Running

I was in the old nike+ one, but sadly due to the morton's neuroma that's been plaguing me for the last few years it's about one 5km a week currently, so will probably be a sad sack and sit this one out.

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Boo, hope you're ok dude. Were you the guy in the old place who bought a Concept2 and did a shit ton of rowing?

I bought a concept 2 a couple of months back. They're addictive.

They are. And basically bombproof. We bought a reconditioned one from C2 about 18yrs ago, sold it to someone from a mates rowing club a year or two ago after we bought a newer one from a Norwegian geezer at work who didn't want to ship his one back there.

Both still running like new. Ones in gyms are always partially fucked by folk who haven't got a clue though, which always baffles me how they manage to do it. They're pretty idiot proof, but some still seem to manage it!

I also joined, though I'm currently risking the demise of my old legs via five a side football more than running.

Link here: www.strava.com/clubs/fontgeekrunning

Also joined!

Oh man, i only use zwift for cycling in the shittier weather.

They can (i think) sync with treadmills, or there's a foot pod equivalent they sell, but i have no experience with that side of it at all I'm afraid. You'd have to check on some forum or reddit groups that might know i think.

Joined also.

I'm waaay off the peaks that I hit back during the Nike challenge days, so please don't judge my pace!

I've just started Zwift Running as it happens, mainly because the weather has been shocking and the wife's been working a lot, so I can't go out in the evenings for my normal run as much I'd like because I need to be home for the kids.

Three ways to do it:

1.) Foot pod sensor thingy - Cheap, not very accurate.
2.) Full blown Smart Treadmill - Accurate, expensive.
3.) Runn Treadmill Sensor - Accurate, moderately priced, available from Zwift website.

My wife bought me the third option for my birthday recently. It's essentially a sensor housing that bolts to the side of your treadmill and watches for passing sensor strips that you glue to the outer edge of the belt. Run a calibration with an app on your phone and you're away, connect to Zwift.

Beyond that it's Zwift as normal, with all the workouts and courses you'd expect. Definitely a bit dead mind you, compared to the cycling.

It's free though, which is a nice bonus, running doesn't require a subscription on Zwift currently.

Been following a plan to get under 28 min 5k. I'd done 27 and a half once but that was going downhill, so I challenged myself to go the reverse of the route and do uphill.

27 min 12 seconds and I grumble at the 12 sec as that was taken by fannying around at a junction for idiot drivers.

Cheers. It's helped me focus on something positive last few weeks tbh.

Got some new runners last week, turns out I'm not just older and fatter. I mean I am but my times have shot way back up. Clocking several sub 4 30 km in the last few runs and generally easily staying sub 5 even uphill.

The other runners were obviously fecked

28:40 in the Great North 5K tonight

Happy with that, I never break the 30 barrier when I run similar distances at home. And it was about a million degrees once you got moving and a sweat on.

Drafting steve all the way? 😀