Of Mice and Marathons

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Location:

Lake Orion,MI,

Member Since:

Dec 28, 2011

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

PRs

16:52 Phillies Charities 5k (2016)

35:52 Beach to Beacon 10k (2015)

58:10 Broad Street 10 Mile (2016)

1:16:02 Philadelphia Rock and Roll Half Marathon (2015)

2:46:54 Philadelphia Marathon (2015)

Personal:

I live in Michigan with my wife, Megan, and our boys, Charlie and Sawyer. I started running in September 2010.

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Miles:	This week:	32.70	Month:	57.70	Year:	1986.65
Miles With Megan Lifetime Miles:						613.75
Miles With The Boys Lifetime Miles:						99.90
Nike Zoom Streak LT4 Mr. Pinks Lifetime Miles:						21.60
Saucony ISO Freedom 3 #2 Lifetime Miles:						253.80
Altra Rivera Lifetime Miles:						357.35
Altra Rivera (Dark Blue) Lifetime Miles:						145.10
Saucony Kinvara 13 Lifetime Miles:						465.10
Saucony Endorphin Pro Lifetime Miles:						287.00
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						5.00
Saucony Freedom 5 Lifetime Miles:						304.80
Saucony Kinvara 13 #2 Lifetime Miles:						310.95
Saucony Endorphin Pro White Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Kinvara 14 Blue/Grey Lifetime Miles:						64.50
Saucony Ride Teal Lifetime Miles:						23.40
Saucony KInvara 14 Yellow Lifetime Miles:						12.40
Nike XC Flats Lifetime Miles:						4.10
Active 88 Boulder Lifetime Miles:						13.10

Thu, Oct 10, 2013

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.25

AM: Off. Had some academic work that needed to get done.

PM: Spring Vale Cemetery - 10.25 miles, averaged 8:19. Stopped by Tri-N-Run on the way home from to use my gift certificate to get new compression socks to replace the one I lost. Went with CEP recovery. My others were CEP run, and they were great. I think my legs are bigger (just over 16" up from maybe 15 or 15.25 when I bought my first pair).

Newton Trainer 4 Miles: 10.25

Weight: 170.20

Comments

From Matt Schreiber on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 08:03:26 from 66.17.107.219

Now i don't feel quite as bad about payoff my am workout.

From Jason D on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 17:34:27 from 24.1.80.94

I think the number of full days I have taken off this year is less than 12, and 7 of those were the week after my marathon. When Jake takes a day off you really shouldn't feel bad. Those come but maybe, maybe twice a year.

From Matt Schreiber on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 21:12:42 from 66.17.102.185

Good point.

What's the difference between "run" and "recovery". I have CEP compression leg sleeves that have some curvey lines drawn on them outlining my calves and I have some socks that just say CEP really big on the outside of my calf. They both feel a little different. And 16"!? I thought mine were massive. I haven't measured them recently but 14.25 is where they were when I bought my first pair.

From Jason D on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 21:51:44 from 24.1.80.94

The recovery are graduated, which basically means the compression is tighter in key areas to help move blood from your feet.

Legs sleeves are for RUNNING only, not recovery. The blood pools in your feet and you need to circulate it. So use full socks for recovery, sleeves for actual running.If you have two different full socks, then one is probably race and one is recovery (race and run are the same, just can't recall which one they call it). I used the run socks for recovery and they were fine.

I checked my old socks and they are the same size, but I remember being unsure of which way to size. I definitely have continued to develop muscle in my legs. My calf veins are coming in nicely, which is either impressive or gross, depending on how one feels about veins :)

From Matt Schreiber on Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 21:59:56 from 66.17.102.185

Good to know about the sleeves. Before i bought my socks i wore them for recovery. Not good. My ankles were ginormous at the end of the day.

The socks i have feel quite a bit different than my sleeves so i'm wondering if they're more of a recovery sock.. I'll have to look them up tomorrow.

I have some wicked veins popping out of one of my calves. I thought that was something abnormal.

From Jason D on Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 16:26:22 from 24.1.80.94

http://www.cepcompression.com/5074-Progressive-Run-2-0-Socks.aspx

http://www.cepcompression.com/1926-Socks-for-Recovery.aspx

They can both be used for recovery I think. I used the run socks for for about 18 months, but lost one. I've only ever run in them once. You don't notice them really.

From Matt Schreiber on Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 18:55:22 from 66.17.102.185

I'm pretty sure the ones I've been wearing to work daily are the recovery ones. I measured my calves today and my right one is up to 17.5 and my left is about 3/4" smaller. I thought that was weird.

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