The Official Thread for Runners

[SeattleUte]

That's a really interesting article. Thanks. From the article:



It also says that a total of 54 minutes per week is optimal. I am pretty confident that I am doing at least that, but I am going to start paying more attention to my heart rate while working out.

We don't hike in the heat. Early morning only.

Garmin says 75 minutes of intense aerobics is recommended.

[SteelBlue]

After barely being able to string 2 runs together in a week without injury I have finally worked my way back to building a slow base of mileage. Did an easy run of 6 yesterday, the first time I've hit that number since my injury. I made it a point to stay comfortable and to NOT look at any data during the run. Afterward I learned I averaged 9 min/miles which is slow but I'm so happy to be back at it that I don't care and a comfortable 9 min mile is definitely not something to be sad about at my age anyway.

[Pelado]

I don't take collagen. One of the reasons I do creatine is to hopefully help with my recovery time. Honestly, I don't know if it does anything, but I feel pretty good so I keep taking it. My body isn't like it was 25 years ago, where I could spring off the couch after not running for a month, run 10 miles, and be fine, but I run 4 miles a day (except Sunday ) and don't feel any ill effects during the day (well, if I have been sitting for 2 hours and get up I have that old man limp for a while, but I think that's the years rather than the running). I don't run very fast, but then I never did. For a while I was struggling to keep under a 9 minute pace but I am now pretty consistently between 8:00 and 8:30, so I feel decent about that for an old guy (I forget how old you are, but I think I have you by 5-10 years).

I am always looking for more ways to fight off age, so if anyone has used collagen with success I'm happy to listen!

Creatine Monohydrate was on special at Costco yesterday, so this is my second consecutive day taking it. I feel amazing!

[Pelado]

Article about the research into the benefits of creatine supplements:

A growing number of studies suggest creatine may augment the benefits of resistance training and provide healthy older adults a small but significant increase in muscle mass and strength...

“Creatine can help out,” Chilibeck said. “But it’s going to add a small benefit compared to what you can get with a good resistance training program by itself.”

When older adults take creatine without resistance training, the supplement doesn’t appear to have the same benefits...

“Certainly, if you’re not doing any resistance training, I wouldn’t bother taking creatine,” said Shivani Sahni, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School

There’s early research to suggest supplemental creatine may have cognitive health benefits. But “this work is still very preliminary,” Chilibeck said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/welln...-older-adults/

[BigPiney]

I started a 5 k program today with the Garmin coach thing on my watch. It will be interesting to see how it goes.