If I can I’ll be following in @Just_Hangin_N_GA footsteps and getting my first week over 40
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Unfortunately it started with the older shoes, was kinda hoping the new shoes would make a difference.
 
hokiehunter373 said:
You’re absolutely crushing it, man! Kudos to ya. Get on strava so we can stalk your stats more lol
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I’m not very App savvy and just have always used the Garmin Connect. Is it not possible to share my Garmin Connect data or is Strava a better platform for sharing.
The main thing is I still want to use my GC and not lose anything if I add Strava. I will check into it. However if you are wanting to check out my slow Zone 2 stats you are obviously bored, lol.
 
hokiehunter373 said:
Tomorrow - 2 EZ, 6x1:00 hills, 5:00 EZ, 15:00 hard, 2 EZ (total ~7.5)
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Wheewwww buddy this was a doozy. The hills kicked my butt. The 15:00 hard finished me.

Hills - targeting 7:00/mi pace:
1 - 6:56
2 - 7:07
3 - 7:22
4 - 6:59
5 - 7:00
6 - 7:09

15:00 hard goal was 6:30-7:30. I very quickly realized I was too aggressive with that goal due to the hills lol. Still managed 7:25/mi for my 2nd fastest 2 mile ever on absolutely spent legs. 8.27 total. Ready for bed haha. These sunrises always make it worth it though. About 1.5 miles into my 15:00 hard

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Just_Hangin_N_GA said:
Is it not possible to share my Garmin Connect data or is Strava a better platform for sharing.
The main thing is I still want to use my GC and not lose anything if I add Strava.
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I don't know much about Garmin but with other platforms, they just push the data to Strava. Everything remains in the original source as well. If you disable strava it just won't push new data there. If you delete strava - you just lose the strava stats but that has nothing to do with the source.
 
2:41am- Zone 2 run, 12.50 miles in 2:30:33@ a 12:02/mi pace and Average HR 121bpm
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Not sure if lack of sleep is finally getting to me, the blisters or what but this was a rough run. Had to stop around 10.5 miles to stretch my knees because my pace was getting so slow to maintain Zone 2 that the short strides seems to be more stressing on my knees than sprinting.
Anyway it is done, have a great day everyone!!!!
 
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Just_Hangin_N_GA said:
2:41am- Zone 2 run, 12.50 miles in 2:30:33@ a 12:02/mi pace and Average HR 121bpm
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Not sure if lack of sleep is finally getting to me, the blisters or what but this was a rough run. Had to stop around 10.5 miles to stretch my knees because my pace was getting so slow to maintain Zone 2 that the short strides seems to be more stressing on my knees than sprinting.
Anyway it is done, have a great day everyone!!!!
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That stride is an adjustment that’s for sure



My slow miles and mixed in tempo is paying off. Used to have to walk a bunch for zone 2 and it was still hard to get under 13 min miles. Now if I ever walk it’s just on part of a hill and the paces have massively improved

3/12 - first zone 2 run. 5k. 13:16 pace with a ton of walking

3/27 - 6 miles took 1:18

Today - 6 miles in 1:04

Downhills definitely helped today but I’ve noticed that pace decreasing too. Hope the next 3 months continue the same as the last 3. Wish I would have started this a year ago when I got back into running
 
hokiehunter373 said:
That stride is an adjustment that’s for sure



My slow miles and mixed in tempo is paying off. Used to have to walk a bunch for zone 2 and it was still hard to get under 13 min miles. Now if I ever walk it’s just on part of a hill and the paces have massively improved

3/12 - first zone 2 run. 5k. 13:16 pace with a ton of walking

3/27 - 6 miles took 1:18

Today - 6 miles in 1:04

Downhills definitely helped today but I’ve noticed that pace decreasing too. Hope the next 3 months continue the same as the last 3. Wish I would have started this a year ago when I got back into running
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Thanks for sharing. It is nice to know that it will start paying dividends. My problem is I have been increasing my Zone 2 distances and not really able to compare. I did have a run this weekend that was encouraging then Tuesday morning’s run I got dropped kicked with a dose of reality, lol.
All in all though, this is the most miles I have ever run and I’m really enjoying running which I thought would never be possible.
Hopefully the endurance will help in Colorado come September.
 
Just_Hangin_N_GA said:
Do you guys have a paid subscription to Strava or the free version?
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I am paid , but I think I'm going to let my subscription run out next month. I goofed up the annual thing somehow and it's only good until July 8 I think. Not sure. Either way I haven't been taking advantage of the paid features so I'm not sure it's worth it for me. I did however like the segments when I was running.
 
Horn said:
I am paid , but I think I'm going to let my subscription run out next month. I goofed up the annual thing somehow and it's only good until July 8 I think. Not sure. Either way I haven't been taking advantage of the paid features so I'm not sure it's worth it for me. I did however like the segments when I was running.
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Yeah, I forgot to ask if the paid version had enough special features to warrant the purchase. I don’t mind paying but I don’t think I even take advantage of the free stuff I have on Garmin Connect.
I did download the free version of the App but haven’t had time to fiddle around with it yet.
 
Still having trouble staying on the bandwagon lately but not completely giving up either. Treadmill 6 tonight, took yesterday off and went for a short AM walk then kayaked for a few hours while I turned 40, treadmill 4.5 on Tuesday.

It's make it or break it time if I want to do a fall marathon, they're roughly 16-18 weeks away.
 
thedutchtouch said:
Still having trouble staying on the bandwagon lately but not completely giving up either. Treadmill 6 tonight, took yesterday off and went for a short AM walk then kayaked for a few hours while I turned 40, treadmill 4.5 on Tuesday.

It's make it or break it time if I want to do a fall marathon, they're roughly 16-18 weeks away.
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Happy Birthday!
 
thedutchtouch said:
Still having trouble staying on the bandwagon lately but not completely giving up either. Treadmill 6 tonight, took yesterday off and went for a short AM walk then kayaked for a few hours while I turned 40, treadmill 4.5 on Tuesday.

It's make it or break it time if I want to do a fall marathon, they're roughly 16-18 weeks away.
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You got this old man, lol. Happy Birthday!!!!
 
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