Running on the ice

Have you ever had the chance to run on the ice? Do not considering puddles. Today was my first time!

It is believed that running on the ice is true check of your running technice efficiency. Sprinters may not be interested in it, cause they need speed, but stiers might want to try at least once.

The main reason why you being a stier should try it is that this type of running exagerates all your mistakes, gaps and weaks. If you need an experienced coach to tell you about your running mistakes on the road, because on your own you don't feel them, on the ice you'll be able to feel each and every... but you still need a coach to tell you how to fix that :).

Before you've decided to try this semi-extrimal activity, make sure you have all you need - gypsum and analgesic winter running shoes with spikes!

Triathlon calculator (swimming/cycling/running/speed/pace/km/mi)

Another version of calculator is released.

No changes in icon, BUT! I got it finally!!! I just had to listen to feedback, see what another calculators do and testi is on several devices, not only mine. My idea to have a smart time input field which can guess what time you've entered failed... In order to enter "1h 30m" on the phone, you have to switch three times between letters and numbers, which is frustrating... plus you have to remember the format to enter the time or read about it in help (which nobody does, obviosly)
So, hours, minutes and seconds now are separate fields. Only numbers, no more long help read. Give it a try here and install mobile versions. Please rate it, provide your feedback - I feel happy like a baby when I get it :)

Competition Ironman Half-Ironman Olympic Tri Sprint Tri

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IM HIM Olympic Sprint 200m 100m 50m 25m Other

 

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Speed

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IM HIM Olympic Sprint Other

 

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Marathon Half-Marathon 10km 5km Other

 

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Total: 0:00:00

Mobile version:

Русский вариант.

Solo Marathon with walking finish.

I run another Solo Marathon today (12/13/14). Another marathon and another record, but not the one I'm proud of.

Flat track, ideal weather... but awkwardness + few mistakes = worst result!

Preparation was like in movies. I've been running for 3 month, 4 days a week with different phases, intervals and long runs. During this time I did more than 285mi including several half-marathons, 30+km runs and even one marathon. According to plan I had to finish this race in 3:09! Atlanta Thanksgiving Half-marathon result added some confidence (my time was 1:33:44).

Ok, day X. I feel good. After warm-up I was seriously determined to do it in more or less the same time specified in plan. Start at 9 am. It's time - GO GO GO!

Atlanta Thanksgiving Half-Marathon

Race instead of turkey

"Guys, how are you going to celebrate Thanksgiving?"
"Are you going to celebrate somehow Thanksgiving?"
"Have you decided what you are going to do on Thanksgiving?"

It were "TOP3" questions our colleagues were asking last time. Two days before Thanksgiving, Dug, knowing about my attitude towards running, asked if I know about Atlanta Thanksgiving Half Marathon? "No", I said and opened Google. It was my answer on those  "TOP3" questions - I'm running!

And it begun...

• Registration in the last day...
• Expected time 1:35...
• Searching possibilities to get there in time without paying additional 30$...
• Morning discussion with drunk girl and her strange friend...
• Fail and salvation with clothes...
• Starting wave confusion...
• Start, GO GO GO.......

The most boring marathon

Marathon is a dream for runner-beginner! There is so much proud in this phrase "I run marathon!", which is not actually the same what you feel in the process of achieving this goal.

• "8:30 - full tank of carbohydrates, heart rate monitor set on, satellites found..." - imagine your feelings if you don't have corresponding attitude, and, because of your leisure, physical shape too...
• "...I was waiting for start along with thousands of runners..." - what if you are alone?!
• "...I continued running along the quays and bridges of St. Petersburg. There were so many beautiful things around me!!!" - and now switch to the small room without any beauties.
• "...The most sharp-sighted ones could read my name on my number and shouted "Grisha, come on, go go go!"" - what if there is nobody to support you?!
• "...Got out, gave chip, took a towel and went to take the certificate with results I could and had to have better..." - if there is no even small medal or any other paper charter?!
• "...I was recovering so diligently, that over-recovered by 2 kg..." - what if you don't have with whom to celebrate?!

Runner time calculator

km mile
Dist.:	Marathon Halfmarathon 10km 5km
Pace (min/kmmi )
Speed ( km mi/hr)

Once upon a time I decided to play with different distances and paces required for specific time. Plus to this speed, pace, miles, km... - finally I didn't find as good calculator as I wanted and decided to create my own.

For time and pace you can use dot (.), comma (,) and colon (:), we understand.

Enter, ENTER - watch!

I've tried and liked it. Probably it can be useful for you too.

If you've found any bug - let me know, I'll try to fix it.

White Nights - my first marathon!

Marathon, Bosphorus, Half Iron Man - this is the chain of events I planned for the summer of 2014 at the end of the summer of 2013, when my ambitions prevailed over my laziness and I decided that it was time to change. Did I believe then that I could do it - NOT AT ALL, but as you know - If you can dream it, you can do it.

Marathon

Marathon is not something you can plan today for tomorrow. It takes time. In my case it was one year of continuous preparation. During this time I managed to run around 1000кm, preparing myself for this event.

Plan

I realized that it was not enough to just run every day in order to make it happen, I needed a Plan. There were several options to choose from: I could find a trainer, elaborate a plan by myself or use one of thousands existing in the Internet.

Bucharest Half Marathon - It worth doing!

10/06/2013 Bucharest Marathon day, and I was happy participant.

