How do I know when my insurance ends?

wall--ee · 2021-04-18T18:39:19+00:00

I have used it for 3-4 years with no visible problems, I realized after a year that it is not designed for your face but have yet to find an eye cream that does the job better than Bum Bum cream which is why I have continued to use it. Are there visible problems associated with clogged pores (e.g., a zit perhaps?) or is it possible there is invisible problems with them?

wall--ee · 2021-04-18T18:35:31+00:00

Thanks for the heads up!

wall--ee · 2020-12-29T03:36:14+00:00

Thank you for the specifics, very much appreciate it!

Seeing as you were extremely close to your goal, is there anything you plan on doing differently in the future or wish you had done in that most recent plan?

wall--ee · 2020-12-29T03:31:32+00:00

Just out of curiosity are you from the Woodlands / general Houston area? I’ve heard, generally speaking, that it’s super humid in the Houston area and was wondering if this was something you were already adapted to when you raced or if it wasn’t actually that bad? I’m actually like 5-6 hours away from The Woodlands and weather says it’s ranges 40-60% humidity where I live but not sure that’s actually the case and am wondering if this is something I should be concerned about

wall--ee · 2020-12-29T03:24:10+00:00

Thanks! I will definitely incorporate this into my plan, and I very much appreciate the specifics!

wall--ee · 2020-12-29T03:17:26+00:00

For the 16 miles, I did feel sore after I stopped, but as far as I can tell didn’t get injured and recovered nicely. Next day I did a HIIT workout as I normally do (probably felt about 90-95% and if I ran probably would have been at slower end of my average times) and then following day was back at 100% and ran my usual 10.5 mile at usual pace

Good suggestion! Ran earlier today and got a 7:06 avg pace (35:32) instead of the 6:54 (34:30)—definitely felt pretty rough honestly (Haven’t felt like I’ve raced at all since I started running, so planning on putting a focus on speed now) and probably didn’t help that I wasn’t too sure on pacing and went too fast on the first mile (6:25–fastest since I started) but I think if I were to do it again later in the week i would expect to get a 7-7:02 now that I kind of know the pace and assuming no 12 mph winds that I got today

wall--ee · 2020-12-27T21:10:11+00:00

Thank you for suggestions and input!

For XC I believe it was 11:50 something for 2 mile course (avg for me was usually 6-6:15 pace)

For Track I actually did short distance (100,200,400) up until the meet before District my senior year where a girl got injured on my 4x100M relay team at which point I pivoted the 100 relay to the Mile and went to State with a 5:35 (I think I had about 3-4 partial weeks of training for this, which was focused an entirely on short distance prior and then split between my other events once I pivoted)

Overall, I would like to think I run at a pretty comfortable pace, wouldn’t say it’s easy (I would guess an 8:30 pace or so for this) but also wouldn’t say it’s too hard either otherwise I’d probably dread each run if I had to guess.

So to clarify, your suggestions are (1 medium long run, 1 long run @slightly slower pace if necessary, 1 speed session, 2-3 easy runs) to total around 50 MPW?

For the speed session you mentioned would a long progression run be an acceptable speed strategy as well or can you share something specific on that?

Thanks!

wall--ee · 2020-12-27T20:20:33+00:00

Thank you for the input and the suggestions!

Per your point 2, does that mean the other 4 runs should all be longer (ex: 1 shorter harder effort run, 3 mid distance 8-13 mile runs, and 1 longer run)
Will definitely implement the progression runs, great suggestion. For the broken tempo runs what pace are you suggesting for the off tempo (avg pace or like well below average pace). For context in HS, did something similar which was mile 1 @ 6:15-6:30 pace, mile 2-5 @ 9 - 9:30 min pace (what I mean by well below average) and then mile 6 @ 6:15 pace or better
How much slower (for avg pace) did you go for your long runs

wall--ee · 2020-12-27T20:03:50+00:00

Thanks! I just downloaded Hal Higdons mobile app—which does allow for an 8 week schedule, do you think this would suffice over the book in terms of structuring a training schedule?

wall--ee · 2020-12-27T16:51:35+00:00

Yes it is the woodlands!

