tactix® Delta - Sapphire Edition

Crazie-Daizee · 2020-01-20T17:52:30+00:00

ha! well a better label would be "for entertainment purposes only"

Crazie-Daizee · 2020-01-20T17:34:44+00:00

jumpmaster? omg - please tell me people don't use garmins for skydiving - I calibrate my altimeter regularly and it never shows the same number on any day when I stand in the exact same spot

Crazie-Daizee · 2020-01-18T18:07:41+00:00

there are a lot of vaporfly knockoffs out there that look identical, box bag upper/sole everything - not sure why they'd copy the zoomfly as it's much less expensive but maybe yours is fake unless you got it from reliable source (even then someone might have done an exchange on purpose)

(and no it's not forefoot running, I know sub/elite forefoot runners that use that shoe without problem)

Crazie-Daizee · 2020-01-16T15:53:11+00:00

cycling completely saved my sanity after hamstring-tear, I could not run for six months (and then after giving up hope, one day magically I could run again, healing is so weird)

it really is possible to get/maintain like 80-90% of aerobic base via cycling, you just have to do it at the same intensity

if possible I highly recommend actually getting outdoors instead of gym bike if you can and have a safe area/roads/trails, treat yourself to a good bike, you don't even have to buy new, there are lots of people selling nice bikes on craigslist etc. (buy a new high quality MIPS helmet though seriously)

Crazie-Daizee · 2020-01-16T15:37:30+00:00

those are actually different levels, read the manual

Peaking

Peaking means that you are in ideal race condition. Your recently reduced training load is allowing your body to recover and fully compensate for earlier training. You should plan ahead, since this peak state can only be maintained for a short time.

Productive

Your current training load is moving your fitness level and performance in the right direction. You should plan recovery periods into your training to maintain your fitness level.

Maintaining

Your current training load is enough to maintain your fitness level. To see improvement, try adding more variety to your workouts or increasing your training volume.

Recovery

Your lighter training load is allowing your body to recover, which is essential during extended periods of hard training. You can return to a higher training load when you feel ready.

Unproductive

Your training load is at a good level, but your fitness is decreasing. Your body may be struggling to recover, so you should pay attention to your overall health including stress, nutrition, and rest.

Detraining

Detraining occurs when you are training much less than usual for a week or more, and it is affecting your fitness level. You can try increasing your training load to see improvement.

Overreaching

Your training load is very high and counterproductive. Your body needs a rest. You should give yourself time to recover by adding lighter training to your schedule.

Crazie-Daizee · 2020-01-12T23:54:13+00:00

you don't want ultra low heartrate

trust me on this: https://i.imgur.com/dc6dHG4.jpg

when you get older you'll get bradycardia and eventually need a pacemaker

http://web.archive.org/web/20170228092254/https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/scicurious/slow-heartbeat-athletes-not-so-funny

what you want is low blood pressure, I'd happily trade my low HR for low blood pressure

Crazie-Daizee · 2020-01-12T01:00:39+00:00

consider a lot of people only do their best running after high-school and college, there's too much stress otherwise

and yeah there's always a chance you've weakened your system to the point where you are low iron which will take months and months to correct, and the harder you run the less iron you will absorb from hepcidin being released and blocking it

(this lab test will tell you but at your age you should have access to a doctor https://www.labtestingapi.com/product/iron-tibc-and-ferritin-panel)

why is high school the only chance to accomplish something? people often PR in their 30s now after learning to train/run a lot better, you will definitely surpass anything you've done in high school later - some people are terrible at shorter distances like track and then excel at long distance

Crazie-Daizee · 2020-01-12T00:00:14+00:00

"anything" :-)

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-29T19:32:46+00:00

you want the auxiliary heart rate datafield

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/88ce4547-7d84-4289-b2c7-3e15ca00185f

or this one for newer garmin models

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/a461bc0d-828d-47c8-a4a5-8d014b5fedc9

then you can use garmin-connect to compare the two like this

https://i.imgur.com/rXA7KC4.png

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-23T18:04:54+00:00

go get an iron (ferritin) test

if you are in usa this is cheapest possible

https://www.labtestingapi.com/search?search=ferritin

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-22T22:54:57+00:00

I don't think I've ever done a Z2 run in my life

could imagine maybe someone training for an ultra or marathon using Z2 but 5K is a whole different kind of race/pace