A bit of statistics:

• Marathon in Bucharest has been organizing since 2008
• There were more than 2.5k participants this year (2013):
• Marathon - 680.
• Half-marathon - 1617.
• Relay race - 364.

 

How it was.

Registration.

Each event starts from the registration. It's first part is online - basic information about yourself and payment (33 EUR). Second is the most interesting - Expo, getting your number, feeling this atmosphere.

Anenii Noi - Chisinau - Half Marathon dress rehearsal!

This Sunday (9/29/13) Sporter.md team conquered distance between Anenii Noi and Chisinau. Thanks to sporter.md for this (and hopefully the other) running event and and sportive initiative in general!

This run opens series of runs "From somewhere near Chisinau to Chisinau" :).

My first race: 87 - 26:00

Hello!

Due to small push from my friends I got to my first running race. Yes, everything is serious. This is not simple morning workout - this is race, as serious race, as it in general can be in our small country. The organizers proudly announced that this is the last step before republic competitions on sprint distance which were going to be 19th October.

Event took place in one of Chisinau parks - Valea Trandafirilor (I've never been there before, beautiful place). There were a lot of people, more than I expected, I guess more than 100, and few different distances - 1k, 3k and 6k (runkeeper said that actually there were 5.3k). As future marathon runner, I was interested in the longest distance - 6k, and my first ever number is 87!

To run, or not to run - that is the question!

To run, or not to run? 

The only reason I'm digging into this question deeper than simple "Running is good", is attitude of some of my friends and relatives - they believe I'm hurting myself with all this triathlon stuff.

I know what i'm doing, just believe me! 

But as not-hard-nosed person, I'm going to do a research on this topic and to support my point with corkers.

So, pessimistic point of view on running:

1. Running kills your joints because overload.
2. Running causes extra load to your spine.
3. Morning running is bad for your heart
4. Any kind of running is extra load for your heart which leads to bla bla bla....

Lets go one by one and try to figure out.

15k and first blister!

Awful rainy Saturday morning for me personally looked like morning of a big battle with very worthy and experienced adversary - my laziness!

As I've written before - Saturday is the day of big run - 15k. And I did it. See how it was:

5am - got up with smile and had a cap of hot tea with cookies. Hour of googling and reading motivational articles helped me to wake up and tune.

7am - It's show time. It's time to go out of your comfort zone.
As I already new, 1 lap around the lake ~ 1,4 к, which meant I had to run 11 laps. From previous experience I new that in 1hr of running my body will ask for carbohydrates, and I took few of my favorite cookies with me. Ideally it should be specially prepared gels, but I was not good in this yet, that's why - 3 cookies (there is something magic in this number)...

Enough "bla bla". Easy warm-up, tendons are ready, heart beats in right rhythm...

One more step done - preparing for 15k

I've been creating footpaths in the nearest park for almost one month and I have what to boast with. So here are my latest achievements:

• I can run 10k in one hour and few minutes (few month ago I wouldn't have believed in it, my max was few hundred meters till the nearest shop with periodic rest).
• Having few articles about swimming behind, I can swim almost 1k nonstop (almost 1k = 900m).
• Found and took as a base training plan "Marathon for the beginners" from runkeeper.com. According to it, theoretically I have to run 15k next week (my gosh, it is more than hour and a half of running - if I do it - will share my feelings, otherwise - excuses). Today felt beauty of Fartlek - figured out that I can more than I used to believe (this sensation is never enough)
• On swimming workouts I'm trying to follow recommendations from the InternetНа тренировках по плаванью я придерживаюсь рекомендаций отсюда. Я упоминал о этой статейке и раньше. I would never thought that the angle of palm in the moment of entering in the water (together with bunch of other tiny angles) so seriously affects speed and overpower you can overpower. So make sure you are progressing theoretically as well. Coach would be ideal case, but I can't afford it at the moment.

5k - First goal achieved!

Third workout. This fairytale number brought first achievement. From the very beginning (it was week ago, but sounds co cool) my first goal was to run 5k - and I did it! (feeling of victory without competitions :))

Here are few observations I did during this achievement:

Small achievement, small step forward

Uuuuuh, it is so cool to start your day from personal achievement. Let me explain. Almost everything like previous time: family is sleeping, heart is beating, etc. etc. The only difference - I don't guess any more, I know. (I have to work on my explanations, right :))

So, if you've read my previous article, you know about my Ironman dream, and about first workout as well. Next workout - next article!

Let me start from the pleasant results. Although I felt worse running today, I kept the same level.

First step towards Ironman!

Family is still sleeping and hart is beating. Body is full of emotions and muscles are ready to repeat movements... This is what I'm feeling after my first workout, which is official opening of Ironman preparation season.

Several weeks ago I read Dmitri Volosins article and was literally infected by Ironman idea. There are a lot of things you can take example of Dmitri, but this one is about setting up a goal, and achieving it.

OK, let's switch from theory to practice. In order to be able to track progress and later to remember what was in the beginning, probably I should mention current state: I'm 26, height 185 and weight 88 (I believe you are good if you can do at least 10 pull-ups). Today I did six laps around the lake (previous time I did only 3) and, probably it is around 1.5 km. I can swim around 200 meters without any risk for my health, and I have no idea how long I can do cycling, because I simply don't have it.

My current form is more or less clear, so it's time to give impossible promises set up goals. Obviously I don't have possibility to hire coaches in all three disciplines, that's why I'll try to achieve this goal on my own, having Internet and friends as source of information.