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Any of your runners or medical/PT folks have any experience with piriformis syndrome? It's when your piriformis muscle is tight and irritates the sciatic nerve.For me, running makes it worse. Would stretching before running help, or should I give up the idea of taking up running again?
Don't know much about the piriformis, but Rico takes medication that could inflame the perineum.
ohhh, so that's why he has trouble communicating, public speaking and the like. may also explain why he is always so depressed
Nobody: You guys: "let's hijack a peaceful thread for athletes to make sure our personal fights with other posters are front and center!" Come on unless you're upset he outran you keep it elsewhere.
Kiptum shattered the WR in Chicago today, finishing the course in 2:00:35. He almost broke the 2:00 barrier in only his 3rd marathon ever. Averaged a 4:35 mile.How long before he breaks the 2:00 mark?Impressive.
At 23 years old, too. Have to think he'll keep improving over the next few years.Three marathons, three wins, three of the top six times ever. Crazy how good he's been.I ran Chicago yesterday as well. It was cool to be part of the race where the world record was set, even if that record will likely be broken in the near future. Conditions were great for fast times and it's a pretty flat course.Looking forward to taking a break from distance training for a few months.
I ran it also. Agree with everything you said. The conditions played a big role helping me shatter my goal.
Thanks, all!I was able to PR by a significant amount too. Part of that is due to changes I made in my training but like you said, most of it was due to the conditions. Couldn't imagine a better day for a marathon. Usually I'm dumping water over my head by mile 18 or so to cool myself down. No need for that on Sunday.
While the conditions helped, your hard work and training is why you succeeded. Congrats on the PR!I also changed my training plan in hopes of qualifying for NY and the new program paid dividends.
I believe that running a marathon in a world class time is quite possibly the most impressive athletic accomplishment. That is running an entire 26+ miles at a average pace that is faster than the top speed on my treadmill -- a speed that even if I hit it, I can only sustain very briefly. And they do that for two hours. What percentage of humans that have ever existed could run even one 4:35 mile, much less string 26+ together? It is an utterly astounding athletic feat.
Running does not take that much talent in terms of skill.I would go with world-class gymnasts for most impressive athletic performance.
There are a lot of incredible human feats. Running a marathon in 2 hours is certainly one of them. Free soloing El Cap is another. For anyone who hasn't watched "Free Solo," you should definitely look into it. Absolute insanity.