Marathon Tips?

How Fast Would You Run A Marathon?

although I noticed there was not a field to say if you wore vaporflies?
I've found when I sit on the couch with my Nike Vaporfly's…my belly grows faster than it did before…amazing shoes
Do not wear shoes and I recommend training in Gaborone
With Stage 3 arthritis in my knee, my marathoning days are officially over.
maybe the vaporflies can counter that?
Did you get arthritis from all the running or ballooning?!?

What did your hot Dr say?
hutch wrote:
Did you get arthritis from all the running or ballooning?!?

What did your hot Dr say?


What is ballooning?

Neither my PCP nor the orthopedist could give me a definitive answer on that. IMO, the running contributed. He said he didn't think it would make it worse to keep running in moderation, though why run if you're in pain? There's other ways to exercise. I was also diagnosed with rotator cuff tendonitis, frozen shoulder, and plantar fibroma. Still nothing about my hands. Getting old, good times!

With all the old people on here, maybe we should do a health woes thread?
I see

Ballooning is putting on weight
hutch wrote:
I see

Ballooning is putting on weight


Haha.

It's actually a medical term as well.

ballooning. A descriptive term for the biconcave compression of the end-plate of a vertebral body caused by increased pressure in the intervertebral discs, usually in the lumbar spine, which may be seen in osteoporosis.
Space wrote:
With all the old people on here, maybe we should do a health woes thread?

i'm 99% certain that we had a "ain't young anymore"/"getting old sucks" thread at one point but can't find it.
I really think a couple of extra hundred pounds puts a lot of strain on the knees
sweetcell wrote:
Space wrote:
With all the old people on here, maybe we should do a health woes thread?

i'm 99% certain that we had a "ain't young anymore"/"getting old sucks" thread at one point but can't find it.

please for the love of god, don't start that thread
manifesto wrote:
sweetcell wrote:
Space wrote:
With all the old people on here, maybe we should do a health woes thread?

i'm 99% certain that we had a "ain't young anymore"/"getting old sucks" thread at one point but can't find it.

please for the love of god, don't start that thread

i would if i could, but my lumbago is killing me…
I got into the NYC Marathon!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG Yesss!!!!
Nice…congrats!  That one was really super duper fun!
Montgomery County Road Runners cancelled all events through 31 March.  There is some discussion bubbling up in the larger endurance community that new guidelines will cancel everything through June 15.
I don't think we're racing any day soon. I'm running solo.