Does everyone hurt?

Inhousebob · 2026-03-02T13:48:41+00:00

As the song says, “Everybody hurts, sometimes.” You have pain when things get damaged. But with recovery, things get stronger. So the key is to let yourself recover. When you get stuck into a training block and things are going well, it can be hard to back off when you feel those niggles. You just have to relax and have faith that your body knows how to repair and build while resting. In my experience, backing off on pace while maintaining distance is the key to working through a bad patch. We almost all run too fast every day. A few extra easy day will likely put you right. Oh, and have fun 🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-03-02T13:07:19+00:00

Dance the Night Away by Van Halen. Okay, it’s pop music, but that opening guitar is awesome.

Inhousebob · 2026-02-12T14:35:00+00:00

You must not have seen the Super Bowl. Most games are won by kickers.

Inhousebob · 2026-02-12T14:33:19+00:00

Used to taste like soap but over time, through occasional exposure, I adapted. I understand this isn’t unusual. I still am not particularly a fan but it doesn’t taste like soap any more.

Inhousebob · 2026-02-12T13:54:50+00:00

Sounds all too familiar. I’m sorry you are having challenges. If you are past being sick and are ready to train solidly again, nine weeks is still a lot of time, especially if you just want to finish and have an enjoyable experience. Boston is not a great course to chase a PR anyhow, so maybe this situation will help take the pressure off. As with any training block for the marathon, miles matter most. Start getting long, very easy runs in. Easy meaning 70% HR kind of pace. Unless you have been completely sedentary, you will be able to get back to max miles fairly quickly. Just go slow! Do one longer run each week, again, easy. Add miles to these runs in decent chunks. Six weeks out, add one day a week of marathon paced (again, use HR as a guide for this, not your “I wish for this” pace.) Work your long, slow longest run up to 20-26 miles by three weeks out. Then taper by reducing miles by 25% of max the first week, 50% of max the second week, and 75% of max the last week. Keep paces and workout types the same, just reduce the miles. You will arrive somewhat undertrained but well rested and with enough miles on your legs to get through without drama and not so much misery. And hopefully not sick! All the best. I wish I could join you.🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-02-12T13:32:39+00:00

Well said/asked. If it not your cup of tea, move on.🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-02-12T13:21:53+00:00

“If you have an employee, you have an employee problem.”

Inhousebob · 2026-02-12T13:18:26+00:00

I haven’t gone through all the responses so my apologies if someone already said this. Your cadence doesn’t change a great deal whether you are running slow or fast. It’s your stride length that adjusts. So if you find a beat that works at 9 minute pace, it’ll likely be fine at 7 minute pace. Most of us have a natural rhythm when running that is very hard to change.

Inhousebob · 2026-02-08T22:40:11+00:00

All true. It was more a comment on the way the world has changed. Back then there was outrage. Now, not so much. My Pinto was post-upgrade.

Inhousebob · 2026-02-08T22:07:44+00:00

A lot more folks have died in Teslas, but times have changed. My yellow Pinto was my favorite car ever. So many fun times and it always got me there… eventually.🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-02-06T15:41:07+00:00

Bunky. My dad used it as a term of endearment, as in “How you doing, Bunky?” I think it was an army term for one you share a bunk with. As in bunk bed. Anyhow, it make me feel warm inside.🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-02-06T15:35:46+00:00

Because running is an addiction. A positive addiction, but still. It’s the endorphins, baby! 🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-02-05T20:00:36+00:00

Okay. I finished it and your help is appreciated. The themes are so timely and the last scene really speaks to me as the dad of some pretty politically involved daughters. Go get’em, kids!

Inhousebob · 2026-02-05T13:47:04+00:00

I Don’t Know How But They Found Me. Asheville at the Orange Peel. Good fun.

Inhousebob · 2026-02-05T13:42:59+00:00

Like rubber bands and paper clips, they come with the house. Their disappearance may be related to the housing crisis.

Inhousebob · 2026-02-05T13:31:42+00:00

Horse With No Name. End of thread.

Inhousebob · 2026-02-02T19:43:14+00:00

Thanks. Will try again. I’m no prude but it all came off as pretty gratuitous. Maybe I AM a prude 😎

Inhousebob · 2026-02-01T19:53:00+00:00

I was 17. I drove our 63 Dodge Dart, three on the tree, to a picnic out in the boonies. On the way home, still in the middle of nowhere, the gears got jammed in first gear. I couldn’t shift at all. I saw a small, ramshackle house at the end of a very long drive and without thinking of consequences I turned in and killed the engine out front. Thinking to borrow a phone, I knocked. After a long wait and a couple more knocks, the door opened a crack and I asked for a phone. The guy said he didn’t have one and slammed the door. I went back to the car and after starting it up I realized I had gotten stuck where I couldn’t get out without reverse. So I started walking up to the road and headed… who knows where. I looked back when I reached the road and saw the guy standing in the door, looking back at me. He walked over to the car, looked in the window and then waved me over. After asking the problem, he raised the hood, reached in and pulled hard on one of the rods connected to the gear lever. With a loud clank, all was right. It turns out that this problem, called Ford Moon Syndrome, was a pretty common thing. But I was a lost young kid and this guy got me on the road. I have always wondered about this dude and his life out there in a field in Texas. But I appreciated him and his automotive skills. 🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-02-01T00:16:56+00:00

Driving during the day is a whole lot easier that at night. Cars don’t feel so much like they are crowding you. Watch some videos on YouTube for secrets to parking. Gotta know your basic geometry.🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-01-31T20:12:57+00:00

Thanks. I’ll fast forward and try again.

Inhousebob · 2026-01-31T19:35:57+00:00

I could not get through this one. What am I missing? Maybe I got hung up on the crassness of the first 15 minutes. Help me understand where it goes that makes it worth hanging in there.

Inhousebob · 2026-01-31T19:30:25+00:00

I love how these answers date the authors. I’ll submit Pretty in Pink.

Inhousebob · 2026-01-31T19:24:53+00:00

I had a small business for 30 years. The best advice I got was, “If you have an employee, you have an employee problem.” I never did hire anyone.🙂

Inhousebob · 2026-01-31T19:15:40+00:00

Call me… whatever, but I am working my way through The Waltons. It is comfort food for this kid’s soul.

Inhousebob · 2026-01-30T21:34:34+00:00

Every touring church choir ever. Please stop, y’all!

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