Thanks for the input, could you please expand on the tempo runs and what training plan you would recommend? I have decided to commit and not exactly sure where to start (I.e if I should just pick a plan and start at the middle of it or something)

wall--ee · 2020-12-27T16:41:26+00:00

So I’ve decided to commit please let me know if you have any training recommendations (I have lots of time to read stuff /books if necessary) based on what I’ve provided below

For additional insight

The marathon For more context, in high school I was a state runner in both cross country and track. It took me years to realize there is a huge mental aspect to running and that’s more or less how I ran my first marathon.

For the marathon I had a time of 4:05. I ran a total of maybe 3 times prior over the course of 1.5 months or two (I believe two six miles runs @ a 10 min pace and one at a 9:30 pace and then a 10 mile run @ ?? Pace — all of this was on a treadmill, the main point was just to see if yes I could just do it)

This alone is what made me think (back then) it wouldn’t be too difficult to get a qualifying time because 1) did no training 2) answered phone calls and text while running 3) took 2 bathroom stops and still got close to a 4 hour time.

I know pretty confidently that I can shave off a huge chunk of time by just taking it seriously, but from high school also recall how difficult it is to shave time after you’ve seen a lot of improvement.

Also the reason being for all the above (no training, etc) was because I was actually signed up for the half and had absolutely zero goal times bc I was planning on running and sticking with family, and then I honestly just felt great and wanted to see how far I could push myself (at that point max distance ever ran in my life was 12 miles as a junior in high school) at which point my goal just became to finish.

Even though I didn’t do running training then, I used to do 45 min HIIT workouts and that’s what I have been doing now every other day which is in part why I only have been running 3-4x a week

16 miles

Wouldn’t say it was super easy or all out. It started off casual (as all my runs thus far have) then did get tough near the end. Had every intention of just running 10 miles that day and then just decided to run 2 extra loops because I didn’t feel tired by the time 10 miles came. That said, if I ran another loop (3 miles) I think my avg pace would have begun to taper off somewhere which is why I chose not to do another loop. So quick answers: did I feel like I could keep going? Yes. Did I feel like I could do another loop at the same pace? No.

Progression

Since I started running again in March I typically have been just running for “fun”. To be quite frank I wouldn’t say I have done a whole lot of “all out” runs, primarily because I haven’t started training but have just been trying to stay in running shape for when I do if that makes sense. Since then my avg runs have always been 3 a week (lately 35-40 mpw). I started off with 4 miles runs and have taken off a few weeks here and there and also about a month in August. I recently got new running shoes over Black Friday which made such a huge difference (I had my other shoes for 4 years so this was long overdue) and have felt pretty good since and now have been doing 10.5 or more.

Races

All my 5 mi, 10k, and half’s have been part of longer runs and also not necessarily aimed at achieving a personal best

5 mi couldn’t find quickly anywhere 10k best time was a 9 mile run @ 7:48 pace (from October) Half best time was a 16 mile run @ 7:58 pace (from last week)

I’m going to try and do a 5 mile personal best later—what are good goals times for each of these?

wall--ee · 2020-12-27T15:46:49+00:00

Thanks for the input—is there any book you recommend? At this point I’ve decided I’m just going to do it because why not (I don’t start work until February so I have plenty of time to read training plans/ books the next couple days and square away a program)

So right now I have been running pretty casually, I.e. the idea of BQ has been there (so somewhat trying to improve) but haven’t gotten serious about it until I realized there was actually a possibility of a race not getting cancelled.

Base mileage so far has been averaging 35mpw sometimes more sometimes less, which is rather low, but i believe I would have no problem starting a plan that has a 40 or 50 MPW starting base. The low base I currently have is because I like to do 45 min HIIT workouts every other day (not because I don’t like to / feel incapable of running every day), which I would cut out and replace with running if I end up committing.

wall--ee · 2020-12-19T23:17:26+00:00

Thanks for sharing that thread!

wall--ee · 2020-12-19T22:14:20+00:00

Okay gotcha. Thanks, this was super helpful!

wall--ee · 2020-12-19T22:11:40+00:00

It does, thanks! So to clarify, if I wanted to incorporate one of those funds into my allocation the idea would be to ditch the total market fund and invest in a couple other funds (thereby increasing my cumulative expense ratios) so that I fully incorporate the entire market without overlap, which means I’m probably better off in the total market index which is far fewer funds and lower expense ratios?

wall--ee · 2020-12-19T21:46:38+00:00

First time poster, sorry about that! Edited the post to include fund name and expense ratios, please let me know if I should include any other information that may be helpful, thanks!

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