Competitive Jerks Racing and Training - 2023 (Read 574 times)

 So partially the shoes, but also just think a lot more people running.

For the average Joe, it's the shoes. 90% of the people in this thread are reporting how they became at least 5% faster with the cheater shoes.

There are countless reports online of similar feats.

For the elite athletes, I feel that there's something extra going on. There's a world record every other day. It can't be right.

So I went to the cardiologist today. They believe I have Wolff-Parkinson-White pattern, but not syndrome. This is characterized by having an extra electrical pathway paralell to the AV node, so sometimes my ventricles receive an extra signal to contract, resulting in premature contractions which register as "extra beats". Having the pattern but not the syndrome means I don't have any of the other symptoms which include rapid heart rate, dizziness, fainting, and shortness of breath. The cardiologist said it is most likely benign, since I have no other symptoms. But just to make sure, I should have a stress test done to make sure my heart is functioning normally during exercise. Apparently this issue often goes away during exercise. So let's just hope that's the case. In the meantime, I can keep training.

Good news to calm your worrying mind. I don't mean to scare you by bringing this up but the Ironman race happened in Memphis this past weekend and one of the local competitors went into cardiac arrest during the swim and died. One of my friends knew him and his family knew of no conditions or anything but that it was just a freak situation. He was close to 60 and had competed in endurance events for many years. I am sure it happening during the swim complicated things to try to revive him compared to the run or bike portions. Sure, there were people close by but how are you going to give someone CPR or use a defibrillator while on a kayak in the middle of a lake?

My family also had a long-time friend who ran often and went into cardiac arrest while on a run at a vacation resort. He went into a bathroom at the pool and no one could see him in distress, which is where he was found a couple hours later. He didn't have his phone with him to be able to call 911 or anyone else. This was ~15 years ago so it was before people were glued to their phones but I never go on a run without my phone for this very reason and I have my watch set up to do the emergency assistance feature if I take a dive.

So in conclusion, it is probably a good idea for all of us to go to the cardiologist proactively when we put our bodies through so much stress during long races. People who are sedentary are going to have cardio systems in much worse shape so who knows?

I beg to differ - Flavio isn't even close to being a reptile if he thinks 18°C is "unpleasantly hot weather" 🌞.

About winning medals at a wide range of distances: Haile G won the 1500m world indoor title 1998 in 3:31:** and set the 10.000m WR four months later with a time of 26:22:**.  No super spikes, no super shoes. He won the HM world championships in his debut at the distance three years later and then finished third in the London marathon in 2002. Quite a feat, but we're talking about a span of four years. So, yeah, it makes you wonder (even though I guess he could've run a world class HM two or three months after his 10.000m WR - that's still not a marathon).

 

For the average Joe, it's the shoes. 90% of the people in this thread are reporting how they became at least 5% faster with the cheater shoes.

There are countless reports online of similar feats.

 

For the elite athletes, I feel that there's something extra going on. There's a world record every other day. It can't be right.

Like I said previously, the faster you are….the more benefit of the cheater shoes…will someone with a goal marathon of 3:30 get much benefit? I don’t think so, but maybe they’ll recovery quicker. I’m only saying this as they feel weird and unstable when I’m warming up before a race at slower pace.

I just came here to ask for Flavios 5k training plan the one that ends with “rinse and repeat” as I want to work on that now.

But then seeing the post about Gebrselassie. Saw a documentary last year from a German NPR station (ARD) tried to buy as much EPO in 30 minutes as possible - in Addis Abeba. They came back with 9 vials within 26 minutes. No prescription, no physician, just hard cash ($90 total cost). Ethiopia has never had a proper anti-doping program. Even Kenia is now more rigorous…

Anyways, it’s such a shame - maybe some of the athletes are really clean. We will never know. I do believe however that there are more runners now than maybe a few years back and technology and training plus recovery are nowadays at a higher level. The average Joe / Joanne trains in a more structured way?

mmerkle - hope this isn’t anything to worry too much about! 

keen - good luck with your race!!!

 

 

Mikkey I did see this which seems to agree with what you're saying

 

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijesab/vol2/iss14/15/

 

 

Yep.

Hey! I’m new to this so not sure what the rules/etiquette is. But basically, my friend has been selected to run the london marathon 2024 for the Salvation Army and the work they do with the homeless. She is vlogging her journey on YouTube to help raise money for such a great cause and I’m asking for any support anyone can possibly give, whether that’s a donation to the just giving, a like on a video or a share of her channel.

Here’s the link… https://youtube.com/@RunningRosie?feature=shared

Thank you, and sorry if I’m out of line by posting this!