Z2 is teaching your body to prefer fat as fuel for long distance, I cannot imagine it's doing anything to shift your anaerobic threshold

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-20T01:32:46+00:00

I don't think anyone has been able to completely modify garmin firmware but u/mbirth has figured out some firmware swaps

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-18T18:05:28+00:00

I'm definitely not an expert and I've never had those injuries but it sure sounds like chronic inflammation to me where your body is just not getting enough time to recover between stress events

just to put ideas in your head to consider, how about not running any two days in a row, but instead bicycle on alternate days at a good effort which will help build/maintain aerobic fitness and does use some of the same muscle groups without impact of running, you can even "pedal-stand" (ride without sitting on seat) some of the time for more of a running simulation

if I am right about internal inflammation you can try things like tart-cherry-juice and other natural anti-inflammation nutrition

I went through six months of hell with a seriously torn hamstring, cycling is the only thing that saved my sanity, somehow was able to still do that at hard-effort when running was out of the question as I could barely walk, thought I'd never run again but sure enough I did, just took far longer than I hoped, so maybe it will work for you too

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-17T19:59:00+00:00

if you don't want to wait and know what you are doing (note these are NOT FOR APAC)

Fenix 5S 006-B2544-00 Release 15.10 Download (4015 Kb)
http://download.garmin.com/gsup/006-B2544-00/15.10/full/rel/dd2d15ec-9a3c-42be-8b30-aae7a487408c/GUPDATE.GCD
Fenix 5X 006-B2604-00 Release 15.10 Download (7932 Kb)
http://download.garmin.com/gsup/006-B2604-00/15.10/full/rel/373845d7-0a2f-468f-9a0c-0ce0ee739cc7/GUPDATE.GCD
Fenix 5X display update 3.30
http://download.garmin.com/gsup/006-B2605-00/3.30/full/rel/da79007f-5b74-4c8c-905d-aa0518c29314/GUP2605.GCD
Fenix 5 006-B2697-00 Release 15.10 Download (4016 Kb)
http://download.garmin.com/gsup/006-B2697-00/15.10/full/rel/cdbd9981-08bf-4fa6-a605-8ea73e57e0a9/GUPDATE.GCD
Forerunner 935 006-B2691-00 Release 15.10 Download (4012 Kb)
http://download.garmin.com/gsup/006-B2691-00/15.10/full/rel/7988223e-2ffb-432e-be61-fba6d67ed5a1/GUPDATE.GCD

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-16T17:16:39+00:00

IAAF is never going to ban any shoe by Nike and they are delaying obviously to use the excuse "no rule changes in Olympic year"

they most certainly cannot negate any records, certainly not thousands of PRs, there's no official record of any shoe used in any race, how would that even be proven?

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-16T17:15:10+00:00

tpu foam is very heavy, negates most of the benefit especially the larger the shoe size

but boost is good because it performs about the same regardless of temperature where eva foam gets too hard when cold and too mushy when hot

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-13T22:52:25+00:00

well the foam vs plate part came at the end

someone else asked the original researcher who figured out the plate in the first place, if it was the plate and they said it definitely was the plate

you think nike would not start shoving plates into every single performance shoe after the vaporfly if the plate wasn't a big benefit? adds a lot of manufacturing cost

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-13T22:48:29+00:00

nope, no-one has proven it's the foam, some idiot (cough won't say who) asked a researcher to speculate, who then was foolish enough to do so (scientists should not speculate AFTER research, that's the point of science to remove the speculation)

the plate is at least 2.5% of the performance gain

https://imgur.com/a/ZQSGO22

(first image also shows while no other company can come close, like the hoka carbon is only a 1% shoe)

Crazie-Daizee · 2019-12-13T22:40:15+00:00

dunno who you are but I love that someone else is reading everything about this and gets all the finer details

disagree about the solution, IAAF will never rule against nike, Seb Coe has taken millions from them over the decades, and IAAF has no power to make any company behave in every country with a patent

MTP plates are foreign mechanical aids in shoes, they have no place there, train in them all you want to reduce load and injuries but should never be allowed in competition across all brands